Research Areas
UAF is Alaska’s premier research university and its only PhD-granting institution. Research in the Department of Biology and Wildlife spans the breadth of the biological sciences, from molecular biology to ecosystem science. Investigating emerging viral pathogens, microbes that detoxify environmental contaminants, the molecular genetics of obesity and diabetes, impacts of climate change on polar organisms and ecosystems, and more, our faculty work alongside graduate, undergraduate, and high school students to address key issues of vital interest to Alaska and beyond. Click a research area to learn more.
Biology & Wildlife faculty and students also conduct research with: