People / Leadership & Staff
David Biron
Director of Undergraduate Data Science; Assistant Senior Instructional Professor
David Biron is the Director of Undergraduate Data Science and Assistant Senior Instructional Professor. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Weizmann Institute, and has extensive teaching experience at the University of Chicago with previous appointments in Physics, JFI and IBD. Dr. Biron developed a strong research program at the intersection of biology and physics, using the worm C. elegans to study fundamental functions of sleep and sleep deprivation, sleep homeostasis, and regulation of locomotion, feeding and quiescence.
