Prof. Claire Cronmiller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology. Prior to joining the University faculty in 1990, she received her Ph.D. degree in Genetics at Princeton University, where she also pursued postdoctoral research in Molecular Biology.
Her research in the field of Drosophila (fruit fly) genetics addresses how complex sequences of differentiation are genetically regulated during development. Her work, which has been funded primarily by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health has been published in prominent journals of genetics and developmental biology and focuses on the process of oogenesis as a model for how collections of cells assemble into complex, functional tissues. Elucidating such basic developmental processes leads to increased understanding of the origins and treatments of disease.
In recognition of her teaching and mentoring activities, she has received numerous University awards, including the Women's Center's Elizabeth Zintl Leadership Award, the Biology Department's Distinguished Teaching Award, and the Mead Endowment Honored Faculty Award. In 2003, she was named the Cavaliers' Distinguished Teaching Professor.
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