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Biological Sciences

Assistant Professor Adam Brockett holds camera while taking a photo

COLSA Faculty Spotlight: Adam Brockett

Adam Brockett did not grow up thinking that he would become a scientist. In sixth grade, he argued with conviction against the idea, announcing to his parents that history and music would be his focus. Years later, a book, “This Is Your Brain on Music,” shifted the axis. Read More

Recent Stories

  • Headshot of Patricia Halpin, who has shoulder-length blonde hair and is wearing a bright pink jacket and necklace
    - Halpin Named Fellow of American Physiological Society
    The American Physiological Society named UNH Manchester professor Patricia Halpin a Fellow. Read More
  • Assistant Professor Michelle Fournet in Dresden, Germany at one of the Kavli Fellow symposia
    - UNH Scientist Named 2023 Kavli Fellow
    Michelle Fournet, marine acoustic ecologist and assistant professor in the department of biological sciences, was recently named a 2023 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Kavli... Read More
  • Assistant Professor Easton White demystifies quantitative skill building for graduate students.
    - Quantitative Confidence
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  • Arthur Mathieson's Notebook
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  • Gregg Moore and Michelle Fournet
    - Caribbean Partnership Expands
    Gregg Moore, coastal restoration ecologist and associate professor in the department of biological sciences, has invited Michelle Fournet and Laura Kloepper, both visiting... Read More
  • The Cod and the Tern
    - The Cod and the Tern
    With new grants, UNH researchers will study how climate change in the Gulf of Maine is affecting species like the Atlantic cod and the common tern. Read More
  • Julia Saltzman
    - Unfiltered: Endangered Species and Social Media
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  • Female graduate student on a boat holding a male blue crab
    - Crustacean Consternation
    UNH researchers have documented the first-ever pair of mated blue crabs in Great Bay Estuary, with potentially serious impacts on the ecosystem. Read More
  •  Laura Kloepper and her winged research assistant collect data on bat movement.
    - Hawks on the Hunt
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  • Hand holding a live fish, Arctic charr
    - Fish Out of Cold Water?
    Nathan Furey, assistant professor of biological sciences. Arctic charr, true to its name, is a cold-water fish that makes its southern-most home in Maine lakes, putting it at... Read More