Andrea Scharf
Assistant Professor
Disciplines
- Biology
- Genetics
- Molecular Genetics
Research Interests
- Aging, Population Dynamics, Pollution-induced premature aging, Reproductive Aging
- Life-Hirstory-Traits, Agent-Based-Modelling
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Chen Hou
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Disciplines
- Biology
- Physiology
Research Interests
- Life history tradeoffs, aging, and oxidative stress
- Behaviors and physiology of social insects
- Energetics of animal growth and reproduction
David D. Duvernell
Professor and Department Chair
Disciplines
- Biology
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Genetics and Genomics
Research Interests
- Population genetics
- Molecular Evolution
- Fish Genetics
David J. Westenberg
Curators Distinguished Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences; Faculty Athletics Representative;
Disciplines
- Science and Mathematics Education
- Microbiology
- Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology
Research Interests
- Antibacterial materials
- Microbiology education
- Rhizosphere microbiology
Dev Niyogi
Professor and Director, Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology; Research Investigator, CREE
Disciplines
- Biology
Research Interests
- Freshwater Ecology
- Effects of humanity on stream ecosystems
- Role of biodiversity in controlling ecosystem processes
Jinling Liu
Assistant Professor in EMSE, joint appointment with Biological Sciences
Disciplines
- Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
- Bioinformatics
- Genetics and Genomics
Research Interests
- Artificial Intelligence
- Biomedical Informatics
- Precision Medicine
Julie A. Semon
Associate Professor and Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee
Disciplines
- Biology
Research Interests
- Stem Cells
- Identifying molecular and therapeutic differences of mesenchymal stem cell subpopulations
- Interactions of mesenchymal stem cells with extracellular matrix and endogenous cell populations
Katie Shannon
Teaching Professor and Pre-Med Advisor
Disciplines
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
- Cell and Developmental Biology
Research Interests
- Cytokinesis
- Cell Cycle
- Cytoskeleton
Matthew S. Thimgan
Associate Professor and Director, Laboratory of Sleep Biology
Disciplines
- Biology
Research Interests
- Biochemistry, genetics and anatomy of the sleep loss response: role of lipid metabolism in Drosophila
- Biochemical and genetic factors of sleep regulation
- How sleep and wake transitions reflect health and aging
Melanie Mormile
PROFESSOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE, GEOLOGICAL SCI & ENG, CHAIR INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE (IBC)
Disciplines
- Biology
Research Interests
- Environmental Microbiology
- Extremophilic Microorganisms in Hypersaline Environments
- Bioenergy Production
Robin M. Verble
Associate Professor of Biology; Director, Fire Ecology Lab; Research Investigator, CREE
Disciplines
- Biology
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Entomology
Research Interests
- Fire ecology
- Prescribed burning
- Wildland fire
Roger Brown
Professor, Emeritus
Disciplines
- Biology
Ronald L. Frank
Emeritus
Disciplines
- Biology
Research Interests
- Plant Molecular Genetics
- Gene Family Evolution
- EST clustering
Terry Wilson
Associate Teaching Professor
Disciplines
- Biology
Yue-Wern Huang
PROFESSOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ASSOCIATE DEAN RESEARCH & EXTERNAL RELATIONS FOR CASE
Disciplines
- Biology
Research Interests
- Toxicity of nanomaterials
- Nanocarrier platforms
- Nanotoxicity