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Biology Faculty

Shannon Ballard

Shannon Ballard

Visiting Assistant Professor
Biology
sballar1@swarthmore.edu
610-690-1248
Martin 311
Alex Baugh

Alex Baugh

Assistant Professor (on leave F'16 & S'17)
Animal Behavior
abaugh1@swarthmore.edu
610-690-5243
Martin 205A
Website
Dawn Carone

Dawn Carone

Assistant Professor, Genetics
dcarone1@swarthmore.edu
610-690-6859
Martin 304
Eva_Maria Collins

Eva-Maria Collins

Systems Biology
Biology
ecollin3@swarthmore.edu
610-690-5380
Martin 325
Brad Davidson

Brad Davidson

Associate Professor
Developmental Biology
bdavids1@swarthmore.edu
610-690-5718
Martin 302
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Vince Formica

Associate Professor
Evolution
vformic1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8621
Martin 105
Profile
Website
Scott Gilbert

Scott Gilbert

Senior Research Associate, Howard A. Schneiderman Professor Emeritus
Developmental Biology
sgilber1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8049
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Sara Hiebert Burch

Sara Hiebert Burch

Edward Hicks Magill Professor of Mathematics and Natural Science
Animal Physiology
shieber1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8053
Martin 126/127
Profile
Nick Kaplinsky

Nick Kaplinsky

Associate Professor & Department Chair
Plant Molecular Genetics
nkaplin1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8039
Martin 106
Website
John Jenkins

John Jenkins

Isaac Clother Emeritus Professor of Biology
Genetics
jjenkin1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8052
Matthew Leslie

Matthew Leslie

Visiting Assistant Professor
Biology
mleslie2@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8037
Martin 207
Website
José-Luis Machado

José-Luis Machado

Associate Professor
Ecology
jmachad1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8562
Martin 112
Profile
Rachel Merz

Rachel Merz

Walter Kemp Professor in the Natural Sciences, Professor,
Marine Biology
rmerz1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8051
Martin 125
Profile
Alexander Novarro

Alexander Novarro

Visiting Asst. Professor & CFD Fellow
Biology
anovarr1@swarthmore.edu
610-957-6317
Martin 125
Martin 104a

Liz Nichols

Assistant Professor Conservation Biology (on leave 2018-19)
enichol1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8296
Martin 207
website

Kathy Siwicki

Howard A. Schneiderman Professor of Biology (on leave 2018)
Neurobiology
ksiwick1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8215
Martin 217
Profile
Elizabeth Vallen

Elizabeth Vallen

Professor
Cell Biology
evallen1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8048
Martin 312
Profile
CV [pdf]
Amy Cheng Vollmer

Amy Vollmer

Isaac H. Clothier Jr. Professor of Biology
Microbiology
avollme1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8044
Martin 310A
Profile
CV [pdf]

Biology Teaching Staff

Erin Clemens

Erin Clemens

Lab Instructor - Biology
Biology
eclemen1@swarthmore.edu
610-957-6098
Martin 206

Genevieve Haas

Lab Instructor - Biology
Biology
ghaas1@swarthmore.edu
610-690-5542
Martin 206
Stacey Miller

Stacey Miller

Laboratory Instructor
Biology
smiller5@swarthmore.edu
610-957-6067
Martin 325

Jocelyne Noveral

Bio 1 Coordinator & Laboratory Instructor
jnovera1@swarthmore.edu
610-690-5760
Cornell 206

Nicole Stowell

Laboratory Instructor
Biology
nstowel1@swarthmore.edu
610-957-6219
Profile

Biology Administrative Staff

Kendra Ashenfelder

Kendra Ashenfelder

Animal Facility Manager
Biology
kashenf1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-7335
Martin 325
Rhonda Hilt

Rhonda Hilt

Greenhouse Manager
Biology
rhilt1@swarthmore.edu
610-690-5761
Martin GH

Diane Fritz

Administrative Coordinator
dfritz1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8047
Martin 201
Gwendolyn Kannapel

Gwendolyn Kannapel

Laboratory Manager
gkannap1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8179
Martin 322
John Kelly

John Kelly

Senior Technical Specialist
jkelly1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8055
Martin 5
Matt Powell

Matt Powell

Business & Technology Manager
mpowell1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8046
Martin 101A
Profile

Biology

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Interdisciplinary Special Majors

Swarthmore students may pursue interdisciplinary curricula developed by the faculty, or they may take the initiative to define their own distinct academic program with the support of faculty mentors.

  • Biochemistry
  • Biology and Educational Studies
  • Environmental Science
  • Neuroscience

Resources

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  • Positions Available in the Biology Department
  • 2018 Sophomore Information Session- Biology/Neuroscience Majors/Minors (pdf)

Amy Vollmer Named Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology

Amy is director of our Summer Scholars Program, and will be inducted at an event later this spring.

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Listen: Alex Baugh on Why There Is So Much Variation in How Animals Respond to Challenges

Alex says he aims to free the audience from "tyranny of the golden mean" and take a deep dive into the interesting biology hidden inside the error bars.

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Kathy Siwicki's Research Cited by Nobel Prize Committee

As a postdoctoral fellow, Siwicki studied the circadian rhythms of fruit flies. Though she didn’t know it, she was also laying the foundation for understanding the mammalian circadian clock.

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Dawn Carone Awarded $150k Grant to Research Uncontrolled Growth in Cancer Cells

Students worked directly with Dawn in her lab last summer and will throughout this year.

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Listen to Swarthmore Biologist Liz Nichols on NPR's All Things Considered

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