Biology at Georgetown University

35 faculty and 0 courses in Biology at Georgetown University.

Faculty

• Peter Marra, Professor of Biology and Dean of The Earth Commons Institute h-index 86
  Notable: “Decline of the North American avifauna” (2019) · 2,060 citations
• Joseph Neale, Professor Emeritus h-index 50
  Notable: “N‐Acetylaspartylglutamate” (2000) · 343 citations
• Janet Mann, Distinguished University Professor h-index 49
  Notable: “Decline in Relative Abundance of Bottlenose Dolphins Exposed to Long‐Term Disturbance” (2006) · 646 citations
• Shweta Bansal, Professor h-index 41
  Notable: “Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission risk” (2022) · 1,001 citations
• Leslie Ries, Associate Professor h-index 39
  Notable: “Ecological Responses to Habitat Edges: Mechanisms, Models, and Variability Explained” (2004) · 1,451 citations
• Peter Armbruster, Davis Family Professor h-index 38
  Notable: “Inbreeding depression in benign and stressful environments” (2005) · 725 citations
• Steven Singer, Professor and Director of Biology of Global Health Major h-index 36
  Notable: “Th1 and Th2 CD4+ T cells in the pathogenesis of organ-specific autoimmune diseases” (1995) · 1,109 citations
• Jeffrey Huang, Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor h-index 29
  Notable: “Retinoid X receptor gamma signaling accelerates CNS remyelination” (2010) · 550 citations
• Anne Rosenwald, Vice-Dean Earth Commons, and Biology Professor h-index 28
  Notable: “Two glucose transporters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are glucose sensors that generate a signal for induction of gene expression.” (1996) · 429 citations
• Gina Wimp, Professor and Co-Director of Graduate Studies h-index 28
  Es on the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that structure biodiversity, as well as the global change factors that erode biodiversity and ecosystem services. During the course of my career, I have worked in a variety of different
  Notable: “A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems” (2006) · 1,125 citations
• Kathleen Maguire-Zeiss, Tenure Line Professor, Chair Department of Neuroscience h-index 27
  Glial-Neuronal Interactions Glial Responses to Injury Age-Related Neurologic Disorders Parkinson's Disease HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND) We aim to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in age-related progressive
  Notable: “Synuclein activates microglia in a model of Parkinson's disease” (2007) · 468 citations
• Martha Weiss, Professor and Director of the Environmental Biology Major h-index 27
  Es on the role of behavior, by both plants and insects, in mediating interactions among the two groups of organisms. The sensory and behavioral attributes of insects, including vision, taste, smell, and touch, as well as a capacit
  Notable: “Active Learning and Student-centered Pedagogy Improve Student Attitudes and Performance in Introductory Biology” (2009) · 619 citations
• Jennifer Fox, Teaching Professor and Director of the Biology Major h-index 21
  Notable: “Rapid evolution and the convergence of ecological and evolutionary time” (2005) · 1,062 citations
• Elena Silva, Professor, Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs h-index 21
  Notable: “Bix1, a direct target of Xenopus T-box genes, causes formation of ventral mesoderm and endoderm” (1998) · 173 citations
• Ronda Rolfes, Professor and Chair h-index 21
  Notable: “Transcriptional Remodeling in Response to Iron Deprivation inSaccharomyces cerevisiae” (2003) · 206 citations
• Shaun Brinsmade, Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor, Co-Director of Graduate Studies h-index 20
  Notable: “Minimal Functions and Physiological Conditions Required for Growth of Salmonella enterica on Ethanolamine in the Absence of the Metabolosome” (2005) · 128 citations
• Edward Barrows, Professor Emeritus h-index 19
  Notable: “The ecology and evolution of male reproductive behaviour in the bees and wasps” (1978) · 235 citations
• Heidi Elmendorf, Professor Emeritus h-index 18
  Notable: “Genomic Minimalism in the Early Diverging Intestinal Parasite Giardia lamblia” (2007) · 833 citations
• Isaac Cervantes-Sandoval, Assistant Professor h-index 18
  Notable: “Dopamine Is Required for Learning and Forgetting in Drosophila” (2012) · 297 citations
• Manus Patten, Teaching Professor h-index 16
  Notable: “The evolution of genomic imprinting: theories, predictions and empirical tests” (2014) · 159 citations
• Matthew Hamilton, Associate Professor and Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies h-index 15
  Notable: “Universal Linker and Ligation Procedures for Construction of Genomic DNA Libraries Enriched for Microsatellites” (1999) · 790 citations
• Thomas Coate, Associate Professor and Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies h-index 15
  Notable: “The Atoh1-lineage gives rise to hair cells and supporting cells within the mammalian cochlea” (2013) · 142 citations
• Haiyan He, Assistant Professor h-index 13
  Notable: “Visual Deprivation Reactivates Rapid Ocular Dominance Plasticity in Adult Visual Cortex” (2006) · 275 citations
• Mun Chun Chan, Associate Teaching Professor h-index 12
  Notable: “A branched-chain amino acid metabolite drives vascular fatty acid transport and causes insulin resistance” (2016) · 586 citations
• Alexandra DeCandia, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 12
  Notable: “Population Genomic Analysis of North American Eastern Wolves (Canis lycaon) Supports Their Conservation Priority Status” (2018) · 42 citations
• Tiffany Zarrella, Assistant Professor h-index 8
  Notable: “Cyclic Di-AMP Impairs Potassium Uptake Mediated by a Cyclic Di-AMP Binding Protein in Streptococcus pneumoniae” (2013) · 145 citations
• Sarah Johnson, Professor h-index 7
  Notable: “Dietary Protein and Sugar Differentially Affect Development and Metabolic Pools in Ecologically Diverse Drosophila” (2011) · 82 citations
• Shauna Bennett, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 6
  Notable: “Structure−Activity Study of Brassinin Derivatives as Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Inhibitors” (2005) · 181 citations
• Dylan Audette, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 2
  Notable: “Prox1 and fibroblast growth factor receptors form a novel regulatory loop controlling lens fiber differentiation and gene expression” (2015) · 78 citations
• Angela van Doorn, Associate Teaching Professor
• Dail Chapman, Assistant Teaching Professor
• Daniel Isaac, Biology Program Manager
• Jeanetta Floyd, Associate Teaching Professor
• Maryam Kohram, Assistant Professor with joint appointment in Physics and Biology
• Timothy Newfield, Associate Professor

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.