Current Faculty
Below is an alphabetical listing of Current Biology faculty. Please note you can search by first or last name. All of Biology faculty are affiliated with at least one of the four interdisciplinary graduate programs and you can limit your search to only those faculty affiliated with a particular program. In addition, you can search for only those faculty who can chair graduate student Masters or PhD committees. And you can combine these criteria to further limit your search.
| Name | Title | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| R. Craig Albertson |
Assistant Professor |
Evolutionary Developmental Biology |
| Peter Alpert |
Professor |
Plant Ecology and Conservation Science |
| Tobias Baskin |
Professor |
Regulation of Plant Morphogenesis During Growth & Development |
| Magdalena Bezanilla |
Associate Professor |
Molecular Mechanisms Behind Plant Cell Growth |
| Eric L. Bittman |
Professor |
Circadian Rhythms, Reproduction, and Seasonal Changes in Brain Function |
| Patricia L. R. Brennan |
Research Assistant Professor |
Evolutionary Biology and Behavioral Ecology |
| Steven D. Brewer |
Assistant Professor |
Science Education; Instructional Technology |
| Bruce Byers |
Associate Professor |
Songbird Vocalizations |
| Ana L. Caicedo |
Assistant Professor |
Plant Molecular Evolution and Evolutionary Genomics |
| J. Zane Barlow Coleman |
Senior Lecturer |
|
| Elizabeth A. Connor |
Associate Professor |
Neuromuscular Junction: Development and Maintenance |
| Margery C. Coombs |
Professor |
Vertebrate Paleontology |
| Cristina Cox Fernandes |
Lecturer/Adjunct Research Associate Professor |
Diversity of Amazonian Fishes |
| Gerald B. Downes |
Assistant Professor |
Development and function of spinal cord networks |
| Elizabeth R. Dumont |
Professor |
Vertebrate Morphology |
| Laura I. Francis |
Lecturer |
My research interests include understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying how cells control their entry and progression through the cell cycle. In particular, I am interested in determining how cells decide whether or not to replicate their DNA and the control mechanisms that underlie that decision. |
| Judith E. Goodenough |
Senior Lecturer II |
Circadian phototactic rhythm in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii |
| Samuel P. Hazen |
Assistant Professor |
Regulatory Networks and Natural Variation in Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis |
| Christiane I. Meyer Healey |
Lecturer |
|
| Peter W. Houlihan |
Senior Lecturer |
Animal Behavior, Vertebrate Ecology, and Conservation Biology |
| Duncan J. Irschick |
Professor |
Functional Morphology, Evolution, and Behavioral Ecology |
| Abigail Jensen |
Associate Professor |
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Vertebrate Retinal Development and Retinal Disease |
| Rolf O. Karlstrom |
Professor |
Developmental Neurobiology: Axon Guidance and Forebrain Patterning |
| Joseph G. Kunkel |
Professor |
Pattern Formation and Development |
| Wei-Lih Lee |
Associate Professor |
Mechanism of Dynein-Mediated Nuclear Migration and Spindle Positioning |
| Geng-Lin Li |
Assistant Professor |
Synaptic Transmission in Sensory Systems |
| Thomas J. Maresca |
Assistant Professor |
Cell Division |
| W. Brian O'Connor |
Professor |
|
| Sheila Patek | Assistant Professor | Biomechanics, Bioacoustics, Physiology, Macroevolution, Marine Biology |
| Randall W. Phillis |
Associate Professor |
Neurogenetics of Drosophila |
| Jeffrey Podos |
Professor |
Mechanisms and Evolution of Vertebrate Behavior; Bioacoustics |
| Alan M. Richmond |
Senior Lecturer/Curator |
Herpetology |
| Margaret Riley |
Professor |
Microbial Molecular Evolution and Ecology |
| Lawrence M. Schwartz |
Eugene M. and Ronnie Isenberg Professor of Integrated Science |
Programmed Cell Death |
| Karen B. Searcy |
Senior Lecturer/Curator |
Plant Reproductive Ecology |
| Patricia Wadsworth |
Professor |
Cell Division and Cytoskeleton |
| Elsbeth Walker |
Professor |
Plant Development and Molecular Genetics |
| R. Thomas Zoeller |
Professor |
Thyroid Hormone Action on Brain Development and Environmental Disruption of Thyroid Hormone Action |
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