20 faculty and 40 courses in Biology at Carleton College.
- Rika Anderson, Associate Department Chair, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 24
Lie in computational applications within the biological domain. I am researching the interactions between microbes and viruses across various hydrothermal gradients. Outside of academics, I enjoy going on walks and spending time under the s
Notable: “Community-led, integrated, reproducible multi-omics with anvi’o” (2020) · 985 citations
- Mark McKone, Towsley Professor of Biology and Research Supervisor of Cowling Arboretum h-index 21
Evolutionary ecology of plant/insect interactions. Community ecology of tallgrass prairie, especially in the planted prairies of the Carleton Arboretum. Flowering strategies of prairie plants in response to fire. Teaching Interests Courses
Notable: “COMMUNITY- AND ECOSYSTEM-LEVEL CHANGES IN A SPECIES-RICH TALLGRASS PRAIRIE RESTORATION” (2004) · 205 citations
- Susan Singer, Laurence McKinley Gould Professor, Emerita h-index 20
Notable: “The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses” (2011) · 1,302 citations
- Raka Mitra, Chair of Biology, Professor of Biology h-index 16
Notable: “Nodulation Signaling in Legumes Requires NSP2, a Member of the GRAS Family of Transcriptional Regulators” (2005) · 579 citations
- Daniel Hernández, Professor of Biology h-index 16
Notable: “The effects of substrate composition, quantity, and diversity on microbial activity” (2010) · 174 citations
- Amanda Hund, Assistant Professor of Biology h-index 15
Notable: “Transforming mentorship in STEM by training scientists to be better leaders” (2018) · 118 citations
- Fernan Jaramillo, Professor of Biology h-index 10
Notable: “Mechanoelectrical transduction assisted by Brownian motion: a role for noise in the auditory system” (1998) · 202 citations
- Debby Walser-Kuntz, Herman and Gertrude Mosier Stark Professor of Biology and Natural Sciences h-index 8
Notable: “In vivo effects of bisphenol A in laboratory rodent studies” (2007) · 1,134 citations
- Stephan Zweifel, Head Coach, Men's Tennis; Professor of Biology h-index 8
Dr. Stephan Zweifel’s current research interests include the study of replication and segregation of mitochondrial DNA in the yeast S. cerevisiae, and the role of recombination in mtDNA inheritance. Along with the use of DNA markers
Notable: “A role for recombination junctions in the segregation of mitochondrial DNA in yeast” (1995) · 159 citations
- Rou-Jia Sung, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 7
Center on understanding how structure informs function — how does thinking about the shape of something inform our understanding of how it works? In the lab, we use tools from biochemistry, structural biology, molecular biology, and cell bi
Notable: “Hypocretin/Orexin Overexpression Induces An Insomnia-Like Phenotype in Zebrafish” (2006) · 514 citations
- Andrea Kalis, Senior Lecturer and Lab Coordinator in Biology h-index 5
Notable: “The DM Domain Protein MAB-3 Promotes Sex-Specific Neurogenesis in C. elegans by Regulating bHLH Proteins” (2005) · 45 citations
- David Hougen-Eitzman, Senior Lecturer of Biology, Emeritus h-index 4
Notable: “Interactions between Herbivorous Insects and Plant-Insect Coevolution” (1994) · 108 citations
- Jennifer Ross-Wolff, Director of the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching, Professor of Biology h-index 3
Notable: “Chapter 1 Somatic Sexual Differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans” (2008) · 39 citations
- Angel Solis, Assistant Professor of Biology
Es on understanding how bacteria evolve in response to pressures in the immunological environment, and characterizes novel gene function in bacteria that have a close relationship with mammalian cells. Both of these research projects primar
- Annie Bosacker, Senior Lecturer in Biology
- Gary Wagenbach, Bean Professor of Biology, Emeritus
- Matt Rand, Professor of Biology
Evolution and reproductive biology of vertebrates. Development, endocrinology, function, and evolution of sexually dimorphic traits (in the broad sense). Specifically, Prof. Rand is interested in the proximate (physiological mechanisms) and
- Owen Sullivan, Visiting Assistant Professor in Biology
Es on host-viral interactions, especially the innate immune response. I am particularly interested in a family of proteins called IFITs. My research investigates the function of IFITs in human and other animal hosts to determine conservatio
- Sarah Deel, Senior Lecturer in Biology
- Zoe Hansen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. 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 2026-07-02.