Biology Faculty and Staff

 

Faculty

Thompson, Amy L.

Professor,
Department Chair

Pharmacology, Cell & Molecular Biology

Grad Faculty Thesis and Non‑Thesis

Cashner, Mollie F.

Professor,
Graduate Program Coordinator

Behavioral ecology, Animal Behavior, Ichthyology

Grad Faculty Thesis

Botsch, Jamie

Assistant Professor

Ecology, Entomology, and Aquatic Biology

Grad Faculty Thesis

Dailey, Don C.

Professor

Molecular Basis of Microbial Pathogenesis

Grad Faculty

Earls, Kayla

earlsk@apsu.edu 

Assistant Professor

Disease Ecology

Grad Faculty Thesis and Non‑Thesis

Estes, L. Dwayne

Professor,
Curator of Herbarium,
Director of Southeastern Grasslands Institute

Plant Systematics

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Gienger, C.M.

Professor,
Curator of Herpetology

Ecology, Physiology of Amphibians and Reptiles

Grad Faculty Thesis

Gupte, Manisha

Associate Professor

Physiology, Cell & Molecular Biology

Grad Faculty Thesis and Non‑Thesis

Haase, Catherine

Associate Professor

Animal Energetics, Thermal Biology, Environmental Physiology

Grad Faculty Thesis

Johansen, John

johansenj@apsu.edu 

Instructor,
General Biology Coordinator

 

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Johansen, Rebecca Blanton

Professor,
Curator of Ichthyology

Fish Systematics, Phylogeography, and Population Genetics

Grad Faculty Thesis

Markov, Sergei A.

Professor

Microbiology, Genomics, Biological Hydrogen Production

Grad Faculty

Perry, Sarah

perrysc@apsu.edu

Assistant Professor

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Grad Faculty Non‑Thesis

Pfeiler, Kelly

pfeilerk@apsu.edu

Assistant Professor

Paleobotany, Plant Anatomy

Grad Faculty Thesis

Pitts, Gilbert R.

Professor

Physiology, Endocrinology

Grad Faculty Thesis and Non‑Thesis

Rogers, D. Michelle

Instructor

State Coordinator Project WET

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Taylor, Cindy L.

Professor

Amphibian Biology

Grad Faculty

Wang, Renhou

Assistant Professor

Plant Genomics, Genome Editing

Grad Faculty Thesis

Weinell, Jeffrey

weinellj@apsu.edu

Assistant Professor

Herpetology, Field Biology, Evolution, Genomics

Grad Faculty

Woltmann, Stefan

Professor

Avian Ecology, Conservation Genetics 

Grad Faculty Thesis

 

Staff

Kirk, Macharia

kirkm@apsu.edu

Biology Laboratory Manager

Langston, Jess

langstonj@apsu.edu

Academic Assistant to the Chair

 

Adjunct Faculty

Barke, Theresa 

barket@apsu.edu

Human Anatomy and Physiology and Principles of Microbiology Instructor

Bottomlee, Alan 

bottomleea@apsu.edu

Human Biology Instructor

Crouse, Christopher 

crousec@apsu.edu

Human Anatomy and Physiology Instructor

Fairchild, Allison 

fairchilda@apsu.edu

Human Anatomy and Physiology Instructor

Ferrell, Mason 

ferrellm@apsu.edu

General Biology,
Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab Instructor

Lindsey, Christine 

lindseye@apsu.edu

Human Anatomy and Physiology,
Introduction to Biology Instructor

More, Nicholas 

moren@apsu.edu

Introduction to Biology instructor

Mummaw, Angela 

mummawa@apsu.edu

Human Anatomy and Physiology,
Human Biology Instructor

Vegter, Gayle 

vegterp@apsu.edu

Introduction to Biology Instructor

 

Emeritus Faculty

Baskuf, Carol J.

carol.baskauf@apsu.edu

Plant Ecology, Population Genetics

Bath, Daniel W.

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Genetics

Chester, Edward W.

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Plant Taxonomy & Plant Ecology

Butler, John L.

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Aquatic Ecology

Burton, Willodean D.

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Ecology, aquatic toxicology

Finley, Mack T.

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Aquatic Toxicology

Hamilton, Steven

hamiltonsw@apsu.edu

Entomology, insect systematics, aquatic biology

Lundin-Schiller, Sarah

schillers@apsu.edu

Cell Biology, Endocrine Disruption

Schiller, Joseph R.

schillerj@apsu.edu

Aquatic ecology & field biology

Scott, A. Floyd

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Herpetology and Ecology

Stone, Benjamin P.

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Plant Physiology

Thompson, James F.

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Evolutionary Biology