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Donald C. Dearborn

Professor of Biology and Associate Dean of the Faculty

Lane Hall, Room 120

ddearbor@bates.edu | 207-786-6107

animal behavior, biodiversity, birds, conservation biology, evolution, genetics, host-parasite interactions, islands, mate choice, parental care, population genetics, reproductive strategies

Colleen T. O'Loughlin

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Bonney Science Center, Room 313

coloughl@bates.edu | 207-786-6390

Beverly J. Johnson

Charles A. Dana Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences

Carnegie Science Hall, Room 214

bjohnso3@bates.edu | 207-786-6062

archives of sea level rise, biogeochemical cycling in Maine lakes and nearshore environments over a variety of time scales, carbon storage and sequestration in salt marshes, environmental and stable isotope geochemistry, mechanisms of salt marsh formation

Michael S. Sommer

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

msommer@bates.edu

Andy E. Ricci

Assistant Professor of Digital and Computational Studies

Pettengill Hall,

aricci@bates.edu | 207-755-5906

Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, Interaction Design, Robotics

Rafael Alexandre Mello

Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics

Pettengill Hall, Room 171

rmello2@bates.edu | 207-786-6153

international development, international political economy, international relations, international theory, Latin American Politics, Latin American social theory, politics of the Global South

Ryan K. Cole

Assistant Professor of Physics

Carnegie Science Hall, Room 327

rcole@bates.edu | 207-753-6909

Laser Absorption Spectroscopy, Molecular Spectroscopy, Optical Frequency Combs, Optical Frequency Measurements, Optical Sensing, Trace Gas Sensing

Paula J. Schlax

Stella James Sims Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Bonney Science Center, Room 311

pschlax@bates.edu | 207-786-6290

biophysical chemistry, gene expression and regulation, mRNA degradation, mRNA structure and function, prokaryotic biology, protein-nucleic acid interactions, transcription, translation

Cristina Morales Segura

Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies

Roger Williams Hall, Room 308

cmoralessegura@bates.edu | 207-786-6086

America-Spain relationships, cultural studies, film studies, intersections of law and literature and media culture, literary analysis

Seulgie Lim

Assistant Professor of Politics

Pettengill Hall, Room 176

slim@bates.edu | 207-786-6131

African feminisms, Gender and politics, Gender in Africa, Gender quotas, Human Rights, International politics, International relations, Islam and Politics, Senegal, Sub-Saharan African politics, Women's rights

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