Connecting human movement and mechanics

Professor Bob Deusinger’s love of mechanics, coupled with an affinity for science and curiosity into how the human body moves, led him to a doctorate in biomechanics and a successful career as a physical therapist for more than 30 years at the School of Medicine.

Understanding life

Photo by David KilperRobert Blankenship, Ph.D., the Lucille P. Markey Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences, seeks to better understand one of the basics of life on earth: photosynthesis, the transformation of light, carbon dioxide and water into chemical energy in plants and some bacteria.