Faculty & Staff Directory

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Professor Stacey Wood, professor of Psychology smiles for a picture.

Stacey Wood

Professor of Psychology; Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology

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Michael Spezio

Co-Director, Associate Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, Data Science

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Gautam Agarwal

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

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Maria Alfaro

Business Coordinator

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Alyssa Alvey

Research Technician

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Jennifer Armstrong

Professor of Biology

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Felix Arroyo

Facilities Manager

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Ramiro Bojorquez

IT Tech Support and Applications Specialist

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Amy Babbes

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry

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Thomas Borowski

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

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Robert Brodman

Visiting Professor of Biology

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Michael Brown

Biology Education Specialist

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James Buchholz

Visiting Professor of Physics

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Sarah Budischak

Associate Professor of Biology

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Adam Carter

IT Systems Administrator

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Bethany Caulkins

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

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Pete Chandrangsu

Associate Professor of Biology

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Melissa Coleman

Professor of Neuroscience

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Robert Comito

Visiting Lecturer of Biology

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Thomas Davis

Lab Lecturer/General Chemistry

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Christopher Dettmar

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry

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Tiziana DiLuccio

Physics Education Specialist

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Susie Fang

Director of Pre-Health Professions Advising

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Elise Ferree

Professorial Lecturer in Biology

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Patrick Ferree

Professor of Biology

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Findley Finseth

Associate Professor of Biology

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Beth Garvin

Administrative Assistant

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Sarah Gilman

Professor of Biology

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Scot A.C. Gould

Professor of Physics

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Mary Hatcher- Skeers

Vice President for Academic Affairs

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Ashley Heers

Assistant Professor of Biology

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Kyle Jay

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

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Hailey Kang

Research Technician

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Brian L. Keeley

Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Neuroscience

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Taehyung Kim

Visiting Professor of Chemistry

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Cory Kohn

Biology Education Specialist

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Adam Landsberg

Professor of Physics

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Aaron Leconte

Professor of Chemistry

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Jia Gloria Lee

Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics

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Mira Liu

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry

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Joel L. Mackey

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry

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Sarah Marzen

Associate Professor of Physics

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Kyle McCarty

Instrumentation Technician

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Donald A. McFarlane

Kenneth S. Pitzer Professor of Biology & Environmental Science

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Jenna Monroy

Associate Professor of Biology

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Sadie Otte

Lab Lecturer of Chemistry

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Trung (Average) V. Phan, PhD

Assistant Professor of Physics

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Jia-Ahn Pan

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

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Marion Preest

Pritzker Family Foundation Professor of Biology

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Kathleen Purvis-Roberts

Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Environmental Science

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Colin Robins

Associate Professor of Environmental Science

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Benjamin Schlau

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

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Kevin Setter

Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics

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Aaron Sheng

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry

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Janet Sheung

Associate Professor of Physics

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Stephen Simon

Scientific Instruments and Electronics Shop Manager

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Jaylene Shoji

Pre-Health Administrative Assistant

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Ulysses J. Sofia, PhD

Dean, Department of Natural Sciences; Professor of Physics

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Tessa Solomon-Lane

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

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Lauran Soto

Administrative Assistant

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Helen Tang

Chemical Hygiene Officer

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Diane Thomson

Professor of Biology & Environmental Science

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Jason Tor

Integrated Science Lab Director

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Ethan Van Arnam

Associate Professor of Chemistry

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Veronica Vriesman

Assistant Professor of Environmental Science

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Aditi Vyas

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

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Sandra Watson

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

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Anna G. Wenzel

Professor of Chemistry

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Emily Wiley

Professor of Biology

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Nancy Williams

Professor of Chemistry

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Sierra Williams

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

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Zachary Wilson

Assistant Professor of Biology

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Taia Wu

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry

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Velda Yount

Assistant to the Dean/Program Administrator

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Xiao Zhang

Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

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