MIT Department of Biology


The MIT Department of Biology is a center for research and teaching in the life sciences. Many members of the faculty hold joint appointments with other departments at MIT and with outside institutions.

Faculty members

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Full Professors

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  • Eric S. Lander
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  • Troy Littleton
  • Harvey F. Lodish
  • David C. Page
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  • Phillip A. Sharp
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  • Robert A. Weinberg, Ph.D. 1969
  • Michael B. Yaffe
  • Richard A. Young

    Associate professors

  • Laurie Boyer
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  • Assistant professors

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Alumni of the department include:

Nobel laureates

The department can claim several winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine among its faculty and alumni. They are:
Former faculty include:
Other notable alumni include