Interdisciplinary research is major strength in the Department. Although faculty have individual research programs , a common interest in environmental biology in the broadest sense has encouraged collaboration at scales ranging from molecular processes to ecosystem studies. This provides unparalleled opportunities for students whose interests cross traditional boundaries in biology.
Collaboration is the normal mode of operation in the department.
Graduate students work with particular faculty advisors, but quickly find themselves members of interactive groups. This commonality of interests, and the fact that most groups address at least some of their research to questions involving aquatic organisms and systems provides a strength, and a level of research excellence rare in departments of this size. Graduate students' office and laboratory space is provided in their advisor's research laboratory or in specially designated graduate student areas. Graduate students and faculty have free access to computing and data acquisition systems. Biology Building View from the corner of Wyandotte St.