People

Lauren Ashman currently serves as Program Manager for the mySci Program at The Institute for School Partnership at Washington University. mySci is a K-8 instructional program which includes curriculum, professional learning, and leased kits of materials, designed to support science learning in the St. Louis region.  In her role at the ISP, Lauren leads the […]

Robert Blankenship, Lucille P. Markey Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Biology, studies the energy-storing reactions in photosynthetic organisms, as well as the origin and early evolution of photosynthesis. Click HERE for more information on Robert Blankenship.

Sheretta Butler-Barnes, assistant professor in the Brown School, focuses her research on structural racism and inequalities in education. Click HERE for more information on Sheretta Butler-Barnes.

Joseph Culver, Professor of Radiology, Physics, and Biomedical Engineering, explores ways of exploiting non-invasive optical measurements for both functional- and molecular- biological imaging. Click HERE for more information on Dr. Culver.

Katharine Flores is Director of the Institute Of Materials Science & Engineering and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science. Her primary research interest is the mechanical behavior of high performance structural materials, with particular emphasis on understanding structure-processing-property relationships in bulk metallic glasses and their composites.  Click HERE for more information on Kathy […]

Rowhea Elmesky, Associate Professor of Education and Director of the Educational Studies Honors Program is committed to conducting research on improving science teaching and learning for marginalized youth attending urban schools. Particularly, she focuses on developing integrated meso and micro level understandings regarding the ways in which resources and schema from social fields outside of […]

Patrick Gibbons is Professor Emeritus of Physics. For more information on Patrick Gibbons click HERE.

Erik Herzog is Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Biology; Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience and Director of the St. Louis Neuroscience Pipeline Program. His laboratory studies the cellular and molecular basis of circadian rhythms in mammals. His group uses techniques that include planar electrode arrays, cellular imaging, and genetic manipulations. […]

Sophia Hayes is a Professor of Chemistry. Her research group is a basic understanding of the structure and properties of different types of inorganic systems, including semiconductors and other optically and electronically active materials. WashU Expert: The global helium shortage hits home Hayes helps shape national helium policy

Kenneth Kelton, the Arthur Holly Compton Professor in Arts & Sciences and Director of the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, is an expert in a phenomenon called nucleation, which is the most common way that physical systems change from one phase to another and is a governing process in nearly all phase transformations. Click HERE […]