Marquette的生态与进化小组正在迅速扩大。当前的研究项目试图了解构成植物群落，维持物种多样性，控制物种分布并允许物种共存的力，以及研究产生和维持生物多样性的进化过程。生物科学研究生课程旨在通过提供广泛的理论背景和对科学方法的严格性的赞赏，来培养能够教授和指导独立研究的实验科学家。该计划提供适合于学术界，工业界和政府部门工作的现代生物学方面的出色培训，并为学生提供使用现代生物技术各个领域研究分子，细胞，组织，器官，系统和生物体功能的研究经验。课程选择是根据学生的特定职业目标和先前的学术背景而量身定制的
The Department of Biological Sciences offers a rigorous and intellectually driven PhD program that aspires to train scientists suited for careers in research and teaching. Students are trained to achieve academic excellence by triggering their innate curiosity and by gaining an appreciation for the rigor of the scientific method. This program provides excellent training in modern biology suitable for careers in academia, industry, and government.<br><br>Our graduate program in biological sciences offers unique opportunities for rigorous training in an intellectually driven and multidisciplinary research program. Students can select from our diverse research portfolio spanning Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience, Microbiology, Ecology, Environmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology and Physiology. Our graduates find success in careers across Academia, Industry, and Government. The major endeavor of any student is the research that culminates in a dissertation or thesis. This research must be original and meet the highest standards of quality and thoroughness. The breadth of the department provides a diversity of research fields from which to choose.<br><br>To help in determining the best fit of student and mentor, first-year students do three laboratory rotations. During the rotations, students are temporary members of the laboratories whose research appears to be of greatest interest to them. Before the end of the student's second semester, an advisor who guides both research and selection of coursework is chosen by mutual agreement between faculty and student. The relatively small size of the research groups in this department allows students to interact closely with the faculty. Manuscripts arising from dissertation research are published in highly-respected peer reviewed journals.<br><br>The Ecology and Evolution group is rapidly expanding at Marquette. Current research projects seek to understand the forces that structure plant communities, maintain species diversity, control species distributions, and allow species to coexist as well as studying the evolutionary processes that generate and maintain biological diversity.