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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

Joel Myerson
Psychological & Brain Sciences

John Nachbar
Department of Economics

Jamie Newhard
East Asian Languages and Cultures

Andrea Nichols
Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Bronwyn Nichols Lodato
Department of Education

Linda Nicholson
Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Michael Nowak
Department of Physics

Zohar Nussinov
Department of Physics

Diana Z. O'Brien
Department of Political Science

Michael O'Bryan
Department of English

Casey O'Callaghan
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Michael C. Ogilvie
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Ryan Ogliore
Department of Physics

Kenneth Olsen
Department of Biology

Kyle G. Olson
Department of Anthropology

Michael Olson
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Thomas Oltmanns
Psychological & Brain Sciences

Mark Oppenheimer
Department of English

Philip Osdoby
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B. Duygu Özpolat
Department of Biology

Himadri Pakrasi
Department of Biology

Eloísa Palafox
Romance Languages and Literatures

Mikhail Palatnik
Global Studies
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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