The study of biology is central to understanding the world around us. Our department offers undergraduate and graduate programs steeped in research that reflects the complexity and diversity of living organisms. Working closely with faculty, students explore everything from cell and molecular biology to ecology and evolution.
Welcome to the Department of Biology
Academic Programs
Undergraduate Programs
We offer majors and minors in biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, and environmental science. You also could pursue a concentration in mathematical biology and bioinformatics or a track in pre-health biology.
Accelerated B.A./M.S. Programs
As an undergraduate, you may apply to our Accelerated B.A./M.S. degree in biology, or in biochemistry and molecular biology, with a fifth year paid for by a scholarship.
Ph.D. Program
Our doctoral program’s intimate size allows Ph.D. students to collaborate, build relationships with, and receive mentoring from world-class faculty.
Faces and Places of Research
Our faculty and students spend a lot of time in the lab and analyzing data — but they also head outdoors to conduct research and collect samples. They travel across Massachusetts and to Alaska, and from Bermuda to the Philippines, to study plants and animals up close in diverse habitats.
Researchers from the Nathan Ahlgren lab take water samples from Walden Pond in Concord, Mass.
Professor David Hibbett leads a seminar at the EcoTarium in Worcester.
Emily Dart, Ph.D. candidate
Bumpus Graduate Student Symposium for research in biology
Linnea Menin '19, master's student in biology, works with water samples from a Cape Cod kettle pond.
Undergraduate and graduate student researchers work with Professor Néva Meyer in her lab.
Professor Philip Bergmann
Daniel Klonaros, Ph.D. candidate
Student researchers collect water samples from a Cape Cod kettle pond.
Professor Nathan Ahlgren
Student researchers work with Professor Robert Drewell in his lab.
Elizabeth Lohr ’19 tries out a drone in the Environmental Monitoring and Emerging Technologies course.
Ecology of Atlantic Shores course
Allan Carrillo-Baltodano, Ph.D. ’19
Small Scale Land Conservation course
Professor John Baker meets with a student in his lab.
Amy Yeager ’17, who self-designed her major in scientific illustration, exhibits her work. Yeager worked with Professor David Hibbett on her biology studies.
Christie Joyce ’16, M.S. ’17
Careers and Internships in Biology
Our bachelor’s and master’s students have opportunities to pursue research and internships that land them jobs after graduation. And our doctoral students, working closely with faculty and peers, make connections in the field that allow them to pursue careers in academia, government, nonprofit fields, and industry.
Biology Seminars
September 14, 2022 – Chandra Jack
Dr. Jack is a new assistant professor in the Biology department at Clark. She is an evolutionary biologist studying the eco-evolutionary dynamics of biotic interactions involving plants
September 21, 2022 – Anna O’Brien
Dr. O’Brien is a professor at University of New Hampshire where she studies the evolutionary dynamics of plant microbiomes
October 12, 2022 – Mak Saito
Dr. Saito is an associate scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute where he studies the interactions between metals and microbial life
October 26, 2022 – Kali Brandt
Dr. Brandt is a senior scientist at GALY, a cellular agriculture biotechnology startup
November 9, 2022 – Theresa Ong
Dr. Ong is an assistant professor at Dartmouth College where she combines theory and empirical work to study agroecology
November 30, 2022 – Mayra Vidal
Dr. Vidal is a professor at UMass Boston where she studies the ecology and evolution of species interactions, including how interactions change over space and time, and how environmental and community contexts influence interaction outcomes. Most of her work involves insect herbivores, but she has also conducted elegant experiments using yeast
Contact Information
Department of Biology
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The Lasry Center for Bioscience
15 Maywood Street
Worcester, MA 01610 - 1-508-793-7173
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