General Information
The Department was established in 2022, based on the Department of General Biology and Physiology of the Faculty of Pedagogical Education and Biology.
The Department employs highly qualified specialists in medicine, general biology, human and animal physiology, plant physiology, biochemistry, genetics, ecology, molecular biology, and other modern branches of biological sciences. The staff includes 3 Doctors of Science, 11 Associate Professors, 1 Senior Lecturer, and 3 Assistants. Currently, 83% of the Department’s staff hold advanced degrees. Professors and associate professors are actively engaged in research, participate in scientific conferences, undertake internships to improve their professional skills, and publish in leading domestic and international peer-reviewed journals indexed by VAK, SCOPUS, and Web of Science. The Department annually publishes monographs, textbooks, and updated teaching and methodological materials. Faculty members have been leaders and participants in Russian and international research grants, including RHNF, RFBR, and TEMPUS projects.
Teaching and research activities are conducted in 8 departmental laboratories, including the educational and research labs of the CKP “BioVet” at Kalmyk State University, as well as on experimental fields where faculty, postgraduate students, master’s students, and undergraduates conduct research on various topics: population biology, molecular biology and cytogenetics, human and animal physiology, balneology and restorative medicine; sustainable land use in arid regions; formation of high-yield, ecologically stable agroecosystems; introduction of valuable forage and medicinal plants, among others.