Biology Faculty and Staff
Lorraine Avery Porter Senior Administrative Assistant CAS - Biology
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Lynne Arneson Director, Premedical Program CAS - Biology
Following an education in the Midwest culminating in a PhD in Cell Biology at the University of Chicago, Professor Arneson began teaching students in the Department of Biology at American University i…
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Meg Bentley Director of STEM Partnerships and Innovation CAS - Biology
I earned a PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Northwestern University studying the role of protein ubiquitination and the APC/C complex in Drosophila melanogaster. After research and teaching …
John Bracht Assoc Professor CAS - Biology
Short Summary of Bracht lab research interests: Given the central importance of the genome, it is surprising that some organisms simply eliminate significant portions of it from…Last name starts with C
David Carlini Assoc Professor CAS - Biology
My research interests include 1) the evolution and genetics of natural populations, and 2) the molecular evolution of protein-coding genes. With regard to 1), our research involves comparing surface a…
Brenda Chow Sr Professorial Lecturer CAS - Biology
Dr. Brenda Chow is a molecular biologist whose research interests include understanding how environmental signals (such as light and temperature) regulate the circadian clock to improve growth and fit…
Victoria Connaughton Professor CAS - Biology
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Dr. Connaughton’s research interests encompass the disciplines of developmental biology (nervous sy…
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Rebecca Hazen Professorial Lecturer CAS - Biology
I am an evolutionary biologist and an urban ecologist. My research has focused on the evolution of plant-insect interactions and the mechanisms that shape the ecology of urban landscapes. My approach …
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Jeffrey Kaplan Prof Emeritus
Jeffrey Kaplan received a PhD in biology from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1980. Before joining AU in 2012, Kaplan served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Albert Einstein College of Medicin…
W. Wade Kothmann Sr Professorial Lecturer CAS - Biology
Dr. Kothmann received his PhD from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston where he studied signal transduction pathways that mediate adaptive reorganization of retinal circuits in re…
Naden Krogan Assoc Professor CAS - Biology
Dr. Krogan is a developmental biologist interested in how gene regulation guides the formation of complex tissues and organs in eukaryotes. The proper arrangement of these structures usually requires …
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Catherine Schaeff Assoc Professor CAS - Biology
Dr. Schaeff ‘s training is in evolutionary biology and behavior. Her current research* explores how sex, gender and sex/gender inform one’s identity or sense of self, and how one’s sense of self shape…
Holly Swanson Professorial Lecturer and Director of Biology Laboratories CAS - Biology
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Christopher Tudge Professor CAS - Biology
Dr. Tudge is a reproductive biologist with particular interests in the reproductive biology of invertebrates. His research focuses on the reproductive cells and associated structures, evolutionary mec…