Department Profile
Richard Kuhn, Head
Peter Hollenbeck, Associate Head for Research and Graduate Education
Jeffrey Lucas, Associate Head for Undergraduate Studies
Maureen McCann, Assistant Head for Learning and Discovery in 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: 25 | |
| John Anderson | Andrew Mesecar |
| Jeffrey Bolin | Dennis Minchella |
| David Bridges | 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 | Peter Waser |
| Maureen McCann | |
| Associate Professors: 18 | |
| Bruce Applegate | Wen Jiang |
| Ignacio Camarillo | Daisuke Kihara |
| Henry Chang | Zhao-Qing Luo |
| Jue Chen | Krista Nichols |
| Jeffrey Dukes | Nancy Pelaez |
| David Eichinger | David Sanders |
| Esteban Fernandez-Juricic | Arnold Stein |
| Alan Friedman | Daniel Suter |
| Laurie Iten | Daoguo Zhou |
| Assistant Professors: 13 | |
| Claudio Aguilar | Yuk Fai Leung |
| Edward Bartlett | Kevin Otto |
| Erik Barton | Qi, Yuan (Alan) |
| Nancy Emery | Daniel Szeto |
| Susan Karcher | Peter Waddell |
| Julia Kirshner | Dinesh Yernool |
Jason Lanman |
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| Continuing Lecturers: 6 | |
| David Bos | Elwood Walls |
| Rupa De | Tom Walter |
| Stephanie Gardner | Denise Zielinski |
| Courtesy Appointments: 5 | |
| Andrew DeWoody, Professor | Alan Qi, Assistant Professor |
| Barbara Golden, Associate Professor | Daniel Szymanski, Associate Professor |
| Carol Post, Professor |
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| Visiting Faculty: 0 | |
| Adjunct Appointments: 3 | |
| David Asai | Janet Smith |
| John Hamer | |
Professor Emeritus/Emerita: 21 |
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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 | Jacob E. Wiebers |
| Robert N. Hurst | |
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)