biology.unm.eduDepartment of Biology | The University of New Mexico

Toggle navigation UNM A-Z myUNM Directory The University of New Mexico UNM A-Z myUNM Directory Help Student Support StudentInfo FastInfo Department of Biology Home About About the Department Mission Statement Chair’s Welcome Department History Contact Us Undergraduate Program Overview Advisement Degree Requirements Honors Program Scholarships Courses Current Semester Next Semester More Opportunities Graduate Program Overview Admissions Requirements Application Process Degree Requirements Financial Support Scholarships Courses Current Semester Next Semester Forms Biology Graduate Student Association Biology Graduate Advocacy Committee News & Events Latest News News Archive Events Upcoming Events Events Archive Seminars Upcoming Seminars Older Seminars Brown Bags Upcoming Brown Bags Older Brown Bags Calendar Research Departmental Research Research Programs Publications People Faculty Faculty Research Faculty Adjunct Faculty Emeriti & Retired Faculty Staff Departmental Staff Research Staff Post-Docs Grad Students Directory Faculty Directory Staff Directory Employment Opportunities Resources Donate Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-bias (IDEA) Committee UNM Resources on Discrimination and Harassment UNMBio Listserv Administrative Information & Forms Administrative Information Forms The Biology Department is updating their requirements for the B.A. and B.S. majors starting Fall 2023. See the Degree Requirements page and up coming department events for more information. read more Biology faculty and graduate students partner in PICANTE!, an NSF grant with international collaboration to create a predictive model for emerging pandemics. read more Members of the Witt Lab and colleagues from the Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad pose for a final team photo after a successful field season to study Giant Hummingbird migration and blood physiology in central Peru. Pictured from left to right: Marlon Chagua, Jessie Williamson, Kyana Montoya, and Emil Bautista. Photo: Yoselin Bautista. read more Experiments in the Teakettle Experimental Forest in the southern Sierra Nevada in California help inform state efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Hurteau Lab is quantifying the effects of catchment-scale burning on forest carbon dynamics in an old growth mixed-conifer forest. read more Students in UNM Mammalogy course experience hands-on fieldwork led by faculty and graduate students, such as Antonia Androski (left). Photo by: Diana Macias read more Since 2005, the Collins lab has been studying the effects of fire, herbivory and climate variability on grassland structure and function in Kruger National Park, South Africa, in collaboration with colleagues in the US, South African National Parks, and the University of KwaZulu Natal. read more The McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research Project is an interdisciplinary study of the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in a cold desert region of Antarctica. The Takacs-Vesbach lab utilizes this site to see how lake communities and geochemistries change through the year. Pictured are Emily Reynebeau of UNM (right) and Krista Myers of LSU (left). read more Using long-term ecological data to reveal the response of semi-arid ecosystems to fluctuations and change in environmental conditions, the Sevilleta LTER was established at UNM in 1988 read more UNM Home Welcome to UNM Biology With classes and research spanning genes to ecosystems and beyond, we are home to major research programs like the Museum of Southwestern Biology , the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LTER), the Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology (CETI) , and New Mexico Natural Heritage . As a leader in funded research and scholarly productivity, our graduate and undergraduate students learn about research by doing it. Undergraduate training programs in the department like U-RISE at UNM , the PREP at UNM program, and the Sevilleta REU sites program, as well as Graduate training programs like the Museum Research Traineeship , provide additional opportunities for students to engage with research. Please look around to see all of the activity across our department and find a place for your own study of Biology! Undergraduate Opportunities: Interested in Research? Mentoring? Meeting other Biology students? Check out these links. BEMP BUGS PREP SEV LTER Slice of Bio URAD U-RISE Latest News Ph.D. student David Tan leads study on effect of blue light on bird-building collisions Posted: Apr 16, 2024 - 12:00pm Ph.D. student David Tan lead a study that was recently published in Conservation Biology: ... read more Dr. Mubarak Syed and team receives DoD grant to build neuromorphic machines Posted: Apr 04, 2024 - 12:00pm Principal Investigator Mubarak Syed will receive a $600,000 grant from the Department of Defen... read more Dr. Diana Northup research featured in PBS "Untold Earth" episode Posted: Apr 02, 2024 - 12:00pm The microbial research conducted in Carlsbad Caverns by Dr. Diana Northup’s research group was feat... read more »View all news items Upcoming Seminar »View all upcoming Seminars Upcoming Brown Bag »View all upcoming Brown Bags Upcoming Event No upcoming events found. Quick Links Undergraduate Program Graduate Program Faculty Donate to UNM Biology UNM Biology Castetter Hall MSC03-2020 219 Yale Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 Phone: 505-277-3411 email: biomain@unm.edu For any edits to the Biology Department website, please contact our Webmaster © The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131, (505) 277-0111 New Mexico’s Flagship University UNM on Facebook UNM on Instagram UNM on Twitter UNM on YouTube more at social.unm.edu Accessibility Legal Contact UNM Consumer Information New Mexico Higher Education...