Faculty & Research

Research Faculty

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

Gene expression in cellular stress responses

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

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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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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 Kaushik Ragunathan
Kaushik Ragunathan
Assistant Professor of Biology
781-736-2407 Rosenstiel 450

Expertise: Molecular mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance; single molecule approaches to study chromatin associated factors in vitro and in cells.

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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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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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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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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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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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Master's Advising Head

Maria de Boef Miara, MS Advising faculty
Maria de Boef Miara
Assistant Professor of Biology
Head, MCB and Neuroscience Master's Advising
781-736-3106 Bassine 119

Comparative anatomy, evolution, physiology, biomechanics