Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

The core areas of research are Analysis, Algebra, Geometry/Topology, and Applied Mathematics. Mathematics is as much a science of form as it is of number. The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology embraces research on virtually all aspects of biodiversity, including: origins and history of species ranging from bacteria to humans, processes by which this diversity has evolved, and ecological context in which this evolution takes place. The research mission of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan is to understand the origin, evolution, and future of the Earth.

The Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS) is a broadly interdisciplinary program whose mission is to encourage and facilitate research and education in the general area of nonlinear, dynamical and adaptive systems. The Chemistry Department has 6 major research areas: Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry.

The core mission of the University of Michigan Biological Station is to advance environmental field research, engage students in scientific discovery using ecosystems and their organismal constituents as objects of study, and provide information needed to better understand and sustain natural systems at local through global scales. Research in the department falls into three broad categories - Cosmology, Extragalatic, & Galactic Extreme Astrophysics and Stars & Exoplanets - with many faculty members spanning more than one area. Research in Applied Physics tackles the fundamentals of modern physics while exploring applications in the context of various branches of engineering, bio and medical science, chemistry, geology, environmental science, natural resources and public policy.

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