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Faculty: Department of Communication

Douglas B. Light > Biographical Sketch

Doug Light earned a bachelor's degree in Biology at Colby College, and a master's degree in Zoology and a Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Minnesota.  These experiences were followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Dartmouth Medical School.  He then joined the faculty at Ripon College in 1989 and Lake Forest College in 2003, where he is presently a professor of biology and chair of the department.  His research is designed to elucidate the mechanisms that regulate transport of substances across biological membranes and how cells maintain their proper size.  He has been the recipient of several major grants from the National Science Foundation and he has published over a dozen articles in scientific journals.

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