Behavior is adaptive and the ultimate determinant of survival, both at the level of the individual as well as the species. Understanding the physiological basis of how behavior is produced and modified requires a multidisciplinary approach at both the individual and group level that is ultimately of great benefit for human health. Here in the Department of Biology, researchers use a diversity of experimental and conceptual approaches that range from work in the field studying primate social cognition to the molecular dissection of neural networks for memory storage.

Ishmail Abdus-Saboor
Mitchell J. and Margo K. Blutt Presidential Assistant Professor of Biology

Erol Akçay
Assistant Professor of Biology

Katie Barott
Assistant Professor of Biology

Nancy M. Bonini
Florence R.C. Murray Professor of Biology Secondary Faculty, Cell & Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, Secondary Faculty, Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine
nbonini@sas.upenn.edu215-573-9267
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Junhyong Kim
Patricia M. Williams Term Professor and Chair, Biology; Co-Director, Penn Program in Single Cell Biology; Adjunct Professor, Computer and Information Science

Dejian Ren
Professor of Biology and Interim Graduate Chair

Marc Schmidt
Professor of Biology Co-Director, Biological Basis of Behavior Program