Departments
The faculty 08 comprises the disciplines Biology and Chemistry, to which the Institutes and facilities can be assigned.
The dynamic and successful development of the faculty is based on the disciplines biodiversity and organismic interactions, molecular interactions in natural and life sciences and substances and materials in living an abiotic nature in research as well as in education.
Most of the institutes are located on the campus of natural sciences, Heinrich-Buff-Ring, others can be found in the center of Giessen. In fall 2010 the construction of a new chemistry building began and will be finished by autumn 2015.
 Department of Biology |
 Department of Chemistry |
|---|---|
| Zoology and Developmental Biology | Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry |
| Botany | Food Chemistry and Biotechnology |
| Biochemistry | Organic Chemistry |
| Didactics of Biology | Physical-Chemistry |
| Genetics | Didactics of Chemistry |
| Immunology | |
| Microbiology and Molecular Biology | |
| Plant Ecology | |
| Plant Physiology | |
| Systems Biology | |
| Animal Physiology | |
| Animal Ecology and Systematics |