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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Kimberley D. Ellis |
Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | |
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Dean Conant Worcester |
1895 - 1900 | Assistant Professor of Zoology & Biology |
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Lewis Edgar Wehmeyer |
1928 - 1967 | Professor of Botany |
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Reeve Maclaren Bailey |
1944 - 1981 |
Professor of Biological Sciences Curator of Fishes |
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Robert Rush Miller |
1948 - 1986 |
Professor of Biological Sciences Curator of Fisher Museum of Zoology |
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John M. Allen |
1952 - 1989 | Professor of Biology |
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Sally Lyman Allen |
1953 - 1998 | Professor of Biology |
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William R. Dawson |
1953 - 1994 |
Dugald E. S. Brown Professor of Biological Sciences Research Scientist in the Museum of Zoology |
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John B. Burch |
1955 - 2001 |
Professor of Zoology Professor of Natural Resources & Environment Curator of Mollusks, Museum of Zoology |
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Richard D. Alexander |
1957 - 2000 |
Professor of Biology, Biological Chemistry Curator of Insects Theodore H. Hubbell Distinguished University Professor of Evolutionary Biology |
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David G. Shappirio |
1957 - 1998 | Professor of Biological Sciences |
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James N. Cather |
1958 - 1995 |
Professor of Zoology Chair of Experimental Biology Associate Chair, Division of Biological Sciences |
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Michael McCulloch Martin |
1959 - 1999 |
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Professor of Biology Chair of the Division of Biological Sciences |
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Robert Shaffer |
1960 - 1993 |
Lewis E. Wehmeyer and Elaine Prince Wehmeyer Professor of Fungal Taxonomy Director of Fungi |
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Rose M. Rizki |
1962 - 1992 | Research Scientist |
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Helen V. Gay |
1962 - 1986 | Professor of Biological Sciences |
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Dusan Baic |
1964 - 1986 | |
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Hiroshi Ikuma |
1965 - 2000 | Professor of Biology |
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Larry D. Nooden |
1965 - 2003 | Professor of Biology |
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Howard A. Crum |
1965 - 1995 |
Professor of Botany Curator of Bryophytes and Lichens |
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Robert B. Helling |
1965 - 2003 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology |
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Robert E. Beyer |
1965 - 1993 |
Professor of Biology Associate Professor of Zoology |
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Brian A. Hazlett |
1966 - 2006 | Professor of Zoology |
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Bruce Oakley |
1966 - 2003 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology |
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Bruce M. Carlson |
1966 - 2006 |
Professor of Anatomy Professor of Biological Sciences Senior Research Scientist Institute of Gerontology |
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Lewis J. Kleinsmith |
1968 - 2004 |
Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Arthur F. Thurnau Professor |
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Gerald Smith |
1969 - 2003 |
Professor of Geological Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Curator of Museum of Zoology, Museum of Paleontology |
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Richard I. Ford |
1969 - 2007 |
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Professor of Anthropology Professor of Botany |
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Stephen S. Easter Jr. |
1970 - 2003 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology |
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Robert B. Payne |
1970 - 2007 |
Professor of Zoology Curator of Birds, Museum of Zoology |
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Harry A. Douthit |
1970 - 1994 | Professor of Botany |
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Julian Adams |
1970 - 2010 |
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Chair Department of Biology |
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George H. Jones |
1971 - 1990 | Professor of Biological Sciences, Zoology |
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Peter Kilham |
1972 - 1989 | Professor of Biology, Biological Chemistry |
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Douglas Foster |
1973 - 2006 |
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Professor of Biological Sciences |
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Charles F. Yocum |
1973 - 2010 |
Professor of Chemistry Professor of Biological Sciences Alfred S. Sussman Professor of Biology |
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Rowena Matthews |
1974 - 2007 |
Professor of Biological Chemistry & Chemistry Research Professor |
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Philip D. Gingerich |
1974 - 2014 |
Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Bioloby Professor of Anthropology |
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Ronald A. Nussbaum |
1974 - 2016 |
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Bioloty Curator, Museum of Zoology |
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Michael J. Wynne |
1976 - 2007 |
Professor of Botany Curator of Algae |
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Barbara Sloat |
1976 - 1998 |
Assistant Research scientist Lecturer, Biology in Residential College |
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Santhadevi Jeyabalan |
1976 - 2014 |
Lecturer IV Emerita, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Lecture IV Emerita |
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Fred L. Bookstein |
1977 - 2005 |
Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Gerontology Research Professor in Biostatistics & Biophysics |
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Robert D. Fogel |
1978 - 2003 |
Professor of Biology Curator of Fungi, Herbarium |
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Robert A. Bender |
1978 - 2010 | Professor of Biology |
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Beverly J. Rathcke |
1978 - 2010 | Associate Profesor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
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Anton A. Reznicek |
1978 - 2020 |
Research Scientist of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Curator of Herbarium Research Scientist & Curator Emeritus |
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John P. Langsmore |
1979 - 2002 |
Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Research Scientist |
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Daniel C. Fisher |
1979 - 2023 |
Professor of Paleontology, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Curator, Museum of Paleontology |
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Gary E. Belovsky |
1980 - 1991 | Professor of Natural Resources, Biology |
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Wesley M. Brown |
1980 - 2002 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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John R. Pringle |
1980 - 1991 | Professor of Biology |
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Pamela A. Raymond |
1981 - 2017 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
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William L. Fink |
1982 - 2014 |
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Curator, Museum of Zoology |
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Richard W. Wrangham |
1983 - 1989 | Associate Professor of Anthropology, Biology |
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Kathryn W. Tosney |
1984 - 2005 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology |
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Douglas J. Eernisse |
1986 - 1994 |
Assistant Professor of Biology Assistant Curator of Mollusks, Museum of Zoology |
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Mary C. McKitrick |
1986 - 1993 |
Assistant Professor of Biology Assistant Curator of Museum of Zoology |
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Stuart I. Tsubota |
1986 - 1993 | Assistant Professor of Biology |
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Robert G. Wetzel |
1986 - 1991 | Professor of Biology |
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Eran Pichersky |
1986 - 2021 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
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James Arthur Teeri |
1987 - 2002 |
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Director of Botanical Gardens 1994-2002 |
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John Yoshihisa Kuwada |
1987 - 2020 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular & developmental Biology |
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Richard K. Rabeler |
1987 - 2022 | Research Scientist Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
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Terry L. Root |
1988 - 2002 |
Assistant Professor of Biology Associate Professor of Natural Resources |
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Priscilla K. Tucker |
1988 - 2021 |
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Curator, Museum of Zoology |
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Deborah E. Goldberg |
1989 - 2019 | Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
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Raymond V Barbehenn |
1990 - 2015 |
Associate Research Scientist, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Associate Research Scientist Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
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Robyn J. Burnham |
1991 - 2018 |
Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Associate Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences Associate Curator in the Herbarium Museum |
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Chris M. Hall |
1991 - 2020 | Associate Research Scientist, Earth & Environmental Sciences |
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Laura J. Olsen |
1993 - 2022 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology |
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Robert J. Denver |
1994 - 2021 |
Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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Ronald E. Ellis |
1995 - 2003 | Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology |
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Michael Frohlick |
1995 - 2002 |
Assistant Professor Biology Curator of Herbarium |
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Janine R. Maddock |
1995 - 2020 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology |
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Lisa Marie Curran |
1996 - 2001 | Assistant Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology, Biology |
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Tomasz K. Baumiller |
1996 - 2020 |
Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences Curator of Museum of Paleontology |
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Mark L. Wilson |
1997 - 2018 | Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
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Jianming Li |
1998 - 2023 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology |
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Mercede Pascual |
2001 - 2004 | Associate Professor of Biology |
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Paul V. Dunlap |
2001 - 2018 | Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Bioloty |
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Douglas J. Futuyma |
2002 - 2004 |
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Chair of Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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Knute J. Nadelhoffer |
2002 - 2020 | Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
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Michael Mayer |
2004 - 2017 | Professor of Biophysics |
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Paul E. Berry |
2006 - 2018 |
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Bioloty Curator of the Herbarium |
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Joseph D. Coolon |
2008 - 2015 | Assistant Research Scientist, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
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Pejman Rohani |
2009 - 2015 |
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology & Complex Systems Professor of Epidemiology |
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Georgios Skiniotis |
2009 - 2017 |
Jack B. Dixon Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry Associate Professor of Biophysics |
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Stefan Georg Walter |
2010 - 2016 | Assistant Professor of molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology |
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Elizabeth G. Pringle |
2011 - 2015 | Assistant Research Scientist, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |