8 faculty and 21 courses in Biochemistry at Wellesley College.
- Vanja Klepac-Ceraj, Theresa Mall Mullarkey Associate Professor of Biological Sciences h-index 37
Notable: “PCR-Induced Sequence Artifacts and Bias: Insights from Comparison of Two 16S rRNA Clone Libraries Constructed from the Same Sample” (2005) · 636 citations
- Mary Allen, Jean Glasscock Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences h-index 25
Notable: “SIMPLE CONDITIONS FOR GROWTH OF UNICELLULAR BLUE‐GREEN ALGAE ON PLATES1, 2” (1968) · 1,263 citations
- Louise Darling, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences h-index 11
Notable: “RING Finger Protein RNF207, a Novel Regulator of Cardiac Excitation” (2014) · 47 citations
- Melissa Beers, Associate Teaching Professor in Biological Sciences h-index 4
Focus on the work I have done with the nematode worm C. elegans , studying the proteins involved in how an egg becomes an organized embryo. I have extensively used RNA interference to help determine what these proteins do. I have also spent
Notable: “Interaction of PAR-6 with CDC-42 is required for maintenance but not establishment of PAR asymmetry in C. elegans” (2006) · 99 citations
- Adam Matthews, Associate Teaching Professor in Biological Sciences
Ed on understanding the mechanisms by which chromatin can epigenetically regulate V(D)J recombination, a process that is essential for the assembly of antibody and T cell receptor genes during B cell and T cell development, respectively. At
- John Goss, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Es on the essential, yet poorly understood processes of where and when eukaryotic cells "know" how to divide - questions that are fundamental for single-celled organisms, such as the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe that we study in
- Julie Roden, Associate Teaching Professor in Biological Sciences
- Yui Suzuki, Dorothy and Charles Jenkins, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Science and Professor of Biological Sciences
In insect evo-devo and developmental physiology. I take a multidisciplinary approach to understand how the genes and environment interact to regulate the development of complex phenotypes. My current research focuses on postembryonic de
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.