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W. Brian O’Connor, Professor and Chair of Department, B.A., St. Michael’s, 1962; M.S., Purdue, 1966; Ph.D., 1967.

Patricia Wadsworth, Professor and Associate Chair of Department, B.S., St. Lawrence, 1977; Ph.D., Dartmouth, 1983.

Elizabeth A. Connor, Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Education in Biology, B.S., St. Lawrence, 1977; Ph.D., Vermont, 1982.

Peter Alpert, Associate Professor, B.A., Oxford, 1974; M.A., Harvard, 1977; Ph.D., 1982.

Tobias Baskin, Associate Professor, B.Sc., Yale, 1980; Ph.D., Stanford, 1986.

Magdalena Bezanilla, Assistant Professor, B.S., California at Santa Barbara, 1994; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 2000.

Eric L. Bittman, Professor, B.A., Pennsylvania, 1973; M.S., California at Berkeley, 1978; Ph.D., 1978.

Steven D. Brewer, Assistant Professor, B.S., Alma College, Michigan, 1985; M.S./Ph.D., Michigan, 1996.

Bruce E. Byers, Associate Professor, B.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1987; Ph.D., 1994.

Ana L. Caicedo, Assistant Professor, B.S., Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 1996; Ph.D., North Carolina State, 2006.

Margery C. Coombs, Professor, B.A., Oberlin, 1967; M.A., Columbia, 1968; Ph.D., 1973.

Gerald B. Downes, Assistant Professor, B.S., Johnson C. Smith, 1992; Ph.D., Washington at St. Louis, 1999.

Elizabeth R. Dumont, Associate Professor, B.A., Indiana at Bloomington, 1985; M.A., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1989; Ph.D., 1993.

Duncan J. Irschick, Assistant Professor, B.S., California at Davis, 1991; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 2001.

Abigail M. Jensen, Assistant Professor, B.A., California at San Diego, 1988; Ph.D., Wisconsin at Madison, 1992.

Rolf O. Karlstrom, Associate Professor, B.S., Northern Arizona, 1985; Ph.D., Utah, 1993.

Joseph G. Kunkel, Professor, A.B., Columbia, 1964; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, 1968.

George M. Langford, Professor and Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, B.S., Fayetteville State, 1966; M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1969; Ph.D., 1971.

Wei-Lih Lee, Assistant Professor, B.S., Iowa, 1994; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 2000.

John R. Nambu, Associate Professor, B.A., California at Santa Cruz, 1982; Ph.D., Stanford, 1987.

Sandra L. Petersen, Professor and Associate Graduate Dean, B.A., Rutgers, 1977; M.S., Oregon State, 1980; Ph.D., 1984.

Randall W. Phillis, Associate Professor, B.A., Miami (Ohio), 1981; Ph.D., Indiana, 1986.

Jeffrey Podos, Associate Professor, B.A., Franklin and Marshall, 1989; Ph.D., Duke, 1996.

Margaret Riley, Professor, B.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1981; M.S., 1983; Ph.D., Harvard, 1988.

Lawrence M. Schwartz, Professor, B.A., Northwestern, 1976; Ph.D., Washington, 1982.

Dennis G. Searcy, Professor, B.S., Oregon State, 1964; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 1968.

Elsbeth L. Walker, Associate Professor, A.B., Mount Holyoke, 1984; Ph.D., Rockefeller, 1989.

James W. Walker, Professor, B.A., Texas, 1964; Ph.D., Harvard, 1970.

Gordon A. Wyse, Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, A.B., Swarthmore, 1961; M.A., Michigan, 1963; Ph.D., 1967.

R. Thomas Zoeller, Professor, B.S., Indiana, 1977; M.A., Oregon State, 1979; Ph.D., 1983.

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