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| Faculty Member | Contact | Description |
|---|---|---|
Assistant Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | jusandre [at] indiana.edu 855-6621 /856-7577 MY 216B / MY 230 (lab) | Gene regulatory networks controlling sex in arthropods. |
Assistant Scientist | fbasheyv [at] indiana.edu 855-3282 JH 117 | Evolutionary ecology of life-history and social strategies, evolution of virulence |
Adjunct: Professor and Chair of Biochemistry | bauer [at] indiana.edu 855-6595 /855-8443 SI 305A / SI 313 / 317 (Lab) | Oxygen and light regulation or gene expression; Biosynthesis of heme and chlorophyll; Prokaryotic development. |
Associate Professor of Biology | adbender [at] indiana.edu 855-0689 MO 211 | Higher education. |
Amy BerndtsonLecturer | aberndts [at] indiana.edu 855-5239 MO 203 | |
Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | jbever [at] indiana.edu 855-0771 /855-5969 JH 149D /JH 149 | Ecology and evolution of plants and fungi. |
Professor of Biology | bonner [at] indiana.edu 855-7074 SI 205C | Improving science literacy. |
Clyde Culbertson Professor of Biology Microbiology | ybrun [at] indiana.edu 855-8860 /855-7239 JH 425C /JH 425 (Lab) | Mechanism, regulation, and evolution of bacterial shape, differentiation, and biofilm formation. |
Adjunct Professor of Biology | karbush [at] indiana.edu 855-1452 JH A311 | Antibiotic mechanisms of action and resistance; Antibacterial drug discovery and drug development. |
Associate Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | bcalvi [at] indiana.edu 855-5450 JH 361B | Cell cycle control of DNA replication and genome stability. |
Adjunct: Associate Professor of Biochemistry | linchen [at] indiana.edu 855-0491 SI 400A /SI 415 | Biochemistry and structure of molecular chaperon GroEL/GroES in protein folding, cell-cell communication via quorum sensing in bacteria, transcriptional regulators of IclR family |
Lucy CherbasSenior Scientist | cherbasl [at] indiana.edu 855-6273 JH A316 | Mechanism of transcriptional regulation by a steroid hormone; Drosophila cell lines; Drosophila genomics. |
Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | cherbas [at] indiana.edu 855-6273 JH A317 | Drosophila development and genomics; Nuclear receptors. |
Associate Professor of Biology | chooi [at] indiana.edu 855-0630 MO 207 | Teaching and engaging introductory biology students, especially non-majors. |
Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | clay [at] indiana.edu 855-8158/855-1674 JH 159B/JH 159 | Microbial interactions: ecology, symbiosis, disease. |
Associate Scientist | jcolbour [at] indiana.edu 856-0099 MY 160 | Functional genomics for ecology, evolution, and the environmental sciences. |
Associate Scientist | kercook [at] indiana.edu 856-1213 JH A507 | Collections management at the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center; chromosome biology. |
Clara CottenLecturer | ccotten [at] indiana.edu 855-2025 JH 020 | |
Adjunct: Associate Professor of Medical Sciences | daleked [at] indiana.edu 855-6902/855-6161 MY 200B /MY 200 (Lab) | Structure and organization of biological membranes; phospholipid transporters; effect of diabetes on membrane structure. |
Assistant Scientist | ctdann [at] indiana.edu 856-7577 Myers 230 | Genetic and cellular studies of mouse spermatogonial stem cells. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Microbiology | pdanthi [at] indiana.edu 856-2449 SI 220B | Viral and cellular determinants of virus-induced cell death and disease. |
Professor of Biology, Associate Chair for Teaching Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | ldelph [at] indiana.edu 855-1831 /855-7597 JH 119B /JH 116 / 121 (Lab) | Evolutionary genetics and ecology; plant reproductive biology. |
Associate Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | gdemas [at] indiana.edu 856-0158 (O) 855-6257 (L) JH 265 /JH 265 / 267 | Behavioral endocrinology; neuroendocrine-immue interactions; aggression; biological rhythms; seasonality. |
Professor of Biology | tfdonahu [at] indiana.edu 855-8883 JH 324A | Genetic, molecular and biochemical analysis of translation intitiation in yeast. Â |
Adjunct: Associate Professor of Biochemistry | jadrummo [at] indiana.edu 856-4184 /856-4184 SI 305C /SI 301 | Limited alphabet coding sequences and proteins; a minimalist approach to structure and function. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Microbiology | vellison [at] indiana.edu 855-8514 /856-0723 SI 305B/SI 301 | Human chromosome duplication and maintenance of genome integrity. |
Adjunct: Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences | wforrest [at] indiana.edu 856-5304 MY 259 | Mechanisms of directed cell migration in C. elegans. |
Professor of Biology Microbiology | plfoster [at] indiana.edu 855-4084 /855-4054 SI 405C /SI 406 | Mutagenesis, DNA repair, replication, and recombination. |
Professor of Biology, and Associate Chair for Research Microbiology | cfuqua [at] indiana.edu 856-6005 /856-5186 JH 425E /JH 425 | Multicellular interactions of bacteria. |
Professor Emeritus of Biology | gastony [at] indiana.edu 855-3333 MY 311 | Systematics and genome mapping of ferns; molecular phylogenetics of desert-adapted ferns. |
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biology | gest [at] indiana.edu 855-9612 MO 215 | Microbial physiology and metabolism. |
Adjunct: Professor of Chemistry | giedroc [at] indiana.edu 856-5449 /856-6398 SI 320A /SI 310 | Zinc- and copper-specific metal sensor proteins from bacterial pathogens, translational frameshifting, and RNA structure and function in mammalian coronavirus replication. |
Senior Scientist | gilbertd [at] indiana.edu unlisted phone JH 336A | Genome informatics and biology public digital libraries. |
Associate Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | jlgoodso [at] indiana.edu 856-4756/856-2391 JH A009/JH A007 | Neural/neuroendocrine mechanisms of social behavior; comparative neuroanatomy; evolution of avian sociality. |
Assistant Professor of Biology and Informatics Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | mwh [at] indiana.edu 856-7001 /856-7016 JH 249B /JH 249 | Computational and evolutionary genomics; evolution of transcriptional regulation; molecular population genetics. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | sprhall [at] indiana.edu 855-6009 /855-6013 JH 015B /JH 015 | Ecology of infectious disease and food web interactions in freshwater environments. |
Class of 1968 Chancellor's Professor Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | rhangart [at] indiana.edu 855-5456 /855-2179 MY 352 /MY 330 | Plant physiology: environmental sensory-response systems and plant development. |
Pam HanrattyLecturer | phanratt [at] indiana.edu 855-9049 JH 061 | |
Associate Professor of Biology Microbiology | rwhardy [at] indiana.edu 856-0652 / 856-0649 SI 220E/SI 015 | Genome functions of RNA viruses and the roles of trans-acting factors. |
George HegemanProfessor Emeritus of BIology | hegemang [at] indiana.edu 855-5476 MO 202 | |
Professor Emeritus of Biology | chheiser [at] indiana.edu 855-5822 MO 215 | |
Lecturer | jhengeve [at] indiana.edu 855-5353 JH A112 | |
Susan HengeveldLecturer | shengeve [at] indiana.edu 855-5239 MO 203 | |
Rich HoldemanLecturer | rholdema [at] indiana.edu 856-4908 MO 201 | |
Adjunct: Associate Professor of Mathematics | ehouswor [at] indiana.edu 855-1960 RH 371 | Statistical genetics. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | kehu [at] indiana.edu 855-0166 /855-0311 MY 216A /MY 230 | Cytoskeletal biogenesis of apicomplexan parasites. |
Associate Professor Emeritus of Biology | hudock [at] indiana.edu unlisted number | |
Assistant Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | lhurley [at] indiana.edu 856-1991 /856-1889/ 5-215 JH 242A /JH 348A | Neuromodulation of the auditory system; modulator-induced plasticity in neural circuits underlying behavior. |
Professor and Chair of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | rinnes [at] indiana.edu 855-2219 /855-2852 MY 316B / MY 302 | Molecular genetics of plant/pathogen interactions. |
Adjunct: Professor of Biochemistry | ckao [at] indiana.edu 855-7583 SI 205A | Biochemistry of RNA virus infection and innate immunity. |
Distinguished Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | kaufman [at] indiana.edu 855-3033 /855-7674 JH A508 /JH A505 | Cytogenetics, developmental genetics, and molecular genetics of Drosophila. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Microbiology | dbkearns [at] indiana.edu 856-2523 /856-2559 SI 405A | Bacterial motility and multicellular behavior. |
Associate Professor of Biology Microbiology | dkehoe [at] indiana.edu 856-4715 JH A411 | Environmental regulation of gene expression in bacteria. |
Distinguished Professor of Biology and Gender Studies Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | ketterso [at] indiana.edu 855-6837/ 856-4149/ 856-4 JH 033 | Behavioral, physiological, and evolutionary ecology; hormones and behavior; avian biology, mating systems and parental care; physiological basis of trade-offs in life histories; adaptation and constraint; avian migration. |
Senior Scientist | mk24 [at] indiana.edu 856-2391 JH A013 | |
Director, IU Herbarium | eknox [at] indiana.edu 855-9601 JH 221 | Plant evolution, speciation, phylogenetic systematics, chloroplast genome evolution; horizontal gene transfer; flora of Indiana. |
Arthur KochProfessor Emeritus of Biology | koch [at] indiana.edu 855-5036 MO 205 | |
Lecturer | kulowc [at] indiana.edu 855-3629 JH 336 | |
Associate Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | jkumar [at] indiana.edu 856-2621/ 856-2702 MY 202A /MY 202 | Specification, patterning and proliferation of the developing retina. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | sonil [at] indiana.edu 856-2429 JH A315B | Chromosome segregation and spindle checkpoint function in meiosis. |
Lecturer | ryanlee [at] indiana.edu 855-0848 CCOB 205 | |
Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | clively [at] indiana.edu 855-1842 / 855-3282 JH 117B /JH 116 / 117 | Evolution and coevolution; sex, virulence and genetic diversity in host-parasite interactions. |
Adjunct: Professor of History and Philosophy of Science | ealloyd [at] indiana.edu | Units and levels of selection; the evolution of female orgasm; history and philosophy of biology. |
DIstinguished Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | milynch [at] indiana.edu 855-7384 / 856-0115 JH 324C/ JH 327 | Evolution, population genetics, and genomics. |
Lecturer | ngmagill [at] indiana.edu 856-5978 CCOB 205 | |
Paul MahlbergProfessor Emeritus of Biology | mahlberg [at] indiana.edu 85336-3649 MO 201 | |
Professor Emeritus of Biology | malacins [at] indiana.edu 855-1131 MO 209 | Bone strengthening and molecular biology of bone remodeling. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Microbiology | mmarketo [at] indiana.edu 856-3198 / 855-6055 JH A305 / JH 455 | Molecular mechanisms of pathogenic microbe-host interactions. |
Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | emartins [at] indiana.edu 855-6273 402 N Park | Behavioral evolution, phylogenetics and informatics. |
Senior Scientist | matthewk [at] indiana.edu 855-5782 JH A511 | |
Associate Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | michaels [at] indiana.edu 856-0302 / 856-0355 MY 316C /MY 330 | Regulation of chromatin structure and gene expression by epigenetic modifications |
Professor Emeritus of Biology | millerc [at] indiana.edu 855-5701 MY 302A | |
Associate Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | kyumin [at] indiana.edu 856-0962 /856-7235 JH 341 /JH 343 | Down syndrome, synaptic functions, and mitochondrial dynamics. |
Associate Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | armin [at] indiana.edu 856-1468 / 856-1783 MY 102D / MY 102 | Evolution and Development; Insect Genomics; Developmental Plasticity; Behavioral Ecology and Sexual Selection; Insect Endocrinology; Invasive Species and post-invasion Evolution; Natural History of Onthophagus beetles. |
Laura MojonnierLecturer | laumojon [at] indiana.edu 855-6347 MO 201 | |
Assistant Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | montooth [at] indiana.edu 856-2589 JH A318A | Evolutionary Physiological Genetics; Population Genetics; Biochemical Adaptation. |
David MorganManager | dagmorga [at] indiana.edu 856-1457 SI 200B | |
Assistant Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | lmoyle [at] indiana.edu 856-7027 856-7051 JH 325C / JH 325 (Lab) | Genetics of speciation and adaptation, Comparative genomics, Evolutionary ecology, Plant reproduction. |
Adjunct: Assistant Professor of Anthropology | mpm1 [at] indiana.edu unlisted phone JH 510 | Physiological adaptations (primarily metabolic and reproductive endocrine changes) to infectious diseases; immune-endocrine interactions; ecological immunology; emerging infectious diseases; ecotourism; male reproductive ecology; human life history evolution; behavioral endocrinology. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Microbiology | sumukhop [at] indiana.edu 856-3686 /856-3633 SI 220C /SI 019 | Structure and assembly of enveloped, RNA viruses. |
Professor Emeritus of Biology | nelson1 [at] indiana.edu 855-1345 | College Teaching: Critical thinking, evolution, diversity and retention. Evolutionary and developmental ecology of sex. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Microbiology | nelsonde [at] indiana.edu 856-2813 /855-3145 JH A302 /JH A303 | Chlamydial Biology, Microbial Pathogenesis and Pathogen Discovery |
Claire NisongerLecturer | cnisonge [at] indiana.edu 855-8940 JH 061 | |
Distinguished Professor and Class of 1955 Professor Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | jpalmer [at] indiana.edu 855-8892 /855-2549 JH 235C /JH 229 / 225 / 235 | Comparative genomics and molecular evolution: Horizontal gene transfer in plants and fungi. Evolution of plant mitochondrial genomes and RNA editing. Intracellular transfer of organellar genes to the nucleus. Evolution of mutation rates. Molecular phylogeny of plants. |
Associate Scientist | anlparks [at] indiana.edu 856-1213 JH 507 | Collections management at the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | rpp6 [at] indiana.edu 856-0593 JH 245 | Ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry: Consequences of human-accelerated environmental change on plant-soil-microbial Interactions. |
Adjunct: Associate Professor, SPEA | picardal [at] indiana.edu 855-0732 SPEA 231 | Bioremediation, environmental microbiology, and biogeochemistry with a focus on the microbial reduction of iron oxides and nitrate, microbial iron oxidation, biotransformation of metals and chlorinated hydrocarbons, and combined microbial:geochemical interactions. |
Carlos O. Miller Professor of Plant Growth and Development Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | cpikaard [at] indiana.edu 855-1874 / 855-2659 MY 300 | Mechanisms of RNA-mediated gene silencing and large-scale epigenetic control. |
P. David PollyAdjunct: Associate Professor, Geological Sciences | pdpolly [at] indiana.edu 855-7994 Geology Building, 513 | Vertebrate paleontology, comparative morphological variation at the level of the metapopulation, and the effects of Quaternary climate change on vertebrate faunas. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | jpomeren [at] indiana.edu 855-1709 SI 043F / SI 043 | Signal transduction pathways governing early embryonic and somatic cell cycles, and understanding the integration of feedback loops and other signaling elements in their M-phase control systems. |
John, Jr. PreerProfessor Emeritus of BIology | jpreer [at] indiana.edu 855-3200 JH 337 | |
Louise PreerEmeritus Senior Scientist | jpreer [at] indiana.edu 855-3200 JH 337 | |
Adjunct: Assistant Professor of Psychology | aprieto [at] indiana.edu 855-4642 Psy 369 | Function and signaling of receptor tyrosine kinases and their ligands in the developing and mature nervous system. The ErbB receptor family and the Tyro3 receptor family. |
Elizabeth RaffProfessor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | raff [at] indiana.edu 855-5287 MY 100A | Specification of three-dimensional biological form. |
Distinguished Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | raffr [at] indiana.edu 855-2791 MY 102A | Evolutionary developmental biology; Evolution of early development; Larval origins; How embryos fossilize. |
Associate Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | hlreynol [at] indiana.edu 855-0792 / 855-0841 JH 155A | Plant community ecology; plant-soil-microbial interactions. |
Distinguished Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | lriesebe [at] interchange.ubc.ca unlisted phone MY 330 | Plant evolutionary genomics; speciation; domestication; invasiveness; Compositae genomics; conservation. |
Professor of Biology | ruesink [at] indiana.edu 855-5555 JH 324B | Instructor training and course transfer management. |
William RufLecturer | rufwm [at] indiana.edu 855-6347 MO 201 | |
Associate Professor Biology and Founding Director Human Biology | wreilly [at] indiana.edu 855-7116 MO 117C | Integrative Human Physiology |
Scientist | pschultz [at] indiana.edu 855-0771 JH 149E | Role of soil biota in the establishment of native plant communities and growth of individual native plant species. |
Professor Emeritus of Biology | schwartz [at] indiana.edu unlisted phone | |
Adjunct: Professor of Psychology | sengelau [at] indiana.edu 855-9149 PSY 372 | Neural development; neural plasticity; hormones and behavior. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | sishaw [at] indiana.edu 856-5001 MY 354 | Microtubule dynamics and cellular morphogenesis in Arabidopsis. |
Associate Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | getsmith [at] indiana.edu 856-0109 / 856-0116 JH 270E /JH 270 | Neural and hormonal control of sexually dimorphic behavior. |
Assistant Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | nsokol [at] indiana.edu 856-6812 JH A504 | MicroRNA Function in Drosophila. |
Judy SurzyckiLecturer | surzyckj [at] indiana.edu 855-3629 JH 336 | |
Associate Professor of Biology | surzycks [at] indiana.edu 855-4880 JH 226 | Characterization of C. reinhardti VNTR sequences; study of C. reinhardti transposons. |
Roderick SuthersAdjunct: Professor, Medical Sciences | suthers [at] indiana.edu 855-8353 / 855-8709 JH 308 /JH 313/ 315 | Neuroethology of acoustic communication. |
Haixu TangAdjunct: Assistant Professor of Informatics | hatang [at] indiana.edu 856-1859 Informatics 225 | Algorithmic and statistical problems in bioinformatics, particularly in: repeats and segmental duplication in eukaryotic genomes; fragment assembly in DNA sequencing; mass spectrometry data analysis for proteomics, glycomics and glycoproteomics; gene regulatory analysis. |
Associate Professor of Biology | mtansey [at] indiana.edu 855-2914 JH 469A | Mycology teaching. |
Professor Emeritus of Biology | taylor [at] indiana.edu 855-3340 SI 220A | The interferon response in hepatitis C patients. A study using DNA array technology to explain the differences in response to treatment and decrease in viral titer. |
Adjunct: Professor of Psychology | timberla [at] indiana.edu 855-4042 PSY 324 | Analysis of the perceptual-motor, regulatory, rhythmic, and neurophysiological structures and processes that underlie behavior. |
Robert TogasakiProfessor Emeritus of Biology | togasaki [at] indiana.edu 855-4723 MO 205 | |
Associate Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | gvelicer [at] indiana.edu 856-2586 /855-9332 JH 469 /JH A308 | Ecology and evolution of bacterial social behavior. |
Distinguished Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | mjwade [at] indiana.edu 856-4680 /856-4996 JH 131C /JH 131 / 145 | Evolution in Metapopulations; Genetic basis of speciation in Tribolium; Epistasis; Evolutionary genetics of maternal effects; Sexual selection and alternative male mating strategies; Coevolution of arthropod hosts and Wolbachia endosymbionts. |
Adjunct: Professor, Medical Sciences | cwalczak [at] indiana.edu 855-5919 /855-6785 MY 262 /MY 260 | Mechanisms of mitotic spindle assembly and chromosome segregation; Regulation of microtubule dynamics during interphase and mitosis. |
Professor of Biology Evolution, Ecology & Behavior | watsonm [at] indiana.edu 855-5591 JH 263A | Plant developmental ecology. |
Professor Emeritus of Biology | eweinber [at] indiana.edu 855-4842 MO 202 | Medical microbiology; mineral nutrition; iron withholding defense system. |
Adjunct: Class of 1971 Chancellor's Professor of Psychology | mewest [at] indiana.edu 855-9597 PY 348 | Development of communicative behavior. |
David WhiteProfessor Emeritus of Biology | white [at] indiana.edu 855-4555 MO 205 | |
Don WhiteheadProfessor Emeritus of Biology | whitehea [at] indiana.edu unlisted phone MO 210 | |
Professor of Biology; Director of the Biotechnology Training Program Microbiology | mwinkler [at] bio.indiana.edu 856-1318 JH A414 / JH A403 (lab) | Signal transduction and regulatory mechanisms that mediate the stress responses, metabolism, and pathogenesis of the major human respiratory pathogenic bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pneumococcus). |
Adjunct: Senior Scientist in Biochemistry | jybe [at] indiana.edu 856-4882 / 856-0239 SI 411B /SI 411 | Correlation between clathrin-mediated endocytosis and Huntington's disease. |
Yuen-Tsu (Nicco) YuAssociate Scientist, Velicer Lab | nicyu [at] indiana.edu 856-0062 JH 309 | |
Assistant Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | azelhof [at] indiana.edu 855-0294 JH 357A | Metamorphosis of Drosophila photoreceptor cells. |
Adjunct: Professor of Biochemistry | azlotnic [at] indiana.edu 856-1925 SI 220D | Biophysics of virus assembly related to virus biology, development of antiviral strategies, and construction of virus nanostructures. |
Professor of Biology Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | mzolan [at] indiana.edu 855-6694 /855-3692 JH 217 / 219 / 221 | Meiosis and DNA Repair |