Biology Careers

Some Current “Hot” Areas of Biological Research:

  • Cell Biology (Especially Cell Cycle Biochemistry and Cell Signaling)
  • Developmental Genetics and Morphogenesis
  • Ecology and Environmental Science
  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology (Human Genome Project, Genetic Engineering of Plants and Animals, Fingerprint DNA, Molecular Systematics, etc.)
  • Molecular Evolution (Molecular Systematics)
  • Neurobiology
  • Plant Molecular Biology and Development

A Few of the Many Possible Professions for a Biologist:

  • Arachnologist
  • Agronomist
  • Anatomist
  • Bacteriologist
  • Behavioral Biologist
  • Biochemist
  • Biological Illustrator
  • Biology Teacher
  • Biophysicist
  • Biotechnologist
  • Botanist
  • Cell Biologist
  • Chiropractor
  • Clinical Pharmacist
  • Conservation Biologist
  • Cytogeneticist
  • Dentist
  • Developmental Biologist
  • Developmental Geneticist
  • Ecologist
  • Embryologist
  • Endocrinologist
  • Entomologist
  • Environmental Scientist
  • Epidemiologist
  • Evolutionary Biologist
  • Food Technologist
  • Forester
  • Geneticist
  • Herpetologist
  • Histologist
  • Horticulturalist
  • Ichthyologist
  • Immunologist
  • Invertebrate Zoologist
  • Limnologist
  • Mammalogist
  • Marine Biologist
  • Mathematical Biologist
  • Medical Technologist
  • Microbiologist
  • Molecular Biologist
  • Molecular Geneticist
  • Morphologist
  • Mycologist
  • Neuroanatomist
  • Neurobiologist
  • Neurophysiologist
  • Ornithologist
  • Paleobotanist
  • Paleontologist
  • Parasitologist
  • Pharmacologist
  • Photobiologist
  • Phycologist
  • Physician Assistant
  • Physician
  • Physiologist
  • Population Biologist
  • Protozoologist
  • Science Writer
  • Soil Scientist
  • Systematist
  • Taxonomist
  • Tropical Biologist
  • Veterinarian
  • Virologist
  • Wildlife Biologist
  • Zoologist

UPCOMING EVENTS


2020 Annual Conference

THEME: Looking Forward: Biology Education in the Future
HOST: Dutchess Community College
WHERE: Poughkeepsie, New York
WHEN: April 17-19, 2020