Overview
The faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences are engaged in cutting edge research. They mentor graduate students and undergraduates who work in their laboratories. These students often appear as coauthors on scientific publications. Much of this work is supported by external funding agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The menu bar at the top of this page can be used to browse the research interests of each faculty member. These are oganized into several broad cartegories: ecology and evolution, microbiology and immunology, molecular and developmental biology, neurobiology, and science education and student development. However, the research of many of the faculty members straddle two or more areas. The table below list the faculty laboratories and specific research interests of each. Clicking on the research interests will bring you to the appropriate web page.
Faculty Research Interests
| Laboratory | Location | Research Interests |
| Desharnais | BS 160 | Theoretical Population Biology |
| Escorza-Treviño | ASCL 309 | Molecular Ecology of Marine Mammals |
| Fisher | ASCL 351 | Bryophyte Evolutionary Ecology |
| Jefferson | BS 210 | LSAMP Programs |
| Krug | ASCL 325 | Evolutionary Ecology of Marine Invertebrates |
| McQueen | ASCL 331 | Viral Pathogenesis |
| Narguizian | BS 214 | Evolution Education and Inquiry Learning |
| Nissen | ASCL 210 | Molecular Mechanisms in Vertebrate Development |
| Park | ASCL 348 | Fungal Pathogenesis |
| Porter | ASCL 333 | Innate Mucosal Immunity |
| Robles | BS 274 | Benthic Marine Ecology |
| Russo-Neustadt | ASCL 212 | Neurophysiology of the Brain |
| Salmassi | ASCL 327 | Environmental Microbiology |
| Sharp | ASCL 328 | Molecular Regulatory Mechanisms of Development |
| Thompson | ASCL 350 | Plant Evolutionary Genomics |
| Torres | ASCL 311 | Taxonomy & Evolution of Marine Ostracodes |
| Xu | ASCL 337 | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology |
Note: BS = Biological Sciences, ASCL = Wallis Annenberg Integrated Science Complex.