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The Department of Biological Sciences has the mission of advancing human and environmental health at the national and international level through excellence in research, education and outreach.

Faculty Spotlight

Crislyn D’Souza-Schorey

Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

A new study by a team of researchers, led by Crislyn D’Souza-Schorey, sheds light on the molecular basis by which tumor cells modulate their surroundings to favor cancer progression.

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Duffield

Giles Duffield

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

The Duffield laboratory identifies new links between Circadian and metabolic systems in a recently published paper.

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Hellmann

Jessica Hellmann

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Hellmann and her students and researchers study how the world is changing due to global warming. They ask where species will live in the future, how species and ecosystem are molded by changing climate, habitat loss, and invasive species, and what humans might do to help counteract negative impacts of these changes. Her work includes field research, modeling, genomics, bioinformatics, and policy studies.

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David Hyde

David Hyde

Professor of Biological Sciences

David Hyde's research with adult stem cells avoids ethical concerns and shows promising results.

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David Lodge

David Lodge

Professor of Biological Sciences

Director of Notre Dame’s Center for Aquatic Conservation, Lodge is a world-renowned expert on invasive species. He served as the first chair of the national Invasive Species Advisory Committee and was the lead author of the Ecological Society of America’s paper calling for a stronger government response to the problem of invasive species.

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Molly Duman Scheel

Molly Duman Scheel

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Molly Duman Scheel studies nervous system development in a variety of arthropods, including vector mosquitoes.

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Belovsky

Gary Belovsky

Professor of Biological Sciences

Director Environmental Research Center (UNDERC), one of twenty core sites for the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). A well-known population/community/conservation ecologist, Belovsky conducts long-term (> 15 years) projects on grasshoppers in Montana and brine shrimp in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Other projects in his lab involve rainforests, pitcher plants, grasshopper diseases, tadpoles, stream insects, small mammals, wolves, mountain lions and birds.

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