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Possible Areas of Concentration and Faculty Advisors

General Questions and Answers about the Biology Major and Finding an Advisor

Possible Areas of Concentration and Advisors:

BEHAVIOR AND NEUROBIOLOGY (Calsbeek, Irwin, McPeek, Velez, Witters) BIOL 27, 34, 37, 74, 79, PSYC 26, 65

BIOCHEMISTRY (Bickel, Dolph, Gladfelter, Schaller, Sloboda, Smith, Witters) BIOL 37, 40, 44, 45, 46, 47, 66, 68, 69, 71, 78, CHEM 52/58, 61, 63, 67

CELL BIOLOGY (Bickel, Dolph, Gladfelter, Schaller, Sloboda, Smith, Witters) BIOL 34, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 78, CHEM 41, 52/58, 63, 67

DEVELOPMENT (Berger, Erives, Jack, Lambie, Peterson) BIOL 24, 28, 36, 38, 40, 43, 44, 45, 63, 75, 76

ECOLOGY (Ayres, Calsbeek, Cottingham, Folt, Irwin, McPeek, Peart, Taylor) BIOL 20, 21 or 51, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, CHEM 52/58, ENVS 79, 80, 89

EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY (Calsbeek, Irwin, McPeek) BIOL 20, 21 or 51, 27, 28, 29, 31, 38, 45, 47, 50, 58, 59, 60

GENETICS (Berger, Bickel, Dolph, Guerinot, Jack, Kern, Lambie, McClung) BIOL 36, 38, 45, 47, 65, 66, 71, 75, 76, 79

GENOMICS, BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY (Cottingham, Erives, Gross, Kern, McPeek) BIOL 28, 29, 36, 39, 45, 47, 50, 59, 75, and appropriate COSC, MATH and ENGS courses

HUMAN BIOLOGY (Dolph, Gladfelter, Kern, Smith, Velez, Witters) BIOL 24, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 66, 67, 69, 71, 78, 79, CHEM 52/58

MOLECULAR ECOLOGY (Calsbeek, McPeek) BIOL 21 or 51, 31, 36, 40, 45, 47, 50, 58

MOLECULAR EVOLUTION (Dietrich, Erives, Kern, McPeek, Peterson) BIOL 28, 36, 38, 39, 40, 45, 47, 75

MOLECULAR GENETICS (Berger, Bickel, Dolph, Erives, Gladfelter, Guerinot, Jack, Lambie, McClung) BIOL 38, 45, 47, 65, 66, 69, 71, 75, 79, CHEM 52/58

PALEOBIOLOGY (Peterson) BIOL 24, 28, EARS 31, 34, 45-47, 68, 72

PHYSIOLOGY AND ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY (Ayres, Calsbeek, McPeek, Velez, Witters) BIOL 24, 31, 34, 35, 37, 42, 43, 78, 79, CHEM 52/58

PLANT BIOLOGY (Ayres, Guerinot, Irwin, Jack, McClung, Peart, Schaller) Biol 21 or 51, 22, 31, 55, 57, 58 CHEM 52/58 

PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (Guerinot, Jack, McClung, Schaller) BIOL 36, 38, 39, 45, 75, CHEM 52/58

SECONDARY EDUCATION (Peterson)

Please remember that this list is not rigid or exhaustive. If you want to engineer an area of concentration that is not listed, that is fine. Any Biology faculty member may serve as your advisor, even if they are not listed under a specific area of concentration (provided they feel comfortable advising you). Our hope is that together with your advisor you will design a major that fulfills your unique interests and goals.

Advisors and Their Area of Concentration

  • Matt Ayres
    Ecology
    Physiology and Organismal Biology
  • Ed Berger
    Development
    Genetics
    Molecular Genetics
  • Sharon Bickel
    Biochemistry
    Cell Biology
    Genetics
    Molecular Genetics
  • Ryan Calsbeek
    Behavior and Neurobiology
    Ecology
    Evolutionary Ecology
    Molecular Ecology
    Physiology and Organismal Biology
  • Kathy Cottingham
    Ecology
    Genomics
    Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  • Michael Dietrich
    Molecular Evolution
  • Patrick Dolph
    Biochemistry
    Cell Biology
    Genetics
    Human Biology
    Molecular Genetics
  • Albert Erives
    Development
    Genomics
    Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
    Molecular Evolution
    Molecular Genetics
  • Carol Folt
    Ecology
  • Amy Gladfelter
    Biochemistry
    Cell Biology
    Human Biology
    Molecular Genetics
  • Robert Gross
    Genomics
    Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  • Mary Lou Guerinot
    Genetics
    Molecular Genetics
    Plant Biology
    Plant Molecular Biology
  • Rebecca Irwin
    Behavior and Neurobiology
    Ecology
    Evolutionary Ecology
    Plant Biology
  • Thomas Jack
    Development
    Genetics
    Molecular Genetics
    Plant Biology
    Plant Molecular Biology
  • Andrew Kern
    Genetics
    Genomics
    Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
    Human Biology
    Molecular Evolution
  • Eric Lambie
    Development
    Genetics
    Molecular Genetics
  • Robert McClung
    Molecular Genetics
    Plant Biology
    Plant Molecular Biology.
  • Mark McPeek
    Behavior and Neurobiology
    Ecology
    Evolutionary Ecology
    Genomics
    Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
    Molecular Ecology
    Molecular Evolution
    Physiology and Organismal Biology
  • David Peart
    Ecology
    Plant Biology
  • Kevin Peterson
    Molecular Evolution
    Paleobiology
    Secondary Education
  • Eric Schaller
    Biochemisty
    Cell Biology
    Plant Biology
    Plant Molecular Biology
  • Roger Sloboda
    Biochemistry
    Cell Biology
  • Elizabeth Smith
    Biochemistry
    Cell Biology
    Human Biology
  • Brad Taylor
    Ecology
  • Sam Velez
    Behavior and Neurobiology
    Human Biology
  • Lee Witters
    Behavior and Neurobiology
    Biochemistry
    Cell Biology
    Human Biology
    Physiology and Organismal Biology

Last Updated: 10/12/09