Jennifer Hurley is the Richard Baruch M.D. Career Development Chair in the Department of Biological Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her lab investigates the relationship between the core clock mechanism and the output that the clock controls using a combination of molecular genetics and biochemical techniques as well as biostatistical/computational approach using whole genome scale data.

Her research focus on the fundamental mechanisms underlying circadian rhythms, neurospora, macrophages, immunology, protein structure/function relationships, systems biology, ecology. 

Hurley received her B.S. in molecular biology from Juniata College. She completed Ph.D. at Rutgers/UMDNJ, studying the function of Toxin-Antitoxin modules in bacteria. She also completed Postdoctoral fellowship at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, investigating the relationship between the core proteins and the output of the circadian clock in Neurospora.