College of Chemical and Life Science

We live in a world of unprecedented advances in the biological sciences. Biologists now have the molecular tools and the theoretical models required to answer long-standing questions in genetics, neuroscience, evolution, cell biology, and many other disciplines.

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Chair's Welcome

Welcome to the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland! We aim to be one of the best integrative biology departments in the country. Our faculty, students, and postdoctoral scholars are engaged in research and teaching at the crest of modern biology using a diversity of organisms and modern approaches to gain the widest possible perspectives on biological organization and function. Evolution provides a unifying theme for the department, with research foci in biophysics, sensory neuroscience, developmental biology, evolutionary genetics, behavioral ecology, conservation biology, and ecology.

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Featured Faculty

Dr. Hey-Kyoung Lee, University of Maryland Department of BiologyHey-Kyoung Lee

Associate Professor

Neuroscientist Hey-Kyoung Lee is best known for her work on neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability reorganize neural pathways. She has shown on the molecular level how the brains of both young and adult animals compensate for a loss of vision by increasing the synaptic connections related to somatosensory perception. Lee is taking her knowledge of the brain’s adaptability to study neuronal changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease. With colleagues at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, she is  developing innovative treatments that may block the progression of this devastating neurological disorder.

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