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Abbondanzieri, Elio

Research Assistant Professor

Office Location: 331 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-2809
Email: elio.abbondanzieri@rochester.edu

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Benyajati, Cheeptip

Associate Professor

Director of Student Relations for Biology

Office Location: 474 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-8040
Email: cheeptip.benyajati@rochester.edu

Interests: Regulation of gene expression during development of Drosophila; Transcription, chromatin structure, and mechanisms of developmental chromatin structure remodeling

Bi, Xin

he/him/his

Professor

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Office Location: 307 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-6922
Email: 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

Bickel, Ryan

Professor of Instruction

Assistant Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine

Office Location: 486 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 276-7226
Email: ryan.bickel@rochester.edu

Brisson, Jennifer

she/her/hers

Professor

Research Active

Office Location: 310 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-8392
Email: jennifer.brisson@rochester.edu
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Interests: Evolution of morphology; Molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity; Evolution and development in the pea aphid; The role of epigenetics in polyphenism

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Chen, Nancy

she/her/hers

Assistant Professor

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Office Location: 477 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 276-7149
Email: nancy.chen@rochester.edu
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Interests: Population genetics with pedigrees; Contemporary evolution in natural populations; Evolutionary genetics; Conservation genomics; Avian genomics

Clark, Michael

Associate Professor of Instruction

Office Location: 444 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-3432
Email: michael.clark@rochester.edu

Culver, Gloria

she/her/hers

Professor

Office Location: 484 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 274-2567
Email: gloria.culver@rochester.edu

Interests: Macromolecular assembly; RNA-protein recognition; Dynamics of RNA folding

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Fay, Justin

Professor

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Office Location: 319 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-2998
Email: justin.fay@rochester.edu
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Interests: Evolutionary genetics; Domestication of yeast; Comparative genomics; Gene regulation

Fry, James D

Associate Professor

Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine

Research Active

Office Location: 318 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-7835
Email: james.fry@rochester.edu

Interests: Genetics of ecological adaptation in Drosophila; Evolutionary effects of deleterious mutations; Quantitative-genetic theory and methodology

Fu, Dragony

Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor

Professor of Biology

Director, Graduate Affairs and Admissions in Biology

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Office Location: 333 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 276-3346
Email: dragonyfu@rochester.edu
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Interests: Biological functions of RNA modifications; Human disorders linked to RNA modifications; Regulation of protein synthesis

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Ghaemmaghami, Sina

George Y. and Catherine H. Wu Professor in Chemistry

Professor of Biology

Director, Undergraduate Research

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Office Location: 326A Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-4829
Email: sghaemma@bio.rochester.edu
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Interests: Protein folding and degradation; Neurodegenerative diseases and aging; Prion biology; Proteomics

Glastad, Karl

Assistant Professor

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Office Location: 460 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-4891
Email: kglastad@ur.rochester.edu
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Interests: Gene regulation, hormonal signalling, molecular and cellular determinants of aging and lifespan; Mechanisms and evolution of plasticity; Arthropod genomics; Video games

Gorbunova, Vera

Doris Johns Cherry Professor

Professor of Biology

Co-director, 91��̳ Aging Research Center

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Office Location: 434 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-7740
Email: vera.gorbunova@rochester.edu
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Interests: Mechanisms of aging; Comparative biology of aging; Comparative biology of aging; DNA repair and genomic instability; Anticancer therapy

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Herrera-Perez, Marisol

Assistant Professor

Office Location: 215 Goergen Hall
Telephone: (585) 275-2312
Email: marisol.herreraperez@rochester.edu
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Hibbins, Mark

he/him/his

Assistant Professor

Coming July 2025

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Email: mark.hibbins@utoronto.ca
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Interests: Phylogenomics; Phylogenetic methods; Hybridization and introgression; Genome evolution; Evolution of gene regulation; Convergent evolution; Computational biology

Holz, Jonathan

he/him/his

Professor of Instruction

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Office Location: 483 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-8973
Email: jonathan.holz@rochester.edu

Interests: Pedagogy; Open educational resources; Equity in education; Physiology, Anatomy, Toxicology

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Lambert, J. David

Professor

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Office Location: 344 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 273-2482
Email: dlamber2@ur.rochester.edu
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Interests: The evolution of developmental mechanisms; Early patterning in molluscs and related groups; Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions; Evolution of novel phenotypes

Larracuente, Amanda

she/her/hers

Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor of Biology

Professor of Biology

Associate Chair, Department of Biology

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Office Location: 343 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 273-1693
Email: alarracu@bio.rochester.edu
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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

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Meyer, Anne S.

she/her/hers

Associate Professor

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Office Location: 472 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-9290
Email: anne.meyer@rochester.edu
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Interests: Synthetic biology; 3D printing of bacteria; Engineering of bacteria to produce biomaterials; Survival strategies of bacteria; Organization of bacterial DNA

Minckley, Robert L.

Professor of Instruction

Research Active

Office Location: 446 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-0272
Email: rminckle@mail.rochester.edu
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Interests: Ecology and evolution of host breadth in bees; Community structure of desert bees; Conservation biology of pollinators

Murphy, Patrick J.

Assistant Professor

Office Location: 2-9619 KMRB
Telephone: (585) 275-0113
Email: patrick_murphy@urmc.rochester.edu
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Interests: Regulation of vertebrate gene transcription in vivo; Epigenetics and chromatin; Zebrafish genetics and genomics; Developmental cell state transitions; Bioinformatics

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Orr, H. Allen

Shirley Cox Kearns Professor

Professor of Biology

Office Location: 342 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-3838
Email: allen.orr@rochester.edu
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Interests: Genetics of speciation in Drosophila; Genetics and theory of adaptation; Population genetics

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Peter, Benjamin

he/him/his

Assistant Professor

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Office Location: 478 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-2634
Email: b.peter@rochester.edu
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Interests: Population genetics; Evolutionary genetics; Human genetic history; Ancient DNA; Population structure

Portman, Douglas

Professor

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Office Location: 2-9647 KMRB
Telephone: (585) 275-7414
Email: douglas.portman@rochester.edu
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Interests: Genetics of development and behavior in C. elegans; Neural cell fate specification; Sex differences in neural circuit function; Sexual dimorphism in developmental patterning

Presgraves, Daven C.

Dean's Professor

Professor of Biology

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Office Location: 481 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-0925
Email: daven.presgraves@rochester.edu
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Interests: Evolutionary genetics ; Speciation genetics; Molecular population genetics; Selfish gene complexes

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Seluanov, Andrei

Professor

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Office Location: 432 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-6636
Email: andrei.seluanov@rochester.edu
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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

Sia, Elaine

she/her/hers

Professor

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Not Research Active

Office Location: 334A Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-9275
Email: elaine.sia@rochester.edu

Interests: Molecular biology and genetics; Mutagenesis and repair of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Stein, Alexis

Associate Professor of Instruction

Office Location: 216B Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-3848
Email: alexis.stein@rochester.edu

Sterne, Gabriella R.

Assistant Professor

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Office Location: 2-9639 KMRB
Telephone: (585) 273-1447
Email: Gabriella_Sterne@urmc.rochester.edu
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Uy, J. Albert C.

Professor and Chair

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Office Location: 450 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 273-1309
Email: al.uy@rochester.edu
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Interests: Evolutionary Ecology; Behavioral Ecology; Evolutionary Genetics; Speciation; Conservation

Uy, Floria Mora-Kepfer

she/her/hers

Assistant Professor

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Office Location: 332 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-3305
Email: floria.uy@rochester.edu
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Interests: Evolution of sociality; Neuroethology; Host-parasite interactions; Behavioral Ecology; Conservation

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Wang, Ning

Assistant Professor

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Office Location: 436 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-3890
Email: ning.wang@rochester.edu
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Interests: Cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular genetics; Organelle biogenesis; Organelle degradation through selective autophagy; Organelle aging and neurodegeneration

Welte, Michael

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Professor

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Office Location: 317 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 276-3897
Email: michael.welte@rochester.edu
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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

Werren, John H.

Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor Emeritus of Biology

Research Professor

Office Location: 306 Hutchison
Telephone: (585) 275-3694
Email: jack.werren@rochester.edu

Interests: Evolutionary genetics, genomics, and proteomics. The unifying theme is how interacting elements shape systems at different levels of biological organization. A current research project focuses on combining computational and molecular evolutionary approaches to investigate protein function and protein-protein interactions relevant to biology and disease. Other research topics include the genetics of speciation, nuclear-mitochondrial coevolution, microbe-host interactions, and parasitism across biological levels.