The Department of Biological Sciences welcomes its newest faculty member – Dr. Rebecca Burgess! Dr. Burgess comes to SU from a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute. She earned her Bachelors degree in Biology from Cornell University and went on to earn two Masters degrees and her doctorate from Columbia University’s Department of Biological Sciences. Her research will focus on the molecular mechanisms that govern chromatin changes during cells’ responses to DNA damage. Dr. Burgess arrived on July 1st and has already begun setting up her research program to be ready to welcome her first research students in the fall. Welcome!