College faculty
Cheryl Scott Teaching Associate Professor Biology Teaching and Learning |
515 Delaware St. SE |
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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 |
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Burckhard Seelig Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Synthetic Biology - Protein Evolution and Engineering - Artificial Proteins - Origin of Life - Astrobiology |
1479 Gortner Avenue |
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Allison Shaw Associate Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Developing mathematical theory to understand the causes and consequences of organismal movement. |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Ruth Shaw Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Our research employs quantitative genetics to study ongoing evolution in wild plant populations. |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Naoko Shima Associate Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Jeffrey Simon Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
515 Delaware Street SE |
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Sivaraj (Shiv) Sivaramakrishnan Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Michael Smanski Associate Professor; Associate Head of Research Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics |
1479 Gortner Avenue |
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Beverly Smith-Keiling Assistant Professor (Academic Track) Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics |
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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 |
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Nikunj Somia Associate Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Nathan M. Springer Adjunct Faculty Member Plant and Microbial Biology |
1445 Gortner Avenue |
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Daniel Stanton Assistant Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Saeko Takada Research Assistant Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics |
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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 |
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Peter Tiffin Professor Plant and Microbial Biology Evolutionary genomics in plants and microbes, legume-rhizobia symbiosis, evolution in urban environments |
1445 Gortner Avenue |
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G. David Tilman Distinguished McKnight University Professor; Regents Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Margaret Titus Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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Michael Travisano Distinguished McKnight University Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
1475 Gortner Avenue |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Linda B. von Weymarn Research Assistant Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics |
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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 |
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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 |
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Pu Wang Teaching Assistant Professor Biology Teaching and Learning, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
5-110 MCB |
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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 |
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Trevor Wardill Associate Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Abdi Warfa Affiliated Faculty Biology Teaching and Learning |
United States |
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Deena Wassenberg Teaching Professor; Associate Head, Department of Biology Teaching & Learning Biology Teaching and Learning |
420 Washington Avenue SE |
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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 |
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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 |
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Carrie Wilmot Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Structural enzymology; metals and organic cofactors. |
6-155 Jackson Hall |
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Michael Wilson Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
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Bruce Witthuhn Research Assistant Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics |
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Sasha Wright Associate Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |
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Mingzi Xu Assistant Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
1987 Upper Buford Cir |
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Ya Yang Associate Professor, Curator - University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant and Microbial Biology Plant systematics, Phylogenetics, and Evolutionary genomics |
1445 Gortner Avenue |
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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 |
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Arslan Zaidi Assistant Professor Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
6-126 MCB |
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Feng Zhang Assistant Professor Plant and Microbial Biology Genome engineering and synthetic biology for crop improvement |
1500 Gortner Avenue |
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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 |
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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 |
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Marlene Zuk Regents Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
1987 Upper Buford Circle |