Learn by doing from day one as you explore a future in biology. While biology encompasses many fields – such as conservation, genetics, microbiology, physiology and more – you will benefit from a collaborative, hands-on approach led by master faculty who are eager to help you answer life’s biggest questions through meaningful, high-level research. Study microbes, genes and molecules in health and disease using cancer cells and model organisms ranging from yeast to zebrafish; carry out organismal, field and environmental research projects; and co-author research publications that will shape the scientific community for years to come. Our outstanding resources include the 520-acre DePauw Nature Park, greenhouses, animal facilities, cell culture and molecular biology labs and the Buehler Biomedical Imaging Center.
Biology
I am in the right place. I'm home.-Bree Mahoney-Sutherland ’25
Internships
in the field
Internships students have participated in:
Harvard Medical School
IUPUI
Washington University in St. Louis
Eli Lilly
Graduate Programs
Graduate schools students have attended:
Johns Hopkins University
Mayo Clinic
Indiana University Purdue University
Washington University in St. Louis
Indiana University School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Notre Dame
University of Cincinnati
University of Chicago
student conduction biology research in a lab
FACULTY
- Philips Akinwole, Ph.D., University of Alabama. Research interests: microbial ecology and urban ecology.
- Lynn Bedard, Ph.D., University of Virginia. Research interests: microbiology and molecular biology.
- J.H. Benedix Jr., Ph.D., Kansas State University. Research interests: ecology, behavior and evolution.
- Nipun Chopra, Ph.D., Indiana University School of Medicine. Research interests: identifying microRNA that are implicated in Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury.
- Dana Dudle, Ph.D., Indiana University. Research interests: plant evolution and ecology, conservation biology, and science education.
- Rose Keith, Ph.D., Duke University. Research interests: Evolutionary genetics of plant chemical defenses and other complex traits, and responses of populations to natural selection.
- Kevin Kinney, Ph.D. , University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Research interests: neuroimmunology and comparative immunology.
- Sarah Mordan-McCombs, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame. Research interests: oxidative stress in S. cerevisiae, and novel compounds for treatment of breast and prostate cancer.
- Henning Schneider, Ph.D., University of Konstanz. Research interests: neuroscience, mechanisms of drug dependence, gene-editing, and drug discovery.
- Janet Vaglia, Ph.D., Dalhousie University. Research interest: developmental biology.