Organisms and Environment

Organisms and Environment degree from Cardiff University is a research area within which you can focus your studies as part of our suite of Biosciences research programmes (PhD, MPhil, MD).

The Organisms and Environment Organisms and Environment research division focuses on the biology of whole organisms and their roles and interactions in changing ecosystems, in infection and health and at the genetic level. 

Organisms and Environment degree from Cardiff University Cardiff University aim is to understand the ecological, health and genetic consequences of environmental change on biological diversity. Our approach is to focus on processes and prediction, combining ecological, experimental and molecular approaches, in contrasting groups of organisms. 

All the major groups are studied, including animals, plants, bacteria, archaea, protozoa, filamentous fungi and yeast.

Distinctive features

Seminar Programme: The Organisms and Environment Division has an active seminar programme to enable postgraduate students to meet top international researchers and also present their own research

The spectrum of research activities include:

• Microbial and soil ecology

• Endangered Species research

• Genomics, metagenomics, population and environmental genetics of plants, animals and microbes

• Ecotoxicology in aquatic and terrestrial environments

• Community ecology including pest management

• Interactions between organisms and their food resources

• Behavioural and evolutionary ecology

• Chemical ecology and waste management