The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Facts

MCB Facts

MCB Administration

Director—Stephen Sligar
Executive Associate Director of Operations and Strategic Planning—Dan Ozier
Associate Director for Administration and Business Affairs—Ann Zielinski
Associate Director for Graduate Affairs—Jim Imlay
Associate Director for Undergraduate Instruction—David Clayton

Departments

Biochemistry—Colin A. Wraight, Head
Cell and Developmental Biology—Andrew S. Belmont, Head
Microbiology—John E. Cronan, Head
Molecular and Integrative Physiology—Byron W. Kemper, Head

MCB Committees—2007–8

Affiliated Centers and Programs

Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology—Martin Hw. Gruebele, Director
Medical Scholars Program—James M. Slauch, Director
Neuroscience Program—Gene E. Robinson, Director

Faculty Facts

Faculty

Professors—56
Associate Professors—25
Assistant Professors—30
Beckman Institute Affiliates—23
Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology Affiliates—30
College of ACES Affiliates—5
College of Engineering Affiliates—16
College of Medicine Affiliates—34
Institute for Genomic Biology Affiliates—38
Neuroscience Program Affiliates—32
School of Chemical Science Affiliates—10
School of Earth, Society, and Environment Affiliates—1
School of Integrative Biology Affiliates—6

Faculty Honors

American Academy of Arts and Sciences—10
American Association for the Advancement of Science—20
National Academy of Sciences—7
National Medal of Science—2
National Medal of Technology—1
Crafoord Prizes—1
Nobel Laureates—1
Nobel Laureate Alumni—6, of 11 from the Urbana campus as a whole

Student Data

Undergraduates: at least 6,800 enrolled in fall 2007

Graduate students: almost 400 enrolled in fall 2007