Salil Lachke received his Ph.D. in biology from the University of Iowa and completed postdoctoral training in developmental genetics at Harvard Medical School.

After working as an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School, he joined the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware, where he currently serves as Alumni Distinguished Professor of Biology.

He teaches Molecular Biology of the Cell Honors and Evo-Devo, the new science of evolutionary developmental biology.

His research aims to define conserved genetic pathways underlying human birth defects, with a particular focus on the eye.

Molly Sutherland is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware. She received her B.S. in general biology from the University of Maryland–College Park and her Ph.D. in biomedical sciences, with a concentration in molecular microbiology and microbial pathogenesis, from Washington University in St. Louis. After completing postdoctoral training in the Department of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, she joined the faculty of the University of Delaware in 2020.

At the University, she runs a research laboratory and teaches Introduction to Microbiology and Microbial Genetics. Her research focuses on understanding the process of cytochrome c biogenesis. Cytochromes c play important roles in generating cellular energy in nearly all organisms, from bacteria to humans, so understanding how these proteins are made addresses a fundamental biological question. The Sutherland lab uses genetic, molecular biology and biochemical approaches to gain a detailed mechanistic understanding of bacterial cytochrome c biogenesis and its impact on bacterial metabolism and bioenergetics.