Research

The Department's professoriate maintain a diverse set of research activities, supported by several millions of dollars in grants. As well, Adjunct Professors supervise research by Dalhousie students at their institutions (e.g. at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography or the National Research Council). The activities within the Department and associated institutions afford many opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students for participation in leading edge research.

Explore some of the Research Groups in the Department of Biology

Bentzen Lab Evolution, ecology and conservation	Bertrand Lab Marine Microbial Proteomics and Trace Nutrient Biogeochemistry
Bielawski Research Group Adaptive evolution of complexity	Crossin Lab Evolutionary Physiology & Animal Ecology
Gunawardena Lab Plant Programmed Cell Death	Hutchings Lab Evolutionary Ecology & Life History Evolution of Fishes
Johnston Lab Plant Evolution & Ecology	LaRoche Lab Ocean Microbiomes
MacNeil Lab Aquatic conservation and resource management	Lotze Lab Human-induced changes in marine populations, communities and ecosystems
Leonard Lab Evolution of birds communication and conservation of endangered birds	Ruzzante Lab Evolutionary and conservation biology
Simpson Lab Biodiversity and evolution of unicellular eukaryotes	Stone Lab Plant cell and molecular biology, development and environmental stress tolerance.
Whitehead Lab Behavior, ecology, population biology and conservation of cetaceans	Worm Lab Marine Conservation Biology

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