College faculty
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Kate Adamala Associate Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development Building synthetic cells and creating new architectures for life for use in foundational research and practical applications. |
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Kenneth Adolph Associate Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Hideki Aihara Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Structural biology of protein-nucleic acid interactions relevant to virology and cancer |
312 Church St. SE |
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Frank Albert Associate Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development We use genomics, genome engineering, and synthetic biology to study how natural genetic variation shapes gene expression and complex traits. |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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F. Keith Barker Associate Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Beatriz Baselga-Cervera Assistant Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Merging microbial experimental evolution and bioprospecting to evaluate causal factors and integrate across ecology and evolution. |
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Jannell Bazurto Assistant Professor Plant and Microbial Biology |
1445 Gortner Avenue |
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Mark Bee Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior My lab investigates how and why animals communicate using acoustic signals to convey information in social and reproductive interactions. |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Emily Blythe Assistant Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development Our lab studies how signal transduction pathways are spatially organized within cells. |
United States |
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Daniel Bond Professor Plant and Microbial Biology Studying how environmental bacteria make themselves and their world conductive, and how we can harness them in biotechnology or bioelectronics. |
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Elizabeth Borer Regents Professor; Distinguished McKnight University Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Mark Borrello Associate Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Yaniv Brandvain Associate Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Plant and Microbial Biology |
1500 Gortner Avenue |
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Robert Brooker Professor Biology Teaching and Learning, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Christina Camell Assistant Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics We investigate inflammation and metabolic dysregulation in older individuals to generate mechanistic understanding of the pathways involved. |
312 Church Street |
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Clay Carter Professor Plant and Microbial Biology Plant biochemistry and cell biology with a focus on the molecular basis of plant-pollinator and plant-microbe interactions. |
1445 Gortner Avenue |
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Jeannine Cavender-Bares Adjunct Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Evolutionary basis of variation in plant phenotypes and spectral properties, community assembly, remote biodiversity sensing, ecosystem change |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Maureen Cetera Assistant Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development We study how cells coordinate their behaviors across great distances during embryonic development. |
515 Delaware Street SE |
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Lihsia Chen Associate Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Yue Chen Associate Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Functional proteomic analysis and biochemical characterization of metabolic-sensing PTMs in protein homeostasis, signaling and epigenetics |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Duncan Clarke Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development Revealing cell cycle mechanisms that regulate chromosome segregation to avoid aneuploidy, cancer and birth defects for potential cancer therapy |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Robert Clarke Executive Director, The Hormel Institute; Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics We take a systems and integrative biology approach to studying drug resistance in breast cancer |
801 16th Ave NE |
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Sean Conner Associate Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Kyle Costa Adjunct Professor Plant and Microbial Biology |
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James Cotner Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior We study how microbes influence and are influenced by aquatic environments. |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Sehoya Cotner Affiliated Faculty Biology Teaching and Learning |
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Naomi Courtemanche Associate Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Meggan Craft Associate Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior I am an infectious disease ecologist and I lead a lab aiming to understand infectious disease dynamics in animal populations. |
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Peter Crawford Director of Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine; Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics |
420 Washington Ave SE |
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Xiuli Dan Research Assistant Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Our research focuses on mitochondrial dysfunction in aging and neurodegenerative diseases. |
1-274 Nils Hasselmo Hall |
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Antony Dean Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
1479 Gortner Avenue |
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R. Ford Denison Adjunct Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Can we enhance beneficial legacy effects of soybean sanctions against mediocre nitrogen-fixing symbionts? |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Saara DeWalt Dean, Russell M. and Elizabeth M. Bennett Chair in Excellence in Biological Sciences Dean's Office, Plant and Microbial Biology I am interested in determinants of abundance, community composition, and diversity of trees and lianas in temperate and tropical forests. |
123 Snyder Hall |
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Xiao Dong Assistant Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
6-102 MCB |
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Sarah Eddy Associate Professor Biology Teaching and Learning |
3-154 Molecular and Cellular Biology |
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Theresa Edelman Teaching Assistant Professor Biology Teaching and Learning |
3-154 Molecular and Cellular Biology |
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Mikael Elias Associate Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics |
1479 Gortner Avenue |
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Aaron Engelhart Assistant Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
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James Ervasti Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Molecular basis of muscular dystrophy |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Robert Evans III Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies - Biochemistry Major Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Research interests involve engaging students in structural biology/biophysics collaborations including instrument development, XRC, NMR, Cryo-EM/ET, etc. |
5-104 Nils Hasselmo Hall |
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Jacques Finlay Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior My lab investigates the ecology of freshwater ecosystems, and their interactions with surrounding natural and human-altered landscapes. |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Kathryn Fixen Assistant Professor Plant and Microbial Biology |
750 Biological Sciences |
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Emily Flynn Teaching Assistant Professor Biology Teaching and Learning, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
5-106 MCB |
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Michael Freeman Associate Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics |
Room 244 Gortner Lab |
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Katherine Furniss Teaching Assistant Professor Biology Teaching and Learning |
3-154 Molecular and Cellular Biology |
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Laura Gammill Associate Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development We study the development and post-translational regulation of the neural crest, an embryonic migratory vertebrate stem cell population |
515 Delaware Street SE |
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Melissa Gardner Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Brian Gibbens Teaching Associate Professor Biology Teaching and Learning Brian Gibbens performs pedagogical research on a variety of topics including student motivation, gamification, career relevance, mental health issues, and DEI issues. |
3-154 Molecular and Cellular Biology |
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Sue Gibson Professor Plant and Microbial Biology |
1500 Gortner Avenue |
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Matthew Gill Associate Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
312 Church Street |