生物学研究
研究 is an essential part of the 生物学 program at Harvey Mudd. Every student completes a year-long investigative senior project — either a senior research thesis or a sponsored team design project in one of the 临床项目. 而大多数生物学, 数学生物学, and Joint 化学/生物学 majors choose to do a thesis, students in all of these majors have the option of being on a 诊所 team instead. In addition to the senior project, many students do biology research during the summer. Finally, many students start working in research labs prior to their senior year.
Summer 研究 Program
We support research students each summer from a variety of external and internal funds. Funding sources can include the Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science 研究 Program, Harvey Mudd’s Hixon Center for Climate and the Environment, individual faculty research grants and three endowed departmental funds—the Emily H. Mudd, Munzer and William K. Purves summer research fellowships. 学生 sometimes continue their summer projects for their senior research.
Faculty 研究 Interests
所有 生物学教师 maintain active research programs in diverse areas of biology. Here is a brief list of faculty research interests; for more information see individual faculty web pages.
- 教授. 史蒂夫·阿道夫:生理 & evolutionary ecology; mathematical biology.
- 教授. 安娜安: Neural control and mechanics of locomotion.
- 教授. 艾略特布什: Molecular evolution and computational biology.
- 教授. 卡尔Haushalter: Chromatin structure and function.
- 教授. Jae户珥: Molecular biology of aging.
- 教授. 凯西姆法登: Marine population biology and molecular systematics.
- 教授. 达娜厄舒尔茨: Gene regulation in parasites; immunology.
- 教授. 丹Stoebel: Function and evolution of bacterial regulatory networks.