Biological Sciences

Faculty and Professional Interests

Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

Manuel Ares Jr.
RNA processing, structure and function of RNA

Barry Bowman
Membrane biochemistry and genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology of membrane proteins

Andrew D. Chisholm
Genetic analysis of epithelial morphogenesis

David Feldheim
Developmental neuroscience

Jerry F. Feldman
Molecular genetics, genetics and biochemistry of biological clocks

Grant Hartzog
Biochemistry, genetics, chromatin and transcriptional regulation

Lindsay Hinck
Neurobiology, cell biology, development

Yishi Jin
HHMI investigator: synaptic development and plasticity in C. elegans

Melissa Jurica
Structural analysis of ribonucleoprotein macromolecules

Douglas R. Kellogg
Coordination of cell growth and cell division

Robert A. Ludwig
Plant microbe interactions, photorespiration, genetic recombination in plants

Harry F. Noller
Ribosomes, RNA structure and function; RNA protein interaction

William T. Sullivan
Genetics, cell biology, development of the Drosophila embryo

Lincoln Taiz
Plant development, light regulation of stomatal opening

John W. Tamkun
Transcriptional regulation, molecular genetics of Drosophila development, regulation of gene expression

Alan M. Zahler
Molecular biology, splice site selection, and alternative pre-mRNA processing

Martha C. Zúñiga
Molecular, cellular, and developmental biology of the immune system

Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Emeritus Faculty

Harry Beevers

Charles Daniel

Robert Edgar

Henry Hilgard

Kivie Moldave

Clifton A. Poodry

Frank J. Talamantes

Howard H. Wang

Scott Lokey (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Organic chemistry; combinatorial synthesis, biotechnology, molecular cell biology

Todd Lowe (Computer Engineering)
Experimental and computation genomics, ncRNA gene finders, DNA microarrays to study the biology of Archaea

Karen Ottemann (Environmental Toxicology)
Environmental responses of pathogenic bacteria

Carol Rohl (Biomolecular Engineering)
Protein design, protein structure and function prediction; protein-protein interactions

William G. Scott (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Structure and function of RNA, proteins, and their complexes

Fitnat Yildiz (Environmental Toxicology)
Microbiology, molecular genetics, genomics; the mechanism of persistence of survival of Vibrio cholerae

Zhiwu Zhu (Environmental Toxicology)
Model systems of molecular mechanisms of metal homeostasis

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Giacomo Bernardi
Fish biology, phylogenetics, evolution

Mark H. Carr
Marine ecology, applied marine ecology

Daniel P. Costa
Physiological ecology of marine mammals and birds

Donald Croll
Foraging ecology of marine birds and mammals, island conservation/ecology

William Jackson Davis
Environmental and marine science policy, neuroethology

Daniel F. Doak
Conservation biology, population biology, plant-animal interactions

Laurel R. Fox
Terrestrial population and community ecology, plant-animal interactions

Lynda J. Goff
Algal symbiosis, host–parasite relationships, molecular evolution

Bruce E. Lyon
Behavioral ecology, evolutionary ecology, avian ecology

Charles L. (Leo) Ortiz
Physiology of marine mammals, physiological integration, physiology of secretion

Ingrid M. Parker
Plant ecology, pollination, plant–pathogen interactions, biological invasions

Grant H. Pogson
Molecular population genetics, ecological genetics, marine invertebrates and fishes

Donald C. Potts
Coral reef ecology, genetics, evolution, and geological history; marine biodiversity; tropical biology, global change, and remote sensing

Peter T. Raimondi
Marine ecology, evolutionary ecology, experimental design, applied ecology

Barry Sinervo
Animal behavior, evolution, physiological ecology

John N. Thompson
Coevolution, evolutionary ecology and genetics of species interactions, organization of biodiversity

Terrie M. Williams
Vertebrate locomotor and thermoregulatory physiology; marine biodiversity; comparative vertebrate energetics, exercise physiology

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Emeritus Faculty

Ralph Berger

William Doyle

Ralph Hinegardner

Jean Langenheim

Burney LeBoeuf

A. Todd Newberry

John Pearse

James Estes (Adjunct Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Ocean Sciences)
Marine sciences, community ecology

A. Russell Flegal (Environmental Toxicology)
Elemental cycles in terrestrial and aquatic systems, isotope geochemistry, environmental toxicology

Greg Gilbert (Environmental Studies)
Disease ecology, conservation biology, tropical forest ecology, microbial ecology

Terrence Gosliner (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Systematic biology, phylogenetics, biogeography of nudibranch mollusks

Daniel Harder (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Floristic inventory of Indochina and central Africa, biogeography, plant systematics

Karen D. Holl (Environmental Studies)
Restoration ecology, conservation biology, landscape ecology

Paul L. Koch (Earth Sciences)
Isotope biogeochemistry, vertebrate paleontology

Raphael Kudela (Ocean Sciences)
Ecological modeling and remote sensing, satellite oceanography, phytoplankton ecology and harmful algal blooms

Deborah K. Letourneau (Environmental Studies)
Agroecology, tropical biology, insect-plant interactions, biological control as an alternative to chemical pesticides

Marc S. Mangel (Engineering)
Mathematical modeling of biological phenomena, especially the evolutionary ecology of growth, aging, and longevity; quantitative issues in fishery management; mathematical and computational aspects of disease

Mary W. Silver (Ocean Sciences)
Biological oceanography, marine plankton, midwater ecology

Donald R. Smith (Environmental Toxicology)
Organismal responses and therapeutic treatment of toxins

Robert Vrijenhoek (Adjunct Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

Kerstin Wasson (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Evolutionary ecology, invasion biology, conservation science

Jonathan Zehr (Ocean Sciences)
Aquatic microbial ecology, biological oceanography

Biological Sciences Lecturers

Michael S. Dalbey

Baldo Marinovic

Linda Ogren

Jill Thompson

Mary Zavanelli