24 faculty and 35 courses in Biology at College of the Holy Cross.
- Kirsten Hagstrom, Senior Lecturer h-index 16
Cell and Molecular Biology Genetics Education Ph.D., Princeton University College of the Holy Cross Social
Notable: “C. elegans condensin promotes mitotic chromosome architecture, centromere organization, and sister chromatid segregation during mitosis and meiosis” (2002) · 322 citations
- Stephanie Crofts, Assistant Professor h-index 16
Biomechanics Functional Morphology Comparative Anatomy Education Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle CV Website Biography My research is in biomechanics and functional morphology, using principals from physics and engineering to unders
Notable: “Proton pumping in the bc1 complex: A new gating mechanism that prevents short circuits” (2006) · 108 citations
- Kenneth Prestwich, Professor Emeritus h-index 15
Notable: “The Energetics of Acoustic Signaling in Anurans and Insects” (1994) · 299 citations
- Robert Bellin, Professor, Dean for the Class of 2028, Co-Director of Biochemistry Program h-index 15
Biochemistry Education Ph.D., Iowa State University
Notable: “Defining the role of syndecan-4 in mechanotransduction using surface-modification approaches” (2009) · 120 citations
- Kornath Madhavan, Professor Emeritus h-index 12
Notable: “Morphogenesis of the epidermis of adult abdomen of Drosophila” (1980) · 122 citations
- Michelle Mondoux, Associate Professor h-index 11
Cellular Molecular Biology Education Ph.D., Princeton University CV Courses Biological Principles Cell Biology Publications Mondoux MA, Love DC, Ghosh SK, Fukushige T, Bond M, Weerasinghe GR, Hanover JA, and MW Krause. 2011. O-linked-N-acet
Notable: “Dynamic O-GlcNAc cycling at promoters of Caenorhabditis elegans genes regulating longevity, stress, and immunity” (2010) · 139 citations
- Justin McAlister, Professor h-index 10
Marine and Organismal Biology Oceanography Education Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Website Research My research interests sit at the interface of functional and population biology and center on three broad questions: Ho
Notable: “Mislabelling of a depleted reef fish” (2004) · 272 citations
- Mary Lee Ledbetter, Professor Emerita h-index 10
Notable: “Control of protein synthesis in human fibroblasts by intracellular potassium*1” (1977) · 195 citations
- Julia Paxson, Associate Professor, Department Chair h-index 10
Developmental and Regenerative Biology Education Ph.D., Yale University, D.V.M. Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine The Paxson Lab Courses Introduction to Mechanisms of Multicellular Life Developmental Biology The Divers
Notable: “Lung-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Post-Transplantation Survival, Persistence, Paracrine Expression, and Repair of Elastase-Injured Lung” (2011) · 117 citations
- Alima Sulemana, Lecturer
- Alimatu Acheampong, Lecturer
- Anna Doyle, Senior Lab Instructor
- Benjamin Stein, Assistant Professor, Co-Director of Biochemistry Program
Biochemistry Molecular Biology Microbiology Education Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stein Lab Biography I've long been interested in how protein-protein interactions shape cell physiology. I performed my graduate work in the
- Cathy Dumas, Senior Lab Instructor
- Dan Lu, Visiting Assistant Professor
- Danielle Moloney, Research Associate
- Geoff Findlay, Associate Professor
Genetics Genomics Education Ph.D., University of Washington Findlay Lab College of the Holy Cross Social
- Gretchen Snyder, Lab Instructor
- Harshada Sant, Visiting Assistant Professor
- Jatna Rivas Zarete, Visiting Scholar
- Jim Doyle, Senior Lab Instructor
- Jodi Rymer, Lecturer and Director of Biology Laboratories
- Kalpana Kumar, Visiting Lecturer
- Maria Lucia Lombardi-Butler, Lab Instructor
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.