Explore research areas in our College of Agriculture and Life Sciences by department, along with resources available to our researchers and students.
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Research Resources
Learn more about research funding, compliance, biosafety, undergraduate research training, National Science Foundation-sponsored REU program and core facilities available to Texas A&M University researchers.
Student Research
Texas A&M University encourages undergraduate research through LAUNCH, an undergraduate research program that supports inquiry and research within all the academic disciplines at Texas A&M and through the College’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates. Graduate research opportunities can be found through the College.
Research Collaboration
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences partners with many institutions within and outside of the Texas A&M University family. Partnerships span beyond the United States, and opportunities to partner with international researchers are plentiful.
Research Areas by Departments
Agricultural Economics
Agriculture, food, managerial and resource economics, agribusiness management, consumer behavior and demand analysis, economic development, finance, international trade, marketing, markets and information economics, natural resource and environmental economics, and policy and production economics.
Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications
Agricultural communications and journalism; eLearning and professional development; Extension education, organizational and community leadership; teacher education; and international agricultural education.
Animal Science
Animal breeding, animal nutrition, biotechnology, dairy science, equine science, food science and technology, genetics, meat science, microbiology, and reproductive physiology.
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Bioinformatics, biotechnology, cell and developmental biology, chemical biology, enzymology, gene structure and regulation, genomics, glycobiology, immunology, metabolism and bioenergetics, microbiology, plant molecular biology, proteomics, RNA biology, structural biology, and virology.
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Power machinery; bio-energy and bio-products; food and bio-processing engineering; and environmental engineering related to soil, water, and air quality.
Ecology and Conservation Biology
Ecosystem management, ecosystem science, and spatial science, biogeochemistry, biosystematics, decision-support systems, eco-hydrology, ecosystem health, ecological restoration, global change ecology, the global positioning system, human dimensions of ecosystem management, landscape ecology, natural resource economics and policy, range animal and plant nutrition, remote sensing, resource management, and spatial statistics.
Entomology
Arthropod ecology, biological control, genetics and toxicology, integrated pest management, molecular biology, physiology, plant resistance, systematics, and urban, medical/veterinary and forensic entomology.
Food Science and Technology
Specialized expertise in food science technologies, encompassing food chemistry, engineering, microbiology, and processing and unique access to a wide array of laboratories and pilot facilities including commercial-scale electron beam food processing, NASA space food preparation and processing, and grain processing and baking.
Horticultural Sciences
Stress physiology, genetics and molecular science, food science and technology, horticultural plant production, molecular and environmental plant sciences, beneficial plant-microbe interactions, plant breeding, horticultural marketing and international horticulture.
Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism
Hospitality, hotel management, sustainable tourism practices, emerging technologies, destination management, cultural heritage, wellness tourism, and event management.
Nutrition
Nutrition and food safety education, stem cell biology, dietary interactions, colon cancer, obesity, diabetes, dietary guidelines, community-based nutrition, and physical activity intervention.
Plant Pathology and Microbiology
Bacteriology, bioenergy, bioinformatics, biological control, biotechnology, ecology and evolution, field crop pathology, forest pathology, fungal molecular biology, host-plant resistance, mycology, mycotoxins, nematology, ornamentals, RNAi, secondary metabolites, and virology.
Poultry Science
Poultry management, environmental stewardship, product quality and safety, and avian and human health, spanning a broad spectrum of disciplines such as physiology, reproduction, biochemistry, nutrition, microbiology, genetics, fundamental biology, genomics, and medicine.
Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management
Wildlife ecology, conservation and management; fisheries ecology and management; biodiversity and systematics; aquaculture; human dimensions of fish and wildlife resources; and marine biology and ecology.
Soil and Crop Sciences
Bio-energy, carbon sequestration, turf ecology, ecosystems, molecular and environmental plant science, genetics, water management and hydrology science, water uses and quality, and food science and technology.