Faculty
Susan C. Alberts
Robert F. Durden Distinguished Professor of Biology
Office: 130 Science Drive, Rm 137, Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7272
Daniele Armaleo
Associate Professor of the Practice of Biology
Office: 0052 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7326
My research centers on the developmental and molecular biology of lichens, well differentiated symbioses between two or three evolutionarily unrelated organisms: specialized fungi on the one hand and algae or cyanobacteria on the... Full Profile »
Richard T. Barber
Harvey W. Smith Professor Emeritus of Biological Oceanography in the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Office: Marine Laboratory, 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, Beaufort, NC 28516
Phone: (252) 504-7578
The role of ocean biogeochemical processes in the global carbon cycle and, particularly, the involvement of ocean processes in sequestering anthropogenic carbon dioxide are research topics which are now receiving a great deal of attention. A decade ago there was consensus that the ocean took up a... Full Profile »
L. Ryan Baugh
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: 4314 French Family Science Center, Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-4129
Phone: (919) 613-8179
We study nutritional control of development in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans. We are interested in the signaling pathways and gene regulatory mechanisms that enable the worm to reversibly arrest development and resist stress in response to starvation. We are also interested in epigenetic... Full Profile »
Amy Bejsovec
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: Rm. 4312 French Family Science Center, Dept. of Biology, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Dept. of Biology, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 613-8162
My laboratory explores the molecular mechanisms of pattern formation in developing embryos. We focus on the Wingless(Wg)/Wnt class of secreted growth factor: these molecules promote cell-cell communication leading to important cell fate decisions during the development of both vertebrate and... Full Profile »
Philip N. Benfey
Paul Kramer Distinguished Professor of Biology
Office: 130 Science Drive, Room 137, Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 660-7338
Emily S. Bernhardt
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor
Office: Ffsc 3313, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0000
Phone: (919) 660-7318
I am an ecosystem ecologist and biogeochemist whose research is principally concerned with tracking the movement of elements through ecological systems. My research aims to document the extent to which the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems is being altered by land use change (... Full Profile »
Robert N. Brandon
Professor of Biology
Office: 209 West Duke Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708-0743
Phone: (919) 660-3067
Robert N. Brandon (Ph.D. 1979, Harvard) joined the Duke Faculty in fall of 1979. He holds a joint appointment in Philosophy and Biology . He has published articles in Philosophy of Science, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science... Full Profile »
Sherryl A. Broverman
Associate Professor of the Practice of Biology
Office: Science Dr, 307 B Biological Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 668-0228
How inclusion of civic issues, international connections, and social engagement alters the cognitive and affective responses of non- major science students to science education. How course design impacts the demographics (gender, race, etc) of student enrollment in elective science courses.... Full Profile »
Rebecca Cary
Instructor B of Biology
Office: 041 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27710
Phone: (919) 660-7442
Norman L. Christensen
Professor Emeritus in the Division of Environmental Sciences & Policy
Office: A316 LSRC, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90329, Durham, NC 27708-0329
Phone: (919) 613-8052
Christensen's research focuses on the effects of disturbance on structure and function of populations, communities and ecosystems. On going studies include an analysis of patterns of forest development following cropland abandonment as these are affected by environment, stand history and plant... Full Profile »
James S. Clark
Professor of Biology
Office: A221 LSRC, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 613-8036
James S. Clark is Nicholas Professor of Environment Science and Professor of Statistical Science. Clark’s research focuses on how global change affects populations, communities, and ecosystems. Current projects explore consequences of climate, CO2, and disturbance on dynamics of forests. His lab... Full Profile »
Brian Edward Coggins
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry
Office: 271 Sands Building, Research Dr., Durham, NC 27710
Campus Box: Duke Box 3711, Durham, NC 27710
Phone: (919) 684-7772
Clifford W. Cunningham
Professor of Biology
Office: 227 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Biology Department, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7356
Xinnian Dong
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Biology
Office: 4213 French Family Science Center, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-1000
Phone: (919) 613-8176
Using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system, my laboratory studies the mechanisms of plant defense against microbial pathogens. We focus on a specific response known as systemic acquired resistance (SAR). SAR,... Full Profile »
Kathleen Donohue
Professor of Biology
Office: 130 Science Drive, Room 226, Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 684-6095
We investigate the genetic basis of adaptation, including the evolution of phenotypic plasticity and maternal effects, the adaptive value of epigenetic modifications, niche construction, dispersal, and mechanisms of multilevel natural selection. Full Profile »
Christine M. Drea
Professor of Biology
Office: 129 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90383, 08 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708-0383
Phone: (919) 660-7367
I have two broad research interests, sexual differentiation and social behavior, both focused on hyenas and primates. I am particularly interested in unusual species in which the females display a suite of masculinized characteristics, including male- like or exaggerated external genitalia and... Full Profile »
Richard B. Forward
Professor Emeritus of Zoology
Office: 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, Beaufort, NC 28516
Phone: (252) 504-7610
R. Forward works on the physiological ecology of marine crustaceans and fishes. Studies focus on sensory physiology and behavioral responses to environmental (e.g. light, temperature, salinity) and chemical cues, and biological rhythms. Recent studies have applied result to diel vertical migration... Full Profile »
Jean Philippe Gibert
Assistant Professor of Biology
I study how phenotypic traits and trait evolution determine predator-prey interactions and, through these, the structure and dynamics of complex networks of interacting species like food webs. I'm also interested in how these effects are mediated by the spatial structure of interacting species and ... Full Profile »
Ron Grunwald
Senior Lecturer of Biology
Office: 136 Biological Sciences, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 660-7322
Steven B. Haase
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: 4316 French, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-1000
Phone: (919) 613-8205
Our group is broadly interested in understanding the biological clock mechanisms that control the timing of events during the cell division cycle. In 2008, the Haase group proposed a new model in which a complex network of sequentially activated transcription factors regulates the precise timing of... Full Profile »
Susanne B. Haga
Associate Research Professor of Biology
Office: 101 Science Drive, Box 3382 CIEMAS Suite 2121, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 101 Science Drive - CIEMAS Bldg, Box 3382, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 684-0325
My research interests focus on issues affecting the translation of genomics to clinical practice. Specifically, I have a strong interest in education, with each of my research projects involving some component of professional, public or patient education, including development of educational... Full Profile »
Alexander J. Hartemink
Professor of Biology
Office: 308 Research Drive, LSRC D239, Durham, NC 27708-0129
Campus Box: Box 90129, Durham, NC 27708-0129
Phone: (919) 660-6514
Computational biology, machine learning, Bayesian statistics, systems biology, transcriptional regulation, genomics and epigenomics, graphical models, Bayesian networks, computational neurobiology, classification, feature selection Full Profile »
Sheng-Yang He
Scholar In Residence of Biology
Interested in plants, microbes or inter-organismal communication and co-evolution? Please contact Prof. Sheng-Yang He (shengyang.he@duke.edu; hes@msu.edu) Millions of... Full Profile »
Alison Hill
Senior Lecturer of Biology
Office: 0054 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-1000
Phone: (919) 660-7349
My primary focus in the department is instructional. I teach courses for both biology majors and non-majors. I continue to develop and innovate the Molecular Biology lab curriculum and am involved in efforts to improve instruction by bringing formative assessment into our lectures. My non-majors... Full Profile »
Dana E. Hunt
Assistant Professor of Microbial Ecology
Office: 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, Beaufort, NC 28516
Campus Box: 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, Beaufort, NC 28516
Phone: (252) 504-7542
My research focus is on understanding the ecology of microbes through examination of their genes and lifestyles. Bacteria are the most diverse organisms on earth and play a pivotal role in planetary cycling of nutrients and energy. Yet, we have a poor understanding of the factors that drive their... Full Profile »
Sonke Johnsen
Professor of Biology
Office: 301 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7321
Zackary Johnson
Arthur P. Kaupe Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology in Marine Science
Office: 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd., Duke Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516
Phone: (252) 504-7543
Our group broadly studies the abundance, diversity and activity of marine microbes. We are biological oceanographers, marine molecular ecologists, marine microbiologists and biogeochemists. Our research... Full Profile »
Daniel P. Kiehart
Professor of Biology
Office: 4330 French Family Science Center, Science Drive, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Campus Box: Box 90338, Dept. Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-1000
Phone: (919) 613-8157
Our intellectual focus is on identifying determinants of cell shape that function during development. Utilizing molecular genetic and reverse genetic approaches in Drosophila, we have shown that conventional nonmuscle myosin is necessary for driving both cell division and post-mitotic cell shape... Full Profile »
Peter H. Klopfer
Professor Emeritus of Biology
Office: 050 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 684-3991
mother-infant attachments in mammals and imprinting in birds development and control of aggressive behavior, and its neurobiological mechanisms. causes of species diversity. hibernation in lemurs Full Profile »
Sally A. Kornbluth
Jo Rae Wright University Distinguished Professor
Office: 421 Chapel Drive, 220 Allen Building, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 90005, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 684-2631
Our lab studies the regulation of complex cellular processes, including cell cycle progression and programmed cell death (apoptosis). These tightly orchestrated processes are critical for appropriate cell proliferation and cell death, and when they go awry can result in cancer and... Full Profile »
Elizabeth Lacey, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Biology
Office: 139 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 277080338
Phone: +1 336 334 4955
Charlotte Lee
Scholar In Residence of Biology
Office: 070 Biosci, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 613-0995
Francois M. Lutzoni
Professor of Biology
Office: 357 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7261
Paul Mitaari Magwene
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: 124 Science Drive, Room 4103 Ffsc, Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 613-8159
Paul S. Manos
Professor in the Department of Biology
Office: 330 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7358
My research emphasizes woody plants, especially the systematics of Fagaceae (the oak family), Juglandaceae (the walnut family), and related wind-pollinated families of flowering plants (Fagales). Our lab uses DNA sequences to generate hypotheses of phylogenetic relationship for inferring... Full Profile »
David R. McClay
Arthur S. Pearse Distinguished Professor of Biology
Office: 4102 French Science Center, Science Dr., Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Department of Biology, Durham, NC 27708-1000
Phone: (919) 613-8188
We ask how the embryo works. Prior to morphogenesis the embryo specifies each cell through transcriptional regulation and signaling. Our research builds gene regulatory networks to understand how that early specification works. We then ask how this specification programs cells for their... Full Profile »
Daniel W. McShea
Professor of Biology
Office: 139 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 225-8679
My main research interest is hierarchy theory, especially the causal relationship between higher-level wholes and their components (Spencer, Simon, Campbell, Salthe, Wimsatt). In biology, for example, we might want to know how large-scale processes within a multicellular organism act to control the... Full Profile »
John M. Mercer
Professor of the Practice of Biology
Office: 239 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7354
Jolanta Maria Miadlikowska
Instructor B of Biology
Office: 139 Bio Sci, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7382
Thomas Mitchell-Olds
Newman Ivey White Distinguished Professor of Biology
Office: French Science Center 3311, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 668-1635
We study genetic variation in plant populations, focusing on genes that influence traits controlling plant performance in an environmental context – a central theme throughout our research in natural and agricultural populations. Much of our work is focused on the genes that affect ecological... Full Profile »
William F. Morris
Professor of Biology
Office: 257 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0325
Phone: (919) 684-5257
Bill Morris studies the population ecology of plants and insects (both herbivores and pollinators). Current projects include: the population dynamic consequences of constitutive and inducible resistance in plants, the maintenance of mutualistic interactions between flowering plants and nectar-... Full Profile »
Alexander Motten
Associate Professor of the Practice Emeritus of Biology
Office: 130 Science Drive, 137 Biosci, Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 684-2301
R. Bruce Nicklas
Arthur S. Pearse Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biology
Office: 371E Biological Sciences Bldg., Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 613-8196
I am now retired and my lab is closed. In the past, we pushed chromosomes around by micromanipulation to learn more about chromosome movement in mitosis. We tugged on chromosomes to measure the forces produced by the spindle and chopped spindles apart to locate the motor for chromosome movement.... Full Profile »
H. Frederik Nijhout
John Franklin Crowell Distinguished Professor of Biology
Office: 322 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0325
Phone: (919) 684-2793
Fred Nijhout is broadly interested in developmental physiology and in the interactions between development and evolution. He has several lines of research ongoing in his laboratory that on the surface may look independent from one another, but all share a conceptual interest in understanding how... Full Profile »
Mohamed A. F. Noor
Professor of Biology
Office: 130 Science Drive, Room 137, Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Biology Department, Durham, NC 27708-4129
Phone: (919) 668-2728
Research in my laboratory strives to understand what genetic changes contribute to the formation of new species, and how the process of genetic recombination affects both species formation and molecular evolution. I've been fascinated at how often genetic recombination plays a major role in any... Full Profile »
Stephen Nowicki
Professor of Biology
Office: 137 Biological Sciences Building, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 684-6950
Our lab studies animal communication and sexual selection from an integrative perspective that includes a wide range of behavioral ecological, neuroethological, developmental, genetic, and evolutionary approaches. Birds are our most common model system, but we also have worked with insects, spiders... Full Profile »
Masayuki Onishi
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office: 124 Science Dr., Ffsc 3105, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 130 Science Dr., Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 613-7358
The overall goal of the Onishi lab is to understand the fundamental core mechanisms of eukaryotic cell division that have been conserved throughout the evolution from the last eukaryotic common ancestor. To this end, the lab currently uses the unicellular model green alga Chlamydomonas... Full Profile »
Emily Franklin Ozdowski
Instructor of Biology
Office: 130 Science Drive, Box 90338, Biosci 072A, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Campus Box: 130 Science Dr., Box 90338 Biosci, Durham, NC 27710
Phone: (919) 684-5446
Sheila N Patek
Professor of Biology
Office: 014 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 613-8306
Zhen-Ming Pei
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: 3102 Ffsc, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-1000
Campus Box: Box 90338, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-1000
Phone: (919) 613-8152
My laboratory is interested in the early signaling events by which plants sense environmental signals and decode to give the appropriate responses. Upon perception of external signals, cell surface receptors trigger an increase in cytosolic free calcium concentration, which is mediated by ion... Full Profile »
Alyssa Perz
Lecturer
Office: 011 Allen Building, 421 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90050, Durham, NC 27708-0697
Phone: (919) 684-2130
Kenneth Daniel Poss
Professor of Biology
Office: 307 Research Drive, Nanaline Bldg Room 466 A, Durham, NC 27710
Campus Box: Duke Box 3709, Durham, NC 27710
Phone: (919) 681-8457
Modeling disease in zebrafish Genetic approaches to organ regeneration Cardiac regeneration Appendage regeneration Developmental biology Full Profile »
Kathleen M. Pryer
Professor of Biology
Office: 358 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7380
My research focuses on understanding the evolutionary relationships of ancient land plants, especially ferns and horsetails, by integrating evidence from morphology, molecules (DNA sequence data from multiple genes), and the fossil record. I use an explicit phylogenetic framework to examine... Full Profile »
Mark D. Rausher
John Carlisle Kilgo Distinguished Professor of Biology
Office: Room 3326 French Family Science Center, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 684-2295
We investigate the evolutionary processes that cause change at both the phenotypic and genetic levels. We have particular interests in the genetic basis of adaptation and in the evolution of metabolic pathways. Our approaches include molecular dissection of ecologically important phenotypes and... Full Profile »
Chantal D. Reid
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy
Office: 4102 Environment Hall, 9 Circuit Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
Phone: (919) 660-7378
As a physiological ecologist, my primary interests are to understand how environmental stresses on leaf gas exchange and plant carbon allocation control carbon gain, plant growth and reproduction. My research focuses on environmental factors likely to be affected by global change, particularly... Full Profile »
James F. Reynolds
Professor Emeritus
Office: 130 Science Dr., Biological Sciences Bldg., Rm 137-BOX 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7404
Integrated assessment of complex human-environmental systems; Land degradation and desertification in global drylands; Conceptual frameworks and models to advance the science of dryland development Full Profile »
Julie Reynolds
Associate Professor of the Practice of the Department of Biology
Office: 130 Science Drive, 034 Biological Sciences Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0038
Phone: (919) 681-6899
Daniel Rittschof
Professor of Biology
Office: 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, Beaufort, NC 28516
Phone: (252) 504-7634
My day to day research focus is ecology with emphasis on larval biology, chemical, behavioral, spatial ecology and environmental toxicology. Theoretical contributions are in the origins and evolution of chemical systems. Presently, there are three areas of focus: 1) Ecology and behavioral biology... Full Profile »
Alexander Rosenberg
R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
Office: 203A W Duke Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708-0743
Phone: (919) 660-3047
Alex Rosenberg (Ph.D. 1971, Johns Hopkins) joined the Duke faculty in 2000. He is the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy (with secondary appointments in the biology and political science departments). Rosenberg has been a visiting professor and fellow of the at the Center for the Philosophy of... Full Profile »
V. Louise Roth
Professor of Biology
Office: 241 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7352
In addition to conceptual work on the biological bases of homology, variation, and parallel evolution, my research has focused on evolutionary changes in size and shape in mammals: the functional consequences of these changes, and the evolutionary modifications of ontogenetic processes that... Full Profile »
Charmaine DM Royal
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: 234 Friedl Bldg, Box 90252, Durham, NC 27708-0141
Campus Box: Duke Box 90252, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 668-6515
Charmaine Royal is Associate Professor of African & African American Studies, Biology, Global Health, and Family Medicine & Community Health at Duke University. She also has appointments in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society and the Kenan Institute for Ethics. At Duke Social... Full Profile »
Amy K. Schmid
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: 125 Science Dr, French Family Science Center 4105, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 613-4464
Research in my lab seeks to elucidate how cells make decisions in response to environmental cues. My particular focus is on how networks of molecules interact within free-living microbial cells. These networks govern the decision to grow when conditions are optimal or deploy damage repair systems... Full Profile »
Kristin Caruana Scott
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Office: 213 Research Drive, CARL Building Room 367 DUMC 3054, Durham, NC 27710
Campus Box: Duke Box 3054, Durham, NC 27710
Phone: (919) 684-7938
Richard B. Searles
Professor Emeritus of Botany
Office: 049 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7336
A. Jonathan Shaw
Professor of Biology
Office: Box 90338, 137 Bio Sciences, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7344
My research centers on the evolution and diversity of bryophytes. Current projects in the lab include molecular phylogenetic analyses of familial and ordinal level relationships in the arthrodontous mosses, studies of... Full Profile »
David R. Sherwood
Jerry G. and Patricia Crawford Hubbard Professor
Office: Box 90338, Department of Biology, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-1000
Phone: (919) 613-8192
Our research is directed at elucidating mechanisms underlying morphogenetic processes in development. We primarily use the model system C. elegans in our research, and combine powerful genetic and systems biology approaches with live-cell imaging to address three main topics: Tissue... Full Profile »
Nina Tang Sherwood
Associate Professor of the Practice of Biology
Office: Box 90338 137 Bio Sciences, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Science Drive, 371D Biosci, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 684-8658
We use Drosophila melanogaster as a model to understand nervous system development and function. A genetic screen for molecules important to these processes identified the fly ortholog of the spastin gene, which when mutated in humans leads to a progressive neurodegenerative disease called... Full Profile »
Christopher F Shreve
Instructor B of Biology
Office: 139 Bio Sci, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 684-2793
James N. Siedow
Professor Emeritus of Biology
Office: 130 Science Drive, 3105 French Science Centre, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Department of Biology, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 684-5445
Physiological, biochemical and molecular studies of plant oxidative processes. I suspended the operation of my laboratory about eight years ago. Historically, the research in my laboratory looked at metabolic processes related to aerobic respiration in plants and fungi. Specifically, this... Full Profile »
Gustavo M. Silva
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office: 130 Science Drive, 3103 French, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 130 Science Drive, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
My main research goal is to understand and be able to control how cells respond to stressful and harmful conditions, which are the underlying causes of many human diseases. To achieve this goal, I study cellular response to stress at the protein level and aim to characterize the different... Full Profile »
Kathleen Kovalevski Smith
Professor of Biology
Office: 130 Science Drive, Room 122 Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 684-3402
My current work is a focus on the relation between evolution and development in the mammalian skull. My model system involves comparisons of development in placental and marsupial mammals. These mammals are characterized by different developmental trajectories, extending back to some of the... Full Profile »
Eric P. Spana
Associate Professor of the Practice of Biology
Office: 130 Science Drive, 0050 Biological Sciences Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-1000
Phone: (919) 613-8208
John E. R. Staddon
James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience
Office: 242 Soc/Psych Building, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90086, Durham, NC 27708-0086
Phone: (919) 493-4398
Until my retirement in 2007, my laboratory did experimental research on learning and adaptive behavior, mostly with animals: pigeons, rats, fish, parakeets. We were particularly interested in timing and memory, feeding regulation, habituation and the ways in which pigeons and rats adapt to reward... Full Profile »
Tai-ping Sun
Professor of Biology
Office: 3104 French Family Science Center, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 613-8166
The diterpenoid phytohormone gibberellin (GA) plays pivotal roles in regulating growth and development throughout the life cycle of higher plants. Mutations affecting GA biosynthesis or GA response were the key to control plant stature in wheat and rice that led to dramatically increased grain... Full Profile »
John W. Terborgh
James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences
Office: 3705C Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705-5015
Campus Box: Box 90381, Durham, NC 27708-0381
Phone: (919) 490-9081
John W. Terborgh is a James B. Duke Professor of Environmental Science and is Co-Director of the Center for Tropical Conservation at Duke University. He is a member of the National Academy of Science, and for the past thirty-five years, he has been actively involved in tropical ecology and... Full Profile »
Vance A. Tucker
Professor Emeritus of Zoology
Office: 0032 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 684-3484
Vance Tucker is interested in comparative physiology, particularly the energetics of locomotion, and the interactions between an organism's natural environment and its respiratory and circulatory systems. Much of his... Full Profile »
Jenny Tung
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: 08 Bio Sci, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 668-4912
Marcy K. Uyenoyama
Professor of Biology
Office: 130 Science Drive, Room 137, Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 660-7350
Marcy Uyenoyama studies mechanisms of evolutionary change at the molecular and population levels. Among the questions under study include the prediction and detection of the effects of natural selection on genomic structure. A major area of research addresses the development of maximum-likelihood... Full Profile »
Rytas J. Vilgalys
Professor of Biology
Office: Room 137, Biological Sciences Building, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7361
Pelin Cayirlioglu Volkan
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: 4313 French Family Science Center, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 684-1150
The long-term goal in the lab is to understand the developmental processes that establish the basic organizational and functional principles of the neuronal circuits in the brain. We investigate how the neuronal circuits assemble, functionally mature, remodel in developmental and evolutionary time... Full Profile »
Stephen Wainwright
James B. Duke Professor Emeritus
Office: N/A, N/A, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Biology Dept, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: +1 919 660 7372
Jennifer Jo Wernegreen
Lee Hill Snowdon Associate Professor
Office: 101 Science Drive, Box 3382, 2175 CIEMAS, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: 101 Science Drive, CIEMAS Rm. 2175, Duke University, Box 3382, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 681-0331
Research in our lab centers on environmental and evolutionary genomics, primarily in bacteria. Broadly, our group explores mechanisms shaping genetic and functional variation in microbes that play important roles in the natural environment. Much of our work integrates evolutionary, population... Full Profile »
Richard A. White
University Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Botany
Office: 046 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7305
Studies in my laboratory are focused on the development and systematic anatomy/morphology of vascular plants, especially pteridophytes. Research activity is primarily concerned with the patterns of initiation,... Full Profile »
Robert L. Wilbur
Professor Emeritus of Biology
Office: 258 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7317
I have concentrated my research efforts in the floras of the southeastern United States and Central America. In Costa Rica I have been involved in a floristic study of the plants in the rain forest at the Organization... Full Profile »
John H. Willis
Professor of Biology
Office: 3314 French Science Center, Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Department of Biology, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7340
We conduct research on broad issues in evolutionary genetics, and we are currently addressing questions relating to the evolution of adaptation, reproductive isolation, breeding systems, inbreeding depression, and... Full Profile »
William G. Wilson
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: 033 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 451-6688
I earned my physics Ph.D. at the University of Hawaii on a topic in condensed matter theory using computer simulations and mathematics. I transferred those interdisciplinary skills to geophysics, fluid flow, and theoretical evolutionary ecology at the University of Calgary and UC Santa Barbara. In... Full Profile »
Gregory Allan Wray
Professor of Biology
Office: 125 Science Drive, 4104 French Family Science Center, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Duke Box 90325, Durham, NC 27708-0325
Phone: (919) 684-6696
I study the evolution of genes and genomes with the broad aim of understanding the origins of biological diversity. My approach focuses on changes in the expression of genes using both empirical and computational approaches and spans scales of biological organization from single nucleotides... Full Profile »
Justin Prouty Wright
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: 258 Biological Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 613-8096
My research focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of patterns of biological diversity across the planet. I am particularly interested in two broad questions: 1)How does the modification of the environment by organisms affect community structure and ecosystem function? and 2) what... Full Profile »
Anne Daphne Yoder
Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Biology
Office: 128 Biol Sciences Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 660-7275
My work integrates field inventory activities with molecular phylogenetic techniques and geospatial analysis to investigate Madagascar, an area of the world that is biologically complex, poorly understood, and urgently threatened. Madagascar has been designated as one of the most critical... Full Profile »