Faculty
Faculty by research focus:
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![Profile Photo](abbondanzieri_elio/assets/images/abbondanzeri_pic.png)
Abbondanzieri, Elio
Research Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
B
![Cheeptip Benyajati](benyajati_cheeptip/assets/images/benyajati.jpg)
Benyajati, Cheeptip
Associate Professor
Director of Student Relations for Biology
- Office Location
- 474 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8040
Interests: Regulation of gene expression during development of Drosophila; Transcription, chromatin structure, and mechanisms of developmental chromatin structure remodeling
![Xin Bi](bi_xin/assets/images/bi.jpg)
Bi, Xin
he/him/his
Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
Undergraduate researchers
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- Office Location
- 307 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6922
- xin.bi@rochester.edu
Interests: Epigenetic regulation of eukaryotic gene expression; Structural and functional domains of the genome; Chromatin boundary elements; Gene silencing; DNA damage repair and tolerance
![Profile Photo](bickel_ryan/assets/images/bickel.jpg)
Bickel, Ryan
Associate Professor of Instruction
Assistant Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine
- Office Location
- 486 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7226
![Profile Photo](brisson_jennifer/assets/images/brisson2020.jpeg)
Brisson, Jennifer
she/her/hers
Professor
Research Active
- Office Location
- 310 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8392
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolution of morphology; Molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity; Evolution and development in the pea aphid; The role of epigenetics in polyphenism
C
![Profile Photo](chen_nancy/assets/images/chen_pic_2018.jpg)
Chen, Nancy
she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
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- Office Location
- 477 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7149
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Population genetics with pedigrees; Contemporary evolution in natural populations; Evolutionary genetics; Conservation genomics; Avian genomics
![Michael Clark](clark_michael/assets/images/Clark.png)
Clark, Michael
Associate Professor of Instruction
- Office Location
- 444 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3432
![Professor Gloria Culver](culver_gloria/assets/images/culver.jpg)
Culver, Gloria
she/her/hers
Professor
- Office Location
- 484 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 274-2567
Interests: Macromolecular assembly; RNA-protein recognition; Dynamics of RNA folding
F
![Profile Photo](fay_justin/assets/images/fay_photo.jpg)
Fay, Justin
Professor
Research Active
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PhD students
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Undergraduate researchers
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- Office Location
- 319 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2998
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolution of gene regulation; Comparative genomics and domestication; Disease consequences of human evolution
![James Fry](fry_james/assets/images/fry.jpg)
Fry, James D
Associate Professor
Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine
Research Active
- Office Location
- 318 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7835
Interests: Genetics of ecological adaptation in Drosophila; Evolutionary effects of deleterious mutations; Quantitative-genetic theory and methodology
![Dragony Fu](fu_dragony/assets/images/fu.jpg)
Fu, Dragony
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Affairs & Admissions in Biology
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
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- Office Location
- 333 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3346
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: RNA modification and translation regulation; Neurodevelopmental disorders linked to RNA function; Biochemistry and molecular biology
G
![Sina Ghaemmaghami](ghaemmaghami_sina/assets/images/ghaemmaghami.jpg)
Ghaemmaghami, Sina
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
George Y. and Catherine H. Wu Professor in Chemistry
Professor of Biology
Director, AS&E Undergraduate Research
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
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- Office Location
- 326A Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4829
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Protein folding and degradation; Neurodegenerative diseases and aging; Prion biology; Proteomics
![Profile Photo](glastad_karl/assets/images/glastad_pic.jpg)
Glastad, Karl
Assistant Professor
Research Active
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PhD students
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Postdoctoral Applicants
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- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Gene regulation, hormonal signalling, molecular and cellular determinants of aging and lifespan; Mechanisms and evolution of plasticity; Arthropod genomics; Video games
![Vera Gorbunova](gorbunova_vera/assets/images/gorbunova.jpg)
Gorbunova, Vera
Doris Johns Cherry Professor
Professor of Biology
Co-director, Rochester Aging Research Center
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
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Undergraduate researchers
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- Office Location
- 434 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7740
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Mechanisms of aging; Comparative biology of aging; Comparative biology of aging; DNA repair and genomic instability; Anticancer therapy
H
![g sterne](herrera_perez_marisol/assets/images/herrera_perez.jpeg)
Herrera-Perez, Marisol
Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- 215 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2312
- Web Address
- Website
![Profile Photo](holz_jon/assets/images/holz_2018.jpg)
Holz, Jonathan
he/him/his
Associate Professor of Instruction
Not Research Active
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Undergraduate researchers
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- Office Location
- 483 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8973
Interests: Pedagogy; Open educational resources; Equity in education; Physiology, Anatomy, Toxicology
L
![J. David Lambert](lambert_david/assets/images/lambert.jpg)
Lambert, J. David
Professor
Research Active
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PhD students
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Undergraduate researchers
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- Office Location
- 344 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2482
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: The evolution of developmental mechanisms; Early patterning in molluscs and related groups; Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions; Evolution of novel phenotypes
![Amanda Larracuente](larracuente_amanda/assets/images/larracuente_2016.jpeg)
Larracuente, Amanda
she/her/hers
Associate Professor
Associate Chair
Research Active
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PhD students
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Undergraduate researchers
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- Office Location
- 343 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1693
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Intragenomic conflict and the evolution of selfish DNA; Evolutionary and functional genomics of satellite DNA; Sex chromosome and dot chromosome evolution in Drosophila; Centromere organization and evolution
M
![Profile Photo](meyer_anne/assets/images/meyer_2018.jpg)
Meyer, Anne S.
she/her/hers
Associate Professor
Research Active
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PhD students
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Undergraduate researchers
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- Office Location
- 472 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9290
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Synthetic biology; 3D printing of bacteria; Engineering of bacteria to produce biomaterials; Survival strategies of bacteria; Organization of bacterial DNA
![Robert L. Minckley](minckley_robert/assets/images/minckley.jpg)
Minckley, Robert L.
Professor of Instruction
Research Active
- Office Location
- 446 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0272
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Ecology and evolution of host breadth in bees; Community structure of desert bees; Conservation biology of pollinators
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Murphy, Patrick J.
Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- 2-9619 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0113
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Regulation of vertebrate gene transcription in vivo; Epigenetics and chromatin; Zebrafish genetics and genomics; Developmental cell state transitions; Bioinformatics
O
![Allen Orr](orr_allen/assets/images/orr.jpg)
Orr, H. Allen
Shirley Cox Kearns Professor
Professor of Biology
On sabbatical until July 2024
- Office Location
- 342 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3838
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Genetics of speciation in Drosophila; Genetics and theory of adaptation; Population genetics
P
![Profile Photo](peter_benjamin/assets/images/peter.jpg)
Peter, Benjamin
he/him/his
Assistant Professor
Research Active
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PhD students
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Undergraduate researchers
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- Office Location
- 478 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2634
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Population genetics; Evolutionary genetics; Human genetic history; Ancient DNA; Population structure
![Douglas Portman](portman_douglas/assets/images/portman.jpg)
Portman, Douglas
Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
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- Office Location
- 2-9647 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7414
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Genetics of development and behavior in C. elegans; Neural cell fate specification; Sex differences in neural circuit function; Sexual dimorphism in developmental patterning
![Daven C. Presgraves](presgraves_daven/assets/images/presgraves2022.png)
Presgraves, Daven C.
Dean's Professor
Professor of Biology
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
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- Office Location
- 481 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0925
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolutionary genetics ; Speciation genetics; Molecular population genetics; Selfish gene complexes
S
![Andrei Seluanov](seluanov_andrei/assets/images/seluanov2016.jpg)
Seluanov, Andrei
Professor
Research Active
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PhD students
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Undergraduate researchers
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- Office Location
- 432 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6636
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Molecular and cell biology; Tumor suppressor mechanisms in log-lived rodents the Naked Mole-Rat and Eastern Grey Squirrel; Mammalian Sirt proteins in regulation of stress response during aging; Anti-cancer mechanisms in whales
![Elaine Sia](sia_elaine/assets/images/sia_2019.jpg)
Sia, Elaine
she/her/hers
Professor
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Not Research Active
- Office Location
- 334A Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9275
Interests: Molecular biology and genetics; Mutagenesis and repair of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
![Profile Photo](stein_alexis/assets/images/a_stein_pic2019.jpg)
Stein, Alexis
Assistant Professor of Instruction
- Office Location
- 216B Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3848
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Sterne, Gabriella R.
Assistant Professor
Research Active
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PhD students
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- Office Location
- 2-9639 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1447
- Web Address
- Website
U
![Profile Photo](uy_albert/assets/images/uy.jpeg)
Uy, J. Albert C.
Professor and Chair
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
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Undergraduate Unpaid Interns (or BIOL 395s)
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- Office Location
- 450 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1309
- al.uy@rochester.edu
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolutionary Ecology; Behavioral Ecology; Evolutionary Genetics; Speciation; Conservation
![Profile Photo](uy_floria/assets/images/floria_uy2023.jpg)
Uy, Floria Mora-Kepfer
she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
Research Active
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PhD students
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- Office Location
- 332 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-5330
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolution of sociality; Neuroethology; Host-parasite interactions; Behavioral Ecology; Conservation
W
![Profile Photo](wang_ning/assets/images/wang_pic.jpeg)
Wang, Ning
Assistant Professor
Research Active
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PhD students
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Undergraduate researchers
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- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular genetics; Organelle biogenesis; Organelle degradation through selective autophagy; Organelle aging and neurodegeneration
![Michael Welte](welte_michael/assets/images/welte2016.jpg)
Welte, Michael
he/him/his
Professor
Research Active
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- Office Location
- 317 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3897
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Cell and developmental biology; Intracellular trafficking of proteins, RNAs, and organelles; Regulation of motor-driven transport; Cell biology of lipid droplets; Lipid droplets in protein sequestration and innate immunity