The MIT Department of Biology ("Course VII") is a center for research and teaching in the life sciences. Many members of the faculty hold joint appointments with other departments at MIT and with outside institutions.
Faculty members faculty members include:
Full Professors Tania A. Baker David Bartel Stephen P. Bell Christopher Burge Iain Cheeseman Jianzhu Chen Cathy Drennan Gerald Fink Frank Gertler Alan Grossman Leonard P. Guarente H. Robert Horvitz, S.B. 1968 David Housman Richard Hynes Barbara Imperiali Tyler Jacks Rudolf Jaenisch Chris Kaiser Amy Keating Monty Krieger Eric S. Lander Michael T. Laub Jacqueline Lees Gene-Wei Li Troy Littleton Harvey F. Lodish David C. Page Uttam RajBhandary Peter Reddien Aviv Regev David M. Sabatini Robert T. Sauer Thomas Schwartz Phillip A. Sharp Anthony Sinskey Hazel Sive Frank Solomon Lisa Steiner Susumu Tonegawa Matthew Vander Heiden Graham Walker Robert A. Weinberg, Ph.D. 1969 Michael B. Yaffe Richard A. Young
Associate professors Laurie Boyer Mary Gehring Michael Hemann Adam C. Martin
Assistant professors Eliezer Calo Lindsay Case Joseph H. Davis Ankur Jain Rebecca Lamason Gene-Wei Li Pulin Li Sebastian Lourido Stefani Spranger Seychelle Vos Omer Yilmaz
Professors with primary appointments in other departments Sallie (Penny) Chisholm Douglas Lauffenburger Elly Nedivi Matthew Wilson
Professors emeriti Martha Constantine-Paton Malcolm Gefter Nancy Hopkins Jonathan King Terry Orr-Weaver Mary-Lou Pardue Sheldon Penman Phillips Robbins Robert Rosenberg Leona D. Samson Paul Schimmel Edward Scolnick Ethan Signer JoAnne Stubbe William (Chip) Quinn
Department Heads 1889-1921 William T. Sedgwick 1921-1942 Samuel C. Prescott 1942-1955 Francis O. Schmitt 1957-1966 Irwin W. Sizer 1966-1977 Boris Magasanik 1977-1985 Gene M. Brown 1985-1989 Maurice Fox 1989-1991 Richard O. Hynes 1991-1999 Phillip Sharp 1999-2004 Robert T. Sauer 2004-2012 Chris Kaiser 2012-2014 Tania Baker 2014-2023 Alan Grossman 2023 Amy Keating
Alumni Alumni of the department include:
Nobel laureates The department can claim several winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine among its faculty and alumni. They are: Michael Rosbash, 2017 Andrew Fire, 2006 H. Robert Horvitz, 2002 Leland H. Hartwell, 2001 Phillip A. Sharp, 1993 E. Donnall Thomas, 1990MIT Office of the Provost, Nobel Prizes Susumu Tonegawa, 1987 David Baltimore, 1975 Salvador Luria, 1969 Har Gobind Khorana, 1968
Former faculty Former faculty include: Angelika Amon Gene Brown Arnold Demain Herman Eisen Vernon Ingram Susan Lindquist Maurice Fox Har Gobind Khorana Irving London Salvador Luria Alexander Rich
Other notable alumni Other notable alumni include Victor Ambros, Ph.D., 1979 Cornelia Bargmann, Ph.D., 1987 Kevin Eggan, Ph.D., 2002 Stephen J. Elledge, Ph.D., 1983 Andrew Fire, Ph.D., 1983 Leland H. Hartwell, Ph.D., 1964 Richard O. Hynes, Ph.D., 1971 Cynthia Kenyon, Ph.D., 1979 Michael Rosbash, Ph.D., 1970 Allan C. Spradling, Ph.D., 1975
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