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Arts & Sciences has over 1,000 faculty and staff who utilize their diverse expertise in the pursuit of research breakthroughs, gaining a deeper understanding of the world's most pressing issues and serving as mentors of the next generation.
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Department of Biology

Eloísa Palafox
Romance Languages and Literatures

Mikhail Palatnik
Global Studies

Rita Parai
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Eleanor Pardini
Environmental Studies

Nelson Pardiño
Romance Languages and Literatures

Sunita Parikh
Department of Political Science

Shanti Parikh
Department of Anthropology

Robert Parks
Department of Economics

John Parks
Environmental Studies

Timothy Parsons
Department of History

Anca Parvulescu
Department of English

Saori Pastore
Department of Physics

Gary Patti
Senior Director, Center for Metabolomics and Isotope Tracing

Amy Pawl
Department of English

Mark Gregory Pegg
Department of History

Rachel Penczykowski
Department of Biology
Dolores Pesce
Department of Music

Dorothy Petersen
Department of Economics

Bruce Petersen
Department of Economics

Carl Phillips
Department of English

Maria Piarulli
Department of Physics

Steven Pijut
College Writing Program

Annamaria Pileggi
Performing Arts Department
Recent Faculty Grants & Awards
Kevin Moeller, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, recently received a nearly $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The award will support Moeller’s work with the collaborative Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry.
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