| Fouad S. Abd-El-Khalick | Science Education, Nature of Science | | | | |
| Krista M Angileri | transposons, regeneration, zebrafish, eye | Molecular & Cellular Biology Molecular & Cellular Biology | 2010 | 2012 | Bill Brieher (research assistant), Vivian Tang (research assistant) |
| Denise R. Archambeault | Physiology Biology, Human Development, Endocrinology Biology | | | 2010 | Humphrey H. Yao (grad student) |
| Anton S. Arkhipov | General Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Virology Biology | | | 2008 | Nigel D. Goldenfeld (grad student) |
| Rishi Aryal | Botany Biology, General Biology, Molecular Biology | Plant Biology | | 2013 | Ray Ming (grad student) |
| Robert H. Austin | fundamental aspects of the evolution of biological systems | Physics | | 1975 | Hans Frauenfelder (grad student) |
| Janice M. Bahr | Evolution and Development Biology, Molecular Biology, Physiology Biology | | | | |
| Sarah Baker | | | | | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| Jeanne Baker | | | | 2009 | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| Christopher N. Balakrishnan | Avian evolution and behavior | | 2008 | 2011 | David F. Clayton (post-doc) |
| Russell P. Balda | | | | 1967 | S. Charles Kendeigh (grad student) |
| Edwin M. Banks | Ethology, Mammalogy | | | | |
| Whitney J. Banning Anthonysamy | | | | 2012 | Jeffrey Brawn (grad student), Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| Henry (Hank) L. Bart, Jr. | Zoology Biology, Evolution and Development Biology | Illinois Natural History Survey | 1985 | 1988 | Lawrence (Larry) Merle Page (post-doc) |
| Brandon L. Barthel | Ecology Biology, Genetics, Fisheries and Aquaculture Agriculture | | | 2010 | Patrick J. Weatherhead (grad student) |
| William W. Baumgartner | Animal Physiology Biology, Cell Biology | | | 2003 | Janice M. Bahr (grad student) |
| Paul Chester Beaver | | | | 1935 | Henry Baldwin Ward (grad student), Lyell Jay Thomas (grad student) |
| Alison M. Bell | Proximate and ultimate causes of consistent individual differences in behavior | | | | |
| Edwin Lewis Bell, II | | | | 1953 | Hobart Muir Smith (grad student) |
| Chris Benda | | | | 2006 | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| Harry J. Bennett | | Department of Zoology | | 1913 | Harley Jones Van Cleave (grad student) |
| May Berenbaum | | | | | |
| Andrew Berger | | | | 2010 | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| Maria G. Bidart-Bouzat | | | | 2004 | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| Daniel Blake | | | | | |
| Irving H. Blake | | Zoology | | 1925 | Victor Ernest Shelford (grad student) |
| David A. Boltz | Animal Pathology Agriculture, Animal Physiology Biology, Animal Culture and Nutrition Agriculture, Veterinary Science Biology | | | 2005 | Janice M. Bahr (grad student) |
| Jeffrey Brawn | | | | | |
| Bill Brieher | | | | | |
| Ronald J. Brooks | Life History Evolution, Herpetology | | | 1970 | Edwin M. Banks (grad student) |
| Rebecca A. Brown | | | | 2003 | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| Frank T. Burbrink | Evolution, herpetology, phylogenetics | | | 1995 | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| Philip Burton | | | | | Fakhri A. Bazzaz (grad student) |
| Carla Caceres | | | | | |
| Gustavo Caetano-Anolles | Bioinformatics Biology, Evolution and Development Biology | | | | |
| Sydney A. Cameron | systematics and comparative behavior of bees | | | | |
| Shane C. Campbell-Staton | | | | | Julian M. Catchen (post-doc) |
| Gerardo L. Carfagno | Ecology Biology, Forestry and Wildlife Agriculture | | | 2007 | Patrick J. Weatherhead (grad student) |
| Mark J. Carroll | | | | 2003 | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| Clare L. Casteel | | | | 2010 | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| Therese Catanach | Systematic Biology, Evolution and Development Biology, Entomology Biology | Integrative Biology | | 2013 | Christopher H. Dietrich (grad student) |
| Francesc Cebrià | | Department of Cell and Developmental Biology | 2002 | 2005 | Phillip Newmark (post-doc) |
| Peter Stanley Chrapliwy | | | | 1964 | Hobart Muir Smith (grad student) |
| Carl Scott Clem | Entomology | Entomology | 2016 | | Alexandra N. Harmon-Threatt (grad student) |
| Steven James Cooke | | | 1999 | 2002 | David P. Philipp (grad student), David H. Wahl (grad student) |
| William Walter Cort | | | | 1914 | Henry Baldwin Ward (grad student) |
| Bradley J. Cosentino | | | | 2011 | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| John Alexander Crawford | | | | | Christopher Allan Phillips (research assistant) |
| Brad Danner | | | | 2006 | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| Mark Allen Davis | Evolution, Ecology, Conservation Biology | Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences | 2008 | 2012 | Michael Edward Douglas (grad student), Marlis R Douglas (grad student) |
| Andrew R. Deans | systematics of parasitoid wasps | | | | James B. Whitfield (grad student) |
| Patrick H. Degnan | | | | | |
| Christopher H. Dietrich | Systematic Biology, Evolution and Development Biology, Entomology Biology | | | | |
| Jacob I. Dixon | Entomology | Entomology | | | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| Michael Joseph Dreslik | | | | 2005 | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| Norman C. Ellstrand | Applied plant population genetics | | 1973 | 1974 | David L. Nanney (research assistant) |
| Sarah M. Farris | Insect brain evolution | | | 2000 | Susan E. Fahrbach (grad student), Gene E. Robinson (grad student) |
| Eva Kristin Fischer | | | | | |
| Xianhui Fu | | Natural Res & Env Sci | | 2013 | Jeffrey Brawn (grad student) |
| Stephen David Gaimari | Systematics, Taxonomy, Diptera | Entomology | 1993 | 1998 | Michael Edward Irwin (grad student) |
| Radhika S. Ganu | Nutrition, Evolution and Development Biology, Animal Culture and Nutrition Agriculture | Nutritional Sciences | | 2010 | Kelly S. Swanson (grad student) |
| Philip Garman | | | | 1916 | Alexander Dyer MacGillivray (grad student) |
| John V. Gatto | | | 2000 | | John H. Chick (post-doc) |
| Lowell Lee Getz | | | | | |
| Alexander Glass | | | | 2006 | Daniel Blake (grad student) |
| Nigel D. Goldenfeld | Condensed Matter Physics, Ecology Biology, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Clarence James Goodnight | | | | 1939 | Harley Jones Van Cleave (grad student) |
| Ellen S. Green | | | | 2000 | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| Sallie E. Greenberg | Science Education, Nature of Science | Curriculum and Instruction | | 2013 | Fouad S. Abd-El-Khalick (grad student) |
| John Griesbaum | | | | | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| Andrea Gschwend | Genetics, Evolution and Development Biology, Botany Biology | Plant Biology | | 2012 | Ray Ming (grad student) |
| Benjamin Downs Hall | Genome Sciences | | | | |
| Jennifer Han | Botany Biology, Genetics, Evolution and Development Biology | Plant Biology | | 2014 | Ray Ming (grad student) |
| Allison Hansen | | | | | |
| Ajith Harish | Bioinformatics Biology, Evolution and Development Biology | | | 2010 | Gustavo Caetano-Anolles (grad student) |
| Martin Hauser | | Entomology | 1998 | 2005 | Michael Edward Irwin (grad student) |
| Katy D. Heath | mutualisms, coevolution, rhizobia, plant, bacteria | | | | John R. Stinchcombe (post-doc) |
| Heather M. Hines | phylogeny of bees, color pattern development in bees and butterfiles | | | 2008 | Sydney A. Cameron (grad student) |
| Donald Frederick Hoffmeister | | | | | |
| Kevin Holston | | Entomology | 1996 | 2003 | Michael Edward Irwin (grad student) |
| Ana K. Houseal | Science Education, Nature of Science | | | 2010 | Fouad S. Abd-El-Khalick (grad student) |
| Chen-Che Huang | Human Development, Endocrinology Biology | | | 2010 | Humphrey H. Yao (grad student) |
| Michael Edward Irwin | | | | | |
| Farshid Jafarpour | | | | 2016 | Nigel D. Goldenfeld (grad student) |
| Jessica Jakubanis | | | | 2004 | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| Sarah J. Janssen | Animal Physiology Biology | Veterinary Biosciences | | 2001 | Janice M. Bahr (grad student), Rex A. Hess (grad student) |
| Elbert Ralph Jaycox | | | | | |
| Patricio R. Jeraldo Maldonado | General Biophysics, Microbiology Biology, Bioinformatics Biology, Quantum Physics | Physics | | 2012 | Nigel D. Goldenfeld (grad student) |
| Reed M. Johnson | | | | 2008 | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| Jarrett Reed Johnson | | | | | Christopher Allan Phillips (research assistant) |
| Bongki Kim | Evolution and Development Biology, Molecular Biology, Physiology Biology | | | 2010 | Janice M. Bahr (grad student) |
| Bethany Krebs | | Integrative Biology | | 2014 | Jeffrey Brawn (grad student) |
| Sindhu M. Krishnankutty | Systematic Biology, Entomology Biology | Entomology | | 2012 | Christopher H. Dietrich (grad student) |
| Richard (Rokusaburo) Roksabro Kudo | protozoology | | | 1920 | Henry Baldwin Ward (post-doc) |
| Joshua Laerm | | | | 1976 | Thomas H. Frazzetta (grad student) |
| David Lee Langebartel | | | | 1958 | Hobart Muir Smith (grad student) |
| George R. LaRue | Parasitology, zoology | | | 1911 | Henry Baldwin Ward (grad student) |
| Kate L. Laskowski | Behavioral Sciences Psychology, Zoology Biology, Evolution and Development Biology | School of Integrative Biology | | 2013 | Alison M. Bell (grad student) |
| Richard D. LeDuc | Bioinformatics Biology | | | 2007 | Gustavo Caetano-Anolles (grad student) |
| Ki-Ho Lee | Animal Physiology Biology | | | 2002 | Janice M. Bahr (grad student) |
| Merlin Raymond Lee | Cytogenetics, Phylogeny | | | | |
| Donald A. Levin | Plant evolution, ecology, systematics | | | 1964 | Dale M. Smith (grad student) |
| Xianchun Li | | | | 2003 | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| Weimin Li | | | | 2003 | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| William Zander Lidicker | | | | 1957 | Donald Frederick Hoffmeister (grad student) |
| Karel Frederik Liem | Ichthyology | | | 1961 | Hobart Muir Smith (grad student) |
| Sioe (David) Sing Liem | | | | 1969 | Philip Wayne Smith (grad student), Hobart Muir Smith (grad student) |
| Chia-Feng Liu | Human Development, Genetics, Physiology Biology | | | 2010 | Humphrey H. Yao (grad student) |
| Kelsey Low | | | | | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| John Gilman Mackin | | | | 1927 | Henry Baldwin Ward (grad student) |
| Joseph D. Maddox | Ecology Biology, Evolution and Development Biology | | | 2009 | Patrick J. Weatherhead (grad student) |
| George Christopher Maha | | | | 1982 | Linda Resnick Maxson (grad student) |
| Abigail Joy Maley Berkey | | | | 2015 | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student), Marlis R Douglas (grad student), Andrew Suarez (grad student) |
| Ripan Singh Malhi | Native American mtDNA genome and ancient DNA diversity, Population Structure among Native North Americans, Stickleback Phylogeography, Rhesus macaque Evolutionary History | Anthropology | 2001 | 2001 | Elizabeth A Hadly (post-doc) |
| William Charles Marquardt, Jr. | | Zoology | | 1954 | Richard (Rokusaburo) Roksabro Kudo (grad student) |
| Hector G. Martin | Condensed Matter Physics, Ecology Biology, Microbiology Biology | | | 2004 | Nigel D. Goldenfeld (grad student) |
| Thomas E. Martin | | | | 1982 | James R. Karr (grad student) |
| Thomas Martinetz | | | | | Klaus Schulten (grad student) |
| Richard L. Mayden | molecular and morphological traits, systematics, ecology, and historical biogeography of freshwater fishes | | 1976 | 1978 | Lawrence (Larry) Merle Page (post-doc) |
| Cynthia M. McDonnell | | | | 2010 | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| Duane D. McKenna | | | | | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| Mark L. McKnight | Phylogeography, phylogenetics, Pocket MIce, Amphibians, Reptiles | | 1984 | 1989 | Merlin Raymond Lee (grad student) |
| Mark Metz | | Entomology | 1996 | 2002 | Michael Edward Irwin (grad student) |
| Ray Ming | Genetics, Evolution and Development Biology, Botany Biology | | | | |
| Kirk David Moberg | | | | 1989 | Linda Resnick Maxson (grad student) |
| Brett C. Mommer | Zoology Biology, Physiology Biology, Molecular Biology | School of Integrative Biology | | 2013 | Alison M. Bell (grad student) |
| Judith Mongold | | | | | |
| Leonid L. Moroz | Genomics, neural circuits, Aplysia, Lymnaea, Pleurobranchaea, Tritonia, neuropeptides, NMDA, behavior, evolution, invertebrate, mollusca | Whitney Marine Lab | 1996 | 1998 | Rhanor Gillette (post-doc), Jonathan V. Sweedler (grad student) |
| Jennifer Mui | | | | 2004 | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| David L. Nanney | | | | | |
| Thomas J. Near | evolution, phylogenetics, ichthyology | | | 2000 | Lawrence (Larry) Merle Page (grad student) |
| Matthew L Niemiller | Cave biology, herpetology, ichthyology, evolution, ecology | Illinois Natural History Survey | | | Steven J. Taylor (post-doc) |
| Bridget F. O'Neill | | | | 2008 | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| Marcus Olatoye | | | 2014 | 2017 | Geoffrey Morris (grad student) |
| Matthew S. Olson | | | | | Arthur Melnick (grad student) |
| David W. Onstad | Entomology Biology, Ecology Biology, Evolution and Development Biology | | | | |
| Lawrence (Larry) Merle Page | | | | | |
| Jelena H. Pantel | | | 2009 | 2011 | Carla Caceres (post-doc) |
| Simon P. Pearish | Behavioral Sciences Psychology, Ecology Biology, Zoology Biology | Integrative Biology | | 2014 | Alison M. Bell (grad student) |
| William (Bill) Earl Peterman | | | 2014 | 2015 | Christopher Allan Phillips (post-doc) |
| David P. Philipp | | | | | Gregory Sidney Whitt (research scientist) |
| Christopher Allan Phillips | | | | | |
| Claus Rasmussen | systematics and faunistics of bees | | | 2008 | Sydney A. Cameron (grad student) |
| Anne Marie Readel | | | | 2009 | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| Silvia C. Remolina | "Life history evolution, evolutionary genetics, aging" | | | | Kimberly A. Hughes (grad student) |
| William J. Resetarits Jr. | | | | | |
| Rose M. Reynolds | Evolution, Biogerontology | | 2000 | 2007 | Kimberly A. Hughes (grad student) |
| Alexander Rivera | Animal Physiology Biology, Molecular Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology | | | 2004 | Janice M. Bahr (grad student) |
| Gene E. Robinson | Social insect division of labor | | 2005 | | Mark J. Fitzpatrick (collaborator) |
| Alfred L. Roca | mammalian evolution, retroviruses | | | | |
| Josephine J. Rodriguez | biodiversity of parasitoid wasps, food webs | | | 2009 | James B. Whitfield (grad student) |
| Charles C. Roseman | Physical Anthropology, Evolution and Development Biology, Zoology Biology | | | | |
| Kevin C. Rowe | mammalian systematics, evolution | | 1999 | 2005 | Edward Heske (grad student) |
| Elizabeth A. Ruedi | Behavior genetics | | | 2007 | Kimberly A. Hughes (grad student) |
| Mark Henry Sabaj-Perez | | | | 2002 | Lawrence (Larry) Merle Page (grad student) |
| Sara L. Salloum | Science Education, Nature of Science | | | 2006 | Fouad S. Abd-El-Khalick (grad student) |
| Douglas W. Schemske | plant evolutionary ecology, plant-animal interactions | | | 1977 | Mary F. Willson (grad student) |
| Scott R. Schlossberg | | | | 2006 | Jeffrey Brawn (grad student) |
| David Schmidly | | | | | Donald Frederick Hoffmeister (grad student) |
| Ellen Schneider | | | | | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| John Arthur Sealander, Jr. | Zoology | Zoology | 1946 | 1950 | S. Charles Kendeigh (grad student) |
| Robert Keith Selander | | | | | |
| Jeanne M. Serb | Bioinformatics Biology, Genetics | | | 1999 | Christopher Allan Phillips (grad student) |
| Milena Shattuck | Native American mtDNA genome and ancient DNA diversity, Population Structure among Native North Americans, Stickleback Phylogeography, Rhesus macaque Evolutionary History | | | 2011 | Ripan Singh Malhi (grad student) |
| Donald B. Shepard | | | | | Christopher Allan Phillips (research assistant) |
| Walter (Steve) S. Sheppard | bees | | | 1986 | Elbert Ralph Jaycox (grad student), Stewart H. Berlocher (grad student) |
| Hurst H. Shoemaker | ichthyology; ornithology | | | | |
| Laura Simms | | Entomology | | | May Berenbaum (grad student) |
| Sigrid Smith | | | | 2010 | Carla Caceres (grad student) |
| Philip Wayne Smith | | | | 1953 | Hobart Muir Smith (grad student) |
| Hobart Muir Smith | herpetology | | | | |
| Charles Hyde Smith | | Geography | | 1984 | Arthur Getis (grad student) |
| Howard Duane Smith | | | | 1969 | Donald Frederick Hoffmeister (grad student) |
| Mitchell L. Sogin | Phylogenetics, Evolution | | | 1972 | Carl Woese (grad student) |
| Jinelle H. Sperry | Ecology Biology | | | 2008 | Patrick J. Weatherhead (grad student) |
| David A. Stahl | Environmental microbiology, microbial evolution, microbial ecology, sulfate reducer, methanogen, syntrophy, ammonia oxidation, symbiosis | | | 1978 | Carl Woese (grad student) |
| Steven T. Stoddard | Ecology Biology | | | 2006 | Patrick J. Weatherhead (grad student) |
| Horace Wesley Stunkard | | | | 1916 | Henry Baldwin Ward (grad student) |
| Kelly S. Swanson | Nutrition, Evolution and Development Biology, Animal Culture and Nutrition Agriculture | Animal Science | | 2002 | George C. Fahey (grad student) |
| David Swofford | Phylogenetics | | | 1986 | Robert Keith Selander (grad student) |
| Daniel B. Szymanski | Genetics and Cell Biology of Plant Growth | | | 1995 | Raymond E. Zielinski (grad student) |
| Daniela M. Takiya | Entomology Biology | | | 2007 | Christopher H. Dietrich (grad student) |
| Milton Tan | | | | | |
| Vivian Tang | | | | | |
| Corey E. Tarwater | | | | | Jeffrey Brawn (research scientist) |
| Lyell Jay Thomas | | | | 1923 | Henry Baldwin Ward (grad student) |
| Reza Vafabakhsh | General Biophysics, Molecular Physics | Physics | | 2013 | Nigel D. Goldenfeld (grad student) |
| Harley Jones Van Cleave | | | | 1913 | Henry Baldwin Ward (grad student) |
| Robert (Bob) VanBuren | Plant resilience, computational biology, physiology, genomics | | | | Ray Ming (grad student) |
| Brittany M. Vester | Animal Culture and Nutrition Agriculture | | | 2008 | Kelly S. Swanson (grad student) |
| Kalin H. Vetsigian | General Biology, General Physics | | | 2005 | Nigel D. Goldenfeld (grad student) |
| Nader A. Wahbeh | Science Education, Nature of Science | | | 2009 | Fouad S. Abd-El-Khalick (grad student) |
| David H. Wahl | | | | | |
| Noemi Waight | Science Education, Nature of Science | | | 2008 | Fouad S. Abd-El-Khalick (grad student) |
| Henry Baldwin Ward | Parasitology | | | | |
| Patrick J. Weatherhead | Ecology Biology, Evolution and Development Biology | | | | |
| Lawrence J. Weider | ecological genetics; evolutionary ecology | | | 1984 | Michael Robert Lynch (grad student) |
| Daniel G. Wenny | | | | | |
| Christopher J Whelan | Evolutionary Ecology, Avian Ecology, Plant-Animal Interactions | Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution | 1987 | 1988 | Mary F. Willson (post-doc) |
| Fred Newton White, Jr. | | | | 1955 | Hobart Muir Smith (grad student) |
| James B. Whitfield | systematics and ecology of parasitoid wasps | | | | |
| Gregory Sidney Whitt | | | | | |
| Mary F. Willson | | | | | |
| Carl Woese | The Genetic Code, Archaea, RNA world hypothesis | | | | |
| Mosheh Wolf | Urban Ecology, Spatial Ecology | | 1995 | 2002 | George Oliver Batzli (grad student) |
| Sewall Wright | Genetics | | 1911 | 1912 | Henry Baldwin Ward (grad student) |
| Humphrey H. Yao | Animal Physiology Biology, Animal Culture and Nutrition Agriculture | | | 2000 | Janice M. Bahr (grad student) |
| James N. Zahniser | Entomology Biology, Zoology Biology | | | 2008 | Christopher H. Dietrich (grad student) |
| Shmuel Zaks | | | | | Chung Laung Liu (grad student) |
| Ava Zeineddin | Science Education, Nature of Science | | | 2008 | Fouad S. Abd-El-Khalick (grad student) |
| Xuan Zhuang | Evolution, genetics, polar fish, drosophila | | | | Chris Cheng-DeVries (grad student) |
| Earl Graves Zimmerman | | | | 1970 | Merlin Raymond Lee (grad student) |
| Naida Deborah Zucker | | | | 1973 | Michael Salmon (grad student) |