Cellular & Molecular Biology Careers & Outcomes

MSUM graduates majoring in Cellular and Molecular Biology will build a solid foundation in the biological sciences. Biological processes at the cellular and molecular level apply to all levels of biological organization from genes to ecosystems. This versatile degree opens opportunities for careers in many areas, ranging from human health to resource management to everything in between. Typically, about half of our graduates advance to graduate programs or professional schools while the rest work in in business and industry.

Common career options for Cellular and Molecular Biology graduates:

• Agriculture
• Biochemists
• Biomedical engineer
• Biotechnologist
• Chemist
• Chemical laboratory technician
• Clinical research specialist
• Epidemiologist
• Food scientist
• Forensic scientist
• Geneticist
• Materials scientist
• Molecular biologist
• Pharmaceutical researcher
• Researcher
• Toxicologist

Where Cellular & Molecular Biology Alumni Work Graduate School

Related Links

• American Fisheries Society
• American Institute of Biological Sciences
• American Society for Cell Biology
• American Society for Microbiology
• Animal Behavior Society
• Ecological Society of America
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• The Nature Conservancy
• Society for Experimental Biology
• Society for the Study of Evolution
• Society for Conservation Biology
• National Science Foundation
• Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Biotechnology Industry Organization
• Society of Toxicology
• Biochemical Society