Biology
Are you interested in a doctorate in biology?
Decide on your research specialization from the following areas at the Department of Biology:
- Ecology and Biological Resources
- Evolutionary Biology
- Molecular and Cell Biology
- Microbiology and Infection Biology
The Department of Biology proactively strives to interact and cooperate with other departments so that new topics can be developed far beyond these areas.
Please see the department website if you are interested in learning more about the people or organization behind the research. For information on the key research areas, please see the webpages of the individual working groups:
- Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology and Botanical Gardens
- Institute of Zoology with the Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science
- Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fishery Science
- Institute of Wood Science
The University of Hamburg offers a doctorate in cooperation with the following non-university institutions:
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM)
- Heinrich Pette Institute - Leibniz Institute of Experimental Virology (HPI)
- Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB)