PhD in Behavioral Biology in Ithaca United States | Cornell University

Requirements for the Ph.D. degree include a minimum one semester of teaching experience, a survey course in neurobiology behavior, and an annual meeting of the Special Committee. The field has no formal language requirement, but one can be imposed by the student's Special Committee. The field also requires each student to give a publicly announced seminar as part of the dissertation defense. Cornell's Ph.D. program in Neurobiology and Behavior (NB&B) is unique. Our program integrates the study of neurobiology with the behavior and interactions of organisms at all levels of analysis from mechanism to evolution. Our research approaches the field from the study of ion channels through neural networks to behavioral ecology and the evolution of behavior. We draw from faculty in a variety of disciplines including Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, Applied Physics, Entomology, Biomedical Sciences, Molecular Medicine, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Neurobiology and Behavior. The background and interests of our graduate students is broad and varied. Because of this diversity, each student's course of study is tailored to individual needs and background. In addition to a wide variety of neurobiology and behavior classes, we offer laboratory courses to get the training you need for your thesis project. These labs include neurophysiology and patch clamping, molecular neurobiology, computational neuroscience, bioacoustics, modeling behavioral evolution, and field studies of animal behavior. Beyond NBB, students can find training in a diversity of subjects including biostatistics and bioinformatics.