Division of Reproductive Biology Faculty

To find out more about individual faculty members in the School, click on their last name on the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's faculty listing page.

Primary Faculty

Terry R. Brown, Professor; PhD, Penn State.
Human male sex differentiation and development; androgen receptor mutations; molecular mechanisms of androgen action in target tissues; prostate aging and disease.

Daniela Drummond-Barbosa, Associate Professor; PhD, Yale University.
Control of ovarian stem cells and their differentiating progeny by diet, insulin, and other systemic signals; molecular mechanisms of meiotic maturation; Drosophila model system. 

Janice P. Evans, Associate Professor; PhD, University of North Carolina.
Mammalian fertilization; sperm-egg binding and fusion; egg activation; oocyte maturation; cell adhesion; cytoskeleton.

William W. Wright, Professor and Division Head; PhD, SUNY Binghamton.
Interactions between Sertoli and germ cells; germ cell surface molecules required for fertilization; reproductive toxicology.

Barry R. Zirkin, Professor; PhD, University of Rochester.
Regulation of Leydig cell aging; hormonal regulation of spermatogenesis/germ cell apoptosis; endocrine and molecular basis of male infertility; effects of environmental toxicants on male reproductive tract.

Joint Appointees and Associated Training Faculty of the Division of Reproductive Biology

Gregory F. Ball PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences. Behavioral neuroendocrinology.

Arthur L. Burnett, II, MD, Professor, Department of Urology, School of Medicine. Lower genitourinary tract function.

Donald S. Coffey, PhD, Professor, Department of Urology, School of Medicine. Prostate disease.

Richard Cone, PhD, Professor, Department of Biophysics, School of Arts and Sciences.

Erika Matunis, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine. Spermatogonial stem cells.

Noel Rose, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Public Health. Autoimmune disease; aging.

Alan Scott, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Public Health. Parasite immunology, molecular biology and reproduction.

Geraldine Seydoux, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Medicine. Molecular mechanisms that distinguish germ cells from somatic cells.

Edward Wallach, MD, Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine.

Howard A. Zacur, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine. Female contraception; reproductive disease.