Our overall goal is to expand and strengthen training opportunities for undergraduates at the cutting edge of our discipline. Our undergraduate education produces young scientists and citizens who understand the scope and perspective of modern biology. We support undergraduate scholarly endeavors, train students for an array of careers in research and related professional fields, and communicate the impact and significance of biology to an array of students. We offer a broad range of learning opportunities, including traditional classroom experiences, hands-on experiences in the field and the laboratory, independent study, and full student engagement in research.
In The News
New book for children on evolution
Prof. Peter Klopfer and his daughter Erika Honoré have published a book for children about evolution. "Darwin and the First Grandfather"...
Patek Lab hosts Army-sponsored research apprentices
You might not think that the U.S. Army would be interested in ants, but they are most definitely interested in the trap-jaw ant's snapping...
Upcoming Events
Mon
26
Sep
One clock, two clocks, old clock, new clocks: Evolutionary insights into biological oscillators
Nicolas Buchler, Asst. Professor Department of Biology
Biochemical oscillators such as the cell cycle, circadian clocks, and metabolic rhythms often co-... Read More
Tue
27
Sep
Toward a New Coastal Wetland Ecology under Global Change
Qiang He, Silliman Lab, DUML
Ecology Seminar
Thu
29
Sep
From the tropics to the arctic: biodiversity and plant-cyanobacterial symbiosis
Juan Carlos Villarreal, Université Laval, Québec Canada
Systematics Discussion Group
Undergraduate Program
Graduate Program
Duke Biology offers diverse training opportunities for students seeking a Ph.D. degree in biological sciences
Requirements for the Ph.D. include course work, participation in seminars relevant to your field of research, successful completion of an oral qualifying examination, one year of teaching experience, completion and defense of a research dissertation under faculty guidance.
Areas of Research
We conduct research in a broad range of areas: ecology (including behavioral ecology, population biology, community ecology, physiological ecology, ecosystem analysis, and biogeochemistry), functional biology at the cell and molecular level (including cellular physiology, molecular genetics, developmental biology, developmental genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics, in both plant and animal systems), functional biology at the organismal level (including comparative physiology, functional morphology, biomechanics, and animal behavior), and evolutionary biology (including population genetics, evolutionary ecology, evolutionary morphology, macroevolution, biogeography, and systematics). Many faculty research programs span multiple research areas and levels of biological organization, creating a dynamic training environment for graduate students interested in cross-disciplinary training.
Biology
Campus Box 90338
Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660.7372
Fax: (919) 660.7293
