Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences
Students from Marine Immersion at Shoals Marine Lab

 

Explore the Department of Biological Sciences

 

Why do complex systems, from cells to populations, organize themselves and behave the way they do? That is the core question the biological sciences seek to answer.

In the Department of Biological Sciences, your search for answers will take you beyond the textbook and the classroom.

You can actively participate in lab- and field-based research in state-of-the-art facilities both on and off campus, as well as take advantage of the region’s varied natural habitats. New Hampshire boasts a stretch of the Atlantic coastline, alpine habitats in the White Mountains, forests, fields, and more than 1000 lakes and associated wetlands.  You can take advantage of our extensive network of research and teaching facilities, including the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, the Shoals Marine Laboratory, and farms and greenhouses that are part of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station.

You can work side-by-side with faculty on research projects that have major impacts on their fields, and apply for grants to fund your own projects.

You will find a wealth of resources relating to your work and your education, because we know that the most powerful learning happens through doing, seeing and experiencing. 

You will develop wide-ranging expertise leading you to a great career in (or beyond) biology: 92% of our undergraduate alumni are either employed or are pursuing graduate education. Our graduate students develop research and professional skills that lead to employment and success in diverse areas across industry, government, public service and academia.

Prepare yourself for success. Go beyond!

 

  • Abigail Lemmon
    The cumulative impact of anthropogenic stressors on larval recruitment of blue mussels
    Abigail's research investigates the cumulative impact of water temperature and anthropogenic noise on the settlement behavior of larval blue mussels (Mytilus edulis).
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  • Jessica Robinson DBS Grad Student
    Using Live Feed as a Vehicle for Nutritional Programming
    Jessica's research investigates the use of enriched live feed to introduce zebrafish to soybean meal in early life stages.
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  • Maggie Dillion DBS Grad Student
    Effects of environmental stressors on Eastern oysters and aquaculture
    Maggie's research focuses on evaluating the effect of environmental stressors on Eastern oysters and potential impacts on aquaculture
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  • UNH graduate student Megan Graham poses outside with green field behind her
    Juvenile bat echolocation
    Megan is using passive acoustic monitoring to explore the ways juvenile bats may echolocate differently than adults, and how those differences may impact acoustic energy used to observe changes in population size.
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  • Dylan Sarubin
    The effects of experience on the brain and behavior
    Dylan's research combines behavioral, immunohistochemical, and other analyses with rodent models to examine the impact of various experiences, such as aging, exercise, and stress, on cognition and neural architecture..
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