This month, we welcome Danielle Widner to our team of instructional faculty. Get to know Widner, as well as instructional faculty members Mario Pennella and Erica Shu.
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New Faculty Profile: Wei Wei
Wei, who joined the faculty in August 2025, will explore how what we eat impacts our health.
New Faculty Profile: Duo Xu
Xu, who joined the faculty in August 2024, will focus on understanding protein-protein interactions between hosts and viral pathogens.
New Faculty Profile: Chris Gisriel
Gisriel, who joined the faculty in August 2024, will study fundamental aspects of photosynthetic metabolism.
Rienstra joins department, NMRFAM
Chad Rienstra’s scientific career was jumpstarted by four years of undergraduate research, where he developed a broad interest in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and engineering. It’s this commitment to interdisciplinary research and education that he …
Tim Grant joins (joined) biochemistry faculty, Morgridge Institute for Research
You may have missed Tim Grant’s arrival on campus earlier this year: he joined the Biochemistry faculty and the Morgridge Institute for Research at a historic time, on the brink of campus-wide shutdown due to COVID-19.
Ci Ji Lim joins biochemistry faculty
Ci Ji Lim’s first impression of UW-Madison’s campus: “amazing!” He was struck not only by the surrounding lakes – in stark contrast to the mountains in Colorado he was used to – but even moreso …
Kirchdoerfer joins department, campus virology community to utilize cryo-EM technologies
Robert Kirchdoerfer is returning to UW–Madison as an assistant professor. His position in the Institute for Molecular Virology is part of a cluster hire. Kirchdoerfer studies coronaviruses.
Coyle, Weeks join biochemistry to investigate molecular machines, proteome
Amy Weeks and Scott Coyle, two new assistant professors in the Department of Biochemistry, will work to understand cells and even smaller molecular machines.
Simcox joins biochemistry to study lipid signaling, cold exposure as newest faculty member
New assistant professor biochemistry Judith Simcox shares her background, research goals.