Faculty

BMB Committee

Kate Buettner
Chairperson, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Academic Focus: bioinorganic chemistry
Kurt Andresen
Professor, Physics
Coordinator of the Cross-Disciplinary Science Institute (X-SIG) at Gettysburg College
Academic Focus: Electrostatics in biological systems, small-angle x-ray scattering, biological polyelectrolytes (DNA, RNA, nucleosomes)
Tim Funk
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Academic Focus: synthetic organic chemistry, organometallic catalysis, environmentally sustainable chemical synthesis
J. Matthew Kittelberger
Professor, Biology
Academic Focus: Neurobiology: physiology, anatomy, pharmacology, and comparative evolution of brain circuits for vocal communication

Véronique Delesalle
John McCrea and Marion Ball Dickson Chair & Professor, Biology
Academic Focus: Evolutionary Ecology, Bacteriophage ecology/evolution, Plant Mating Systems
Emily Dieter
Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Academic Focus: Protein Biochemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry
Kazuo Hirazumi
Associate Professor, Biology
Academic Focus: Genetics, Statistics, Biochemistry
Steve James
Chairperson/Professor, Biology
Academic Focus: Eukaryotic molecular genetics, cancer biology, DNA damage responses, meiosis
Ryan Kerney
Associate Professor, Biology
Academic Focus: amphibians, vertebrate evolution, developmental biology, science policy
Jennifer R. Powell
Professor, Biology
Academic Focus: molecular genetics, microbiology, innate immune responses
Lea Czar
Academic Administrative Assistant, BMB Program, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry