Updated September 21, 2026
Department Head
Paul Katz
Associate Head and Biology Undergraduate Program Director
Caleb Rounds
Department Personnel Committee (DPC)
Jeff Podos (Chair)
Courtney Babbitt
Rolf Karlstrom
Joshua Lonthair
Thomas Maresca
Ben Normark
Tadasu Nozaki
Amanda Raimer
Jessica Rocheleau
Tristram Seidler
Andrew Spracklen
Chair’s Advisory Committee
Paul Katz (Chair)
Sam Hazen
Thomas Maresca
Jeff Podos
Caleb Rounds
Maria Stager
Elena Vazey
Curriculum Committee:
Caleb Rounds (Chair)
Craig Albertson
Akiko Okusu
Randall Phillis
Margaret Riley
Andrew Stephens
Caralyn Zehnder
Honors Program Directors
Lynn Adler
Abigail Jensen
Akiko Okusu
Sarah Pallas
Undergraduate Experience
Laura Francis (chair)
Karine Fenelon
Peter Houlihan
Abigail Jensen
Rosa Moscarella
Sarah Pallas
Cana Park
Randall Phillis
Amanda Raimer
Faculty Mentoring Committee
Joshua Lonthair (chair)
Amanda Cass
Michelle Facette
Elizabeth Jakob
Ben Normark
Hiring Priorities Committee
Gerald Downes (chair)
Courtney Babbitt
Yelena Bernadskaya
Ana Caicedo
Caleb Rounds
Faculty Awards Committee
Ben Normark (chair)
Craig Albertson
Ana Caicedo
Margaret Riley
Elizabeth Jakob
Communication Committee
Margaret Riley (chair)
Yelena Bernadskaya
Jeffrey Blanchard (Spring only)
Brian Whyte
Kate Doyle (staff)
Courtney Henley (staff)
Omer Kabir (staff)
Infrastructure Committee
Rolf Karlstrom (chair)
Tobias Baskin
Jeffrey Blanchard (Spring only)
Michelle Facette
Tristram Seidler
Elena Vazey
Amber Davis (staff)
Omer Kabir (staff)
William Jerome (staff)
Neuroscience Undergraduate Studies Committee
Lori Astheimer (PBS, chair)
Gerald Downes
Karine Fenelon
Caralyn Zehnder
Jeremy Spool (PBS)
Writing Coordinator
Andrew Spracklen
Lecturer Search Committee
Caralyn Zehnder (Chair)
Amanda Cass
Caleb Rounds
Elena Vazey
Evolutionary Biology Assistant Professor Search Committee
Craig Albertson (chair)
Courtney Babbitt
Jeffrey Podos
Maria Stager
Wenjing Xu (Environmental Conservation)
Department Representative to College Committees
College Personnel Committee: Elsbeth Walker
College Curriculum Committee: Caralyn Zehner