Ursula Goodenough
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Ursula Goodenough

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Ursula Goodenough is Professor of Biology Emerita at Washington University who now lives on Martha’s Vineyard, MA.

She taught cell biology and evolution and engaged in research that focused on the sexual cycle of the green soil alga Chlamydomonas, on ciliary motility, and on algal biofuel precursors.

She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Microbiology Society, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a past president of the American Society for Cell Biology.

She and many others are developing what is called a religious naturalist orientation, the Religious Naturalist Association. A new edition of her book, The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Emerged and Evolved describes her understandings of this orientation.

Dr. Goodenough holds a B.A. from Barnard College, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
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