Meet the CBS faculty and students responsible for many 'firsts' in the field of biology and at the University of Minnesota.
Paul Boyer
Nobel Prize winner for discovering how ATP synthase produces ATP.
Myron Brakke
Inventor of density gradient centrifugation.
Richard Caldecott
Founding dean of the college.
Margaret Davis
First woman at the University of Minnesota elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Eville Gorham
Acid rain and nuclear fallout research.
Edward Lewis
1995 Nobel Prize for Medicine.
Raymond Lindeman
Discovered how energy moves through an ecosystem, which launched the field of ecosystem science.
Robert McKinnell
Nuclear transplantation and cloning.
Craig Packer
Leading scholar on the African lion.
John Tester
Pioneering ecologist known for research on controlled burns and climate change.
Josephine Tilden
First woman scientist at the University of Minnesota.
G. David Tilman
Credited with scientifically establishing the value of biodiversity in Earth’s ecosystems.
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