Purdue University: Department of Biological Sciences: Emeritus

JOSEPH ALTMAN

Memoriam Emeritus - 4/19/2016

JOHN ANDERSON

andersjn@purdue.edu

(Eukaryotic gene expression) Control of eukaryotic gene expression and replication; DNA structure; virus evolution.

ARTHUR ARONSON

aronson@purdue.edu

Microbiology, Molecular Biology

TIMOTHY BAKER

tsb1@purdue.edu

Structural Biology - coordinated application of high resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) and three-dimensional (3D) image reconstruction techniques to study virus structure and to answer questions about how viruses infect a wide range of hosts including animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria.

ANNA BERKOVITZ

Memoriam Emeritus - 11/27/2018

JEFFREY BOLIN

jtb@purdue.edu

(Structural molecular biology; biochemistry) Protein structure and function; X-ray crystallography; metalloenzymes; biodegradation of PCBs and related compounds.

C DAVID BRIDGES

bridgesc@purdue.edu

(Biochemistry; physiology) Biochemistry and physiology of the visual process; evolution of vision; transport and utilization of vitamin A in the body; genes for retinoid-binding proteins, hereditary retinal degenerations.

J. ALFRED CHISCON

chisconj@purdue.edu

Biology Teaching - The Social Impact of the Biological Sciences

MARTHA CHISCON

mchiscon@purdue.edu

Immunobiology, Developmental Biology - instrumental in organizing the Women in Science program, and designed and taught Women and the Science Disciplines, the first course of its kind in the nation to be taught at a college of science

WILLIAM CRAMER

waclab@purdue.edu

RICHARD DILLEY

dilleyr@purdue.edu

Photosynthesis, Membrane Biochemistry, Plant Physiology – photosynthesis research

DONNA FEKETE

dfekete@purdue.edu

(Neuroscience and Developmental Biology) Development of the inner ear; Zika virus infection of the brain and inner ear

MICHAEL FORMAN

forman@purdue.edu

Structural, Developmental Biology - photosynthesis research

RICHARD HOWARD

rhoward@purdue.edu

Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior

ROBERT HURST

Memoriam Emeritus - 4/30/2019

LAURIE ITEN

liten@purdue.edu

(Developmental biology) Animal development and regeneration.

STEPHEN KONIECZNY

sfk@purdue.edu

(Eukaryotic molecular biology) Gene expression during mammalian development; cancer model systems.

ALLAN KONOPKA

akonopka@purdue.edu

Microbiology, Microbial Ecology - physiology of microorganisms in either natural or man-made ecosystems

MARK LEVINTHAL

Memoriam Emeritus - 10/23/2020

MORRIS LEVY

levy0@purdue.edu

Evolution and Population Biology

SANFORD OSTROY

Memoriam Emeritus - 4/4/2017

WILLIAM PAK

wpak@purdue.edu

Molecular Neurogenic

NANCY PELAEZ

npelaez@purdue.edu

(Physiology) Vascular smooth muscle physiology and signal transduction, physiology and evolution, physiology education.

SAMUEL POSTLETHWAIT

Memoriam Emeritus - 1/15/2019

KERRY RABENOLD

rabenold@purdue.edu

Conservation, Behavioral and Community Ecology - ecological research

WILLIAM RAY

KENNETH ROBINSON

robinsok@purdue.edu

Developmental Physiology

MICHAEL ROSSMANN

Memoriam Emeritus - 5/14/2019

(Molecular biology; biophysics) Structure of picornaviruses (rhinoviruses, Mengo virus, coxsackievirus, poliovirus), parvoviruses, alphaviruses and bacteriophages, fX174, f29, T4; molecular evolution.

LOUIS SHERMAN

lsherman@purdue.edu

(microbiology) Photosynthetic membranes - structure, function, and assembly in cyanobacteria; functional genomics and impact of environmental factors on photosynthesis; analysis of global regulation with microarrays; regulation of photosynthesis and N ₂ -fixation in unicellular cyanobacteria.