Research opportunities for undergraduates are available in most of the department’s labs. Visit the various lab web sites for more information on what type of research is currently being done in each lab to see what interests you. A program is even available where you can do research at the Houston Zoo.
- Lesley Campbell
- Amy Dunham
- Nat Holland
- Michael Kohn
- Tom Miller
- Nik Putnam
- Jen Rudgers
- Volker Rudolf
- Evan Siemann
- Joan Strassmann / David Queller
- Ken Whitney
- Houston Zoo - Rice University Conservation Biology Consortium
Research for Course Credit
BIOS 306 - Independent Study for Undergraduates
Variable Credits Fall & Spring
Program of independent study for students with previous training in the biosciences. Includes a research paper. Students are expected to spend at least three hours per week in the laboratory for each semester hour of credit. If taken for two or more hours, counts as one required lab course but not as a Group A or Group B course. If receiving two or more credits, students will be required to participate in the university annual undergraduate symposium in the spring semesters. Biosciences Group B.
Instructor permission required
Prereq - BIOS 211.
You can even have a research project at the Houston Zoo. Look here for information.
BIOS 403/404 - Undergraduate Honors Research in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Credits 5.00 Fall & Spring
Only open to undergraduate majors who meet specific requirements and with permission of the research supervisor and chair. Registration for BIOS 403/404 implies a commitment to participate in research for at least 2 semesters.
Department permission required
Students must obtain the Special Request for Registration Form and the signature of the supervising faculty member in order to register for this course
Publishing Your Research
The EEB Department has a history of publishing articles with undergraduates as co- and first-authors in peer reviewed journals.
Recent publications with ungraduate authors*
- Horn, K.C*., Johnson,S.D.*, Boles, K.M.* , Moore, A.*, Siemann,E., and Gabler, C.A. 2008. Factors affecting hatching success of golden apple snail eggs: effects of water immersion and cannibalism. Wetlands 28:544-549.
- Johnson, S. D.*, K. C. Horn*, A. M. Savage, S. Windhager, M. T. Simmons, and J. A. Rudgers 2008. Timing of prescribed burns affects abundance and composition of arthropods in the Texas Hill Country. Southwestern Naturalist 53:137-145.
- Afkhami, M.E. and Strassmann, JE. 2007. Adult yellow-crowned night-herons face in opposite directions at the nest. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 119: 747-749
In addition here are links to journals dedicated to publishing undergraduate research.
- Council on Undergraduate Research Undergraduate Journals list
- The Journal of Young Investigators
- Reinvention: a Journal of Undergraduate Research