An integrative approach to organismal biologyBy integrating across levels of analysis from genes to ecosystems, what can we learn about organisms and their environments?

Welcome to the Department of Zoology and thank you for visiting our website. The department currently has 18 regular faculty members, numerous active adjuncts and emeritus members, 640 undergraduates in the biology, zoology, and physiology majors, and 59 graduate students. Our faculty are very successful in obtaining competitive research grants including those from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, U. S. Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Our graduate student program in ecology, environmental stress, evolution, animal behavior, and genomics is among the strongest in the country with many of our graduates carrying distinguished fellowships from private foundations as well as government agencies such as the National Science Foundation. Our dedicated commitment to scientific discovery extends beyond the faculty and graduate students. Indeed, wherever the department can, we integrate undergraduates into our research endeavors not only for the valuable experience it gives our students but also for the financial support it provides. As you can see these are exciting times in Zoology and we welcome your careful perusal of our website; news items are constantly being updated on this site. If you would like further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us.-    Dr. Loren Smith, Regents Professor of Zoology and Department Head