Biology Faculty and Staff

Steven K. Burian, Ph.D. , University of Maine

(B.S. Springfield College; M.S. Tennessee Technological University)

Professor & Chair (Biodiversity, Systematics, Aquatic Biology)

Sarah Crawford, Ph.D. , Columbia University

(M.S. Princeton Univ.; Postdoc., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Inst.)

Professor (Genetics, Cancer Biology)

Margaret Das, Ph.D., University of Texas

(B.S./M.S. Madras Christian College; M.Phil, Univ. Madras; Postdoc., Univ. Texas, NIEHS)

Assistant Professor (Host-pathogen interactions, Pathogenic Bacteriology)

Miranda Dunbar, Ph.D. , University of Regina

(B.S. Univ. Illinois; M.S. Missouri State Univ.; Postdoc, Univ. Regina)

Assistant Professor (Human Biology, Environmental physiology and Thermal energetics of animals)

Nicholas Edgington, Ph.D. , Iowa State University

(B.A. Univ. Northern Iowa; M.A. Drake Univ.; Postdoc. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Res. Scientist, SUNY Stonybrook)

Associate Professor (Molecular, Cellular, & Dev. Biology, Cell Cycle)

 

Jane Feng, Ph.D., University of Connecticut

(Postdoc., Univ. Connecticut)

Professor (Physiology, Neurobiology)

Sean Grace, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

(B.S. Univ. Maryland, College Park; M.S. Univ. Rhode Island)

Associate Professor (Algae, Marine Ecology)

Elizabeth Lewis Roberts, Ph.D., Rutgers University

(B.A. Dartmouth College; PostDoc. U.C. Berkeley)

Assistant Professor (Microbial Ecology, Plant microbe interactions, Mycology)

Rebecca Silady, Ph.D. , Stanford University

(B.S. U.C. Davis; Postdoc. Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)

Assistant Professor (Plant Genetics, Cell Biology, & Development)

Jonathan Weinbaum, Ph.D. , Texas Tech University

(B.A. U. Conn.; M.S. Texas Tech Univ.; Postdoc. Texas Tech Univ.)

Assistant Professor (Vertebrate Morphology, Systematics, Paleobiology)

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STAFF

Xan Walker

SECRETARY

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EMERITUS FACULTY

Dwight G. Smith, Ph.D.

Professor (Ecology, Ornithology, Mammalogy)

Rebecca Lerud, Ph.D.

Professor (General, Pathogenic, and Public Health Microbiology)

David F. Avery, Ph.D.

Professor (Botany, Anatomy, Herpetology)

Alexander A. Turko, M.S.

Associate Professor (Human Anatomy and Physiology, Zoology)