Integrative Biology

Chair: John G. Swallow
Associate Chair: Amanda Charlesworth
Program Assistant: Barbara Schmidt, Barbara McClure
Administrative Assistant: Jacki Craig
Undergraduate BS Program Director: Kimberly F. Regier
Graduate Program Director: Alan Vajda
Graduate Program Coordinator:
Health Careers Advising: Charles A. Ferguson, Gene Brooks, Trishia Vasquez, Denise Leberer
BA/BS-MD Program Coordinator: Trishia Vasquez
Lab Coordinator: James Salmen
Office: Science, 2071
Telephone: 303-556-8440
Fax: 303-556-4352
Website: clas.ucdenver.edu/biology/

Faculty

Professors:
Charles A. Ferguson, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder
Roderick Nairn, PhD, University of London
Bradley J. Stith, PhD, Washington State University
John G. Swallow PhD, University of Wisconsin Madison
Diana F. Tomback, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

Associate Professors:
Christopher J. Phiel, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University
Amanda Charlesworth, PhD, University College, London
Greg Cronin, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael J. Greene, PhD, Oregon State University
Laurel Hartley, PhD, Colorado State University
Timberley M. Roane, PhD, University of Arizona
Michael Wunder, PhD, Colorado State University
Alan Vajda, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder

Assistant Professors:
Brian Buma, PhD, University of Coloradao Boulder
Carlos Infante, PhD, Harvard University
Christopher S. Miller, PhD, University of California Los Angeles
Annika Mosier, PhD, Stanford University
Gregory Ragland, PhD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Senior Instructors:
Hannah Anchordoquy, PhD, University of Colorado
Laurel Beck, PhD, Michigan State University
Cheri A. Jones, PhD, University of Florida
David Knochel, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder
Kimberly F. Regier, EdD, University of Colorado Denver
Gene Brooks, DDS, University of Missouri
Lisa Johansen, PhD, University of Alabama
Molly Nepokroeff, PhD, University of Wisconsin Madison

Clinical Assistant Professor:
Tod Duncan, PhD, University of College London

Emeritus Faculty:
Gerald Audesirk, PhD, California Institute of Technology
Teresa E. Audesirk, PhD, University of Southern California
Linda K. Dixon, PhD, University of Illinois
John H. Freed PhD, Stanford University
Leo P. Bruederle, PhD, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Graduate Program

MS in Biology

The MS in Biology program offers students the opportunity to receive advanced training and research experience in an area of specialization of one of our nationally and internationally recognized faculty members. The master’s program is designed to prepare graduate students for careers in research and teaching; for employment in business, industry and government; for existing career advancement; and for continuing post-baccalaureate work in PhD and professional programs. Students in the program specialize in fields ranging from cell and molecular biology to ecology and evolution.

The master’s program is a research-based program. Applicants to the program must have a declared area of specialization that aligns with the research focus of a biology graduate faculty member. Faculty expertise can be found undergraduate faculty profiles on the Department of Integrative Biology website (clas.ucdenver.edu/biology/). Students must contact prospective faculty advisors to determine if openings are available within the faculty member’s research group.

Click here to learn about the Biology MS requirements.

PhD in Integrative and Systems Biology

The PhD program in Integrative and Systems Biology at the University of Colorado Denver is a multidisciplinary, dual campus program that offers students opportunities to address complex questions in biology using computational, laboratory and field approaches. The more than 40 program faculty members allow students to participate on a diversity of projects at all levels of biological organization, ranging from ecology and environmental microbiology to biochemistry, developmental biology and neuroscience. Depending on the track an incoming student chooses, the approach will either be to explore the problem at multiple levels of biological organization (integrative biology) or to explore the multi-component nature of a biological system (systems biology).

The PhD program is research-based. Applicants to the program must have a declared area of specialization that aligns with the research focus of a program graduate faculty member. Faculty expertise can be found undergraduate faculty profiles on the Department of Integrative Biology website (clas.ucdenver.edu/biology/). Students must contact prospective faculty advisors to determine if openings are available within the faculty member’s research group.

Click here to learn about the Integrative and Systems Biology PhD requirements.