Taking the lead
Wright State’s Considine Scholars Program fostering leadership skills among women in STEM
The Considine Scholars Program funds undergraduate STEM research positions in campus laboratories.
If you are about learning by experience as you explore the science of living things, Wright State’s Department of Biological Sciences is the place for you! Complete your undergraduate degree in one of our eight academic programs, then step up to the Master of Science program in biological sciences.
You can enjoy several experiential learning opportunities while traveling your path toward graduation and an exciting career in biology. Enroll in marine biology and enjoy fieldwork in Florida. Travel with your classmates to study the Amazon rainforest. Study abroad in Poland as part of an animal behavior course. Field-based internship sites include a bird sanctuary, big cat rescue program, zoos, and nature centers. Work with a faculty sponsor to produce a senior honors thesis as part of our honors research program.
An incredible variety of learning experiences await you at Wright State. Check out our website to find out more.
Areas of Research
- Adenovirus biology
- Algae-herbivorous fish interaction
- Aquaporin transport in cryobiology
- Biogeochemical cycling
- Cell surface receptors
- Cellular defense mechanisms
- Cellular and molecular physiology
- Chemoreceptor sensing
- Chemosensitivity and effects of environmental temperature
- DNA bioinformatics
- Forensic DNA analysis
- Freeze tolerance in amphibians
- Freshwater fish and gastropod assemblage
- Gene expression
- Gene therapy
- Genome integrity
- HIV rev-microtubule interactions
- Host-microbe interactions
- Kidney function
- Lou Gehrig's disease proteins cytotoxicity
- Molecular genetics learning progressions
- Natural selection influence on non-coding DNA
- Nuclear organelles structure/function
- Parasitic insects
- Pedagogical content knowledge for scientific modeling
- Plant responses to herbivores and pathogens
- Protein glycosylation
- Speciation genetics
- Stem cell biology and regeneration in flatworms
- Virus-cell interactions
