University of Dayton Biology Department

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Research Highlights

UD Now an NSF Advance Insitution  

The University of Dayton is one of four universities in the region that have joined together to improve the representation of women in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) through a grant awarded by the National Science Foundation. Read more...

Faculty and Student Highlights

Astronaut Dr. Megan McArthur visits UD to share experiences
Growing up on a California Naval base that shared space with a NASA research center, McArthur thought of becoming an astronaut as a career goal. Last year, she achieved that goal by joining the most recent crew to service and repair to Hubble Space Telescope.  

“I would see [astronauts] coming and going and thought that looked like a pretty fun job,” McArthur said. “That was around the age that people start asking you what you would like to do, so I started looking at college majors...with that interest in aviation and that interest in space.”

McArthur, the niece of biology professor and premedical program director Dr. Robert Kearns, visited UD Thursday, January 14 to meet with several student groups and give a presentation to the public on her experiences in space.  Read more....

Biology Student Works to Further Research in Africa

UD’s Lead, Learn, Serve grant is awarded to students who want to pursue research related to their academic field that will also benefit the community around them. But no one had ever taken the idea of “community” as far as Elizabeth Gazdick did.
Gazdick spent two weeks of August in Ghana, testing the water in different areas of the country to see how certain disease pathogens are spread. She was awarded the first international Lead, Learn, Serve grant from UD, which helped fund her research. Read more...

Generating Genetics Lessons

In a project funded by the National Science Foundation, biology professor, Amit Singh, will work with a local high school teacher to contribute to a national curriculum resource for genetics. Read more...

UD Tree Trail Developed

Nolan Nicaise, sophomore biology major and River Steward, with the help of his advisor Dr. Ryan McEwan, Roger Banks, Karen Bahr, Heidi Haas, many others, and a Learn, Lead, Serve Grant from the College of Arts and Sciences, designed and created the UD Tree Trail, a collection of trees on campus that are highlighted with placards and described in a full-color brochure. This project is intended to shed light on UD's natural riches and to better connect the UD community with a sense of place. View the tree trail brochure here.