Life Sciences Faculty

Shantanu Jadhav, Neuroscience professor
Anne Berry, Psychology
Anne Berry
Assistant Professor of Psychology and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems
781-736-3278 Lemberg 101

Expertise: Cognitive neuroscience, executive function, neuromodulator systems (dopamine, acetylcholine), aging.

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Susan Birren
Susan J. Birren
Zalman Abraham Kekst Professor in Neuroscience
Division Head, Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences
781-736-2680 Shapiro Science Center 1-06A

Expertise: Developmental neurobiology. 

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Alexandre Bisson, Assistant Professor of Biology
Alexandre Bisson
Assistant Professor of Biology
781-736-4923 Rosenstiel 519

Expertise: Cellular organization and behavior in the Archaea domain of life. 

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Niels Bradshaw
Niels Bradshaw
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
781-736-2309 Volen 416

Expertise: Regulation of protein phosphatases and the evolution of cellular signaling.

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Paul DiZio
Paul DiZio
Associate Professor of Psychology
781-736-2043 Rabb 5

Expertise: Human spatial orientation and motor control.

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Guillaume Duclos
Guillaume Duclos
Assistant Professor of Physics
781-736-2167 Abelson 208

Expertise: Self-organization of Living and Active matter.

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Irving Epstein
Irving Epstein
Henry F. Fischbach Professor of Chemistry and HHMI Professor
781-736-2503 Shapiro Science Center 3-09

Expertise: Oscillating chemical reactions and pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems. Mathematical modeling of biochemical kinetics and neural systems

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Thomas Fai
Thomas Fai
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
781-736-3064 Goldsmith 208

Expertise: Scientific computing, fluid dynamics and mathematical biology.

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Carol Fierke
Carol Fierke
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Professor of Biochemistry
781-736-2101 Irving Presidential Enclave

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Seth Fraden
Seth Fraden
Professor of Physics
781-736-2888 Abelson-Bass-Yalem Building 214

Expertise: Macromolecules in suspension; physics of protein crystallization; microfluidics

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Paul Garrity
Paul Garrity
Professor of Biology
781-736-3127 Shapiro Science Center 2-16

Expertise: Neural development and behavior. 

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Jeff Gelles
Jeff Gelles
Aron and Imre Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
781-736-2377 Kosow-Wolfson-Rosensweig Building 208

Expertise: Single-molecule biochemistry and biophysics; transcription and RNA processing; cytoskeletal networks and regulation

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Bruce Goode
Professor of Biology
Department Chair, Biology
781-736-2464 Rosenstiel 532

Expertise: Cytoskeletal mechanisms controlling cell morphogenesis. 

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Christine Grienberger
Christine Grienberger
Assistant Professor of Biology
781-736-8146 Bassine 311

Expertise: Understanding how the brain is able to produce learned behaviors. 

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Leslie Griffith
Leslie Griffith
Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Neuroscience
Director, Volen National Center for Complex Systems
781-736-3125 Shapiro Science Center 2-06B

Expertise: Biochemistry of synaptic plasticity.

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Angela Gutchess
Angela Gutchess
Professor of Psychology
Department Chair, Psychology
781-736-3247 Lemberg 106

Expertise: Cognitive and social neuroscience; influence of age and culture on memory.

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Jennifer Gutsell
Jennifer Gutsell
Associate Professor of Psychology and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems
781-736-3308 Volen 220

Expertise: Self-control; empathy and environmentalism.

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James Haber
James Haber
Abraham and Etta Goodman Professor of Biology
Director, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center
781-736-2462 Rosenstiel 302

Expertise: Repair of broken chromosomes and triggering of the DNA damage response. 

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Michael Hagan, Physics faculty member, Brandeis University
Michael Hagan
Professor of Physics and of Quantitative Biology
781-736-2845 Abelson 350

Expertise: Application of statistical mechanics, modern computational techniques, and theory to problems in biology and condensed matter physics; assembly of viral capsids and other large protein complexes; pattern formation in collections of internally driven particles; effects of molecular chirality on large-scale structure

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Liz Hedstrom
Liz Hedstrom
Professor of Biology and Chemistry
781-736-2333 Kosow-Wolfson-Rosensweig 112

Expertise: Design of targeted protein degraders;  antibiotic discovery; enzyme structure-function studies.

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Pengyu Hong
Pengyu Hong
Professor of Computer Science
781-736-2729 Volen National Center for Complex Systems 135

Expertise: Computer science, FinTech, machine learning, image processing, bioinformatics, biomedical informatics, intelligent education. 

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Shantanu Jadhav
Shantanu Jadhav
Associate Professor of Psychology and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems
781-736-3147 Bassine 301

Expertise: Neural mechanisms of learning and memory-guided behavior in the mammalian brain.

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Sebastian Kadener
Sebastian Kadener
Professor of Biology
781-736-4915 Rosenstiel 332

Expertise: Molecular neurobiology and RNA metabolism.

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Julia Kardon
Julia Kardon
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
781-736-2359 Kosow 303

Expertise: Mechanisms for control of mitochondrial protein activity, quality and lifespan

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Donald Katz
Donald Katz
Professor of Neuroscience and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems
781-736-3268 Bassine 345

Expertise: Neural dynamics of gustatory perception and learning.

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Dorothee Kern
Dorothee Kern
Professor of Biochemistry
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
781-736-2354 Volen National Center for Complex Systems 444

Expertise: Dynamics of enzymes, magnetic resonance methods

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Jané Kondev
Jané Kondev
Professor of Physics
781-736-2812 Abelson-Bass-Yalem 301

Expertise: Condensed matter theory and quantitative biology; application of condensed matter physics models to problems in molecular and cell biology such as regulation of gene expression and chromosome structure

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Isaac Krauss
Isaac Krauss
Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2574 Edison-Lecks 226

Expertise: Chemical glycobiology and organic chemistry.

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Yerbol Z. Kurmangaliyev
Yerbol Z. Kurmangaliyev
Assistant Professor of Biology
781-736-4907 Rosenstiel 441

Expertise: Genomics of brain development.

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James Lackner
James Lackner
Meshulam and Judith Riklis Professor of Physiology
781-736-2033 Rabb 4

Expertise: Spatial orientation. Human movement control. Adaptation to spaceflight and autonomous vehicles.

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Susan Lovett
Susan Lovett
Abraham S. and Gertrude Burg Professor of Microbiology, Emerita
781-736-2497 Rosenstiel 337

Expertise: Genetics and molecular biology of bacteria and yeast.

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Eve Marder
Eve Marder
University Professor
Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Biology
781-736-3140 Volen 314

Expertise: Modulation of neural networks. 

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Michael Marr
Michael Marr
Associate Professor of Biology
Director, MCB Graduate Studies AY 2024-2025
781-736-2481 Rosenstiel 334

Expertise: Gene expression in cellular stress responses.

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Joshua Meisel
Joshua Meisel
Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Endowed Chair in Neuroscience
Assistant Professor of Biology
783-736-2439 Rosenstiel 445

Mitochondrial genetics and metabolism in health and neurodegenerative disease

Paul Miller
Paul Miller
Professor of Biology
Program Chair, Neuroscience
781-736-2890 Volen 317

Expertise: Computational and theoretical neuroscience.

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Sacha Nelson
Sacha Nelson
Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Life Science
781-736-3181 Shapiro Science Center 1-21

Expertise: Physiological genomics of the mammalian neocortex. 

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Dan Oprian
Daniel Oprian
Louis and Bessie Rosenfield Professor of Biochemistry
781-736-2322 Volen 407

Expertise: Structure-function studies of visual pigments and other cell surface receptors

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Maria-Eirini Pandelia
Maria-Eirini Pandelia
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
781-736-4939 Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center 656

Expertise: Mapping the functional repertoire of (bio)inorganic systems and protein metallocofactors; paradigms of (bio)catalysts relevant to the human health and environment

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Suzanne Paradis
Suzanne Paradis
Professor of Biology
781-736-5305 Shapiro Science Center 1-08A

Expertise: Molecular mechanisms of synaptic development. 

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Thomas Pochapsky
Thomas Pochapsky
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department Chair
781-736-2559 Rosenstiel 655

Expertise: Self-assembly of chemical and biological systems. Transient interactions in solution by NMR. NMR of soluble proteins. Protein stability and folding by NMR and mutagenesis.

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Avital Rodal
Avital Rodal
Professor of Biology
781-736-2459 Rosenstiel 528

Expertise: Endosomal membrane traffic in neurons.

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Ben Rogers
W. Benjamin Rogers
Associate Professor of Physics
781-836-2857 Abelson-Bass-Yalem 221

Expertise: Self-assembly at the colloidal length scale

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Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash
Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Biology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
781-736-3160 Shapiro Science Center 2-24B

Expertise: Circadian rhythms, behavior and gene expression. 

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Klaus Schmidt-Rohr
Klaus Schmidt-Rohr
Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2520 Edison-Lecks 118A

Expertise: Solid-state NMR of complex organic materials, including polymers, carbon materials, nanocomposites, and natural organic matter; NMR technique development; basic thermodynamics and chemical energy.

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Robert Sekuler
Robert Sekuler
Louis and Frances Salvage Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
781-736-3277 Volen 244

Expertise: Visual perception. Cognitive processes.

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Piali Sengupta
Piali Sengupta
Harold and Bernice Davis Chair in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease
Professor of Biology
781-736-2686 Shapiro Science Center 2-08A

Expertise: Behavioral and neuronal development in C. elegans. 

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Neil Simister
Neil Simister
Associate Professor of Biology
Director, Professional Science Master's Program in Biotechnology and Head, Biology Undergraduate Advising
781-736-4952 Bassine 203

Expertise: Molecular immunology, antibody transport.

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Barry Snider
Barry Snider
Charles A. Breskin Professor of Organic Chemistry
781-736-2550 Edison-Lecks 122

Expertise: Synthesis of natural products, new synthetic methods, free radical chemistry, Lewis acid induced reactions, ketene cycloadditions.

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Hannah Snyder
Hannah Snyder
Associate Professor of Psychology
Head, Neuroscience Undergraduate Advising
781-736-3272 Lemberg 102

Expertise: Executive function.

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Timothy Street
Timothy Street
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
781-736-4961 Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center 648A

Expertise: Mechanisms of protein folding in the cell

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Douglas Theobald
Douglas Theobald
Professor of Biochemistry
Department Chair, Biochemistry
781-736-2303 Kosow-Wolfson-Rosensweig Biochemistry 308

Expertise: Evolution, structure, and function of macromolecular complexes

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Chi Ting
Chi Ting
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2534 Edison-Lecks 322

Expertise: Total synthesis of natural products. Chemoselective functionalization of peptides. Genome mining and natural product biosynthesis.

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Jonathan Touboul
Jonathan Touboul
Professor of Mathematics
781-736-3080 Goldsmith 303

Mathematical neuroscience.

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Gina Turrigiano
Gina Turrigiano
Joseph Levitan Professor of Vision Science
Director, Neuroscience Graduate Studies AY 2024-2025
781-736-2684 Shapiro Science Center 1-28

Expertise: Activity-dependent regulation of neuronal properties. 

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Stephen Van Hooser
Stephen Van Hooser
Associate Professor of Biology
781-736-2721 Bassine 326

Expertise: Development and function of cortical circuits.

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Bing Xu
Bing Xu
Professor of Chemistry
781-736-5201 Edison-Lecks 320

Expertise: New molecular materials and nanomaterials for the exploration in biomedicine (e.g., molecular drug delivery, cancer therapy, biomedical diagnostics, and biomimetics) and other fundamental problems in nanoscience and biological science.

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Hao Xu, Professor of Chemistry
Hao Xu
Professor of Chemistry
781-736-2535 Edison-Lecks 225

Expertise: Non-precious metal catalysis directed towards organic synthesis.  Translational synthetic chemistry.  Discovery of new disease targets and therapeutic probes in human biology.

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Hannah Yevick
Hannah Yevick
Assistant Professor of Physics
781-736-2875 Abelson-Bass-Yalem 326

Expertise: Mechanics of cell and tissue development, collective behaviors in living systems

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Teaching Faculty

Colleen Hitchcock
Colleen Hitchcock
Associate Professor of Ecology
781-736-2634 Rabb 353

Expertise: Community ecology, phenology and climate change.

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Melissa Kosinski-Collins
Melissa Kosinski-Collins
Professor of Biology
781-736-3126 Shapiro Science Center 0-16A

Expertise: Biology education.

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Maria de Boef Miara
Maria de Boef Miara
Associate Professor of Biology
Head, MCB and Neuroscience Master's Advising
781-736-3106 Bassine 117

Expertise: Comparative anatomy, evolution, physiology, biomechanics, comparative anatomy, evolution physiology, biomechanics.

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James Morris
James Morris
Professor of Biology
781-736-3119 Bassine 214

Expertise: Evolution, genetics, epigenetics, history of science, and science education.

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Kene Piasta
Kene Piasta
Assistant Professor of Biology
Coordinator, Biology Senior Research / Honors
781-736-3159 Shapiro Science Center 0-16E

Expertise: Biology education and protein structure-function.

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Emily Westover
Emily J. Westover
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
781-736-2304 Kosow-Wolfson-Rosensweig Biochemistry,108

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Rachel Woodruff
Rachel Woodruff
Associate Professor of Biology
Head, Biology Undergraduate Advising
781-736-3189 Bassine 202

Expertise: Teaching genetics and genomic and molecular biotechnology

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