ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
Faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate student of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences are actively involved in a broad array of research programs. Presently, there are about 12 faculty and numerous undergraduate and graduate students involved in environmental research. Environmental research can be broadly categorized into these areas:
- Molecular Systematics of Plants, Floristics of the Southeast, and Exotic Invasive Plant Studies
- 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
