Please find below the directory of our retired and emeriti faculty.
A list of both past and present faculty emeriti—including retirement tributes and biographical memorials—is also available.
Past and present faculty emeriti
Retired and Emeriti Faculty
José Bonner
Professor Emeritus, Biology
- bonner@indiana.edu
Research Interests
improving science literacy
Yves Brun
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biology
- yves.brun@umontreal.ca
- 514-343-7184
Research Interests
mechanism, regulation, and evolution of bacterial shape, differentiation, and biofilm formation
Karen Bush
Professor of Practice Emerita, Biology (Biotechnology)
(she/her/hers)
- karbush@iu.edu
- 812-855-1542
- Biology Bldg. A305
Research Interests
antibiotic mechanisms of action and resistance; antibacterial drug discovery and drug development.
Peter Cherbas
Professor Emeritus, Biology
- cherbas@iu.edu
Research Interests
chromatin; chromosomes; genome integrity; developmental mechanisms; regulation in eukaryotic systems; genomics; bioinformatics
Keith Clay
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biology
Professor and Chair, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University
- clay@tulane.edu
- 504-865-5563
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Research Interests
microbial interactions, ecology, symbiosis, disease
Thomas Doak
Manager, Principal Investigator, National Center for Genome Analysis Support
Senior Research Scientist Emeritus, Biology
- tdoak@iu.edu
Research Interests
ciliated protozoa, their endosymbionts, and transposons
Tom Donahue
Professor Emeritus, Biology
- tfdonahu@iu.edu
Research Interests
genetic, molecular and biochemical analysis of translation intitiation in yeast.
Patricia Foster
Professor Emerita, Biology
- plfoster@iu.edu
- 812-855-4084
- Biology Bldg. 142A
Research Interests
mutagenesis, DNA repair, replication, and recombination
Gerald Gastony
Professor Emeritus, Biology
- gastony@iu.edu
Research Interests
systematics and genome mapping of ferns; molecular phylogenetics of desert-adapted ferns
Roger Hangarter
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biology
Class of 1968 Chancellor’s Professor, Biology
- rhangart@iu.edu
- 812-855-5456
- Myers Hall 352
Research Interests
plant physiology: environmental sensory-response systems and plant development
George Hegeman
Student Advocate
Professor Emeritus, Biology
- hegemang@iu.edu
- 812-855-0761
- Eigenmann Hall 206
Research Interests
bacterial physiology and biochemistry
Susan Hengeveld
Teaching Professor Emerita, Biology
(she/her/hers)
- shengeve@iu.edu
- 812-855-5239
- Biology Bldg. 324C
Thom Kaufman
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biology
(ikh, er, mir, im, zeyn [Yiddish])
- kaufman@iu.edu
- 812-855-3033
- Biology Bldg. 337
Research Interests
cytogenetics, developmental genetics, and molecular genetics of drosophila
Eric Knox
Director, IU Herbarium
Senior Scientist, Biology
- eknox@indiana.edu
- 812-855-9601
- Biology Bldg. A313
Research Interests
plant evolution; speciation; phylogenetic systematics; chloroplast genome evolution; horizontal gene transfer; flora of Indiana
Michael Lynch
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biology
Class of 1954 Professor Emeritus, Biology
Director of the Biodesign Institute for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University
- mlynch11@asu.edu
Research Interests
evolution; population genetics and genomics; cell biology
George Malacinski
Professor Emeritus, Biology
- malacins@iu.edu
- 812-855-1131
- Woodburn Hall 356
Research Interests
bone strengthening and molecular biology of bone remodeling
Jeffrey Palmer
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biology
- jpalmer@iu.edu
Research Interests
horizontal gene transfer in plants and fungi; evolution of plant mitochondrial genomes; intracellular transfer of organellar genes to the nucleus; evolution of mutation rates
Elizabeth Raff
Professor Emerita, Biology
(she/her/hers)
- raff@iu.edu
Research Interests
developmental mechanisms and regulation in eukaryotic systems; eukaryotic cell biology, cytoskeleton and signaling; evolution
Paul Rothrock
Associate Curator Emeritus, Biology
Associate Research Scientist Emeritus, Biology
- perothro@iu.edu
- 812-855-5007
- Smith Research Center 130
E. William Ruf
Director, Tropical Biology Program
Senior Lecturer, Biology
- rufwm@indiana.edu
- 812-855-5822
- Woodburn Hall 356
Michael J. Wade
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biology
- mjwade@iu.edu
- 812-856-4680
- Biology Bldg. 131C
Research Interests
behavior; evolution; microbial interactions and pathogenesis
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