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
• Plant Physiological Ecology