• 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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  • 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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