Biochemistry students are involved in active research collaborations with chemistry and biology faculty members.
Listed below are faculty who are involved in biological chemistry research at Wellesley. Follow the link for each faculty member to learn more about the work in their research lab.
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Nancy Harrison Kolodny '64 Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Stanford University
I am a physical chemist who uses surface chemistry techniques to study radiation chemistry.
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Allene Lummis Russell Professor Emerita of Neuroscience
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., Ph.D., Princeton University
Passions for serotonin and adult neurogenesis! Excited about the wonderful Neuroscience Department at Wellesley College.
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., SUNY (Purchase College); M.S., Ph.D., Yale University
Interested in synthesis of novel anticancer and antiviral agents; teaching introductory chemistry, organic chemistry, and synthetic methods.
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Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Rice University
Investigating membranes + membrane protein biology and dynamics in the context of human health
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Michael and Denise Kellen '68 Chair in the Sciences; Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Grinnell College; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Uses experiments and computation to study membrane proteins; leads pedagogical development and assessment research; teaches biochemistry, introductory chemistry and courses in computational modeling and public writing.
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., St. Olaf College; Ph.D., University of Illinois
Interests include nanoscience and biomaterials for environmental and medical applications; teaching in analytical chemistry and nanoscience.
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Associate Professor of Neuroscience
B.Sc., M.Sc., Leiden University; Ph.D., Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Investigates the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying animal behavior, using songbirds as a model system to study learning and memory.
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Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Rhodes College; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Cell biologist using fission yeast to study regulatory mechanisms of conserved, essential cellular processes.
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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Diploma, Ph.D., University of Würzburg (Germany)
Plant physiologist investigating various processes that allow plants to optimize photosynthesis.
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Haverford College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interested in understanding how proteins aggregate during the development of Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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Nan Walsh Schow ‘54 and Howard B. Schow Professor in the Physical and Natural Sciences; Professor of Chemistry; Dean of Faculty Affairs
B.A., Smith College; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Expertise in DNA damage and bacterial biophysics.
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Susan M. Hallowell and Ruby Frances Howe Farwell Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., Duke University
Plant cell biologist who uses molecular genetics, biochemistry and confocal microscopy to study how plant cells grow and divide.
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Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interested in computational biophysical chemistry, analysis/design of drugs and other biological molecules, and creatively teaching chemistry.
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Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Research and teaching interests in microbiology, cellular, and molecular biology.
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Gordon P. Lang and Althea P. Lang ‘26 Professor of Biological Sciences
M.S., Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Evolutionary biologist with interest in conservation genetics.
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Dorothy and Charles Jenkins, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Science; Professor of Biological Sciences
A.B., Bowdoin College; Ph.D., Duke University
Evolutionary development (Evo-devo); Developmental genetics; Insect physiology
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) ; Ph.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interested in protein engineering, optical sensors, Parkinson’s disease, brain injury, teaching introductory chemistry and biochemistry.
