The Faculty Members of the Biology Department are recipients of grants from the National Science Foundation, the Whittaker Foundation, the U.S. Geological Survey, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute and the National Park Service. They publish in such journals as the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences , Hydrobiologia , Lake and Reservoir Management , Journal of Virology, BioTechniques, and the American Biology Teacher .
Students pursue research projects on a wide variety of topics.
In the past five years, more than thirty five Biology and Environmental Science majors have presented the findings of their research at regional scientific meetings and have published abstracts of their work. Four students have authored or co-authored papers in scientific journals. 1999-2000 Student Research Projects Bonham, M. and T.E. Murray. Differential Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metal in Fish in a Small College Pond O'Donnell, J. and T.E. Murray. Use of Barley Straw as an Algaecide.