Advising Information
Find an advisor for:
- Pre-medical: Dr. Max Sanderford
- Pre-dentistry: Dr. Janice Speshock
- Pre-physician’s assistant: Dr. Max Sanderford
- Pre-physical therapy: Dr. Dustin Edwards
- Pre-pharmacy: Dr. Max Sanderford
- Pre-veterinary: Dr. Kristin Herrmann
- Aquatic Ecology: Dr. Victoria Chraibi
- Botany: Dr. Kristin Herrmann
- Environmental biology: Dr. Victoria Chraibi
- Molecular biology: Dr. Harold Rathburn
- Teacher Certification: Dr. Kristin Herrmann
- Terrestrial Ecology: Dr. Kristin Herrmann
- Wildlife biology: Dr. Kristin Herrmann
- Zoology: Dr. Jesse Meik
- General/undecided: Dr. Russell Pfau
Research Opportunities
Faculty and students are actively engaged in a wide range of research areas including biotechnology, ecology, genetics, physiology, and systematics.
All faculty involved in research serve as mentors for undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in participating in the process of scientific discovery.
Motivated students are encouraged to meet with faculty members to learn about available research opportunities.
- Opportunities in the Department
- Opportunities off Campus
Student Organizations
TriBeta
Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) is a national organization whose purpose is to honor biology students that have achieved high scholastic standards, to stimulate interest, scholarly attainment and investigation in the biological sciences, and to promote the dissemination of information and new interpretations among students of the life sciences. Visit the TriBeta website, Facebook, and TexanSync pages.
AED (Alpha Epsilon Delta)
Alpha Epsilon Delta is the honor society for health pre-professionals. AED is a national health pre-professions honor society dedicated to the encouragement and recognition of excellence in pre-professions scholarship, including, but not limited to, medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, podiatry, optometry, physical therapy, clinical psychology, and nursing. For more information, visit the AED website or the AED TexanSync page.
Tarleton Environmental Society
The Tarleton Environmental Society is a student organization devoted to helping minimize the impact of human activities on the environment. The Society provides a platform to spread public awareness of contemporary issues and engages students in hands-on activities designed to reduce the negative impact of human actions. Community service and educational outreach are significant components for the society. For more information, visit the organization’s Facebook page and TexanSync page.
Job Searching
- Texas Parks & Wildlife
- BiologyJobs.com
- AIBS Careers Information
- Association of Zoos and Aquariums Job Listings
- Environmental Jobs
- Wildlife and Fisheries Science Jobs
- Ecological Society of America (see Careers tab)
- ECOLOG-L Parent Portal
- Society for Conservation Biology
- Ornithological Jobs
- U.S. Government Jobs (hint: try using ‘biology’ ‘biologist’ ‘wildlife’ etc. as search terms)
- U.S. Geological Survey
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Society of Wetland Scientists
- American Society for Microbiology
- Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
- Medzilla.com
- Careers in Sustainability