Graduate Faculty for Biology
BIOL

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Ades, Ibrahim Z. Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Los Angeles, 1971; Ph.D., 1976.
- Associate Professor, Biology

Araneda, Ricardo Regular Member
B.S., University of Concepcion, 1986; M.S., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1992; Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1997.
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Bely, Alexa Regular Member
Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook, 1999
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Borgia, Gerald Regular Member
A.B., University of California-Berkeley, 1970; M.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1973; Ph.D., 1978.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Braun, Michael James Adjunct Member
B.A., Cornell University, 1977; Ph.D., Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, 1983.
- Adjunct Professor, Biology

Breitburg, Denise L. Non-Member
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1984.
- Adjunct Professor, Biology

Carleton, Karen Regular Member
B.S., Yale University, 1980; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1987
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Carr, Catherine E. Regular Member
B.Sc, University of Capetown, 1976; M.A.,State University of New York-Buffalo, 1977; Ph.D., University of California-San Diego, 1984.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Castillo-Davis, Cristian Regular Member
B.S., Cornell University, 1997; Ph.D., Harvard University, 2003
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Clark, Eugenie Non-Member
Ph.D., New York University, 1950
- Professor Emerita, Biology

Coats, D. Wayne Non-Member
B.S., University of Illinois, 1970; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1977.
- Adjunct Professor, Biology

Cohen, Avis H. Regular Member
B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1964; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1977.
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering

Colombini, Marco Regular Member
B.S., McGill University-Montreal, 1970; Ph.D., 1974.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Chair, Biology
   website: http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/faculty/colombini/index.html
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Biophysics
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Affiliate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Cummings, Michael P. Regular Member
Ph.D., Harvard, 1992.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Delwiche, Charles Francis Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Berkeley, 1984; Ph.D.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Dietz, James M. Regular Member
B.A., DePauw University, 1970; M.S., Purdue University, 1973; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1981.
- Professor, Biology
- Associate Director, Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Dooling, Robert J. Regular Member
B.S.,Creighton University, 1967; M.S., St. Louis University, 1969; Ph.D., 1975.
- Professor, Psychology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Affiliate Professor, Biology

Dudash, Michele R. Regular Member
B.A.,Millersville University, 1977; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago, 1987.
- Associate Professor, Plant Biology
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Director, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Fagan, William Regular Member
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1996
- Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Fenster, Charles B. Regular Member
B.A.,Amherst College, 1979; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1988.
- Associate Professor, Plant Biology
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Fleischer, Robert Non-Member
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1983.
- Adjunct Professor, Biology

Forseth, Irwin N., Jr. Regular Member
B.A., Hamline University, 1976; Ph.D., University of Utah, 1982.
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Gill, Douglas E. Regular Member
B.S., Marietta College, 1965; M.A.,University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1967; Ph.D., 1971.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Haag, Eric S. Regular Member
B.A., Oberlin College, 1990; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1997
- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Haley, A. James Regular Member
B.S., University of New Hampshire, 1949; M.S.,1950; Sc.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1955.
- Professor Emeritus, Biology

Higgins, William J. Regular Member
B.S., Boston State College, 1969; Ph.D., Florida State University, 1973.
- Associate Professor, College of Life Sciences
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Highton, Richard Regular Member
B.A., New York University,1950; M.S., University of Florida, 1953; Ph.D., 1956.
- Professor Emeritus, Biology
- Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
- Professor Emeritus, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Hines, Anson H. Adjunct Member
B.A., Pomona College, 1969; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1976.
- Adjunct Professor, Biology

Hodos, William Regular Member
B.S., City University of New York-Brooklyn College, 1955; M.A.,University of Pennsylvania, 1957; Ph.D., 1960.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Professor, Biology
- Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Psychology
- Associate Dean, Research & Economic Development
- Professor, Research & Economic Development

Inouye, David W. Regular Member
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1971; Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1976.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Director, Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Jeffery, William Richard Regular Member
B.S., University of Illinois-Chicago, 1967; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1971.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Affiliate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Kanold, Patrick Regular Member
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1999.
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Kelley, Matthew W. Adjunct Member
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1993.
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology
- Adjunct Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Kleiman, Devra G. Adjunct Member
M.S., University of Chicago, 1964; Ph.D.,University of London, 1969.
- Adjunct Professor, Biology

Kocher, Thomas D. Regular Member
B.A., Yale University, 1981; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1986.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Lee, Hey-Kyoung Regular Member
Ph.D., Brown University, 1997
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Lips, Karen Regular Member
Ph.D., University of Miami, 1995
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Machado, Carlos Regular Member
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1998
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Moss, Cynthia F. Regular Member
B.S., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1979; Ph.D., Brown University, 1985.
- Professor, Psychology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Affiliate Professor, Biology
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering

O'Brien, Stephen J. Non-Member
Ph.D., Ph.D., Cornell University, 1971.
- Adjunct Professor, Biology

O'Connor, J. Dennis Regular Member
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1968
- Professor, Biology

Payne, Richard Regular Member
B.A., University of Cambridge, 1977; Ph.D.,Australian National University-Canberra, 1982.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Platt, Christopher Non-Member
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1972.
- Adjunct Professor, Biology

Popper, Arthur N. Regular Member
B.A., New York University-Bronx, 1964; Ph.D.,City University of New York-Graduate School & Univ. Center, 1969.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Potter, Michael Regular Member
A.B., Princeton University, 1945; M.D.,University of Virginia, 1949.
- Research Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Adjunct Professor, Biology

Quinlan, Elizabeth Regular Member
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1993.
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Reaka, Marjorie L. Regular Member
B.A., University of Kansas, 1965; M.S., 1969; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1975.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Simon, Jonathan Regular Member
BA: Princeton University, 1985; MS: University of California, Santa Barbara, 1987; Ph.D.: University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Engineering: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Soares, Daphne Regular Member
B.S., UMBC, 1996; Ph.D., UMCP, 2002.
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Sukharev, Sergei I. Regular Member
M.S., Russia, 1980; Ph.D., M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1987.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
   website: http://www.life.umd.edu/faculty/profiles/sukharev_award2.08.html
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Biophysics
- Associate Director, Biophysics

Via, Sara Regular Member
B.A., Duke University, 1974; M.S.,Australian National University-Canberra, 1976; Ph.D., Duke University, 1983.
- Professor, Entomology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Biology

Wilkinson, Gerald S. Regular Member
B.S., University of California-Davis, 1977; Ph.D., University of California-San Diego, 1984.
- Professor, Distinguished Faculty
- Chair, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Yager, David D. Regular Member
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1972; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1989.
- Associate Professor, Psychology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Zimmer, Elizabeth Adjunct Member
B.S., Cornell University, 1973; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1981.
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology