Biology

committed to...The Teacher/Scholar Model

area of focus...Integrative Plant Biology

area of focus...Neurobiology and Behavior

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Biology @ WFU

The Department of Biology at Wake Forest University is a diverse team of scientists, teachers, graduate students and undergraduates who investigate the processes of life at all levels, from the biosphere to the molecule.

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The Teacher/Scholar Model

We pursue excellence in teaching, deep student engagement, mentorship, and advancing the frontiers of knowledge through nationally/internationally recognized research, scholarship, interdisciplinary activities and creative work.

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Ecology and Evolution

Special strengths include biogeography, life history evolution, phylogenetic systematics, conservation, evolutionary genetics, and Neotropical ecology

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Cell and Molecular

Instruction and Research focusing on understanding biological systems at the macromolecular and cellular levels.

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Integrative Plant Biology

Research interests include the molecular biology of development, the biochemistry and physiology of growth, physiological ecology, molecular systematics, and population, community, and landscape ecology.

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Neurobiology and Behavior

Specialization in the chemoreception, acoustic and chemical communication, locomotion, social insects, and biological clocks.

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Ecology and Evolution

The Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics Focus Group includes faculty with expertise in population biology and evolution. Special strengths within this group include biogeography, life history evolution, phylogenetic systematics, conservation, evolutionary genetics, and Neotropical ecology.

Cell and Molecular Biology

Our research labs use a wide array of experimental organisms, including bacteria, plants, fungi, and animals. This breadth gives students many choices for thesis research topics. The cell and molecular focus group faculty are wholly committed to a style of instruction emphasizing personalized, hands-on training.

Integrative Plant Biology

Neurobiology and Behavior

Our research emphasizes the mechanistic analysis of behavior with a common interest in neuroethology, the neural basis of naturally occurring animal behavior, researching chemoreception, acoustic and chemical communication, locomotion, social insects, and biological clocks.

Who We Are

The Teacher-Scholar Model

We have over 20 graduate faculty members that represent the breadth of the biological sciences.

Our faculty and our graduate curriculum is organized loosely into four research focal groups: Cell and Molecular Biology; Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics; Neuroscience and Behavior and Integrative Plant Biology. These focal groups provide graduate courses within each area. We encourage you to contact individual faculty with whom you share interests. Additionally, some biology faculty members participate in the interdepartmental Structural and Computational Biophysics Certificate Program and play prominent roles in the Center for Molecular Communication and Signaling, the Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, and the Center for Bioethics, Health, and Society.

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Ranked #5 Nationwide for Biology Major by College Factual.
(reference: The Best Colleges for General Biology 2020)

Ranked #1 in North Carolina for Best General Biology School by College Factual.
(reference: The Best Schools for General Biology in North Carolina 2020)

Ranked #4 Highest Paid General Biology Graduates by College Factual.
(reference: The Highest Paid Graduates for General Biology in 2020)

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October 20, 2020

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Search: Assistant Professor Quantitative Ecology

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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY

The Wake Forest University Department of Biology invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Quantitative Ecology who studies natural populations, communities, or ecosystems. We seek a colleague answering fundamental questions about organisms in natural environments using expertise in statistical…

October 20, 2020

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Search: Assistant Teaching Professor

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Assistant Teaching Professor, Microbiology

The Department of Biology at Wake Forest University invites applicants for an Assistant Teaching Professor position to begin July 1, 2021. The successful candidate will teach an upper-level general microbiology course with two laboratory sections each semester. Candidates should possess a…

September 21, 2020

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Dr. Susan Fahrbach honored by election as Fellow of ISN

By Cara Davis

Dr. Susan E. Fahrbach, Professor and Chair of Biology, has been honored by election as Fellow for the International Society for Neuroethology. The announcement was made by the President of the Society, Erik Warrant, in the ISN’s September 2020…