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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 Economics

Carole Lemire-Bowman
Department of Music

William Lenihan
Music

Rebecca Lester
Department of Anthropology

Oksana Leukhina
Department of Economics

Petra Levin
Department of Biology

Diane Wei Lewis
Program in Film and Media Studies

Wanlin Li
Department of Mathematics

Yihao (Rayna) Li
Department of Art History and Archaeology

Huiyun Liang
Department of Music

Xia Liang
East Asian Languages and Cultures

Maggie Limbeck
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Nan Lin
Department of Statistics and Data Science

Jan-Li Lin
Department of Mathematics

Xinyi Liu
Department of Anthropology

Katharina Lodders
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Regina Loehr
Department of Classics

Joe Loewenstein
Department of English

Jen Logan Meyer
College Writing Program

Kyle Lombard
Department of Music

Richard Loomis
Department of Chemistry

Jonathan Losos
Department of Biology

Suzanne Loui
Environmental Studies

Frank Lovett
Department of Political Science
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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