Meet Our Students and Alumni
Our students are driven to be successful and channel that energy into the many opportunities available to them — internships, organizations, and more. Best of all? They do it while being supported by our top-tier faculty.
Adam Yee
"Hands down the most interesting thing about being biology major has to be the different plethora of people who are also as excited about biology as I am."
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Emma Workman
"I did not know which health field I wanted to go into when applying to WVU, so the biology degree allowed me to decide while also getting required prerequisites."
Read Spotlight: Emma Workman
Ola Barghouthi
“I chose this major because it was the least math heavy stem that I could use to prepare for medical school.”
Read Spotlight: Ola Barghouthi
Jacob Smertneck
"There are a lot of resources available to biology students, and the level of classes is plenty. I feel as though the faculty across the campus as a whole is very attentive to the needs of the students."
Read Spotlight: Jacob Smertneck
Alyssa Mengeu
“WVU has great medical and research programs, so it was the best option for me. My labs are very hands on, and we're really getting into what goes on within certain organisms.”
Read Spotlight: Alyssa Mengeu
Emily Protain
"I would like to continue to research sustainable agricultural practices and one day become a professor"
Read Spotlight: Emily Protain
Sam Skibicki
"Sam is a plant systematist studying the evolution of Zinniinae, a subtribe of the sunflower tribe in the daisy family. "
Read Spotlight: Sam Skibicki
Jansen Nipko
"Biology can seem like a “simple” major, but there are so many different facets to it. I love that everything around us ties somehow into biology, and thus that makes it important to everyone."
Read Spotlight: Jansen Nipko