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Anne-Marie Abban-Demitrus, Ph.D. candidate, Man Lab
Neurobiology
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Inaya Abdul-Haqq, M.S. student, Kaufman Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Jessika Acharya, M.S. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Kelly Aho, Assistant Professor of Biology
Aquatic biogeochemistry, carbon and nitrogen cycling, air-water gas exchange
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Diana Alizhan, M.S. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Vanessa Ansong
General Biology
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Max Anzede, M.S. student
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Sonali Arora
Neurobiology
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Jelle Atema, Professor Emeritus of Biology; Adjunct Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
sensory biology, chemical signals, receptor physiology, animal behavior, behavioral ecology, chemical ecology, biomimetic robotics
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Dr. Peter August, Professor, University of Rhode Island
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Michael Baum, Professor Emeritus of Biology
behavioral neuroendocrinology, neurobiology
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Paige Becker, Ph.D. student, Buston Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Uwe Beffert, Research Assistant Professor of Biology
Alzheimer’s disease, apolipoproteins, lipoprotein receptors, brain development, neuronal migration, autism, cytoskeleton
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Abby Beilman, Ph.D. student, Aho Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Dr. Peter Belamarich, Pediatric Medical Director of the Comprehensive Family Care Center and Associate Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Morgan Bennett-Smith, Ph.D. student, Buston Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Gary Benson, Associate Professor of Biology and Computer Science; Program in Bioinformatics
algorithm development for DNA sequence analysis
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Jennifer Bhatnagar, Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Biogeoscience Program
Microbial Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Ecosystem Science
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Susie Black, Ph.D. student, Wunderlich Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Autumn Blough
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics
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Daria Bogatova, Ph.D. candidate, Devor Lab
Neurobiology
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Natalia Volgarine Scaraboto Bonfa, Ph.D. Student, Russek Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Deirdre Boyer, Ph.D. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Cynthia A. Bradham, Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Chair, Cell & Molecular Biology
developmental biology; embryonic pattern formation; systems biology
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Cynthia Bradham, Associate Professor of Biology
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Fabio Buitrago, Ph.D. student, Kaufman Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Molly Bunting
General Biology
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Peter Buston, Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Natural Sciences
Evolutionary Ecology, Animal Behavior, Marine Ecology and Biological Oceanography.
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Gloria V. Callard, Professor Emerita of Biology
neuroendocrinology, reproductive and developmental endocrinology, estrogen biosynthesis, estrogen receptor mediated actions and gene regulation, environmental endocrine disruption
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Ian P. Callard, Professor Emeritus of Biology
endocrinology and reproduction
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Alejandra Camargo-Cely, Ph.D. candidate, Mullen Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Alanna Carey, Ph.D. student, Chen Lab
Neurobiology
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Jack Carrol, M.S. student
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Christine Carroll, Ph.D. student, Fiszbein Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Mark Carroll, Cinematographer
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Sofía Casasa, Assistant Professor of Biology
Eco-evo-devo, phenotypic plasticity, insect development, horned beetles, nematodes, transcriptomics, functional genetics
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Alejandra Castillo Cieza, Ph.D. student, Bhatnagar Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Chip Celenza, Associate Professor of Biology, Inclusive Pedagogy & Mentoring Working Group contact person, BAC Co-Chair
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John L. Celenza, Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Program in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Co-Chair, Biology Anti-Racism Committee
plant development, defense, and metabolism; genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology
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Zoé Chamot, Ph.D. student, Buston & Davies Labs
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Tiffany Chan, Ph.D. student, Gummuluru Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Lynne Chantranupong, Assistant Professor of Biology
Neurobiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Behavior, Signal transduction, Metabolism, Organellar Biology, Metabolomics, Proteomics
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Jerry Chen, Associate Professor of Biology
Large-scale neuronal networks, sensorimotor integration, decision making, neurodevelopment, non-linear microscopy
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Mu-Han Chen, Ph.D. student, Davies Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Phoenix Chen, Ph.D. student, Economo Lab
Neurobiology
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Sirui Chen, Ph.D. student, Casasa Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Christine Cheng, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
systems biology, single-cell, epigenetic and transcriptional regulation, immune system, bioinformatics, Alzheimer’s Disease, substance addiction, Type 2 diabetes
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Yu-Qing Chua, Ph.D. student, Templer Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Brian Cleary, Assistant Professor of Computing and Data Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Biology, and Bioinformatics
Tissue organization, cellular pathways, causal modeling, statistical learning
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Elizabeth Co, Senior Lecturer in Biology
science education, human immunology and reproduction
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Rory Coleman, Assistant Professor of Biology
Circuit evolution, Neuroethology, Behavior, Chemosensation, Neurogenetics, Drosophila
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Emerson Conrad-Rooney, Ph.D. student, Templer Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Geoffrey M. Cooper, Professor Emeritus of Biology
Cancer biology
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Juliana Corn, M.S. student
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Emma Daily, Ph.D. student, Templer Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Sarah Davies, Assistant Professor of Biology, Recruitment Working Group contact person
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Sarah W. Davies, Associate Professor of Biology
ecological genomics, population genetics, molecular ecology, coral ecology, climate change, symbiosis
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Ian Davison, Associate Professor of Biology
pheromones and innate social behaviors; novel imaging tools for behaving animals; pathophysiology of injury
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Abigail DeLena, M.S. student
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Naisha Deorah
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics
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Anna Devor, Associate Professor in BME and Biology
neuroscience, neuroengineering, optical imaging, fMRI, blood flow, hemodynamics
Neurobiology
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Ethan Deyle, Research Assistant Professor of Biology
Quantitative Ecology, Environmental Data Science, Nonlinear Dynamics, Applied Complex Systems, Marine Ecology
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Brett DiBenedictis, Lecturer, Core Curriculum and Biology
Neuroendocrinology, innate social behavior, neuropeptides, neural circuits, sex differences, undergraduate science education
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Vincent Dionne, Professor Emeritus of Biology
sensory biology: olfaction, pain
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Graham Dow, Research Assistant Professor
plant ecology and climate change, stomatal development and function, signaling mechanisms
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Yulia Dubrovensky
Neurobiology
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William D. Eldred, Professor Emeritus of Biology
visual neurobiology and traumatic brain injury
Biology Department
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Andrew Emili, Adjunct Professor of Biology and Biochemistry
Systems biology, proteomics, functional genomics, bioinformatics, molecular interaction networks, high-throughput methods, development and disease
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Berkay Engin, Ph.D. student, Fuxman Bass Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Shalom Entner, Ph.D. candidate, Finnerty Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Summer Eubank, M.S. student, Knott Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Ellen Faszewski, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Clinical Professor, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Science Education
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John R. Finnerty, Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Chair, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Evolutionary and ecological developmental biology; evolutionary and ecological genomics; marine biodiversity; global change biology; coral conservation.
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Ana Fiszbein, Assistant Professor of Biology
Gene regulation; RNA processing; systems biology of co-transcriptional programs; computational genomics; role of gene architecture in cancer development and therapy
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Robin Francis, Lecturer in Biology
marine fish ecology, metapopulation dynamics, marine science education research
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José D. Franco
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics
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Erin Frates, Ph.D. student, Marlow Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Horacio Frydman, Associate Professor of Biology
host-microbe interactions at the molecular, cellular and organismal level; mechanisms of bacterial transmission through stem-cell niche infection
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Robinson W. Fulweiler, Professor of Biology and Earth & Environment
Biogeochemistry and Marine Ecology
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Juan Fuxman Bass, Associate Professor of Biology
immune regulation, gene regulatory networks, systems biology, disease mutations, inflammation, transcription factors
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Pamela Garcia Lopez, Ph.D. candidate, Siggers Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Mikel Garcia-Marcos, Professor of Biochemistry and Biology
Intercellular communication, receptor signaling, GTPases, synthetic biology tools, molecular basis of disease, cancer, neurotransmission, embryonic development
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Eva Garrett, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Sensory ecology; olfaction; vomeronasal organ; primate evolution; evolutionary morphology; sensory systems; non-human primate paleontology; genomics; bioinformatics
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Valentina Gascue, Ph.D. student, Younger Lab
Neurobiology
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Jeffrey Gavornik, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
cortical circuits, synaptic plasticity as the basis of learning and memory, the neural representation and processing of time, the biophysical basis of visual perception
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Alexandra Geisser, Ph.D. candidate, Fulweiler Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Lana Ghazale
General Biology
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Julia Gibbs, Ph.D. student, Wunderlich Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Catherine Gill, Ph.D. student, Gilmore Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Thomas Gilmore, Professor of Biology; Director of Graduate Admissions, Program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry; Chair, Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee
molecular biology, cell biology, signal transduction, cancer, molecular ecology
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Elizabeth Godrick, Professor Emerita of Biology
science education, immunology
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Stjepko Golubic, Professor Emeritus of Biology
microbial ecology, fossil microorganisms, stromatolites, bioerosion, phycology, cyanobacteria
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Abhishek Gowda
Biology
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Victoria Guarino, Ph.D. student, Wunderlich Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Ulla Hansen, Professor Emerita of Biology
cancer, cell cycle, gene expression regulation, cell signaling, proliferation, cell survival, transcriptional networks
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Kristin Haroldsdottir, Ph.D. student
Neurobiology
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Cristina Harry, M.S. student, Traniello Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Laurel Hart, Ph.D. student, Man Lab
Neurobiology
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Michaelyn Hartmann, Lecturer; Director, Postdoctoral Associate Teaching Scholars Program
Science Education, Genetics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology
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Cat Hauser, Ph.D. student, Kaufman-Deyle Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Dr. Bianca Heinrich, Senior Scientist, Abcam
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Angela Ho, Associate Professor of Biology
Molecular and cellular basis of synaptic function in neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative disease
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Madeline Huerth, M.S. student
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Les Kaufman, Professor of Biology
marine biology, evolutionary ecology, and conservation biology
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Joshua Kim, M.S. student, Lobel Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Cheryl Knott, Professor of Anthropology, Biology, and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies
primate, great ape and orangutan behavior and physiology; reproductive ecology, energetics and endocrinology; nutritional ecology; life history and human evolution; sexuality and sexual conflict theory; wildlife and habitat conservation
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Garima Kohli, Ph.D. student, Younger Lab
Neurobiology
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Sir Hans Kornberg, University Professor and Professor of Biology
the nature and regulation of carbohydrate transport in micro-organisms
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Payton Kuhn, Ph.D. student, Bradham Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Thomas H. Kunz, Professor Emeritus of Biology
behavioral and physiological ecology, reproductive biology, evolution, and conservation biology of bats
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David La
General Biology
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Joe Larkin, Assistant Professor of Biology and Physics
Bacterial communities, cell-to-cell communication, bacterial electrophysiology
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Joe Larkin, Assistant Professor of Biology and Physics
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Eric Levine, Ph.D. student, Siggers Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Jinxuan Li, M.S. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Jen-Wei Lin, Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Chair, Neurobiology
membrane excitability and synaptic plasticity
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Paul Lipton, Research Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Psychological & Brain Sciences, and Biology; Director, Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience; Associate Director, Kilachand Honors College
Cognitive Neurobiology, Learning & Memory, Undergraduate Science Education
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Guangmei Liu, Ph.D. candidate, McCall Lab
Neurobiology
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Devin Lloyd, Ph.D. student, Larkin Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Phillip S. Lobel, Professor of Biology
ichthyology; behavioral ecology and taxonomy of fishes
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Edward L. Loechler, Professor of Biology
molecular biology; mechanisms by which carcinogens cause mutations and cancer
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Ashley Loescher, M.S. student
Neurobiology
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Yunwei Lu, Ph.D. student, Fiszbein & Fuxman Bass Labs
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Yuran Ma, Ph.D. student
Neurobiology
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Hengye Man, Professor of Biology
Brain development, neuron morphogenesis, synapse formation, synaptic plasticity, AMPA type glutamate receptor, protein ubiquitination and degradation, autism, Intellectual disability, Alzheimer’s disease
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Dylan Mankel, Ph.D. student, Marlow Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Yinuo Mao, M.S. student, Schmitt Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Jeffrey Marlow, Assistant Professor of Biology; Chair, Graduate Committee
microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, global change biology, metabolic activity, geobiology, astrobiology
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Emily Martin, Ph.D. student
Neurobiology
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Ninon Martinez, Ph.D. student, Finnerty Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Johan Martinez-Fuentes, Ph.D. student, Russek Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Mohd Freezely Ezzani Bin Mazri, Ph.D. student
Neurobiology
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Kim McCall, Professor of Biology; Director, Master’s Studies
Drosophila developmental biology, cell death, oogenesis
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Arianna Medina, Lawyer, Latham & Watkins LLP
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KathrynAnn Merth (Odamah), Ph.D. candidate, Man Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Anna Milani, M.S. student, Lobel Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Francis C. Monette, Professor Emeritus of Biology
cell biology; stem cells; molecular control of the eukaryotic cell cycle
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Viola Monovich, Ph.D. student, Man Lab
Neurobiology
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Sean P. Mullen, Professor of Biology
Adaptation and speciation; hybrid zones; the evolution of mimicry and wing pattern variation in butterflies; evolutionary genetics; comparative and population genomics; bioinformatics
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Sevinj Mursalova, M.S. student
Neurobiology
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Mario Muscedere, Master Lecturer in Biology; Director, Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience
Science education and undergraduate mentorship, social behavior, neuroethology, behavioral ecology
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Ranjan Muthukrishnan, Research Assistant Professor
community ecology, marine ecology, coral reefs, invasive species, ecological modeling
EBE and Marine Biology
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Francisco J. Naya, Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Graduate Studies
Cardiac and skeletal muscle differentiation, muscle regeneration, muscular dystrophy, mouse developmental biology, gene regulation
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Isabel Novick, Ph.D. student, Mullen Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Maliha Nujhat, M.S. student
Neurobiology
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Dr. Aruoriwo Oboh-Weilke, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
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John Okechi, Postdoc Associate, Kaufman Lab
Marine Biology
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Melisa Osborne, Research Scientist and Segrè Lab Manager
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Timothy Otchy, Research Assistant Professor of Biology
neural circuits and computation, motor learning and execution, brain-machine interfaces, bioelectronic therapies, brain function localization
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Elif Ozsen, Ph.D. student, Chantranupong Lab
Neurobiology
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Hannah Pangborn, M.S. student, Finnerty Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Sara Parker, Ph.D. student, Strickland Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Esha Patel
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics
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Ameya Patkar, Ph.D. student, Man Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Gail Patt, Associate Professor Emerita of Biology
comparative anatomy and physiology, human population genetics
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Benjamin Peters, Ph.D. student, Sorenson Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Richard B. Primack, Professor of Biology
impact of climate change on the phenology plants, birds and insects; conservation biology; noise pollution; ecological and conservation impacts of the pandemic
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Sarah R, Biology Peer Mentor
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Katya Ravid, Barbara E. Corkey Professor of Medicine; Professor of Biochemistry, Biology, Health Sciences; Director, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research and BU Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Office
Blood Stem Cells and Blood Cancer; Thrombosis and Purine Signaling; Vascular Biology
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Chris Richardson, Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Biology
energetics, ecoimmunology, and hormone function of small mammals; disease ecology and urban ecology; role of physiological and extrinsic factors on the ecology of temperate bats; tradeoffs between energy use for immune function, thermoregulation, and reproduction
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David Ritter, Ph.D. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Abby Robinson, Ph.D. student, Mullen Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Carla Rojas, M.S. student, Schmitt Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Matthew Rothendler, M.S. student, Primack Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Randi Rotjan, Adjunct Associate Professor of Biology
Marine ecology, conservation biology, behavioral ecology, organismal physiology, coral reefs
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Randi Rotjan, Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Biology
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Jaice Rottenberg, Ph.D. candidate, Fuxman Bass Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Shelley J. Russek, Professor of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics and Biology; Director of Graduate Program for Neuroscience
Neuropharmacology, Epilepsy, Gene regulation of Neural Circuits
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Maria Jose Salazar Nicholls, Ph.D. candidate, Warkentin Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Sabrina Samad Shoily, Ph.D. student, Garcia-Marcos Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Karina Scavo Lord, Lecturer in Biology and the Boston University Marine Program (BUMP)
Marine ecology and conservation, evolutionary and ecological genomics, coral reefs, eelgrass meadows
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Christopher Schmitt, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Biology
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Christopher Schmitt, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Biology;
Affiliated Faculty, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studiesprimate growth and development, ontogeny and etiology of obesity, population and functional genomics, quantitative genetics, primate behavioral ecology and life history
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Christopher J. Schneider, Professor Emeritus of Biology
ecology, evolution and adaptive diversification of reptiles and amphibians; systematics; population and comparative genomics; tropical biology and conservation
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Peter Schroedl, Ph.D. student, Marlow Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Daniel Segrè, Professor of Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Engineering
systems biology, evolution of biochemical networks, genomics, metabolic engineering, microbial ecology
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Angela Seliga, Physiology Laboratory Manager, CAS Diversity and Inclusion Action Team Staff Co-Advisor
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Renata Serio, Ph.D. candidate, Fiszbein Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Mingqi Sha, Ph.D. candidate, Ho Lab
Neurobiology
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Barkha Shah, Laboratory Supervisor, BAC Graduate Student Liaison, BAC Co-Chair, Staff Advisor for the CAS DEI Student Council, Founding Member of Institutional Racism in Health in Science
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Trevor W. Siggers, Associate Professor of Biology
systems biology of the immune and inflammatory systems, gene regulation in immune and inflammatory systems, inflammatory diseases, transcriptional networks, DNA-binding of transcription factors and transcriptional regulatory complexes, computational genomics, cis-regulatory logic in transcription
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Dr. Gregory Skomal, Marine Biologist
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Jordan Smith, Ph.D. student, Traniello Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Jenna Sorenson, M.S. student, Finnerty Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Lisa Sorenson, Adjunct Associate Professor and Co-Chair, West Indian Whistling-Duck Working Group of the Society of Caribbean Ornithology
Conservation Biology, Behavioral Ecology, and Hormonal Mechanisms of Behavior in Birds
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Michael D. Sorenson, Professor of Biology
Avian behavioral ecology, speciation, population genomics, and molecular systematics
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Kathryn Spilios, Master Lecturer in Biology; Director, Instructional Labs; Director, Learning Assistant Program; Director, Academic Planning
Science education, entomology
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Dr. Daniel Starczynowski, Associate Professor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center & University of Cincinnati
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Chelsea Stephens, Ph.D. candidate, Naya Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Lynette Strickland, Assistant Professor of Biology
Evolutionary genetics, ecological genetics and genomics, ecological entomology, biodiversity genomics, tropical ecology, beetles
Integrated studies of biodiversity genomics
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Nancy Sullivan, Director, National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab, Boston University
Professor, Virology, Immunology & Microbiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
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Nancy Sullivan, Professor of Biology and Virology, Immunology & Microbiology
HIV entry and resistance to neutralizing antibodies; Filovirus vaccines and immune mechanism; Filovirus glycoprotein mediated pathogenicity, virus entry and antibody vulnerabilities; Pandemic Preparedness; SARS-CoV-2
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Elena Sun, Ph.D. student, Waxman Lab
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Kelly Swing, Director, Ecuador Tropical Ecology Program and Adjunct Professor of Biology
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Sidney L. Tamm, Professor Emeritus of Biology
cell biology and motility; cytoskeleton, nervous, and ionic control of cilia; protozoan motility; cell junctions
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Ezra Taub, Ph.D. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Tuan Leng Tay, Assistant Professor of Biology; Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
neurobiology, neuroimmunology, neurodevelopment, neurodegeneration, traumatic brain injury, brain repair, microglia, glia
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Pamela Templer, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biology
plant and microbial ecosystem ecology; biogeochemistry
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Jiratchaya Thanayangyuen, M.S. student, Tay Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Asha Thapa, Ph.D. student, Bhatnagar Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Adrian Thompson, Lecturer in Neurobiology
Science education, brain development, neuronal excitability, epilepsy, plasticity of cells and circuits.
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Gayatri Thorat, Ph.D. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Phaedra Tirrell, M.S. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Logan Tohline, Ph.D. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Dean R. Tolan, Professor of Biology; Director, Undergraduate Studies
biochemistry, enzymology, molecular and human genetics of enzymes in sugar metabolism
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James F. A. Traniello, Professor of Biology
behavior, ecology and evolution of social insects; neuroethology; social brain evolution; behavioral development and senescence; evolution of division of labor
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John Tullai, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Biology
growth factor-mediated cell survival, cancer biology, transcription network mapping, gene regulation, neuroscience, endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, carcinogenesis, cell biology, molecular biology, transcription regulation
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Mustafa Tunçay, Ph.D. student, Fearns Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Kimhun Tuntikawinwong
General Biology
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Georgette-Vanelle Wandji, Ph.D. student, McCall Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Wei Wang, Ph.D. student, Gilmore Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Karen Warkentin, Professor of Biology and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
(she/her, they/them)
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Karen Warkentin, Professor of Biology; Professor of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies
phenotypic plasticity; integrative and comparative biology; adaptive embryo behavior; hatching as a life history transition; substrate vibration as an information channel; herpetology; tropical biology; sex, gender and sexuality; diversity and inclusion as imperatives for scientific progress
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Fred E. Wasserman, Associate Professor of Biology
Animal behavior, bird song, territoriality
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David J. Waxman, Professor of Biology, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering; Program in Bioinformatics
Genomic and epigenetic mechanisms controlling liver gene expression; molecular endocrinology and cell signaling through transcriptional networks; role of angiogenesis and innate immune system in cancer therapy and pharmacology; nuclear receptors and responses to environmental chemicals
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Sofia Weaver
Behavioral Biology
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Eric Widmaier, Professor Emeritus of Biology
molecular and endocrine control of body weight; endocrinology and metabolism
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Katherine Wiley, M.S. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Zeba Wunderlich, Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry
regulation of gene expression; enhancers; developmental biology; systems biology; innate immunology
Adjunct Faculty
Anne-Marie Abban-Demitrus, Ph.D. candidate, Man Lab Neurobiology
Inaya Abdul-Haqq, M.S. student, Kaufman Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Jessika Acharya, M.S. student Cell & Molecular Biology
Kelly Aho, Assistant Professor of Biology Aquatic biogeochemistry, carbon and nitrogen cycling, air-water gas exchange
Diana Alizhan, M.S. student Cell & Molecular Biology
Vanessa Ansong General Biology
Max Anzede, M.S. student Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Sonali Arora Neurobiology
Jelle Atema, Professor Emeritus of Biology; Adjunct Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution sensory biology, chemical signals, receptor physiology, animal behavior, behavioral ecology, chemical ecology, biomimetic robotics
Dr. Peter August, Professor, University of Rhode Island
Michael Baum, Professor Emeritus of Biology behavioral neuroendocrinology, neurobiology
Paige Becker, Ph.D. student, Buston Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Uwe Beffert, Research Assistant Professor of Biology Alzheimer’s disease, apolipoproteins, lipoprotein receptors, brain development, neuronal migration, autism, cytoskeleton
Abby Beilman, Ph.D. student, Aho Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Dr. Peter Belamarich, Pediatric Medical Director of the Comprehensive Family Care Center and Associate Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Morgan Bennett-Smith, Ph.D. student, Buston Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Gary Benson, Associate Professor of Biology and Computer Science; Program in Bioinformatics algorithm development for DNA sequence analysis
Jennifer Bhatnagar, Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Biogeoscience Program Microbial Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Ecosystem Science
Susie Black, Ph.D. student, Wunderlich Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Autumn Blough Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Daria Bogatova, Ph.D. candidate, Devor Lab Neurobiology
Natalia Volgarine Scaraboto Bonfa, Ph.D. Student, Russek Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Deirdre Boyer, Ph.D. student Cell & Molecular Biology
Cynthia A. Bradham, Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Chair, Cell & Molecular Biology developmental biology; embryonic pattern formation; systems biology
Cynthia Bradham, Associate Professor of Biology
Fabio Buitrago, Ph.D. student, Kaufman Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Molly Bunting General Biology
Peter Buston, Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Natural Sciences Evolutionary Ecology, Animal Behavior, Marine Ecology and Biological Oceanography.
Gloria V. Callard, Professor Emerita of Biology neuroendocrinology, reproductive and developmental endocrinology, estrogen biosynthesis, estrogen receptor mediated actions and gene regulation, environmental endocrine disruption
Ian P. Callard, Professor Emeritus of Biology endocrinology and reproduction
Alejandra Camargo-Cely, Ph.D. candidate, Mullen Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Alanna Carey, Ph.D. student, Chen Lab Neurobiology
Jack Carrol, M.S. student Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Christine Carroll, Ph.D. student, Fiszbein Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Mark Carroll, Cinematographer
Sofía Casasa, Assistant Professor of Biology Eco-evo-devo, phenotypic plasticity, insect development, horned beetles, nematodes, transcriptomics, functional genetics
Alejandra Castillo Cieza, Ph.D. student, Bhatnagar Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Chip Celenza, Associate Professor of Biology, Inclusive Pedagogy & Mentoring Working Group contact person, BAC Co-Chair
John L. Celenza, Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Program in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Co-Chair, Biology Anti-Racism Committee plant development, defense, and metabolism; genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology
Zoé Chamot, Ph.D. student, Buston & Davies Labs Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Tiffany Chan, Ph.D. student, Gummuluru Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Lynne Chantranupong, Assistant Professor of Biology Neurobiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Behavior, Signal transduction, Metabolism, Organellar Biology, Metabolomics, Proteomics
Jerry Chen, Associate Professor of Biology Large-scale neuronal networks, sensorimotor integration, decision making, neurodevelopment, non-linear microscopy
Mu-Han Chen, Ph.D. student, Davies Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Phoenix Chen, Ph.D. student, Economo Lab Neurobiology
Sirui Chen, Ph.D. student, Casasa Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Christine Cheng, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology systems biology, single-cell, epigenetic and transcriptional regulation, immune system, bioinformatics, Alzheimer’s Disease, substance addiction, Type 2 diabetes
Yu-Qing Chua, Ph.D. student, Templer Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Brian Cleary, Assistant Professor of Computing and Data Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Biology, and Bioinformatics Tissue organization, cellular pathways, causal modeling, statistical learning
Elizabeth Co, Senior Lecturer in Biology science education, human immunology and reproduction
Rory Coleman, Assistant Professor of Biology Circuit evolution, Neuroethology, Behavior, Chemosensation, Neurogenetics, Drosophila
Emerson Conrad-Rooney, Ph.D. student, Templer Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Geoffrey M. Cooper, Professor Emeritus of Biology Cancer biology
Juliana Corn, M.S. student Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Emma Daily, Ph.D. student, Templer Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Sarah Davies, Assistant Professor of Biology, Recruitment Working Group contact person
Sarah W. Davies, Associate Professor of Biology ecological genomics, population genetics, molecular ecology, coral ecology, climate change, symbiosis
Ian Davison, Associate Professor of Biology pheromones and innate social behaviors; novel imaging tools for behaving animals; pathophysiology of injury
Abigail DeLena, M.S. student Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Naisha Deorah Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Anna Devor, Associate Professor in BME and Biology neuroscience, neuroengineering, optical imaging, fMRI, blood flow, hemodynamics Neurobiology
Ethan Deyle, Research Assistant Professor of Biology Quantitative Ecology, Environmental Data Science, Nonlinear Dynamics, Applied Complex Systems, Marine Ecology
Brett DiBenedictis, Lecturer, Core Curriculum and Biology Neuroendocrinology, innate social behavior, neuropeptides, neural circuits, sex differences, undergraduate science education
Vincent Dionne, Professor Emeritus of Biology sensory biology: olfaction, pain
Graham Dow, Research Assistant Professor plant ecology and climate change, stomatal development and function, signaling mechanisms
Yulia Dubrovensky Neurobiology
William D. Eldred, Professor Emeritus of Biology visual neurobiology and traumatic brain injury Biology Department
Andrew Emili, Adjunct Professor of Biology and Biochemistry Systems biology, proteomics, functional genomics, bioinformatics, molecular interaction networks, high-throughput methods, development and disease
Berkay Engin, Ph.D. student, Fuxman Bass Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Shalom Entner, Ph.D. candidate, Finnerty Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Summer Eubank, M.S. student, Knott Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Ellen Faszewski, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Clinical Professor, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development Science Education
John R. Finnerty, Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Chair, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution Evolutionary and ecological developmental biology; evolutionary and ecological genomics; marine biodiversity; global change biology; coral conservation.
Ana Fiszbein, Assistant Professor of Biology Gene regulation; RNA processing; systems biology of co-transcriptional programs; computational genomics; role of gene architecture in cancer development and therapy
Robin Francis, Lecturer in Biology marine fish ecology, metapopulation dynamics, marine science education research
José D. Franco Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Erin Frates, Ph.D. student, Marlow Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Horacio Frydman, Associate Professor of Biology host-microbe interactions at the molecular, cellular and organismal level; mechanisms of bacterial transmission through stem-cell niche infection
Robinson W. Fulweiler, Professor of Biology and Earth & Environment Biogeochemistry and Marine Ecology
Juan Fuxman Bass, Associate Professor of Biology immune regulation, gene regulatory networks, systems biology, disease mutations, inflammation, transcription factors
Pamela Garcia Lopez, Ph.D. candidate, Siggers Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Mikel Garcia-Marcos, Professor of Biochemistry and Biology Intercellular communication, receptor signaling, GTPases, synthetic biology tools, molecular basis of disease, cancer, neurotransmission, embryonic development
Eva Garrett, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Sensory ecology; olfaction; vomeronasal organ; primate evolution; evolutionary morphology; sensory systems; non-human primate paleontology; genomics; bioinformatics
Valentina Gascue, Ph.D. student, Younger Lab Neurobiology
Jeffrey Gavornik, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology cortical circuits, synaptic plasticity as the basis of learning and memory, the neural representation and processing of time, the biophysical basis of visual perception
Alexandra Geisser, Ph.D. candidate, Fulweiler Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Lana Ghazale General Biology
Julia Gibbs, Ph.D. student, Wunderlich Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Catherine Gill, Ph.D. student, Gilmore Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Thomas Gilmore, Professor of Biology; Director of Graduate Admissions, Program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry; Chair, Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee molecular biology, cell biology, signal transduction, cancer, molecular ecology
Elizabeth Godrick, Professor Emerita of Biology science education, immunology
Stjepko Golubic, Professor Emeritus of Biology microbial ecology, fossil microorganisms, stromatolites, bioerosion, phycology, cyanobacteria
Abhishek Gowda Biology
Victoria Guarino, Ph.D. student, Wunderlich Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Ulla Hansen, Professor Emerita of Biology cancer, cell cycle, gene expression regulation, cell signaling, proliferation, cell survival, transcriptional networks
Kristin Haroldsdottir, Ph.D. student Neurobiology
Cristina Harry, M.S. student, Traniello Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Laurel Hart, Ph.D. student, Man Lab Neurobiology
Michaelyn Hartmann, Lecturer; Director, Postdoctoral Associate Teaching Scholars Program Science Education, Genetics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology
Cat Hauser, Ph.D. student, Kaufman-Deyle Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Dr. Bianca Heinrich, Senior Scientist, Abcam
Angela Ho, Associate Professor of Biology Molecular and cellular basis of synaptic function in neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative disease
Madeline Huerth, M.S. student Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Les Kaufman, Professor of Biology marine biology, evolutionary ecology, and conservation biology
Joshua Kim, M.S. student, Lobel Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Cheryl Knott, Professor of Anthropology, Biology, and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies primate, great ape and orangutan behavior and physiology; reproductive ecology, energetics and endocrinology; nutritional ecology; life history and human evolution; sexuality and sexual conflict theory; wildlife and habitat conservation
Garima Kohli, Ph.D. student, Younger Lab Neurobiology
Sir Hans Kornberg, University Professor and Professor of Biology the nature and regulation of carbohydrate transport in micro-organisms
Payton Kuhn, Ph.D. student, Bradham Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Thomas H. Kunz, Professor Emeritus of Biology behavioral and physiological ecology, reproductive biology, evolution, and conservation biology of bats
David La General Biology
Joe Larkin, Assistant Professor of Biology and Physics Bacterial communities, cell-to-cell communication, bacterial electrophysiology
Joe Larkin, Assistant Professor of Biology and Physics
Eric Levine, Ph.D. student, Siggers Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Jinxuan Li, M.S. student Cell & Molecular Biology
Jen-Wei Lin, Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Chair, Neurobiology membrane excitability and synaptic plasticity
Paul Lipton, Research Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Psychological & Brain Sciences, and Biology; Director, Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience; Associate Director, Kilachand Honors College Cognitive Neurobiology, Learning & Memory, Undergraduate Science Education
Guangmei Liu, Ph.D. candidate, McCall Lab Neurobiology
Devin Lloyd, Ph.D. student, Larkin Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Phillip S. Lobel, Professor of Biology ichthyology; behavioral ecology and taxonomy of fishes
Edward L. Loechler, Professor of Biology molecular biology; mechanisms by which carcinogens cause mutations and cancer
Ashley Loescher, M.S. student Neurobiology
Yunwei Lu, Ph.D. student, Fiszbein & Fuxman Bass Labs Cell & Molecular Biology
Yuran Ma, Ph.D. student Neurobiology
Hengye Man, Professor of Biology Brain development, neuron morphogenesis, synapse formation, synaptic plasticity, AMPA type glutamate receptor, protein ubiquitination and degradation, autism, Intellectual disability, Alzheimer’s disease
Dylan Mankel, Ph.D. student, Marlow Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Yinuo Mao, M.S. student, Schmitt Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Jeffrey Marlow, Assistant Professor of Biology; Chair, Graduate Committee microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, global change biology, metabolic activity, geobiology, astrobiology
Emily Martin, Ph.D. student Neurobiology
Ninon Martinez, Ph.D. student, Finnerty Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Johan Martinez-Fuentes, Ph.D. student, Russek Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Mohd Freezely Ezzani Bin Mazri, Ph.D. student Neurobiology
Kim McCall, Professor of Biology; Director, Master’s Studies Drosophila developmental biology, cell death, oogenesis
Arianna Medina, Lawyer, Latham & Watkins LLP
KathrynAnn Merth (Odamah), Ph.D. candidate, Man Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Anna Milani, M.S. student, Lobel Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Francis C. Monette, Professor Emeritus of Biology cell biology; stem cells; molecular control of the eukaryotic cell cycle
Viola Monovich, Ph.D. student, Man Lab Neurobiology
Sean P. Mullen, Professor of Biology Adaptation and speciation; hybrid zones; the evolution of mimicry and wing pattern variation in butterflies; evolutionary genetics; comparative and population genomics; bioinformatics
Sevinj Mursalova, M.S. student Neurobiology
Mario Muscedere, Master Lecturer in Biology; Director, Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience Science education and undergraduate mentorship, social behavior, neuroethology, behavioral ecology
Ranjan Muthukrishnan, Research Assistant Professor community ecology, marine ecology, coral reefs, invasive species, ecological modeling EBE and Marine Biology
Francisco J. Naya, Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Graduate Studies Cardiac and skeletal muscle differentiation, muscle regeneration, muscular dystrophy, mouse developmental biology, gene regulation
Isabel Novick, Ph.D. student, Mullen Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Maliha Nujhat, M.S. student Neurobiology
Dr. Aruoriwo Oboh-Weilke, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
John Okechi, Postdoc Associate, Kaufman Lab Marine Biology
Melisa Osborne, Research Scientist and Segrè Lab Manager
Timothy Otchy, Research Assistant Professor of Biology neural circuits and computation, motor learning and execution, brain-machine interfaces, bioelectronic therapies, brain function localization
Elif Ozsen, Ph.D. student, Chantranupong Lab Neurobiology
Hannah Pangborn, M.S. student, Finnerty Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Sara Parker, Ph.D. student, Strickland Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Esha Patel Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Ameya Patkar, Ph.D. student, Man Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Gail Patt, Associate Professor Emerita of Biology comparative anatomy and physiology, human population genetics
Benjamin Peters, Ph.D. student, Sorenson Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Richard B. Primack, Professor of Biology impact of climate change on the phenology plants, birds and insects; conservation biology; noise pollution; ecological and conservation impacts of the pandemic
Sarah R, Biology Peer Mentor
Katya Ravid, Barbara E. Corkey Professor of Medicine; Professor of Biochemistry, Biology, Health Sciences; Director, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research and BU Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Office Blood Stem Cells and Blood Cancer; Thrombosis and Purine Signaling; Vascular Biology
Chris Richardson, Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Biology energetics, ecoimmunology, and hormone function of small mammals; disease ecology and urban ecology; role of physiological and extrinsic factors on the ecology of temperate bats; tradeoffs between energy use for immune function, thermoregulation, and reproduction
David Ritter, Ph.D. student Cell & Molecular Biology
Abby Robinson, Ph.D. student, Mullen Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Carla Rojas, M.S. student, Schmitt Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Matthew Rothendler, M.S. student, Primack Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Randi Rotjan, Adjunct Associate Professor of Biology Marine ecology, conservation biology, behavioral ecology, organismal physiology, coral reefs
Randi Rotjan, Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Biology
Jaice Rottenberg, Ph.D. candidate, Fuxman Bass Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Shelley J. Russek, Professor of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics and Biology; Director of Graduate Program for Neuroscience Neuropharmacology, Epilepsy, Gene regulation of Neural Circuits
Maria Jose Salazar Nicholls, Ph.D. candidate, Warkentin Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Sabrina Samad Shoily, Ph.D. student, Garcia-Marcos Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Karina Scavo Lord, Lecturer in Biology and the Boston University Marine Program (BUMP) Marine ecology and conservation, evolutionary and ecological genomics, coral reefs, eelgrass meadows
Christopher Schmitt, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Biology
Christopher Schmitt, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Biology; primate growth and development, ontogeny and etiology of obesity, population and functional genomics, quantitative genetics, primate behavioral ecology and life history
Christopher J. Schneider, Professor Emeritus of Biology ecology, evolution and adaptive diversification of reptiles and amphibians; systematics; population and comparative genomics; tropical biology and conservation
Peter Schroedl, Ph.D. student, Marlow Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Daniel Segrè, Professor of Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Engineering systems biology, evolution of biochemical networks, genomics, metabolic engineering, microbial ecology
Angela Seliga, Physiology Laboratory Manager, CAS Diversity and Inclusion Action Team Staff Co-Advisor
Renata Serio, Ph.D. candidate, Fiszbein Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Mingqi Sha, Ph.D. candidate, Ho Lab Neurobiology
Barkha Shah, Laboratory Supervisor, BAC Graduate Student Liaison, BAC Co-Chair, Staff Advisor for the CAS DEI Student Council, Founding Member of Institutional Racism in Health in Science
Trevor W. Siggers, Associate Professor of Biology systems biology of the immune and inflammatory systems, gene regulation in immune and inflammatory systems, inflammatory diseases, transcriptional networks, DNA-binding of transcription factors and transcriptional regulatory complexes, computational genomics, cis-regulatory logic in transcription
Dr. Gregory Skomal, Marine Biologist
Jordan Smith, Ph.D. student, Traniello Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Jenna Sorenson, M.S. student, Finnerty Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Lisa Sorenson, Adjunct Associate Professor and Co-Chair, West Indian Whistling-Duck Working Group of the Society of Caribbean Ornithology Conservation Biology, Behavioral Ecology, and Hormonal Mechanisms of Behavior in Birds
Michael D. Sorenson, Professor of Biology Avian behavioral ecology, speciation, population genomics, and molecular systematics
Kathryn Spilios, Master Lecturer in Biology; Director, Instructional Labs; Director, Learning Assistant Program; Director, Academic Planning Science education, entomology
Dr. Daniel Starczynowski, Associate Professor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center & University of Cincinnati
Chelsea Stephens, Ph.D. candidate, Naya Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Lynette Strickland, Assistant Professor of Biology Evolutionary genetics, ecological genetics and genomics, ecological entomology, biodiversity genomics, tropical ecology, beetles Integrated studies of biodiversity genomics
Nancy Sullivan, Director, National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab, Boston University
Nancy Sullivan, Professor of Biology and Virology, Immunology & Microbiology HIV entry and resistance to neutralizing antibodies; Filovirus vaccines and immune mechanism; Filovirus glycoprotein mediated pathogenicity, virus entry and antibody vulnerabilities; Pandemic Preparedness; SARS-CoV-2
Elena Sun, Ph.D. student, Waxman Lab
Kelly Swing, Director, Ecuador Tropical Ecology Program and Adjunct Professor of Biology
Sidney L. Tamm, Professor Emeritus of Biology cell biology and motility; cytoskeleton, nervous, and ionic control of cilia; protozoan motility; cell junctions
Ezra Taub, Ph.D. student Cell & Molecular Biology
Tuan Leng Tay, Assistant Professor of Biology; Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology neurobiology, neuroimmunology, neurodevelopment, neurodegeneration, traumatic brain injury, brain repair, microglia, glia
Pamela Templer, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biology plant and microbial ecosystem ecology; biogeochemistry
Jiratchaya Thanayangyuen, M.S. student, Tay Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Asha Thapa, Ph.D. student, Bhatnagar Lab Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Adrian Thompson, Lecturer in Neurobiology Science education, brain development, neuronal excitability, epilepsy, plasticity of cells and circuits.
Gayatri Thorat, Ph.D. student Cell & Molecular Biology
Phaedra Tirrell, M.S. student Cell & Molecular Biology
Logan Tohline, Ph.D. student Cell & Molecular Biology
Dean R. Tolan, Professor of Biology; Director, Undergraduate Studies biochemistry, enzymology, molecular and human genetics of enzymes in sugar metabolism
James F. A. Traniello, Professor of Biology behavior, ecology and evolution of social insects; neuroethology; social brain evolution; behavioral development and senescence; evolution of division of labor
John Tullai, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Biology growth factor-mediated cell survival, cancer biology, transcription network mapping, gene regulation, neuroscience, endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, carcinogenesis, cell biology, molecular biology, transcription regulation
Mustafa Tunçay, Ph.D. student, Fearns Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Kimhun Tuntikawinwong General Biology
Georgette-Vanelle Wandji, Ph.D. student, McCall Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Wei Wang, Ph.D. student, Gilmore Lab Cell & Molecular Biology
Karen Warkentin, Professor of Biology and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Karen Warkentin, Professor of Biology; Professor of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies phenotypic plasticity; integrative and comparative biology; adaptive embryo behavior; hatching as a life history transition; substrate vibration as an information channel; herpetology; tropical biology; sex, gender and sexuality; diversity and inclusion as imperatives for scientific progress
Fred E. Wasserman, Associate Professor of Biology Animal behavior, bird song, territoriality
David J. Waxman, Professor of Biology, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering; Program in Bioinformatics Genomic and epigenetic mechanisms controlling liver gene expression; molecular endocrinology and cell signaling through transcriptional networks; role of angiogenesis and innate immune system in cancer therapy and pharmacology; nuclear receptors and responses to environmental chemicals
Sofia Weaver Behavioral Biology
Eric Widmaier, Professor Emeritus of Biology molecular and endocrine control of body weight; endocrinology and metabolism
Katherine Wiley, M.S. student Cell & Molecular Biology
Zeba Wunderlich, Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry regulation of gene expression; enhancers; developmental biology; systems biology; innate immunology

























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Affiliated Faculty
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Anne-Marie Abban-Demitrus, Ph.D. candidate, Man Lab
Neurobiology
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Inaya Abdul-Haqq, M.S. student, Kaufman Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Jessika Acharya, M.S. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Kelly Aho, Assistant Professor of Biology
Aquatic biogeochemistry, carbon and nitrogen cycling, air-water gas exchange
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Diana Alizhan, M.S. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Vanessa Ansong
General Biology
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Max Anzede, M.S. student
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Sonali Arora
Neurobiology
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Jelle Atema, Professor Emeritus of Biology; Adjunct Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
sensory biology, chemical signals, receptor physiology, animal behavior, behavioral ecology, chemical ecology, biomimetic robotics
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Dr. Peter August, Professor, University of Rhode Island
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Michael Baum, Professor Emeritus of Biology
behavioral neuroendocrinology, neurobiology
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Paige Becker, Ph.D. student, Buston Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Uwe Beffert, Research Assistant Professor of Biology
Alzheimer’s disease, apolipoproteins, lipoprotein receptors, brain development, neuronal migration, autism, cytoskeleton
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Abby Beilman, Ph.D. student, Aho Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Dr. Peter Belamarich, Pediatric Medical Director of the Comprehensive Family Care Center and Associate Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Morgan Bennett-Smith, Ph.D. student, Buston Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Gary Benson, Associate Professor of Biology and Computer Science; Program in Bioinformatics
algorithm development for DNA sequence analysis
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Jennifer Bhatnagar, Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Biogeoscience Program
Microbial Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Ecosystem Science
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Susie Black, Ph.D. student, Wunderlich Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Autumn Blough
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics
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Daria Bogatova, Ph.D. candidate, Devor Lab
Neurobiology
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Natalia Volgarine Scaraboto Bonfa, Ph.D. Student, Russek Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Deirdre Boyer, Ph.D. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Cynthia A. Bradham, Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Chair, Cell & Molecular Biology
developmental biology; embryonic pattern formation; systems biology
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Cynthia Bradham, Associate Professor of Biology
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Fabio Buitrago, Ph.D. student, Kaufman Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Molly Bunting
General Biology
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Peter Buston, Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Natural Sciences
Evolutionary Ecology, Animal Behavior, Marine Ecology and Biological Oceanography.
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Gloria V. Callard, Professor Emerita of Biology
neuroendocrinology, reproductive and developmental endocrinology, estrogen biosynthesis, estrogen receptor mediated actions and gene regulation, environmental endocrine disruption
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Ian P. Callard, Professor Emeritus of Biology
endocrinology and reproduction
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Alejandra Camargo-Cely, Ph.D. candidate, Mullen Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Alanna Carey, Ph.D. student, Chen Lab
Neurobiology
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Jack Carrol, M.S. student
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Christine Carroll, Ph.D. student, Fiszbein Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Mark Carroll, Cinematographer
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Sofía Casasa, Assistant Professor of Biology
Eco-evo-devo, phenotypic plasticity, insect development, horned beetles, nematodes, transcriptomics, functional genetics
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Alejandra Castillo Cieza, Ph.D. student, Bhatnagar Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Chip Celenza, Associate Professor of Biology, Inclusive Pedagogy & Mentoring Working Group contact person, BAC Co-Chair
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John L. Celenza, Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Program in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Co-Chair, Biology Anti-Racism Committee
plant development, defense, and metabolism; genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology
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Zoé Chamot, Ph.D. student, Buston & Davies Labs
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Tiffany Chan, Ph.D. student, Gummuluru Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Lynne Chantranupong, Assistant Professor of Biology
Neurobiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Behavior, Signal transduction, Metabolism, Organellar Biology, Metabolomics, Proteomics
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Jerry Chen, Associate Professor of Biology
Large-scale neuronal networks, sensorimotor integration, decision making, neurodevelopment, non-linear microscopy
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Mu-Han Chen, Ph.D. student, Davies Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Phoenix Chen, Ph.D. student, Economo Lab
Neurobiology
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Sirui Chen, Ph.D. student, Casasa Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Christine Cheng, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
systems biology, single-cell, epigenetic and transcriptional regulation, immune system, bioinformatics, Alzheimer’s Disease, substance addiction, Type 2 diabetes
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Yu-Qing Chua, Ph.D. student, Templer Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Brian Cleary, Assistant Professor of Computing and Data Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Biology, and Bioinformatics
Tissue organization, cellular pathways, causal modeling, statistical learning
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Elizabeth Co, Senior Lecturer in Biology
science education, human immunology and reproduction
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Rory Coleman, Assistant Professor of Biology
Circuit evolution, Neuroethology, Behavior, Chemosensation, Neurogenetics, Drosophila
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Emerson Conrad-Rooney, Ph.D. student, Templer Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Geoffrey M. Cooper, Professor Emeritus of Biology
Cancer biology
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Juliana Corn, M.S. student
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Emma Daily, Ph.D. student, Templer Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Sarah Davies, Assistant Professor of Biology, Recruitment Working Group contact person
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Sarah W. Davies, Associate Professor of Biology
ecological genomics, population genetics, molecular ecology, coral ecology, climate change, symbiosis
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Ian Davison, Associate Professor of Biology
pheromones and innate social behaviors; novel imaging tools for behaving animals; pathophysiology of injury
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Abigail DeLena, M.S. student
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Naisha Deorah
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics
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Anna Devor, Associate Professor in BME and Biology
neuroscience, neuroengineering, optical imaging, fMRI, blood flow, hemodynamics
Neurobiology
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Ethan Deyle, Research Assistant Professor of Biology
Quantitative Ecology, Environmental Data Science, Nonlinear Dynamics, Applied Complex Systems, Marine Ecology
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Brett DiBenedictis, Lecturer, Core Curriculum and Biology
Neuroendocrinology, innate social behavior, neuropeptides, neural circuits, sex differences, undergraduate science education
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Vincent Dionne, Professor Emeritus of Biology
sensory biology: olfaction, pain
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Graham Dow, Research Assistant Professor
plant ecology and climate change, stomatal development and function, signaling mechanisms
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Yulia Dubrovensky
Neurobiology
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William D. Eldred, Professor Emeritus of Biology
visual neurobiology and traumatic brain injury
Biology Department
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Andrew Emili, Adjunct Professor of Biology and Biochemistry
Systems biology, proteomics, functional genomics, bioinformatics, molecular interaction networks, high-throughput methods, development and disease
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Berkay Engin, Ph.D. student, Fuxman Bass Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Shalom Entner, Ph.D. candidate, Finnerty Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Summer Eubank, M.S. student, Knott Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Ellen Faszewski, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Clinical Professor, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Science Education
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John R. Finnerty, Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Chair, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Evolutionary and ecological developmental biology; evolutionary and ecological genomics; marine biodiversity; global change biology; coral conservation.
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Ana Fiszbein, Assistant Professor of Biology
Gene regulation; RNA processing; systems biology of co-transcriptional programs; computational genomics; role of gene architecture in cancer development and therapy
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Robin Francis, Lecturer in Biology
marine fish ecology, metapopulation dynamics, marine science education research
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José D. Franco
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics
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Erin Frates, Ph.D. student, Marlow Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Horacio Frydman, Associate Professor of Biology
host-microbe interactions at the molecular, cellular and organismal level; mechanisms of bacterial transmission through stem-cell niche infection
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Robinson W. Fulweiler, Professor of Biology and Earth & Environment
Biogeochemistry and Marine Ecology
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Juan Fuxman Bass, Associate Professor of Biology
immune regulation, gene regulatory networks, systems biology, disease mutations, inflammation, transcription factors
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Pamela Garcia Lopez, Ph.D. candidate, Siggers Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Mikel Garcia-Marcos, Professor of Biochemistry and Biology
Intercellular communication, receptor signaling, GTPases, synthetic biology tools, molecular basis of disease, cancer, neurotransmission, embryonic development
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Eva Garrett, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Sensory ecology; olfaction; vomeronasal organ; primate evolution; evolutionary morphology; sensory systems; non-human primate paleontology; genomics; bioinformatics
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Valentina Gascue, Ph.D. student, Younger Lab
Neurobiology
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Jeffrey Gavornik, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
cortical circuits, synaptic plasticity as the basis of learning and memory, the neural representation and processing of time, the biophysical basis of visual perception
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Alexandra Geisser, Ph.D. candidate, Fulweiler Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Lana Ghazale
General Biology
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Julia Gibbs, Ph.D. student, Wunderlich Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Catherine Gill, Ph.D. student, Gilmore Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Thomas Gilmore, Professor of Biology; Director of Graduate Admissions, Program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry; Chair, Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee
molecular biology, cell biology, signal transduction, cancer, molecular ecology
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Elizabeth Godrick, Professor Emerita of Biology
science education, immunology
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Stjepko Golubic, Professor Emeritus of Biology
microbial ecology, fossil microorganisms, stromatolites, bioerosion, phycology, cyanobacteria
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Abhishek Gowda
Biology
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Victoria Guarino, Ph.D. student, Wunderlich Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Ulla Hansen, Professor Emerita of Biology
cancer, cell cycle, gene expression regulation, cell signaling, proliferation, cell survival, transcriptional networks
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Kristin Haroldsdottir, Ph.D. student
Neurobiology
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Cristina Harry, M.S. student, Traniello Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Laurel Hart, Ph.D. student, Man Lab
Neurobiology
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Michaelyn Hartmann, Lecturer; Director, Postdoctoral Associate Teaching Scholars Program
Science Education, Genetics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology
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Cat Hauser, Ph.D. student, Kaufman-Deyle Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Dr. Bianca Heinrich, Senior Scientist, Abcam
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Angela Ho, Associate Professor of Biology
Molecular and cellular basis of synaptic function in neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative disease
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Madeline Huerth, M.S. student
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Les Kaufman, Professor of Biology
marine biology, evolutionary ecology, and conservation biology
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Joshua Kim, M.S. student, Lobel Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Cheryl Knott, Professor of Anthropology, Biology, and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies
primate, great ape and orangutan behavior and physiology; reproductive ecology, energetics and endocrinology; nutritional ecology; life history and human evolution; sexuality and sexual conflict theory; wildlife and habitat conservation
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Garima Kohli, Ph.D. student, Younger Lab
Neurobiology
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Sir Hans Kornberg, University Professor and Professor of Biology
the nature and regulation of carbohydrate transport in micro-organisms
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Payton Kuhn, Ph.D. student, Bradham Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Thomas H. Kunz, Professor Emeritus of Biology
behavioral and physiological ecology, reproductive biology, evolution, and conservation biology of bats
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David La
General Biology
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Joe Larkin, Assistant Professor of Biology and Physics
Bacterial communities, cell-to-cell communication, bacterial electrophysiology
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Joe Larkin, Assistant Professor of Biology and Physics
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Eric Levine, Ph.D. student, Siggers Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Jinxuan Li, M.S. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Jen-Wei Lin, Associate Professor of Biology; Associate Chair, Neurobiology
membrane excitability and synaptic plasticity
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Paul Lipton, Research Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Psychological & Brain Sciences, and Biology; Director, Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience; Associate Director, Kilachand Honors College
Cognitive Neurobiology, Learning & Memory, Undergraduate Science Education
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Guangmei Liu, Ph.D. candidate, McCall Lab
Neurobiology
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Devin Lloyd, Ph.D. student, Larkin Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Phillip S. Lobel, Professor of Biology
ichthyology; behavioral ecology and taxonomy of fishes
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Edward L. Loechler, Professor of Biology
molecular biology; mechanisms by which carcinogens cause mutations and cancer
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Ashley Loescher, M.S. student
Neurobiology
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Yunwei Lu, Ph.D. student, Fiszbein & Fuxman Bass Labs
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Yuran Ma, Ph.D. student
Neurobiology
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Hengye Man, Professor of Biology
Brain development, neuron morphogenesis, synapse formation, synaptic plasticity, AMPA type glutamate receptor, protein ubiquitination and degradation, autism, Intellectual disability, Alzheimer’s disease
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Dylan Mankel, Ph.D. student, Marlow Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Yinuo Mao, M.S. student, Schmitt Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Jeffrey Marlow, Assistant Professor of Biology; Chair, Graduate Committee
microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, global change biology, metabolic activity, geobiology, astrobiology
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Emily Martin, Ph.D. student
Neurobiology
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Ninon Martinez, Ph.D. student, Finnerty Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Johan Martinez-Fuentes, Ph.D. student, Russek Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Mohd Freezely Ezzani Bin Mazri, Ph.D. student
Neurobiology
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Kim McCall, Professor of Biology; Director, Master’s Studies
Drosophila developmental biology, cell death, oogenesis
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Arianna Medina, Lawyer, Latham & Watkins LLP
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KathrynAnn Merth (Odamah), Ph.D. candidate, Man Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Anna Milani, M.S. student, Lobel Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Francis C. Monette, Professor Emeritus of Biology
cell biology; stem cells; molecular control of the eukaryotic cell cycle
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Viola Monovich, Ph.D. student, Man Lab
Neurobiology
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Sean P. Mullen, Professor of Biology
Adaptation and speciation; hybrid zones; the evolution of mimicry and wing pattern variation in butterflies; evolutionary genetics; comparative and population genomics; bioinformatics
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Sevinj Mursalova, M.S. student
Neurobiology
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Mario Muscedere, Master Lecturer in Biology; Director, Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience
Science education and undergraduate mentorship, social behavior, neuroethology, behavioral ecology
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Ranjan Muthukrishnan, Research Assistant Professor
community ecology, marine ecology, coral reefs, invasive species, ecological modeling
EBE and Marine Biology
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Francisco J. Naya, Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Graduate Studies
Cardiac and skeletal muscle differentiation, muscle regeneration, muscular dystrophy, mouse developmental biology, gene regulation
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Isabel Novick, Ph.D. student, Mullen Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Maliha Nujhat, M.S. student
Neurobiology
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Dr. Aruoriwo Oboh-Weilke, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
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John Okechi, Postdoc Associate, Kaufman Lab
Marine Biology
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Melisa Osborne, Research Scientist and Segrè Lab Manager
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Timothy Otchy, Research Assistant Professor of Biology
neural circuits and computation, motor learning and execution, brain-machine interfaces, bioelectronic therapies, brain function localization
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Elif Ozsen, Ph.D. student, Chantranupong Lab
Neurobiology
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Hannah Pangborn, M.S. student, Finnerty Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Sara Parker, Ph.D. student, Strickland Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Esha Patel
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics
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Ameya Patkar, Ph.D. student, Man Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Gail Patt, Associate Professor Emerita of Biology
comparative anatomy and physiology, human population genetics
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Benjamin Peters, Ph.D. student, Sorenson Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Richard B. Primack, Professor of Biology
impact of climate change on the phenology plants, birds and insects; conservation biology; noise pollution; ecological and conservation impacts of the pandemic
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Sarah R, Biology Peer Mentor
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Katya Ravid, Barbara E. Corkey Professor of Medicine; Professor of Biochemistry, Biology, Health Sciences; Director, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research and BU Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Office
Blood Stem Cells and Blood Cancer; Thrombosis and Purine Signaling; Vascular Biology
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Chris Richardson, Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Biology
energetics, ecoimmunology, and hormone function of small mammals; disease ecology and urban ecology; role of physiological and extrinsic factors on the ecology of temperate bats; tradeoffs between energy use for immune function, thermoregulation, and reproduction
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David Ritter, Ph.D. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Abby Robinson, Ph.D. student, Mullen Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Carla Rojas, M.S. student, Schmitt Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Matthew Rothendler, M.S. student, Primack Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Randi Rotjan, Adjunct Associate Professor of Biology
Marine ecology, conservation biology, behavioral ecology, organismal physiology, coral reefs
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Randi Rotjan, Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Biology
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Jaice Rottenberg, Ph.D. candidate, Fuxman Bass Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Shelley J. Russek, Professor of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics and Biology; Director of Graduate Program for Neuroscience
Neuropharmacology, Epilepsy, Gene regulation of Neural Circuits
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Maria Jose Salazar Nicholls, Ph.D. candidate, Warkentin Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Sabrina Samad Shoily, Ph.D. student, Garcia-Marcos Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Karina Scavo Lord, Lecturer in Biology and the Boston University Marine Program (BUMP)
Marine ecology and conservation, evolutionary and ecological genomics, coral reefs, eelgrass meadows
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Christopher Schmitt, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Biology
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Christopher Schmitt, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Biology;
Affiliated Faculty, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studiesprimate growth and development, ontogeny and etiology of obesity, population and functional genomics, quantitative genetics, primate behavioral ecology and life history
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Christopher J. Schneider, Professor Emeritus of Biology
ecology, evolution and adaptive diversification of reptiles and amphibians; systematics; population and comparative genomics; tropical biology and conservation
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Peter Schroedl, Ph.D. student, Marlow Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Daniel Segrè, Professor of Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Engineering
systems biology, evolution of biochemical networks, genomics, metabolic engineering, microbial ecology
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Angela Seliga, Physiology Laboratory Manager, CAS Diversity and Inclusion Action Team Staff Co-Advisor
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Renata Serio, Ph.D. candidate, Fiszbein Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Mingqi Sha, Ph.D. candidate, Ho Lab
Neurobiology
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Barkha Shah, Laboratory Supervisor, BAC Graduate Student Liaison, BAC Co-Chair, Staff Advisor for the CAS DEI Student Council, Founding Member of Institutional Racism in Health in Science
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Trevor W. Siggers, Associate Professor of Biology
systems biology of the immune and inflammatory systems, gene regulation in immune and inflammatory systems, inflammatory diseases, transcriptional networks, DNA-binding of transcription factors and transcriptional regulatory complexes, computational genomics, cis-regulatory logic in transcription
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Dr. Gregory Skomal, Marine Biologist
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Jordan Smith, Ph.D. student, Traniello Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Jenna Sorenson, M.S. student, Finnerty Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Lisa Sorenson, Adjunct Associate Professor and Co-Chair, West Indian Whistling-Duck Working Group of the Society of Caribbean Ornithology
Conservation Biology, Behavioral Ecology, and Hormonal Mechanisms of Behavior in Birds
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Michael D. Sorenson, Professor of Biology
Avian behavioral ecology, speciation, population genomics, and molecular systematics
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Kathryn Spilios, Master Lecturer in Biology; Director, Instructional Labs; Director, Learning Assistant Program; Director, Academic Planning
Science education, entomology
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Dr. Daniel Starczynowski, Associate Professor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center & University of Cincinnati
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Chelsea Stephens, Ph.D. candidate, Naya Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Lynette Strickland, Assistant Professor of Biology
Evolutionary genetics, ecological genetics and genomics, ecological entomology, biodiversity genomics, tropical ecology, beetles
Integrated studies of biodiversity genomics
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Nancy Sullivan, Director, National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab, Boston University
Professor, Virology, Immunology & Microbiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
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Nancy Sullivan, Professor of Biology and Virology, Immunology & Microbiology
HIV entry and resistance to neutralizing antibodies; Filovirus vaccines and immune mechanism; Filovirus glycoprotein mediated pathogenicity, virus entry and antibody vulnerabilities; Pandemic Preparedness; SARS-CoV-2
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Elena Sun, Ph.D. student, Waxman Lab
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Kelly Swing, Director, Ecuador Tropical Ecology Program and Adjunct Professor of Biology
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Sidney L. Tamm, Professor Emeritus of Biology
cell biology and motility; cytoskeleton, nervous, and ionic control of cilia; protozoan motility; cell junctions
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Ezra Taub, Ph.D. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Tuan Leng Tay, Assistant Professor of Biology; Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
neurobiology, neuroimmunology, neurodevelopment, neurodegeneration, traumatic brain injury, brain repair, microglia, glia
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Pamela Templer, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biology
plant and microbial ecosystem ecology; biogeochemistry
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Jiratchaya Thanayangyuen, M.S. student, Tay Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Asha Thapa, Ph.D. student, Bhatnagar Lab
Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
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Adrian Thompson, Lecturer in Neurobiology
Science education, brain development, neuronal excitability, epilepsy, plasticity of cells and circuits.
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Gayatri Thorat, Ph.D. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Phaedra Tirrell, M.S. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Logan Tohline, Ph.D. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Dean R. Tolan, Professor of Biology; Director, Undergraduate Studies
biochemistry, enzymology, molecular and human genetics of enzymes in sugar metabolism
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James F. A. Traniello, Professor of Biology
behavior, ecology and evolution of social insects; neuroethology; social brain evolution; behavioral development and senescence; evolution of division of labor
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John Tullai, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Biology
growth factor-mediated cell survival, cancer biology, transcription network mapping, gene regulation, neuroscience, endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, carcinogenesis, cell biology, molecular biology, transcription regulation
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Mustafa Tunçay, Ph.D. student, Fearns Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Kimhun Tuntikawinwong
General Biology
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Georgette-Vanelle Wandji, Ph.D. student, McCall Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Wei Wang, Ph.D. student, Gilmore Lab
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Karen Warkentin, Professor of Biology and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
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Karen Warkentin, Professor of Biology; Professor of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies
phenotypic plasticity; integrative and comparative biology; adaptive embryo behavior; hatching as a life history transition; substrate vibration as an information channel; herpetology; tropical biology; sex, gender and sexuality; diversity and inclusion as imperatives for scientific progress
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Fred E. Wasserman, Associate Professor of Biology
Animal behavior, bird song, territoriality
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David J. Waxman, Professor of Biology, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering; Program in Bioinformatics
Genomic and epigenetic mechanisms controlling liver gene expression; molecular endocrinology and cell signaling through transcriptional networks; role of angiogenesis and innate immune system in cancer therapy and pharmacology; nuclear receptors and responses to environmental chemicals
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Sofia Weaver
Behavioral Biology
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Eric Widmaier, Professor Emeritus of Biology
molecular and endocrine control of body weight; endocrinology and metabolism
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Katherine Wiley, M.S. student
Cell & Molecular Biology
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Zeba Wunderlich, Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry
regulation of gene expression; enhancers; developmental biology; systems biology; innate immunology
Postdoctoral Associate Teaching Scholars (PATS)
The Postdoctoral Associate Teaching Scholars (PATS) Program at Boston University’s Department of Biology is designed for early-career Ph.D. recipients who are preparing for academic careers with a strong teaching component. This program provides postdoctoral scholars with the opportunity to gain substantial teaching experience while also engaging in research or curriculum development.
Emeritus and Retired Faculty
- Michael Baum
- Gloria V. Callard
- Ian P. Callard
- Geoffrey M. Cooper
- Gillian Cooper-Driver
- Vincent Dionne
- William Eldred
- Stjepko Golubic
- Gary Jacobson
- Francis Monette
- Gail Patt
- Christopher Schneider
- Sidney L. Tamm
- Ivan Valiela
- Eric Widmaier
In Memoriam











