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Collaborative research between students and faculty is one of the greatest strengths of the biology department.
Students are given many opportunities to collaborate with faculty on research projects and may present research results at regional or national meetings.
Curricular opportunities
Research tutorials are courses enrolling six to eight upper-division students.
Tutorial students work independently or in small groups to address questions within the scope of a faculty member’s research.
Students enroll in tutorials during the academic year and often continue their research through independent study courses in one or more subsequent semesters, earning one course credit for each experience.
Student research is presented at the end of each semester in the departmental poster session where students and faculty discuss results of their research over pizza.
Paid academic year positions
Students may also obtain paid academic-year positions in research labs, sometimes starting as early as their first year. Each faculty member may obtain financial support for student wages from various sources, including the Colgate Research Council. These opportunities frequently stem from curricular research.
Paid Summer Positions: Each summer about 80 science students remain on campus to conduct research. Summer research stipends ($425 per week for 8-10 weeks) are available from both internal and external sources. Awards are frequently based on the quality of a grant proposal written by a student in conjunction with a faculty sponsor. Individual faculty grants may also support summer research.
Research areas
| Ecology |
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| Freshwater Ecology | Fuller |
| Terrestrial Ecology | McCay |
| Behavioral Ecology | Ingram |
| Physiological Ecology | Pruitt |
| Evolutionary Ecology | Frey |
| Environmental Health and Disease Ecology | Frey |
| Ecosystem Ecology | Cardelứs |
| Community Ecology | Cardelứs, McCay |
| Plant Ecology | Cardelứs, Watkins |
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| Cellular and Molecular Biology |
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| Regulation of Gene Expression | Hoopes, Van Wynsberghe, Ay, Holm, Hagos |
| Eukaryotic Cell Biology | Belanger, Hagos, Meyers |
| Cell Membrane Physiology | Pruitt |
| Application of Molecular Techniques in Evolution and Ecology | McHugh, Ingram, Frey |
| Viral Pathogenesis and Innate Immunity | Holm |
| Cancer Biology | Hagos |
| Stem cell and regenerative biology | Meyers |
| Eukaryotic developmental biology | Van Wynsberghe, Ay |
| Organismal and Evolutionary Biology |
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| Systematics and Phylogeny | McHugh |
| Plant Evolutionary Genetics | Frey |
| Evolution of Development | McHugh |
| Physiology of Ferns | Watkins |