BIOLOGY

PRIMARY FACULTY

Radhika Atit

Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Embryology

SECONDARY FACULTY

David Burke

Rhizosphere Ecology, Plant-microbe Interactions, Molecular Microbial Ecology, and Plant Ecology

Michael Benard

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Darin Croft

Vertebrate Paleontology, Mammal Evolution, Paleoecology, Phylogenetics

Jean H. Burns

Ecology, Invasion Biology, Demography, Phylogenetics

Brian McDermott

Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Hearing, Deafness, Zebrafish, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Hair Cells

Arnold I. Caplan^†

Cell and Developmental Biology

Peter Thomas^*

Mathematical Biology (pattern formation, synchronization phenomena, applied bifurcation theory), Computational Neuroscience (reliability and precision of spike time patterns, cortical map formation, neural information processing), and Computational Cell Biology (signal transduction, gradient sensing, cellular information processing)

Hillel J. Chiel

Neurobiology, Animal Behavior, and Biophysics

Scott Simpson

Physical Anthroplogy

Christopher A. Cullis

Plant Molecular Biology

Peter A. Zimmerman

Professor of Global Health & Disease

Stephen E. Haynesworth^†

Developmental and Aging Biology

Emmitt R. Jolly

Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Parasitology, Schistosomiasis

Claudia Mizutani

Genetics, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience, Evolution

Roy E. Ritzmann

Neurobiology and Behavior

Charles Rozek^†

Developmental and Molecular Genetics

Robin Snyder

Theoretical Ecology

Mark Willis

Entomology; Animal Behavior and its neural basis, especially navigation, orientation and flight behavior

James Zull^†

Human Learning, applications of Brain Science in Education

Rebecca Benard^*†

Ecology

Richard Drushel^*†

Kinematics, Anatomy, and 3-D computer modelling of feeding behaviors in Aplysia californica; Autonomous Robotics; Embedded Microcontroller Systems

Valerie Haywood^†

Intercellular Communication Mechanisms in Plants

Barbara Kuemerle^†

Molecular Biology, Genetics, Developmental Neuroscience

Ronald G. Oldfield^†

Evolutionary Ecology, Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution of Fishes

H. Catherine Walton

Clapp Hall 306

Ana Locci^*†

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology

Ecosystem Modeling

Kristen E. Lukas^*

Effects of designed environments on gorilla and chimpanzee behavior

Pam Dennis^*

Relationship between animal management, disease and the environment. Epi-Zoo Program

Kurt A. Smemo^*

Biogeochemistry, Ecosystem Ecology, Microbial Ecology, Global Environmental Change

Arnold I. Caplan^†

Cell and Developmental Biology

David A. Carrino^†

Extracellular Matrix Molecules, specifically Proteoglycans

Stephen E. Haynesworth+

Developmental and Aging Biology

Donald P. Lennon^†

Development of chemically defined media for Stage 24 chick limb bud mesenchymal stems & rMSCs

J. Michael Sorrell^†

Dermal fibroblast biology, control of angiogenesis

Jean Welter^†

Tissue engineering, with a main focus on mesenchymal stem cell–based cartilage tissue engineering