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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 Music
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Philip Osdoby
Department of Biology
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B. Duygu Özpolat
Department of Biology
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Himadri Pakrasi
Department of Biology
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Eloísa Palafox
Romance Languages and Literatures
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Mikhail Palatnik
Global Studies
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Rita Parai
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
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Eleanor Pardini
Environmental Studies
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Nelson Pardiño
Romance Languages and Literatures
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Shanti Parikh
Department of Anthropology
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Sunita Parikh
Department of Political Science
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John Parks
Environmental Studies
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Robert Parks
Department of Economics
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Timothy Parsons
Department of History
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Anca Parvulescu
Department of English
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Saori Pastore
Department of Physics
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Gary Patti
Dean's Fellow for Advancement and Entrepreneurship
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Amy Pawl
Department of English
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Mark Gregory Pegg
Department of History
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Rachel Penczykowski
Department of Biology
Dolores Pesce
Department of Music
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Dorothy Petersen
Department of Economics
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Bruce Petersen
Department of Economics
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Carl Phillips
Department of English
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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Isaacowitz wins mid-career award from the Society for Affective Science
The professor of psychological and brain sciences was honored for his work on aging, attention, and emotion.
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Returning to his roots: Joe Guinness, AB ’07, helps grow a new department
The WashU alumnus shares his path back to campus and his big plans for helping enhance the Department of Statistics and Data Science.