MCO Faculty

Sensory biology and cell physiology

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) The molecular and neural circuit basis of behavioral individuality.

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Ecology and evolution of microbial symbioses.

Evolutionary dynamics, experimental evolution, population genetics

Computational and quantitative biology

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Evolution of molecular and developmental mechanisms controlling cell fate decisions

Microbial eco-systems biology; Microbial physiology; Marine biogeochemistry

Physics, dynamics, and evolution of proteins; microbial cell physiology.

(Not Accepting Graduate Students) The genetic basis of adaptive morphology and behavior.

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Evolutionary, ecological, and genetic basis of speciation

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Evolution of floral developmental genetic pathways

Chemical and synthetic biology, molecular evolution

mathematical sciences

(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Study evolution, hybridization, and speciation - mainly in butterflies

Understanding and harnessing the complexity of plant chemistry and metabolism

Evolutionary forces in humans and pathogens

Development, Regeneration, Evolutionary Biology

Chromosome segregation, yeast sex, and evolution