Graduate faculty in natural sciences at WSU Vancouver are engaged in nationally- and internationally-recognized research across multiple disciplines. Our group is highly collaborative, and often partner on interdisciplinary projects.
Because graduate students work closely with faculty in pursuing their research, you must line up a mentor before applying. Explore this page to find a faculty member whose research interests fit with your own; then contact that person to discuss applying to graduate school at WSU Vancouver.
Faculty members can be most helpful if they know a little about you. Please provide a resume or CV, educational transcripts and information about your research background and interests.
Biological sciences
- John Bishop, disturbance ecology
- Stephen Bollens, aquatic ecology and biological oceanography
- Allison Coffin, neurobiology of hair cells and hearing
- Cynthia Cooper, molecular genetics
- Jonah Piovia-Scott, community ecology
- Stephanie Porter, microbial ecology
- Christine Portfors, neurobiology of hearing and communication
- Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, aquatic microbial ecology
- Seth Rudman, evolutionary ecology
- Cheryl Schultz, conservation biology
Environmental sciences
- John Bishop, disturbance ecology
- Stephen Bollens, aquatic ecology and biological oceanography
- John Harrison, watershed biogeochemistry and global change
- Steve Henderson, environmental geophysics
- Marc Kramer, environmental chemistry
- Kevan Moffett, ecohydrology and landscape dynamics
- Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, aquatic microbial ecology
- Cheryl Schultz, conservation biology
- Deepti Singh, climate change and climate impacts
- Nicolay Strigul, mathematical ecology
Neuroscience
- Allison Coffin, neurobiology of hair cells and hearing
Mathematics
- Alexander Dimitrov, quantitative neuroscience
- Bala Krishnamoorthy, computational algebraic topology
- Nicolay Strigul, mathematical ecology
Molecular Bioscience
- Cynthia Cooper