Department Profile
Richard Kuhn, Head
Peter Hollenbeck, Associate Head for Research and Graduate Education
Jeffrey Lucas, Associate Head for Undergraduate Studies
Claudio Aguilar, Assistant Head for Biological Sciences
Distinguished Professors: 4
William Cramer, Henry Koffler Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences
Stanton Gelvin, Edwin Umbarger Distinguished Professor of Biology
William Pak, Paul F. Oreffice Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences
Michael Rossmann, Hanley Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences
| Professors: 26 | |
| John Anderson | Maureen McCann |
| Jeffrey Bolin | Andrew Mesecar |
| David Bridges | Dennis Minchella |
| Jue Chen |
Kerry Rabenold |
| Laszlo Csonka | Donald Ready |
| Donna Fekete | Arthur Rosen |
| Michael Gribskov | Christie Sahley |
| Peter Hollenbeck | Louis Sherman |
| Richard Howard | Christopher Staiger |
| Stephen Konieczny | Cynthia Stauffacher |
| Richard Kuhn | Elizabeth Taparowsky |
| Morris Levy | Barry Wanner |
| Jeffrey Lucas | Daoguo Zho |
| Associate Professors: 16 | |
| Claudio Aguilar |
Wen Jiang |
| Edward Bartlett | Daisuke Kihara |
| Ignacio Camarillo | Zhao-Qing Luo |
| Henry Chang | Kevin Otto |
| David Eichinger | Nancy Pelaez |
| Esteban Fernandez-Juricic | David Sanders |
| Alan Friedman | Arnold Stein |
| Laurie Iten | Daniel Suter |
| Assistant Professors: 8 |
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| Nancy Emery | Yuk Fai Leung |
| Susan Karcher | Seema Mattoo |
| Julia Kirshner | Peter Waddell |
| Jason Lanman | Dinesh Yernool |
| Continuing Lecturers: 6 | |
| David Bos | Elwood Walls |
| Rupa De | Tom Walter |
| Stephanie Gardner | Denise Zielinski |
| Courtesy Appointments: 8 |
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| Bruce Applegate, Associate Professor |
Barbara Golden, Associate Professor |
| Nicholas Carpita, Professor |
Carol Post, Professor |
| Andrew DeWoody, Professor |
Alan Qi, Assistant Professor |
| Jeffery Dukes, Associate Professor | Daniel Szymanski, Associate Professor |
| Visiting Faculty: 0 | |
| Adjunct Appointments: 4 |
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| David Asai | John Hamer |
| Erik Barton |
Janet Smith |
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Professor Emeritus/Emerita: 22 |
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| Joseph Altman | Allan Konopka |
| Arthur I. Aronson | Mark Levinthal |
| Timothy Baker | Sanford E. Ostroy |
| Anna W. Berkovitz | Samuel N. Postlethwait |
| J. Alfred Chiscon | William J. Ray. Jr. |
| Martha O. Chiscon | Kenneth R. Robinson |
| Frederick L. Crane | Mary L. Stiller |
| Richard A. Dilley | Irwin Tessman |
| David L. Filmer | Joseph W. Vanable |
| Michael Forman | Peter Wasar |
| Robert N. Hurst | Jacob E. Wiebers |
Faculty Clusters
Molecular Biosciences 23 Faculty
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 15 Faculty
Development and Disease 27 Faculty
A number of faculty members in Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Forestry and Natural Resources who conduct life sciences-related research have joint appointments in the Biological Sciences.
On-going research encompasses a broad range of subjects, including enzyme mechanisms and protein atomic structure, application of computational techniques to analyze molecular structure, cellular signaling, patterns of development in eukaryotic organisms, microbiology, molecular and cellular neurobiology, molecular genetics, molecular analysis of genetic diseases, patterns of evolution in speciation, and environmental factors affecting biodiversity. Collaborations between research groups are encouraged.
Student Profile:
Undergraduate majors: 785 (2007-08)
Undergraduate degrees/year: 127 (2006-07)
Total fall semester credit hours: 41,954 (2007)
Total students taught/year: 11,390 (2007)
Graduate students: 155 (2010)
Advanced degrees: Ph.D. 22 / MS 5 (2009/2010)