Skip to main content

BIOL 4920

Independent Research in Biology

Course Description

Independent wet-lab or dry-lab research for Biology majors, under the supervision of a University of Virginia faculty member in the Department of Biology, with emphasis on experimental design, data acquisition, and data interpretation. Instructor permission required; prior completion of any one of BIOL 3000, BIOL 3010, or BIOL 3020 strongly recommended.

Alan Bergland

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.94
GPA

George Bloom

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.94
GPA

Edmund Brodie

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

John Campbell

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Jianhua Cang

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Barry Condron

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Robert Cox

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.98
GPA

Christopher Deppmann

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Laura Galloway

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Amanda Gibson

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Robert Grainger

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.92
GPA

Ali Guler

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Jennifer Guler

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Jay Hirsh

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.83
GPA

Katja Kasimatis

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Sandy Kawano

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Raymond Keller

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.68
GPA

Keith Kozminski

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Sarah Kucenas

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.92
GPA

Tracy Larson

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.94
GPA

Xiaorong Liu

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Jessamyn Manson

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Dan McIntyre

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Eyleen O'Rourke

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.66
GPA

Ariel Pani

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

David Parichy

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.95
GPA

Ammasi Periasamy

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Jessamyn Perlmutter

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Drew Schield

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Sarah Siegrist

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.96
GPA

Anthony Spano

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Douglas Taylor

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Michael Timko

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.90
GPA

Melanie Worley

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Martin Wu

Fall 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
3.93
GPA

Nicholas Landry

Spring 2026

tba
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Masashi Kawasaki

Fall 2025

TBA
Rating
Difficulty
3.70
GPA

Mike Wormington

Fall 2024

TBA
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Saurabh Kulkarni

Summer 2024

TBA
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Deborah Roach

Summer 2024

TBA
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Paul Adler

Spring 2024

TBA
Rating
Difficulty
3.92
GPA

Janis Antonovics

Spring 2024

TBA
Rating
Difficulty
3.98
GPA

Cristian Danna

Spring 2024

TBA
Rating
Difficulty
4.00
GPA

Adrian Halme

Spring 2024

TBA
Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Faculty Staff

Spring 2021

Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Michael Wormington

Fall 2019

Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Ignacio Provencio

Spring 2018

Rating
Difficulty
GPA

Dorothy Schafer

Spring 2018

Rating
Difficulty
GPA

W Wormington

Spring 2018

Rating
Difficulty
3.81
GPA

David Kittlesen

Summer 2017

Rating
Difficulty
3.68
GPA

Jay Wormington

Fall 2016

Rating
Difficulty
GPA