Biosystems and Biodiversity (PhD)

Program Overview

The PhD in Biosystems and Biodiversity is a multidisciplinary program that emphasizes organisms' interactions with their environments. Students in this program are supervised by faculty members in the Biological Sciences and Geography departments and use a wide range of techniques to study an array of organisms, including animals, plants, bacteria, and fungi. Research programs often include a combination of laboratory and field studies.

Program Outline

Outline:

• The PhD in Biosystems and Biodiversity is delivered by the Faculty of Arts and Science.
• Students in this program are normally supervised by faculty members in our Biological Sciences and Geography departments.
• Biosystems and Biodiversity is a multidisciplinary program emphasizing organisms' interactions with both biotic and abiotic components of their environments.
• Areas of research include animal ecology, plant ecology, microbial ecology, parasitology, molecular systematics, biogeography, physiological ecology, remote sensing, environmental genetics, toxicology, developmental biology, phytochemistry, and plant physiology.
• In their programs, researchers use a wide range of techniques to study an array of organisms, including animals, plants, bacteria, and fungi.
• Many research programs include a combination of laboratory and field studies.

Teaching:

• Students are required to secure a potential supervisor prior to submitting an application for this program.
• Potential supervisors include:
• Cam Goater
• Dan Johnson
• Gregory Pyle
• Joseph Rasmussen
• Larry Flanagan
• Robert Laird
• Roy Golsteyn
• Steve Wiseman