Zoology

Welcome to Zoology!

The Department of Zoology includes 25 faculty members, approximately 90 active graduate students, and over 250 undergraduate majors. The department offers B.A., B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degree programs that prepare students for careers in conservation, management, biomedical, academic, and a variety of other professions. Faculty members have expertise in the areas of ecology, ichthyology, molecular biology, genetics, fisheries biology, aquaculture, invertebrates (including entomology), neurobiology, endocrinology, animal behavior, wildlife biology, mammalogy, conservation biology, evolutionary biology, systematics, ornithology, developmental biology, population biology, stream ecology, limnology, toxicology, herpetology, biometrics, and physiological ecology.

The department maintains modern research facilities (including molecular laboratories, specimen collections, and computer workstations) in the Life Science II and Life Science III buildings on the SIUC campus, as well as at various off-campus field sites. Department faculty are involved with various academic and research programs, including the Biological Sciences Program, Environmental Studies Program, Honors Program, the Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center, and the Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory.