Biophysics is a major area of study and research in the life sciences, attracting diverse students and faculty with a wide variety of research interests within a cohesive environment. The field of Biophysics has been well represented at UC Riverside and continues to grow. UCR offers a Ph.D. in Biophysics as well as an M.S. degree. Read on to find out more about what the Biophysics program has to offer.

The interdepartmental graduate program in Biophysics has participating faculty from the departments of Biochemistry; Bioengineering; Biomedical Sciences; Botany and Plant Sciences; Chemistry; Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology; Mathematics; and Physics and Astronomy.

The goal of the program is to promote teaching, training and research in the field of Biophysics. Areas of specialization include biological electron transfer, computational/ mathematical modeling of biological systems, structural biology, neurobiophysics, imaging and protein engineering. Biophysicists are needed by institutions of higher learning, and by federal, state and private research organizations.