People
Below are our Professor Emeriti, Tenured And Tenure Track Faculty, Joint Appointments, Adjunct Appointments, Research Faculty, and Lecturers grouped by designation. To see the Department’s full faculty directory listed alphabetically, please visit our Biology Faculty (Alphabetical) page.
Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty
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Karen Beemon
Professor
Research Interests: Role of TERT and microRNAs in oncogenesis, retroviral RNA stabilityklb@jhu.edu 410-516-7289 | Lab 410-516-8236 20A Biology East
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Xin Chen
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Epigenetic regulation of Drosophila germ cell differentiation from a stem cell lineagexchen32@jhu.edu 410-516-4576 | Lab 410-516-6543 137 Levi Hall
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Kyle Cunningham
Professor
Research Interests: Mechanisms of calcium signaling and cell deathkwc@jhu.edu 410-516-7844 |Lab 410-516-6638 203 Mudd
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Ernesto Freire
Henry Walters Professor
Research Interests: Structure-based thermodynamics of molecular recognition and functionef@jhu.edu 410-516-7743 | Lab 410-516-7742 114A Biology East
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Andrew Gordus
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Understanding how novel and innate behaviors are encoded at the cellular and genetic levelagordus@jhu.edu 410-516-6509 206 Biology East
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Rachel Green
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
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Carol Greider
Daniel Nathans Professor & Director Molecular Biology & Genetics
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Research Interests: Telomeres, telomerase, cancer and age-related diseasecgreider@jhmi.edu 410-614-6506 725 N. Wolfe Street |office 603 PCTB
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Edward Hedgecock
Professor
Research Interests: Developmental genetics of the nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegansehedgec1@jhu.edu Lab 410-516-8381 16 Biology East
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Vincent Hilser
Professor and Chair
Research Interests: protein conformational fluctuations and their role in function, adaptation and diseasehilser@jhu.edu 410-516-6072 | Lab 410-516-6757 117A Biology East
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M. Andrew Hoyt
Professor
Research Interests: Yeast chromosome segregation with emphasis on mitotic motor proteins; cell cycle regulationhoyt@jhu.edu 410-516-7299 |Lab 410-516-7293 Mudd 206
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Robert Johnston
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Stochastic gene expression and nuclear architecture in fly eyes and human retinal organoidsrobertjohnston@jhu.edu 410-516-4954 309 Mudd Hall
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Christian Kaiser
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Single-molecule biochemistry studies of the machines and processes in protein translation, translocation, and foldingkaiser@jhu.edu 410-516-4486 205 Biology East
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John Kim
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Deciphering the biological function of microRNAs and other small RNAs expressed in the genomejnkim@jhu.edu 410-516-3286 | Lab 410-516-3463 389 UTL
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Yumi Kim
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Chromosome dynamics during meiosisyumi.kim@jhu.edu 410-516-6504 | Lab 410-516-6502 385 UTL
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Rejji Kuruvilla
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Control of neuronal development by target-derived neurotrophinsrkuruvilla@jhu.edu 410-516-2366 | Lab 410-516-7641 227 Mudd Hall
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Young-Sam Lee
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Mechanism of nutritional signaling and homeostasisylee99@jhu.edu 410-516-4147 207 Biology East | Lab 209C Biology East
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Rajiv McCoy
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Computational genomics; human evolution and functional genetic variationrajiv.mccoy@jhu.edu 410-516-0942 UTL 383
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Evangelos Moudrianakis
Professor
Research Interests: Assembly and dynamics of nucleoproteins and chromosomes; bacterial and chloroplast bioenergeticsvanm@jhu.edu 410-516-7305 | Lab 410-516-7303 20 B Bio East
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Ulrich Mueller
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
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Michael Schatz
Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Computer Science and Biology
Research Interests: My research interests are Genome sequencing, Comparative Genomics, Single Cell and Single Molecule Biology, Bioinformaticsmschatz@jhu.edu (410) 516-5765
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Joel Schildbach
Professor; KSAS Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education
Research Interests: Structural biology of bacterial conjugationjoel@jhu.edu 410-516-5966 Wyman N631
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Robert Schleif
Professor
Research Interests: Protein-DNA interactions and regulation of gene activityschleif@jhu.edu 410-516-5206 239 Mudd Hall
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Trina Schroer
Professor
Research Interests: Microtubule-based motor proteins and their roles in cellular architectureschroer@jhu.edu 410-516-5373 | Lab 410-516-5374 203 Biology East
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James Taylor
Ralph S. O'Connor Associate Professor of Biology and Associate Professor of Computer Science
Research Interests: Regulation of transcription, chromatin structure, computational genomics and bioinformaticsjxtx@jhu.edu 410-516-0152 391 UTL
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Mark Van Doren
Professor
Research Interests: Germ cell development and gonad formationvandoren@jhu.edu 410-516-4717 | Lab 410-516-4830 305B Mudd Hall
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Beverly Wendland
James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences
Professor
Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms of endocytosis in yeast and mammalian cellsbwendland@jhu.edu 410-516-4065 381 UTL
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Carl Wu
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Research Interests: Eukaryotic chromatin structure and function. Biochemistry of nucleosome remodeling and gene transcription, and live cell-single molecule imaging of histone and nuclear protein dynamicswuc@jhu.edu 410-516-7496 387 UTL
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Haiqing Zhao
Professor
Research Interests: Function and development of olfactory sensory neuronshzhao@jhu.edu 410-516-7391 | Lab 410-516-7641 226 Mudd Hall
Joint Appointments
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Douglas Barrick
Associate Professor, Department of Biophysics
Research Interests: Determination of an atomic-level description of structure and function in proteinsbarrick@jhu.edu 410-516-0409
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Gregory Bowman
Associate Professor, Department of Biophysics
Research Interests: Chromatin structure and nucleosome remodelinggdbowman@jhu.edu 410-516-7850
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Karen Fleming
Professor, Department of Biophysics
Research Interests: Structure, energetics and folding of membrane proteinskaren.fleming@jhu.edu 410-554-1244
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Bertrand E. Garcia-Moreno
Professor, Department of Biophysics
Research Interests: Biophysical chemistry of regulatory interactions in proteins, nucleic acids, and their assembliesbertrand@jhu.edu 410-516-4497
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Alfredo Kirkwood
Professor, Department of Neuroscience (School of Medicine)
kirkwood@jhu.edu 410-516-6410
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Lynn Johnson Langer
Director of Regulatory Science and Enterprise Programs, Advanced Academic Programs
llanger@jhu.edu 301-294-7063
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Juliette Lecomte
Professor, Department of Biophysics
Research Interests: NMR spectroscopy and protein structurejuliette@jhu.edu 410-516-7019
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Hey-Kyoung Lee
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Research Interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity underlying memory formationheykyounglee@jhu.edu 410-516-5712
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Kristina Obom
Director of the Center for Biotechnology Education and the Program Director for the Master of Science in Bioinformatics and for the Master of Science in Biotechnology program, Advanced Academic Programs
kobom@jhu.edu 301-294-7159
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Steven Rokita
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Research Interests: Mechanistic and structural studies of enzymes, reversible but covalent reactivity of nucleic acidsrokita@jhu.edu 410-516-5793
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Craig A. Townsend
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Research Interests: Synthesis of natural products, stereochemical and mechanistic studies of enzyme actionctownsend@jhu.edu 410-516-7444
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Sarah Woodson
Professor, Department of Biophysics
Research Interests: Determination of three-dimensional folding of RNAswoodson@jhu.edu 410-516-2015
Adjunct Appointments
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Alex Bortvin
Staff member, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests: Genetic and epigenetic controls of germ cell development and function in vertebratesbortvin@ciwemb@edu 410-246-3034
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Donald Brown
Staff member, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests: Amphibian metamorphosisbrown@ciwemb@edu 410-246-3052
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Orna Cohen-Fix
Senior Investigator, The Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, NIDDK, NIK
Adjunct Professor, Biology
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Victor Corces
Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Biology, Emory University
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests: Genetics, cell and developmental biologyvcorces@emory.edu 404-727-4250
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Chen-Ming Fan
Staff Member, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests: Molecular patterning and embryonic induction during mouse early developmentfan@ciwemb@edu 410-246-3022
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Steven Farber
Staff Member, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests: Visualization of lipid metabolism and signaling in the zebrafishfarber@ciwemb.edu 410-246-3072
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Joseph Gall
Staff Member, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests: Chromosome structure and function; nucleic acids in developmentgall@ciwemb@edu 410-246-3018
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Marnie Halpern
Staff Member, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests: Zebra fish neural development410-246-3018
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Nicholas Ingolia
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, UC Berkeley
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biology
ingolia@berkeley.edu 510-664-7069
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Michael Lichten
Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute,NIH
Adjunct Professor, Biology
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Christopher Ruff
Professor, Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution, School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Biology
cbruff@jhmi.edu 410-955-7126
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George Scangos
CEO & Director, Vir
Adjunct Professor, Biology
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Robert Siliciano
Professor, School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Biology
rsiliciano@jhmi.edu 410-955-2958
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Allan Spradling
Director, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests: Drosophila genomicsspradling@ciwemb.edu 410-246-3021
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Yixian Zheng
Staff Member, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Adjunct Professor, Biology
Research Interests: Mechanisms of cell division and genome organization in development, homeostasis, and agingzheng@ciwemb.edu 410-246-3032
Research Faculty
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Maurice J. Bessman
Research Professor and Professor Emeritus
Research Interests: Metabolism of nucleotides and nucleic acids; proteomicszoot@jhu.edu 410-516-7776 18 Biology East
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Ludwig Brand
Academy Professor and Professor Emeritus
Research Interests: Conformation and activity of biological macromolecules with emphasis on applications of fluorescence techniques -
Jocelyne DiRuggiero
Associate Research Professor
Research Interests: Molecular microbial ecology of extremophiles; molecular mechanisms of stress responsejdiruggiero@jhu.edu 410-516-8498 |Lab 410-516-7744 235B Levi Hall
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Cristina Gil Sanz
Assistant Research Professor
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Ru Chih Huang
McElroy Honorary Research Professor
Research Interests: Gene regulation, molecular virology, retrotransposition, and chromosomal structure and functionrhuang@jhu.edu 410-516-5181 |Lab 410-516-7314 250 Levi Hall
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Yuan Chuan Lee
Academy Professor and Research Professor
Research Interests: Glycobiology, glycotechnology, and glyconanotechnologyyclee@jhu.edu 410-516-7322 Levi 141 A
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Michael McCaffery
Director, Integrated Imaging Center
Research Professor, Biology
jmccaffery@jhu.edu 410-516-3321 |Lab 410-516-8042 102 Dunning Hall
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Richard McCarty
Professor Emeritus
Research Interests: Structure, mechanism, and regulation of the chloroplast ATP synthase; chloroplast metabolite transportrem1@jhu.edu 410-516-5356
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Peter Privalov
Research Professor
Research Interests: Physical basis of the structure of biological molecules and their complexesprivalov@jhu.edu 410-516-6532 | Lab 410-516-6037 129A Levi
Lecturers
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Anna Coppola
Lecturer
Research Interests: Effect of dietary nutrients on metabolic regulatory mechanisms, with particular emphasis on the role of proteins and amino acids in the development of behavioral and metabolic diseases.anna.coppola@jhu.edu 36B Levi
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Emily Fisher
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Teaching Professor
Research Interests: How and with whom students work to learn biology. Development of effective teaching practices in science communication.efishe21@jhu.edu 410-516-8044 181 UTL
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Robert Horner
Senior Lecturer
rdhorner@jhu.edu 410-516-8067 | Lab 410-516-7281 179 UTL
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Dennean Lippner
Lecturer
dlippne1@jhu.edu 410-516-7641
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Carolyn Norris
Senior Lecturer
crn@jhu.edu 410-516-8288 | Lab 410-516-4666 279 UTL
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Rebecca Pearlman
Senior Lecturer
Research Interests: Innovations in Undergraduate Biology Educationpearlman@jhu.edu (410) 516-5479 281 UTL
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Christov Roberson
Lecturer
croberson@jhu.edu 410-516-4484 283 UTL
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Richard Shingles
Lecturer
Research Interests: Membrane biochemistry, Membrane transport mechanisms, Stopped-flow fluorescenceshingles@jhu.edu 410-516-4679 281 UTL
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Katie Tifft
Senior Lecturer; Assistant Director, Molecular and Cellular Biology Master's Program
ktifft@jhu.edu 410-516-7855 183 UTL
Professor Emeriti
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Michael Edidin
Professor Emeritus
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Douglas M. Fambrough
Professor Emeritus
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Allen Shearn
Professor Emeritus