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The Biology Department at Central Connecticut State University offers a variety of opportunities and experiences that cut across the broad field of biology. 

• Undergraduate research opportunities with faculty engaged in active research in the areas of neurobiology; medical anatomy and physiology; plant physiology; terrestrial, wetland, and aquatic ecology; physiological ecology; microbial ecology; animal behavior; invertebrate biology; marine biology; systematics; herpetology;  ornithology; and computational biology.
• Undergraduate Programs in general biology; ecology, biodiversity, and evolution; secondary biology teaching; and environmental science. 
• Graduate Programs in anesthesia; health sciences; general biology; and ecology and environmental sciences.
• Pre-Health and Secondary Biology teacher preparation programs.
• Integration of teaching and research with access to state of the art equipment and  extensive research facilities including academic and research laboratories, a greenhouse, specimen collections (plant and animal), a Boston Whaler boat, an animal facility, growth chambers, and walk-in refrigerators and freezer.
• International courses in England/Ireland, Australia, Peru, and Panama.
• Internships with Connecticut State agencies, nature centers, zoos, and private industry.
• Wide variety of courses with field experiences.
• Outreach programs with local schools and science organizations.
• Seminar program that brings in many well-known speakers from off campus.
• Center for Education and Research at Outer Island (CEROI), a cooperative program between the Connecticut State University System and the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge.

Through the academic and extracurricular opportunities which the department offers, students are prepared to understand and participate in a wide variety of biological specializations. Students in the graduate programs are expected to expand their understanding of biological concepts, to become familiar with recent developments in biology, and to become familiar with library, computer, and laboratory resources for biological research.

Jeremiah N. Jarrett, Ph.D., Department Chair, Office: 332 Copernicus; 860-832-2648; jarrettj@ccsu.edu

    * Marine invertebrate biology and marine ecology

Douglas R. Carter, Ph.D., Office: 343 Copernicus; 860-832-2647; carterd@ccsu.edu

    * Plant physiology, particularly photosynthesis and chloroplast genomes

Tiffany M. Doan, Ph.D., Office: 342 Copernicus, 860-832-2676; DoanTiM@ccsu.edu

    * Evolutionary biology of reptiles and amphibians

Sylvia L. Halkin, Ph.D., Office: 336 Copernicus; 860-832-2651; halkins@ccsu.edu

    * Animal behavior, avian biology, deceptive behavior of squirrels burying food

Mark Jackson, Ph.D., Office: 347 Copernicus; 860-832-2650; jacksonmae@ccsu.edu

    * Mammalian neurophysiology, stress physiology, electrophysiology, computational neuroscience

Thomas Mione, Ph.D., Office: 349 Copernicus; 860-832-2656; mionet@ccsu.edu

    * Plant systematics, plant reproductive biology, plant morphology

Barbara J. Nicholson, Ph.D., Office: 340 Copernicus; 860-832-2706; nicholsonb@ccsu.edu

    * Wetland ecology, particularly paleoecology/ developmental history

Peter Osei, Ph.D., Office: 339 Copernicus; 860-832-2657; oseip@ccsu.edu

    * Lipid nutrition

Clayton A. Penniman, Ph.D., Office: 341 Copernicus; 860-832-2658; penniman@ccsu.edu

     * Estuarine water quality management and plant-water quality interactions

Ruth E. Rollin, Ph.D., Office: 349 Copernicus; 860-832-2659; rollin@ccsu.edu

    * Physiology, intestinal function

David Spector, Ph.D., Office: 348 Copernicus; 860-832-2652; spectord@ccsu.edu

Departmental Office:
Room 332 Copernicus Hall
Phone: 860-832-2645
FAX: 860-832-2594

Last Modified: Monday, 25. February 2008