Faculty
Meet the Biochemistry Faculty
Program Committee
Janet Kirkley, Chair
Professor of Biochemistry,
Pre-Med Advisor
Ph.D., George Washington University, 1992
"My research program is devoted to investigating factors that control the size and character of the immune response."
Linda DybasWatson Bartlett Professor of
BiologyDr. re. biol. hum., University of Ulm, Germany, 1976
"I use fruit fly larvae for research on the effect of environmental stresses such as elevated temperature and dietary alcohols."
Andrew MehlProfessor of
ChemistryPh.D., University of Maryland, 1990
"My laboratory is interested in studying the structure of proteins-more specifically, how the structure of a protein is related to its function, its stability, and how it folds into its final 3-D shape."
Lawrence WelchProfessor of
ChemistryPh.D., Iowa State University, 1988
"My students and I have done a wide variety of experiments over the years, starting with electrochemistry and chromatography, but now moving more toward spectroscopy."
Diana CermakAssociate Professor of
ChemistryPh.D., University of Iowa, 1997
"My research students and I are working specifically on the synthesis of asymmetric organic molecules that contain phosphorus, an element that plays an active role in many biochemical transformations."Teaching Emeritus faculty
Eugene Arthur Perry
Professor Emeritus of Biology
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1967
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