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Biology Faculty

​​Knox's biology faculty specialize in the breadth of biology, from the molecular level to animal physiology, botany and plant ecology, biochemistry and more

Meet Your Professors

Associate professor of biology Matthew Jones-Rhoades

Matthew Jones-Rhoades

Chair & Associate Professor of Biology; Chair of Biochemistry

Professor of Biology Stuart Allison

Stuart Allison

Watson Bartlett Professor of Biology; Chair of Mathematics; Director of Green Oaks Biological Field Station

Associate professor of biology Esther Penick

Esther Penick

Associate Professor of Biology; Chair of Neuroscience

Professor of biology Judith Thorn

Judith Thorn

Associate Dean for Curriculum and Assessment; Professor of Biology; Chair of Economics

Cooperating Faculty from Other Programs

Emeritus Faculty

Linda Kathryn Dybas
Watson Bartlett Professor Emerita of Biology

Peter Schramm
Watson Bartlett Professor Emeritus of Biology