Department of Biology Research

Students engaged in research activities (photo by Dale Photographics, © 2009)

On this page:
Faculty Research Interests
Student Research Opportunities
Field Stations

Jonathan Brown - Evolution of Ecological Interactions; Molecular systematics.
Rafael Cabeza - Neurobiology
David Campbell - Pathobiology; Ecology of tropical forests, particularly in the Brazilian Amazon, Belize and tropical China.
Ben DeRidder - Plant Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Plant responses to environmental stress.
Vince Eckhart - Plant Ecology and Evolution; Evolution of life history and reproductive systems.
Leslie Gregg-Jolly - Molecular Biology and Microbial Genetics; DNA repair and recombination in bacteria.
Shannon Hinsa-Leasure - Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology: characterization of biofilm formation by Psychrobacter
Kathryn Jacobson - Community Structure and Population Biology; Macro-fungi in Iowa ecosystems and deserts.
Peter Jacobson - Aquatic Ecology and Conservation Biology; Ecology of desert rivers and riparian ecosystems.
Clark Lindgren - Neurophysiology; Control of neurotransmitter release at the chemical synapse.
Vida Praitis - Cell & Molecular Biology
Elizabeth Queathem - Comparative Physiology; Functional Morphology
Diane Robertson - Plant Physiology/Development
Greg Ruthig - Conservation and evolutionary consequences of ecological interactions between amphibians and their pathogens.
Chuck Sullivan - Cell Biology and Developmental Biology
Bruce Voyles - Virology; Biology of the Prokaryotes; Molecular Biology
Gregg Whitworth - Microbiology; Gene expression in eukaryotes.

OFF-CAMPUS: Click here for list; now being updated for summer 2009.

ON-CAMPUS: - An information session about summer research projects mentored by Biology faculty is typically held for interested Grinnell College students each January.
Summer Internship at CERA
General information about summer research program in sciences at Grinnell

Three students describe their summer research experiences off-campus.

Mark Lundgren '03: Konza Prairie Natural Research Area of the Flint Hills area of northeast Kansas
Margaret Hainline '04: Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Rachel Nielsen '04: Biological Sciences, University of Missouri - Columbia

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