Our degrees are centered on the development and performance of an original research project, ranging from the molecular level through a broad range of interests in organism biology to ecology and evolutionary biology.

Our graduates are well prepared for careers as researchers, program co-coordinators, research managers, consultants, data analysts and policy advisors in universities, governments, industry and environmental organizations; many become professors at universities. We have close collaboration with several research centers: Canadian Rivers Institute, Huntsman Marine Science Centre, and the New Brunswick Museum.

Research areas

Marine biology:

Ecology and conservation of marine birds

Aquaculture (integrated multi-tropic aquaculture)

Suspension feeding in marine invertebrates

Recruitment and early post-settlement processes in marine invertebrates

Evolutionary ecology of coastal marine invertebrates

Environmental biology:

Effects of multiple stressors on aquatic systems

Effects of habitat loss and degradation on populations, communities and ecosystems

Environmental physiology of fishes

Chemical contamination of aquatic food webs; aquatic toxicology

Effects of forest management on biodiversity (plants, amphibians)

Natural products chemistry:

Marine & terrestrial chemical ecology

Entophytic fungi and their bioactive/antimicrobial properties

Secondary metabolites and novel drug leads

Genetics:

Aquatic molecular ecology

Ecological genomics

Cancer Research:

Pre-clinical and clinical studies of novel therapies and biomarkers in:

Multiple Myeloma

Lymphoma

Lung Cancer