Research and teaching in the IB Division emphasizes organismal interactions and
adaptations to the environment. We take a modern interdisciplinary approach to understand
the interactions at many levels from cells to organisms to populations to communities
to landscapes. Faculty research interests include: marine and freshwater ecology;
restoration ecology; population ecology; plant-animal interactions; community ecology;
plant systematics; conservation biology; ecotoxicology; biomechanics and functional
morphology; environmental microbiology; microbial physiology; and gene transfer.
Graduate students working with IB faculty can receive a Masters of Science in Biology, a Masters of Science in
Microbiology or Doctor of Philosophy in Biology. Students interested in the graduate studies should
contact Dr. Henry Mushinsky, Graduate
Program Director. You can use the Faculty/Research link on the left to view faculty
and their research interests.
Dr. Philip Motta and graduate students conduct shark studies off the Yucatan Coast.
IB Administration:
Susan Bell Chairperson, Department of Biology,
Director Department of Integrative Biology
SCA 112B, Phone:(813) 974-6229
Earl McCoy,Assistant Division Director
SCA 314, Phone: (813) 974-5219
Henry Mushinsky,Graduate Program Director
SCA 311, Phone: (813) 974-5218