School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Access. Excellence. Relevance.

The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences brings together faculty, staff, and students for immersive, hands-on research and experiential learning. By connecting human and environmental health, we inspire socially responsible leaders to build a sustainable and just future.

We develop tomorrow’s solutions today.

Leaders Belong Here

SEBS both requires and provides invaluable experiential learning, which creates meaningful opportunities for students to grow from learners into leaders in the professional world.

Elise Schicker (SEBS ’25)

Elise Schicker Looks to a Future in Neuroscience

Elise Schicker, a biotechnology major from Hillsdale, NJ, is graduating in the spring 2025 with plans to pursue a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Schicker is currently working in the neurosurgery department at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School researching epilepsy, specifically SUDEP (sudden and unexpected death in epilepsy). She hopes to apply her experience to studying neurodegenerative diseases more broadly as a doctoral candidate with a focus on dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Illia Kholiavin (SEBS ’25)

From Ukraine to Rutgers, Illia Kholiavin Perseveres with Biochemistry Degree

Illia Kholiavin is no ordinary SEBS senior. He’s no ordinary transfer student, either. He came to Rutgers from Ukraine in 2023 after his hometown, located in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, was ravaged by war. Kholiavin was a med school student back home, but his major, like so much in his life, changed suddenly and unexpectedly.

By the Numbers

34%

of SEBS students are first-generation students

$4.2 Million

in scholarships awarded to SEBS students annually

100%

of SEBS students participate in experiential learning

Explore SEBS

A Place to Grow

Beyond the Classroom

On campus and off, you’ll discover a multitude of learning venues. From living labs, farms, gardens, and ecological preserves to the nearby Raritan River and research stations across the state, see for yourself that not all classrooms have walls.

Beyond the Country

Gain a planetary perspective through study-abroad opportunities and international research/collaboration, or by interacting with the vast faculty and student body who come to Rutgers from across the globe.

Beyond Graduation

Your SEBS education is only the beginning of a transformative process of hands-on learning that will prepare you for real-world success in a wide range of important fields.

News

Alumni

Nora Jean Nealon (SEBS’13) Comes Full Circle as Faculty Member at NJ’s First Vet School

Fourteen years after her first teaching experience as an undergraduate student at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Nora Jean Nealon (SEBS’13) finds herself just as passionate about and fulfilled by teaching in her current role as a faculty member at the Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine at Rowan University.

Four people standing around a banner that reads, 'R Success".

Leadership

SEBS Office of Academic Programs Recognized with 2025 Student Success Champion Award

The Office of Academic Programs at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences has won the Team/Office Student Success Champion Award for 2025 for their unwavering commitment to transforming the student experience.

Community

2025 New Jersey Youth Institute Attracts Record Turnout

A record turnout of high school students attended the 9th annual New Jersey Youth Institute on March 7 at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). This event, a partnership with the World Food Prize Foundation engages students in considering critical issues of global food security.

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