Faculty

  • Visiting Lecturer in Biological Sciences

    B.S., University of Chicago; PhD., Stanford University School of Medicine

    Excited by interdisciplinary studies, course and curriculum design, teaching, and mentorship.

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  • Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory

    B.S., University of New Hampshire; Ph.D., Cornell University

    Broad interests in molecular biology that are now focused on engaging students in complex experiments and science writing.

    More about Melissa A. Beers

  • Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

    B.A., Williams College ; Ph.D., Stanford University

    Studying marine microbes, from the genomic to ecosystem level.

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  • Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

    B.S., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Rice University

    Investigating membranes + membrane protein biology and dynamics in the context of human health

    More about Louise Darling

  • Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

    B.S., Rhodes College; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

    Cell biologist using fission yeast to study regulatory mechanisms of conserved, essential cellular processes.

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  • Director, Wellesley College Botanic Gardens; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences; Director, The Camilla Chandler Frost ’47 Center for the Environment

    B.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California

    Ecologist with a dual Wellesley role: Director of the Botanic Gardens and faculty member in Biology and Environmental Studies.

    More about Kristina Niovi Jones

  • Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

    B.S., Beloit College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Microbial ecologist, interested in understanding the impact of diversity, dynamics, and function of microbial communities on human and environmental health; teaching introductory cell and molecular biology, microbiology, and environmental microbiology

    More about Vanja Klepac-Ceraj

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

    Diploma, Ph.D., University of Würzburg (Germany)

    Plant physiologist investigating various processes that allow plants to optimize photosynthesis.

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  • Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory

    B.S., University of Maryland (Baltimore County); M.S., American University; Ph.D., Harvard University

    I am excited to teach both majors and non-majors in introductory biology and a variety of other courses and am committed to empowering students to pursue science.

     

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  • Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences

    A.B., Ph.D., Harvard University

    Expertise in immunology, molecular cell biology, epigenetics, and biochemistry. Enjoys teaching across the curriculum.

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  • Professor of Biological Sciences

    B.Sc., Ph.D., University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada)

    Studies the organization of animal societies, insect communication, and the evolution of cooperation, using the honey bee as a model.

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  • Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory

    B.S., M.S., University of Rhode Island

    Research and teaching interests in organismal biology, marine biology, and underwater research

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  • Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory

    A.B., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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  • Susan M. Hallowell and Ruby Frances Howe Farwell Professor of Biological Sciences

    B.S., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., Duke University

    Plant cell biologist who uses molecular genetics, biochemistry and confocal microscopy to study how plant cells grow and divide.

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  • Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory

    A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Stanford University

    Research and teaching interests in microbiology, cellular, and molecular biology.

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  • Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

    BSc., University of British Columbia; Ph.D., University of Miami

    Comparative physiologist, using integrative biology to study how changes in an animal’s environment lead to altered phenotypes, across multiple levels of biological organisation.

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  • Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

    A.B., Bowdoin College ; Ph.D., University of California (Santa Barbara)

    Marine ecologist seeking to understand past, present, and future changes to marine ecosystems and the human communities that rely on them.

    More about Becca Selden

  • Gordon P. Lang and Althea P. Lang ‘26 Professor of Biological Sciences

    M.S., Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

    Evolutionary biologist with interest in conservation genetics.

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  • Dorothy and Charles Jenkins, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Science; Professor of Biological Sciences

    A.B., Bowdoin College; Ph.D., Duke University

    Evolutionary development (Evo-devo); Developmental genetics; Insect physiology

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  • Visiting Lecturer in Biological Sciences

    Sc.B., Brown University; Ph.D., Boston University

    Ecologist interested in community-level response to human driven change, including climate change, biodiversity shifts, and land management.

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Faculty Emeriti

  • Jean Glasscock Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences

    B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin (Madison); Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)

    A microbiologist, now retired from teaching in the classroom, but continuing research on cyanobacterial biochemistry with undergraduate colleagues.

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  • Associate Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences

    B.A. Brown University; M.A. Harvard University; Ph. D. Brown University

    Retired professor whose research and expertise was focused on immunology.

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  • Gordon P. Lang and Althea P. Lang ‘26 Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences

    B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., George Washington University

    Vertebrate paleontologist with interests at the interface of morphology, evolution, and development.

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  • Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

    B.S., College of William and Mary; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

    Comparative animal physiologist; focused on the role of ion channels in tolerating low oxygen; teaching physiology, introductory biology.

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  • Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

    B.S., Bates College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Boston)

    Research on plant cell biology, biochemistry, the chloroplast, photosynthesis; teaching cell biology and proteomics.

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  • Frost Professor Emerita in Environmental Science; Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences

    B.A., Colorado College; M.S., Iowa State University; Ph.D., Dartmouth College

    Exploring biodiversity and anthropogenic change in Lake Baikal, Siberia.

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  • Senior Lecturer Emerita in Biological Sciences

    A.B., Brown University; Ph.D., Brandeis University

    Developmental biologist focused on science education.

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  • Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

    A.B., Hope College; M.S., Iowa State University; Ph.D., Dartmouth College

    Exploring how climate change affects forest songbirds and the environments in which they live.

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  • Senior Instructor Emerita in Biological Sciences Laboratory

    B.S., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Smith College

    Interested in environmental science, plant biology, and geospatial analysis.

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  • Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

    B.S., Ph.D., University of Southampton (England)

    Developing bionanotechnology anti-cancer reagents, biotech patent litigation expert.

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  • Professor Emerita of Biology

    B.A., M.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington

    Retired from Wellesley in 1996 after 35 years teaching Introductory Biology and Genetics. Previously taught at Simmons College for two years.  Please see the tribute published in the Wellesley Magazine.

    More about Dorothea "Dot" Widmayer, In Memoriam