15 faculty and 0 courses in Biology at Oberlin College.
- Michael Moore, Professor of Biology h-index 48
Notable: “PGA: a software package for rapid, accurate, and flexible batch annotation of plastomes” (2019) · 1,223 citations
- Aaron Goldman, Professor of Biology h-index 19
Revolve around the early history of life on Earth as understood from the perspective of molecular evolution. The evolutionary tree of life coalesces into a single root representing an ancestral population that lived more than 3.5 billion ye
Notable: “Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses a cyclic‐di‐GMP‐regulated adhesin to reinforce the biofilm extracellular matrix” (2010) · 550 citations
- Andrew Pike, Assistant Professor of Biology h-index 18
Notable: “Genome of Rhodnius prolixus , an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection” (2015) · 363 citations
- John Petersen, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology h-index 16
Notable: “Dormitory residents reduce electricity consumption when exposed to real‐time visual feedback and incentives” (2007) · 435 citations
- Marta Laskowski, Robert S. Danforth Professor of Biology h-index 13
Plant growth and development Plants aren’t always slow Bunchberry flowers propel their pollen into the air in less than half a millisecond. Discover: Lateral Root Development
Notable: “Variation in sugar maple root respiration with root diameter and soil depth” (1998) · 438 citations
- Laura Romberg, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 11
Notable: “Direct observation of single kinesin molecules moving along microtubules” (1996) · 719 citations
- Maureen Peters, Professor of Biology h-index 11
Notable: “All Brn3 genes can promote retinal ganglion cell differentiation in the chick” (2000) · 164 citations
- Taylor Allen, Professor of Biology h-index 11
Notable: “Optimized ratiometric calcium sensors for functional in vivo imaging of neurons and T lymphocytes” (2014) · 378 citations
- Angela Roles, Associate Professor of Biology, Department Chair h-index 7
Notable: “Rapid recovery of nuclear and mitochondrial genes by genome skimming from Northern Hemisphere freshwater crayfish” (2017) · 51 citations
- Gabriel Moore, Assistant Professor of Biology h-index 3
Notable: “A Dual-Mechanism Antibiotic Kills Gram-Negative Bacteria and Avoids Drug Resistance” (2020) · 355 citations
- Alexandra Pike, Assistant Professor of Biology
Ed on how cells maintain their telomeres, protective structures at chromosome ends that shorten every time a cell divides. Failure to maintain telomere length causes severe degenerative disease affecting multiple organ systems. Cells from p
- Ali Shakir, Human Anatomy Instructor
- Darla French, Laboratory Coordinator / Lecturer
- Jane Bennett, Lecturer/Lab Instructor
- Monica Blatnik, 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.