46 faculty and 23 courses in Biological and Physical Sciences at Bard College.
- Felicia Keesing, David and Rosalie Rose Distinguished Professor of Science, Mathematics, and Computing h-index 77
- John Cullinan h-index 30
- Bruce Robertson h-index 27
Es on understanding the direct and indirect impacts of human activities on biodiversity, animal behavior, and species interactions, with special emphasis on how rapidly changing environments may disrupt evolved relationships and trigger beh
- Christopher LaFratta h-index 22
Physical chemistry and analytical chemistry; currently working to develop microfabrication technologies for lab-on-a-chip devices. Adjunct professor of chemistry, University of Massachusetts (2008). Author of over two dozen peer-rev
- Craig Anderson h-index 20
- Hal Haggard h-index 17
Quantum gravity, physics education, semiclassical analysis, symmetry and integrable systems, and general-covariant statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. Work published in Physical Review Letters, Annales Henri Poincaré
- Cathy Collins h-index 16
Patterns of neotropical birds, historic agriculture, and land-use history. Honors include a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates grant, which allowed her to conduct studies in South Gondar, Ethiopia; and numero
- Kerri-Ann Norton h-index 16
Es on using computational biology to study breast cancer growth. She has developed image-processing algorithms to build 3D representations of tumor vasculature using 3D reconstruction techniques from in vivo experiments in mice. Extensive l
- Valerie Barr h-index 13
Also include reanalyzing degree attainment data to better identify and understand long-standing trends in the areas of gender, race, and ethnicity, and in software testing, particularly as applied to artificial intelligence and language pro
- Paul Cadden-Zimansky, Associate Professor of Physics h-index 13
- M. Elias Dueker h-index 13
- Justin Dainer-Best h-index 12
Clinical Psychology About Justin Dainer-Best Justin Dainer-Best’s research interests are focused on the factors behind mood disorders and include the cognitive bases of depression and novel ways to use the internet and
- Swapan Jain h-index 12
Biochemistry About Swapan Jain B.S., Kennesaw State University; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology. Postdoctoral associate, Boston University. Recipient, Best Thesis Award, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Georgia Tech (2007
- Robert Todd h-index 11
Es on genome instability and adaptation in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans. Beyond typical laboratory research, Professor Todd is interested in developing curricula and
- Brooke Jude h-index 11
Aquatic microbiology; molecular biology; microbial interactions About Brooke Jude Brooke Jude is a molecular microbiologist who studies isolates of microorganisms cultivated from aquatic sources worldwide. Her work is currently focuse
- Kristin Lane h-index 10
Social psychology About Kristin Lane BA, University of Virginia; MS, Yale University; PhD, Harvard University. Has taught at Harvard, Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, and Tufts University. Recipient, Cabot Postdocto
- Theresa Law h-index 8
Focus on human-robot interaction, human-robot trust, and social robotics. Her work explores how we can investigate concerns such as mind, agency, intelligence, and consciousness through building and interacting with artificial agents, with
- Matthew Greenberg h-index 8
- Elena Kim h-index 8
Gender studies, development and institutional ethnography, and violence. Recent journal articles include, among many others, “Bargaining with Virginity-Regulating Practices in Post-Socialist Kyrgyzstan,” Central Asian Af
- Simeen Sattar h-index 8
Physical chemistry About Simeen Sattar Simeen Sattar has taught both general and physical chemistry to science majors and laboratory-based courses for nonscience majors that are inspired by her interests, including paints and the exam
- Ethan Bloch, Professor of Mathematics h-index 7
Geometric topology. At Bard since 1986.
- Sven Anderson h-index 7
- Steven Simon h-index 4
Geometric combinatorics, algebraic topology, and discrete and computational geometry. He has published articles in Israel Journal of Mathematics, Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A, Geometriae Dedicata , and Journal of Geometr
- Thomas Hutcheon h-index 4
Es on cognitive control, which is defined as the ability to select relevant sources of information in the face of distracting or competing sources of information. As everyone has experienced, the efficiency of cognitive control varies. At t
- Japheth Wood h-index 4
Universal algebra About Japheth Wood B.A., Washington University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Research interests include universal algebra, tame congruence theory, semigroups, and voting theory. Articles published in&nb
- Antonios Kontos
- Beate Liepert
Also include taking measurements of aerosols and solar radiation and investigating climate effects on ecosystems. Additional activities have included serving as editor for Environmental Research Letters , a UK-based journal; proposal review
- Caitlin Leverson
Low-dimensional topology, symplectic topology
- Clara Sousa-Silva
- Daniel Newsome
- Emily Hager
- Emily McLaughlin, Associate Dean; Associate Professor of Chemistry
Organic chemistry About Emily McLaughlin B.S., Ohio Northern University; Ph.D., University of Pennyslvania. Research associate and lecturer at University of Maryland. Recipient, Achievement Award for Distinguished Service to the Unive
- Emily White
- Frank M. Scalzo
- Gabriel G. Perron
- Jordan Ayala
- Joshua D. Nelson
- Keith O'Hara, Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Lauren Lynn Rose
Algebraic combinatorics, commutative algebra, discrete geometry. At Bard since 1997.
- Mark Halsey
Discrete mathematics: in particular graph theory and matroid theory About Mark Halsey B.A., Hobart College; A.M., Ph.D., Dartmouth College. Assistant professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1984–89). Member, American Mathema
- Michael Tibbetts
- Rebecca Cox
- Robert W. McGrail
- Sarah Dunphy-Lelii
Developmental Psychology About Sarah Dunphy-Lelii B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan. Research targets the ways that young children think about the minds of others, how they reason about unseeable
- Stefan Mendez-Diez
- Taylor Hart
The dynamics and evolution of collective behavior and biological networks; mechanisms of social behavior and communication; evolution, development, organization, and function of neural circuits; olfactory sensory neurobiology; and a
Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-01.