There are numerous career opportunities available to biological scientists, so one of our main concerns at SPSU is to make sure students are prepared to immediately enter the job market in industrial positions. For many of the positions listed below, however, obtaining your B.S. degree in Biology is only the first step in pursuing that career. That's why our biology program also ensures that you are fully prepared to successfully enter graduate or professional/medical school in nearly any area of biology.
Believe it or not, listed below is just a subset of the many career opportunities available in biology. Check out our list of Biology Job Search websites for recommended sites for finding jobs in Biology.
Health-related professions
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Academia
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Industry/private sector
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Government agencies
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| Careers in research and development (opportunities exist in academia, government, and private industry) |
| Anatomist Animal ecologist Arachnologist Bacteriologist Behavioral biologist Biochemist Bioinformatician Biophysicist Biotechnologist Botanist Cell biologist Conservation biologist Cytologist Developmental biologist Ecologist Embryologist Endocrinologist Entomologist Environmental analyst Environmental scientist |
Epidemiologist Evolutionary biologist Forensic pathologist Geneticist Herpetologist Histologist Histopathologist Horticulturalist Ichthyologist Immunologist Information scientist Invertebrate zoologist Laboratory assistant Limnologist Mammalogist Marine biologist Microbiologist Molecular biologist Molecular geneticist Mycologist |
Nematologist Neurobiologist Neurophysiologist Oceanographer Optometrist Ornithologist Osteopath Paleobotanist Paleontologist Parasitologist Physiologist Plant pathologist Plant physiologist Population biologist Protozoologist Soil scientist Taxonomist Tropical biologist Virologist Wildlife biologist Zoologist |
Biology Job Search websites:
Science Careers website
Monster.com
Indeed.com
Biospace
New Scientist Jobs
CareerBuilder
USA Jobs (official US Government job site -- covers NIH, CDC, NCI, and more)




