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.
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JP Gibert Wins Jasper Loftus-Hills Award
Assistant Professor Jean Philippe Gibert has been awarded a Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigator Award by the American Society of...
Nina Sherwood Participates in Intellectual Community Grant
Nina Sherwood will join faculty from other departments, as well as staff, administrators, and students, in a working group to explore ways...
Upcoming Events
Mon
25
Mar
Building Cultural Competency
The Graduate Diversity Committee
Diversity & Inclusion Mini-Series. Please register at bit.ly/BioCultural.
Tue
26
Mar
Phenology and species interactions in subalpine flowering plants
Rebecca Dalton, Morris Lab
Ecology Seminar
Fri
29
Mar
Evolution, Development, and Morphology of Cetacean Skull Novelties
Rachel Roston, Roth Lab
Dissertation Seminar
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.
