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  • Student Research & Success

    Health Sciences major Savannah Green prepares a solution while assisting UAA Biology Masters student Justin Elem on his masters thesis project in the research wing of the ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building. Elem and Green are studying the cells of anoxiatolerant vertebrates and their function during times of oxygen deprivation.

    Turtle research leads to European travel opportunity

    Two Biological Sciences undergraduate researchers, Savannah Green and Diarmid Hall will be traveling to Florence, Italy this July, to present at the Society for Experimental Biology Main Meeting.

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  • 2018 Voices for Science
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    Biological Sciences Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr. Kathy Kelsey was selected by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for their 2018 Voices for Science program. Dr. Kelsey was selected from a competitive applicant pool, based on demonstrated leadership and the potential to positively influence the local community. As part of the Voices for Science program, Dr. Kelsey will receive support from AGU in conducting and organizing outreach opportunities, expense-paid travel to Washington D.C. for an April workshop and the AGU Fall Meeting in December, and the opportunity to network and collaborate with the 29 other scientists selected for the program.

 
 

 

 

 

ACADEMIC ADVISORS

Academic Advisors Dr. Deborah Duricka and David House
If you have questions about the Biological Sciences program, contact the Academic Advisors for the College of Arts and Sciences:
 
Deborah Duricka, Ph.D.
(907) 786-4710
dlduricka@alaska.edu
David House
(907) 786-4378
dhouse4@alaska.edu 
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Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive, CPSB 101
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Telephone: (907) 786-1298

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