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
Arunika PCD Lab	LaRoche Lab Ocean Microbiomes
MacNeil Lab Aquatic conservation and resource management
	Ruzzante Lab Evolutionary and conservation biology
Simpson Lab Biodiversity and evolution of unicellular eukaryotes	Chloe Schmidt Lab  Biodiversity and Population Genetics
Whitehead Lab Behavior, ecology, population biology and conservation of cetaceans	Worm Lab Marine Conservation Biology

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