Department News

• This year we welcomed Prof. Cindy Ladino as a full-time lecturer in the department. Dr. Ladino teaches laboratory courses to Biology and Nursing students, a general education course in Cancer Biology, and courses for the MAT in Biology program.
• Dr. Richard McBride, a scientist with the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS) in Woods Hole, has been named Adjunct Professor in the Biology Department.
• Drs. Ken Oliveira and Whitney Hable recently were awarded a $217,000 grant from the US Fish & Wildlife Service to continue their ground-breaking work on artificial fertilization and maturation of eel embryos.
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About the Department

Welcome to the Biology department at UMass Dartmouth! As the world around us continues to increase in the complexity of interrelationships between humans and nature, and as we are faced with new critical problems to solve in health care and the environment, having a scientifically educated populace becomes increasingly important. An understanding of biology, the study of life, is not only necessary for addressing many societal problems, but also satisfies our intrinsic human interest in learning more about the world around us.

We offer programs of study leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in Biology or Marine Biology, and the Master of Science degree in Biology or Marine Biology.

Read more information about our undergraduate programs and our graduate programs.

Learn about our expeditions to Galapagos.