Grad Programs Directory
Meet the faculty, staff, and students advancing life sciences research and education across the Huck Institutes.
Julian Avery
- Assistant Research Professor
Conservation biology, invasive species ecology, effects of human disturbance on biodiversity, illegal reptilian wildlife. . .
Michael Axtell
- Professor of Biology
- Louis and Hedwig Sternberg Chair in Plant Biology
Discovery and characterization of plant microRNAs and siRNAs. Functions of microRNAs and siRNAs in the evolution of plant. . .
Lu Bai
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Professor of Physics
Single cell / single molecule study of chromatin and gene regulation.
Le Bao
- Professor of Statistics
Bayesian methods, data mining, computational methods, applications in health, environmental and social sciences.
Colin Barnstable
- Professor and Chair of Neural Behavioral Sciences
How interacting networks of transcription factors and signal transduction molecules guide the development of precursor/stem. . .
Paul Bartell
- Associate Professor of Avian Biology
The regulation of biological clocks in birds at the systems level.
Lynne Beaty
- Associate Professor of Biology, Penn State Behrend
Behavioral ecology with a particular emphasis on the role of previous experience with predation risk on the phenotype of. . .
Roger Beaty
- Associate Professor of Psychology
The cognitive neuroscience of creative thinking and problem solving.
C. Guilherme Becker
- Associate Professor of Biology
Host-microbial interactions, landscape genetics and the ecology of global change stressors. Building models and conducting. . .
Arthur Berg
- Professor of Public Health Sciences, Statistics, Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Family & Community Medicine
Unlocking the mysteries of DNA and its connection to human health.
Philip Bevilacqua
- Co-Director, Center for RNA Molecular Biology
- Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RNA folding in vivo and genome-wide; RNA regulation of gene expression; Ribozyme Mechanism; roles RNA may have played in the. . .
Nita Bharti
- Huck Early Career Professor
- Associate Professor of Biology
The Bharti lab investigates the underlying links between humans, pathogens, and the environment. We work to identify the. . .
Douglas Bird
- Professor of Anthropology
Livelihood decisions and habitats, exploring the dynamics of human subsistence practices, their role in ecosystem function,. . .
Rebecca Bird
- Professor of Anthropology
Gender division of labor in hunting and gathering, cooperation, costly signaling, indigenous conservation/land management,. . .