Why Research at COLSA?

Why Research at COLSA?

  Work alongside our exceptional faculty on groundbreaking research and innovative solutions to complex global issues.

  Explore everything from biological systems, health and nutrition, genetics and biotechnology to agriculture profitability and sustainability, marine biology, environmental sciences and economic development.

  See first-hand why UNH has gained global recognition as a top-tier land, sea and space grant university.

  Learn on the front lines to create your own sustainable future.

An undergraduate student shares his research at the UNH Undergraduate Research Conference.
Small lumpfish look through the glass of their tank.
A graduate student shares her research at the UNH Graduate Research Conference
Undergraduate students work with a COLSA professor to identify birds in the field.

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Teaching & Research Facilities
Teaching & Research Facilities

The Jackson Estuarine Laboratory (pictured) is located on the shores of Great Bay Estuary, one of the largest estuaries in northern New England.

Meet Our Researchers, Discover Their Work

  • UNH alumna Allison Carl points to her research poster during the UNH Undergraduate Research Conference
    Allison Carl '24
    Pivotal Undergrad Research Experience Leads to Pursuit of Doctorate at Dartmouth
    Allison Carl graduated in 2024 with a degree in biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology. She is now pursuing her doctorate in molecular and cellular biology at Dartmouth College.
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  • UNH student Braden Foulks holding sweet potatoes just harvested at UNH's Woodman Farm
    Braden Foulks '25
    At work on a variety of agricultural research projects that benefit local and regional farmers
    Braden Foulks ’25 has been working with Professor Becky Sideman and Professor Iago Hale on their respective research.
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  • Caylin smiling holding a crab
    Caylin Grove '25
    Working to improve the ecosystem of Great Bay
    Caylin Grove is a genetics: genomics major from Hollis, New Hampshire, who is researching the presence of two diseases that affect oysters in Great Bay.
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  • UNH genetics major Matthew Farbaniec collecting duckweed and microbe samples in Mill Pond in Durham
    Matthew Farbaniec '26
    Work in faculty lab on natural alternative to chemical fertilizer leads to a research project of his own
    Matthew Farbaniec is a genetics major from Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Matthew has been working in Assistant Professor Anna O’Brien’s lab.
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  • UNH environmental sciences major Dakota Mako on a hike
    Dakota Mako '26
    Working with two research teams to understand past, present and future of NH forests
    Dakota Mako is an environmental sciences: ecosystems science major who has worked in Professor Heidi Asbjornsen's and Professor Mark Ducey's labs.
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