Purpose
USCA is dedicated to fostering an environment of scholarly excellence and innovation through research opportunities. Our mission is to support and advance research initiatives across various disciplines by providing comprehensive resources, facilitating collaborations, and promoting the dissemination of knowledge. We aim to cultivate a dynamic research community that contributes significantly to academic and economic development through our extensive network of research affiliates, sponsored programs, and scholarship opportunities.
Sponsored Research
Center for Research Excellence
Research Mentors
Faculty Research Labs
- Delaurier Lab: Shaping the craniofacial skeleton in zebrafish.
- Dyer Lab: Invasive species' reproductive abilities.
- Hancock Lab: The transposition behavior of the mPing element and harnessing this element for plant gene discovery.
- Harmon Lab: Environmental Toxicology Research
- Jackson Lab: The molecular biology of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and how these functions can be used as targets for anti-viral strategies.
- Ramstad Lab: Genomic techniques and field-based research to assess the causes and consequences of genetic variation in at-risk species.
- Vieyra Lab: Eastern Bluebird Nesting
- Zelmer Lab: Ecology, Parasitology, and Aquatic Biology
- Roberts Lab: Protein Biochemistry of Breaking Carbon-Carbon bonds
- Tariq Lab: Chemical Sensing
- Mills Lab: Egg Development in Understudied Insect Vectors
- Rao Li Lab: Graph Theory in Mathematics and Design and Analysis of Algorithms in Computer Science
- Hatchett Lab: The Impact of Diet and Exercise on Weightlifting Performance and Behavioral Indicators