biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

bacteriologist - a biologist who studies bacteria

botanist, phytologist, plant scientist - a biologist specializing in the study of plants

cytologist - a biologist who studies the structure and function of cells

ecologist - a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment

geneticist - a biologist who specializes in genetics

microbiologist - a specialist in microbiology

molecular biologist - a biologist who studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life

natural scientist, naturalist - a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)

neurobiologist - a specialist in neurobiology

physiologist - a biologist specializing in physiology

man of science, scientist - a person with advanced knowledge of one of more sciences

sociobiologist - a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior

systematist, taxonomer, taxonomist - a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior

vivisectionist - cuts open live animals for research

animal scientist, zoologist - a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals

George Beadle, George Wells Beadle, Beadle - United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)

Alexis Carrel, Carrel - French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)

Carson, Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson - United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)

Delbruck, Max Delbruck - United States biologist (born in Germany) who studied how viruses infect living cells (1906-1981)

Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Haeckel - German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919)

Thomas Henry Huxley, Thomas Huxley, Huxley - English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)

Kendrew, Sir John Cowdery Kendrew - English biologist noted for studies of the molecular structure of blood components (born in 1917)

Thomas Hunt Morgan, Morgan - United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945)

Louis Pasteur, Pasteur - French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895)