MCO Faculty

Elucidation and study of biosynthetic pathways and enzymes as well as the development of synthetic methods that are compatible with microbial chemistry.

(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

Molecular and neural architecture of social behavior circuits

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

(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

Development and Regeneration of the Mammalian Skin

C. elegans genetics of intercellular RNAi signaling

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

Development of chemical and molecular biology tools to allow new measurements and perturbations in biological systems; study mechanisms of gene regulation and dysregulation in cancer.

Chemical and synthetic biology, molecular evolution

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

Human development, Stem cell biology, Neuroscience, Computational Biology

Evolutionary forces in humans and pathogens

Chromosome segregation, yeast sex, and evolution