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Faculty  
 

Jelle Atema
Professor of Biology
Sensory biology, chemical signals, animal behavior, receptor physiology, behavioral ecology, chemical ecology, computational models, robotics

Paul Barber
Assistant Professor of Biology
Evolution, biogeography, conservation, and population genetics of marine organisms

Michael J. Baum
Professor of Biology
Behavioral and reproductive neuroendocrinology, brain sexual differentiation

Gary Benson
Associate Professor of Biology and Bioinformatics
Computational Bioinformatics

Gloria V. Callard
Professor of Biology
Neuroendocrinology, reproductive endocrinology, environmental endocrine disruptors

Ian P. Callard
Professor of Biology
Endocrinology, reproduction

John L. Celenza
Associate Professor of Biology
Plant developmental and molecular genetics

Geoffrey M. Cooper
Chair and Professor of Biology
Function and regulation of proto-oncogenes in cell proliferation, survival, and development

James O. Deshler
Assistant Professor of Biology
Cell polarity, developmental biology, biochemistry, and molecular sorting

Vincent Dionne
Professor of Biology,
Director of the Boston University Marine Program

Neurobiology, mechanisms of olfactory transduction

William D. Eldred
Professor of Biology
Visual neurobiology and neurochemical signal transduction in the retina

John Finnerty
Assistant Professor of Biology
Evolution of development, developmental genetics, phylogenetics, evolutionary genomics, invertebrate zoology

Adrien Finzi
Associate Professor of Biology
Forest ecology and biogeochemistry

Horacio Frydman
Assistant Professor of Biology
Host-microbe interactions at the molecular, cellular and organismal level;
Mechanisms of bacterial transmission through stem-cell niche infection

Thomas Gilmore
Professor of Biology
Molecular biology, cell biology, virology, signal transduction, cancer

Elizabeth Godrick
Professor of Biology
Science education

Stjepko Golubic
Professor of Biology
Microbial ecology, fossil microorganisms, phycology

Ulla Hansen
Professor of Biology
Molecular biology, transcriptional control, chromatin, cell growth and cycle

Robert E. Hausman
Professor of Biology
Developmental biology, cell-cell interactions

Gary R. Jacobson
Director and Professor of Biology
Bacterial biochemistry and physiology

Youssef Jounaidi
Research Assistant Professor

Les Kaufman
Professor of Biology

Boston University Marine Program

Evolution and conservation of aquatic species, ecological plasticity, and fish ecology

Sir Hans Kornberg
University Professor and Professor of Biology
Nature and regulation of microbial carbohydrate transport

Thomas Kunz
Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology
Physiological and behavioral ecology of mammals

Jen-Wei Lin
Associate Professor of Biology
Electrophysiology, molecular mechanisms of secretion

Phillip S. Lobel
Professor of Biology,
Boston University Marine Program

Ichthyology; Behavioral ecology and taxonomy of fishes

Edward L. Loechler
Professor of Biology
Molecular biology, mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, mechanisms of anticancer drugs

Hengye Man
Assistant Professor of Biology
Synaptic plasticity, glutamate receptor, protein trafficking

Kim McCall
Associate Professor of Biology
Drosophila developmental biology, oogenesis, apoptosis

Melissa B. McElligott
Director of Instructional Labs, Instructor

Francis Monette
Professor of Biology
Cell biology, cell cycle, hematopoietic growth factors and cell differentiation

Frank Naya
Assistant Professor of Biology
Cardiac development and disease, mouse developmental biology, gene regulation

Gail Patt
Associate Professor of Biology
History and philosophy of biology, comparative anatomy

Richard B. Primack
Professor of Biology
Pollination ecology, tropical forests, plant population biology, conservation biology, rare plant species, restoration ecology

Chris Schneider
Associate Professor of Biology
Herpetology, evolution, molecular ecology and systematics, tropical biology

Daniel Segre
Assistant Professor of Biology and Bioinformatics
Computational systems biology, functional genomics, evolution of
biochemical networks

Cassandra L. Smith
Professor of Biology
Molecular biotechnology, molecular analysis of human traits, genomics, and new methods for tumor targeting

Michael D. Sorenson
Associate Professor of Biology
Avian behavioral ecology, population genetics, and systematics, molecular evolution

Sidney L. Tamm
Professor of Biology
Cell biology and motility, cytoskeleton, nervous and ionic control of cilia and behavior of gelatinous zooplankton, protozoan motility

Pamela Templer
Assistant Professor of Biology
Plant and microbial ecosystem ecology; Biogeochemistry

Dean R. Tolan
Professor of Biology
Biochemistry, enzymology, molecular & human genetics, evolution, and developmental biology of aldolases

James F. A. Traniello
Professor of Biology
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology of insects

Susan Tsunoda
Assistant Professor of Biology
Signal transduction, protein targeting, drosophila phototransduction

John Tullai
Research ASTP

Ivan Valiela
Professor of Biology,
Boston University Marine Program

Community and ecosystem ecology, predation, herbivory, coastal wetlands, applied ecology, watershed-estuary couplings

Matt Wachowiak
Assistant Professor of Biology
Olfactory coding and synaptic processing, imaging, neurophysiology

Karen Warkentin
Assistant Professor of Biology
Behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, herpetology, tropical biology

Fred Wasserman
Associate Professor of Biology
Animal behavior, bird song, territoriality

David J. Waxman
Professor of Biology
Molecular endocrinology and cell signaling, cancer gene therapy and pharmacology, liver genes and transcriptional control

Eric Widmaier
Professor of Biology
Molecular and endocrine control of body weight; endocrinology and metabolism; neuroendocrinology; reproduction

Ayako Yamaguchi
Assistant Professor of Biology
Behavioral Neurobiology, Neuroendocrinology, Animal Communication

 

 

 

  Adjunct Faculty  
 


Gabriele Gerlach

Adjunct Associate Professor

Anne Giblin
Adjunct Associate Professor

Jason Link
Adjunct ASCP

Michael Moore
Adjunct ASCP

 


Christopher Reddy
Adjunct ASCP

Caroly Shumway
Adjunct Associate Professor
Behavioral neurobiology, evolution, behavior in aquatic conservation, conservation of aquatic biodiversity

Lisa Sorenson
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Kelly Swing
Adjunct Associate Professor

 

Affliated Faculty  
 


Maria Abate
Assistant Professor of Natural Science

John D. Crawford
Research Fellow


Doug Zook
Associate Professor of Education

Staff  
 

Dr. Todd Blute
Imaging Laboratory Manager

Barbara Caloggero
Senior Accounts Analyst

Meredith Canode
Graduate Programs Coordinator

Nathan Garrison
Stockroom Program Coordinator

Jessica Gonynor
Anatomy Lab Coordinator

Ruth Greene
Undergraduate Programs Coordinator

Melissa Hamel
Computer Consultant/Analyst

Julia Halverson
Senior Research Technician

Freya Hendrickson
Center Administrator, CECB Program

Deirdre James
Assistant to the Chair

Bettye Kennedy
Laboratory Technician

Shu Ling Liang
Laboratory Supervisor

Christopher Lourenco
Senior Research Technician

Sara Martin
Business Manager

 

 

Andrew Mastey
Administrative Coordinator, Instructional Labs

Robert Michener
Mass Spectrometist

Mary Penwarden
Administrative Coordinator

Jonathan Perry
Workshop Supervisor

Richard Rigolini
Financial Administrator

Justin Scace
Lab Supervisor/Aquarist

Lindsay Scott
Senior Research Technician

Nicole Shutt
Academic Program Coordinator

Bethel Steele
Senior Research Technician

Thomas Symancyk
Purchasing/Facilities Manager

Lauren Tereshko
Lab Supervisor

Larry Valles
Laboratory Manager

Jeramy Webb
Laboratory Supervisor

 

 

 

 

 

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