Mathematical & Computational Biology Faculty

By modeling the biological world, we formalize verbal theories, generate testable hypotheses, and develop methods of data analysis. Within OEB, we are focussed primarily on evolutionary and ecological modeling.

Michael M. Desai
Fisher Professor of Natural History
Co-Director of the Systems Synthetic and Quantitative Biology PhD Program
Accepting Graduate Students for the 2027-2028 Academic Year
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Gonzalo Giribet
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Curator of Invertebrate Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Accepting Graduate Students for the 2027-2028 Academic Year
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David A. Haig
George Putnam Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Associate of Dudley House
Not Accepting Graduate Students for the 2027-2028 Academic Year
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Mandë Holford
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Curator of Malacology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Accepting Graduate Students for the 2027-2028 Academic Year
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L. Mahadevan
Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics
Faculty Dean of Mather House of Harvard College
Not Accepting Graduate Students for the 2027-2028 Academic Year
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Pardis Sabeti
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Institute Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Accepting Graduate Students for the 2027-2028 Academic Year
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Mansi Srivastava
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Curator of Invertebrate Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Co-Chair of the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Accepting Graduate Students for the 2027-2028
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