Research Opportunities
Faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students of The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences are actively involved in a variety of research programs that can be broadly categorized into these areas:
- Molecular Systematics of Plants, Floristics of the Southeast, and Exotic Invasive Plant Studies
- Mammalian Genomics
- Vertebrate Embryogenesis
- Beetle systematics, paleoentomology and phylogeography
- Stream Fish Ecology and Conservation
- Avian Conservation and Management
- Environmental Exposure and Effect of Pollutants
- American Chestnut Restoration and Mycology
- Microbial Ecology, Bioremediation, and Biogeochemistry
- Reptile and Amphibian Conservation Biology
- Environmental Law and Policy
- Vertebrate Paleontology, Mammalian Biogeography and Systematics
- The Biological Basis of Psychiatric Illness
