Active Research Areas

Our faculty is supported by federal research grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, as well as private foundations. They act as strong mentors in the lab and in the field for teams of graduate students and undergraduate students, working side by side to apply their knowledge real-world challenges as an engaged community of principal investigators, postdocs, and both graduate and undergraduate students. We are also closely partnered with DU's Molecular and Cellular Biophysics program and the Knoebel Institute for Health Aging.