Agriculture & Biosciences

Agriculture & Biosciences

Agriculture and biosciences research at UNH encompasses the study of living things from the large scale of farms, forests, lakes and fields to the microscopic scale of the processes in cells that make life possible. Much of the study focuses on the ecosystems that define New Hampshire – forests, watersheds, estuaries and the coastal ocean. Investigations in areas of genetics, physiology and microbiology are leading to a better understanding of how body cells and microorganism respond to their environments. Agricultural research also focuses on New Hampshire’s unique needs and strengths, including developing crops suited to the northern climate and finding ways to raise and produce the food, fiber and fuel we need in environmentally balanced and sustainable ways.

Explore the departments, programs, Institutes, and Centers shown below to learn more.

Research Profile

Stacia Sower:
From Lampreys
to Legend,
A New Chapter
in Neuroscience

Research Profile  

J. Brent Loy -
Plant Breeder
Extraordinaire

Research Institutes & Centers

  • A regional program established in partnership with NOAA that provides research and development to stimulate an environmentally sustainable offshore aquaculture industry in New England and nationwide

  • Provides advanced methods for analysis of biomolecular interactions and facilitates transfer of technologies via training, consultation and collaboration between academic and industrial researchers

  • Promotes training, research and outreach activities in freshwater systems in NH, regionally and globally

  • Conducts systems endocrinology and physiology research in the areas of environmental endocrinology, reproductive biology and the evolution and regulation of physiological phenomena

  • Develops new tools and techniques to characaterize and control the interaction of biological molecules - knowledge that is essential to biomedical and biomaterials research

  • Conducts research in methods development , HTP gycoproteomics, MSn methodology, cancer glycoproteomics and glycobiology using model organisms Daphnia and Caenorhabditis elegans

  • Conducts research in comparative and environmental genomics, with a special emphasis on novel model species and provides technical assistance and services in high-throughput DNA sequencing, fragment analysis, and analysis of gene expression

  • Partnership between the Institute on Disability, the NH Institute for Health Policy and Practice, and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center that promotes and improves health and social well-being of those with inherited conditions through collaborations among public health professionals, private health professionals, educators, consumers and advocates across New England

  • Seeks to solve problems affecting agriculture, forestry, and the social and economic well-being of NH's people, the region and the nation by providing unbiased and objective research concerning diverse aspects of sustainable agriculture, aquaculture, forest management, and related wildlife and natural resources

  • Focal point for research and information on water issues in the state and region, conducintg research, technology transfer, and education of new professionals

  • This first interdisciplinary school at UNH integrates the university’s various marine-related research, teaching and outreach activities, drawing faculty from every college within the university.

  • A leading authority on sustainability within higher education, the Sustainability Institute at UNH is a convener, cultivator, and champion of sustainability on campus, in the state and region, and around the world.  It works closely with educators, students, policymakers, and researchers to bring learning in sustainability to life.