College of Letters & Science
Astronomy, planetary science, and chemistry, and uses this interdisciplinary viewpoint to better understand origins of life and habitability Research Website Department of Astronomy Department of Chemistry
Plant cell biology; signal transduction; lipid signaling; tip growth; tropisms, astrobotany Research Website Department of Biology
Biomineralization – formation mechanisms, structure, chemistry, and materials properties of natural biominerals Research Website Department of Physics
Organic chemistry, chemical biology, and biological molecules, seeking to understand structure and function Research Website Department of Chemistry
Structural microbiologist and protein crystallographer with expertise in bacterial cell structure and function Department of Bacteriology
Evolutionary biologist whose research program strives to understand the principles underlying the emergence of life Research Website Department of Biology Wisconsin Institute of Discovery
Ecology and evolution of viruses, computational biology, and geomicrobiology of extreme environments like deep-sea hydrothermal vents Research Website Department of Bacteriology
Quantitatively and holistically study microbial metabolism, whether that be in biofuel producers, gut microbes, or model organisms, computational modeling, genetic engineering Research Website Department of Bacteriology
