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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lynn Adler |
Associate Professor |
Ecology and evolution of insect-plant interactions |
| 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 |
| Eric L. Bittman |
Professor |
Circadian Rhythms, Reproduction, and Seasonal Changes in Brain Function |
| Jeffrey Blanchard |
Associate Professor |
Climate Change, Biofuels, Clostridia, Microbial Ecology and Evolution, Genomics, Bioinformatics |
| Patricia L. R. Brennan |
Research Assistant Professor |
Evolutionary Biology and Behavioral Ecology |
| Bruce Byers |
Associate Professor |
Songbird Vocalizations |
| Ana L. Caicedo |
Associate Professor |
Plant Molecular Evolution and Evolutionary Genomics |
| Cristina Cox Fernandes |
Lecturer/Adjunct Research Associate Professor |
Diversity of Amazonian Fishes |
| Gerald B. Downes |
Associate Professor |
Development and function of spinal cord networks |
| Elizabeth R. Dumont |
Professor |
Vertebrate Morphology |
| 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 |
| Benjamin Normark |
Associate Professor |
Evolution of unusual genetic systems |
| Sheila Patek | Associate Professor | Biomechanics, Bioacoustics, Physiology, Macroevolution, Marine Biology |
| Jeffrey Podos |
Professor |
Mechanisms and Evolution of Vertebrate Behavior; Bioacoustics |
| Adam Porter |
Associate Professor |
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| Alan M. Richmond |
Senior Lecturer/Curator |
Herpetology |
| Margaret Riley |
Professor |
Microbial Molecular Evolution and Ecology |
| Karen B. Searcy |
Senior Lecturer/Curator |
Plant Reproductive Ecology |
| 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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