College faculty

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Cheryl Scott

Teaching Associate Professor

Biology Teaching and Learning

515 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Eric Seabloom

Professor

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

My research interests include many topics in community and ecosystem ecology including disease, biological invasions, and global change.

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Burckhard Seelig Burckhard Seelig

Professor

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

Synthetic Biology - Protein Evolution and Engineering - Artificial Proteins - Origin of Life - Astrobiology

1479 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Headshot of Allison Shaw Allison Shaw

Associate Professor

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

Developing mathematical theory to understand the causes and consequences of organismal movement.

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Ruth Shaw Ruth Shaw

Professor

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

Our research employs quantitative genetics to study ongoing evolution in wild plant populations.

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Naoko Shima

Associate Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Jeffrey Simon

Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

515 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Sivaraj (Shiv) Sivaramakrishnan

Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Michael Smanski

Associate Professor; Associate Head of Research

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

1479 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Beverly Smith-Keiling

Assistant Professor (Academic Track)

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

Emilie Snell-Rood

Professor

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

Animal response to human environments such as cities or roadsides; Restoration ecology related to toxins such as road salts or heavy metals.

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Nikunj Somia

Associate Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55108
United States

Nathan M. Springer

Adjunct Faculty Member

Plant and Microbial Biology

1445 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Daniel Stanton

Assistant Professor

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Saeko Takada

Research Assistant Professor

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

David Thomas

Professor & Dietrich Chair; Director, Minnesota Muscle Training Program

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

We detect the molecular motions and interactions that are essential for cellular movement (e.g., muscle), focusing on applications to therapeutic discovery

321 Church St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Peter Tiffin

Professor

Plant and Microbial Biology

Evolutionary genomics in plants and microbes, legume-rhizobia symbiosis, evolution in urban environments

1445 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

G. David Tilman

Distinguished McKnight University Professor; Regents Professor

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Margaret Titus

Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Michael Travisano

Distinguished McKnight University Professor

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

1475 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Headshot of Thu Truong Thu Truong

Assistant Professor

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

We study cancer stem cells, signal transduction, gene regulation, cancer metabolism, post-translational modifications, breast cancer biology

420 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, 55455
United States

Gianluigi Veglia

Professor

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

We study the interactions between globular and membrane-associated proteins and enzymes involved in cardiac and skeletal muscle contractility.

312 Church St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Headshot of Lexy von Diezmann Lexy von Diezmann

Assistant Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

How proteins explore their surroundings, self-organize, and convey information in live cells. Single molecule microscopy, meiosis, C. elegans.

United States

Linda B. von Weymarn

Research Assistant Professor

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

Daniel Voytas Daniel Voytas

McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor; Director, Center for Precision Plant Genomics

Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

The Voytas lab develops methods to precisely edit plant DNA to improve crops and to study plant gene function.

1500 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Lawrence Wackett

Distinguished McKnight University Professor

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

The Wackett lab studies enzyme catalysis and its utility in biotechnology, focusing on bioremediation of PFAS, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals.

1479 Gortner Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55108
United States

Portrait of Pu Wang Pu Wang

Teaching Assistant Professor

Biology Teaching and Learning, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

5-110 MCB
420 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

John Ward

Interim Department Head; Professor

Plant and Microbial Biology

We study membrane proteins that transport nutrients or metabolites across the membrane. We use electrophysiology to measure transport activity.

1445 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Trevor Wardill

Associate Professor

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Abdi Warfa

Affiliated Faculty

Biology Teaching and Learning

United States

Deena Wassenberg Deena Wassenberg

Teaching Professor; Associate Head, Department of Biology Teaching & Learning

Biology Teaching and Learning

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

George Weiblen George Weiblen

Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Science Director and Curator of Plants, Bell Museum

Plant and Microbial Biology

Botany, genetics, phylogenetics, taxonomy, ecology & natural history of figs, cannabis, Minnesota flora and New Guinea flora.

1445 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Charlie Willis Charles Willis

Teaching Associate Professor

Biology Teaching and Learning

Undergraduate biology education, online learning, plant evolution and biodiversity, climate change, herbarium-based research, speciation

515 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Carrie Wilmot

Professor

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

Structural enzymology; metals and organic cofactors.

6-155 Jackson Hall
321 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Headshot of Michael Wilson Michael Wilson

Professor

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

Bruce Witthuhn

Research Assistant Professor

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

Portrait of Sasha Wright Sasha Wright

Associate Professor

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

1987 Upper Buford Circle
Saint Paul, MN 55108
United States

Mingzi Xu

Assistant Professor

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

1987 Upper Buford Cir
Saint Paul, MN 55108
United States

Ya Yang

Associate Professor, Curator - University of Minnesota Herbarium

Plant and Microbial Biology

Plant systematics, Phylogenetics, and Evolutionary genomics

1445 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Jeongsik Yong

Associate Professor; Associate Head of Education

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

Cell signaling-mediated dynamics of regulatory transcriptome and functional proteome in cancer and metabolic diseases

420 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Portrait of Arslan Zaidi Arslan Zaidi

Assistant Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

6-126 MCB
420 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Feng Zhang

Assistant Professor

Plant and Microbial Biology

Genome engineering and synthetic biology for crop improvement

1500 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Lei Zhang headshot Lei Zhang

Assistant Professor

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

We study the somatic genome and epigenome instability in aging and longevity applying single-cell multi-omics technologies.

6-106 MCB
420 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Heather Zierhut

Associate Professor

Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

Research genetic counseling practices to improve patient experiences and outcomes, informing how to best teach genetic counseling skills

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Marlene Zuk

Regents Professor

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States