Developmental Biology Faculty

Developmental Biology includes production of gametes, fertilization, development of the embryo, emergence of the adult organism, senescence, and death. Developmental biologists in the department attempt to understand the molecular, genetic, cellular, and integrative aspects of building an organism. Faculty in developmental biology address mechanisms underlying plant, animal and fungal development. They ask how development changed during evolution. They use genomics, biochemistry, microscopy, genetics, and other tools to explore development in a number of model organisms. The breadth of research in development in the Biology Department provides students with an excellent perspective of this highly dynamic discipline in biology.

  • Daniele Armaleo, Associate Professor of the Practice Emeritus
       Developmental and molecular biology of symbiosis in lichens

  • L. Ryan Baugh, Associate Professor and Affiliate of the Center for Genomic and Computational Biology
       Developmental genetics and genomics

  • Amy Bejsovec, Associate Professor
       Genetic control of cell fate specification in Drosophila

  • Philip N. Benfey, Paul Kramer Distinguished Professor and Investigator, HHMI
       Plant Developmental Genetics and Genomics

  • Daniel P. Kiehart, Professor
       Biophysical approaches to cellular, molecular and developmental biology

  • David R. McClay, Arthur S. Pearse Distinguished Professor
       Developmental Biology

  • H. Frederik Nijhout, John Franklin Crowell Distinguished Professor
       Developmental physiology/development and evolution

  • Emily F. Ozdowski, Instructor
       

  • Zhen-Ming Pei, Associate Professor
       Plant Sensory Signal Transduction

  • Alyssa Perz, Lecturer
       

  • V. Louise Roth, Professor
       Morphological and molecular evolution in mammals: size, shape, and ontogeny

  • David R. Sherwood, Jerry G. and Patricia Crawford Hubbard Professor
       Understanding morphogenetic mechanisms in development

  • Kathleen K. Smith, Professor Emerita
       Functional morphology and evolution of vertebrates; craniofacial development, evolutionary morphology

  • Tai-ping Sun, Professor
       Mechanisms of phytohormone controlled growth and development

  • Pelin C. Volkan, Associate Professor
       Genetic Regulation of Olfactory Circuit Assembly and Remodeling in Drosophila

  • Gregory A. Wray, Professor
       Evolution of gene networks and developmental mechanisms

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