Background and Research Interests - Don C. Dailey (1991), Ph.D., Indiana University.
Professor and Chairman of Biology
Research interests: molecular basis of microbial pathogenesis. Current research: detection and identification of pathogenic bacteria from environmental sources; characterization of antibiotic resistance in Enterococcus.
DaileyD@apsu.edu
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- Andrew N. Barrass (2003), Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.
Associate Professor
Research interests: bioacoustics and wetland restoration.
Current research: bat conservation at Dunbar Cave State Recreation Area; Pleasant Grove Creek restoration and survey of fishes , KY 303d watershed.
BarrassA@apsu.edu
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- Carol J. Baskauf (1993), Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.
Professor
Research interests: plant ecology, population genetics.
Current research: soil characteristics needed for growth of Xyris tennesseensis; population genetics of Arabis perstellata.
BaskaufC@apsu.edu
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- Chad S. Brooks (2005), Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Associate Professor
Research interests: molecular basis of microbial pathogenesis.
Current research: Borrelia burgdorferi in middle TN; melittin as a drug therapy for Lyme Disease; Large Mouth Bass Virus in Middle TN; Phylogenetic Analysis of Specific Genes in Borrelia burgdorferi isolates Collected from Middle TN.
BrooksC@apsu.edu
- Willodean D. Burton (1991), Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
Professor
SAMA Director
Research interests: ecology and aquatic toxicology.
Current research: effects of road construction on stream integrity.
BurtonW@apsu.edu
- L. Dwayne Estes (2007), Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
Associate Professor
Curator of the Herbarium
Research interests: plant systematics.
Current research: systematics of Gratiola and the family Gratiolaceae; documenting the flora of Tennessee.
EstesL@apsu.edu
- C.M. Gienger (2011), Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
Assistant Professor
Research interests: ecology and physiology of amphibians and reptiles; herpetological natural history.
Current research: ecology of helodermatid lizards; digestion and energetics of crocodilians
GiengerC@apsu.edu
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- Steven W. Hamilton (1987), Ph.D., Clemson University.
Professor and Director of the Center for Field Biology
Research interests: entomology, insect systematics, aquatic biology.
Current research: monitor aquatic invertebrates in ponds and streams.
HamiltonSW@apsu.edu
- Rebecca Johansen (2009), Ph.D., Tulane University.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Fish systematics, phylogeography, and population genetics.
Current research: examination of the systematics and phylogeography of several southeastern fishes including, the Fantail Darter complex and the Slender Madtom; examining relationships and diversity of Black Basses in the southeastern U.S.: documenting the effects of anthropogenic river modifications to movement and gene flow in benthic stream fishes.
JohansenR@apsu.edu
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- Jefferson G. Lebkuecher (1992), Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.
Professor
Research interests: plant morphology, plant physiology.
Current research: use of algae as indicators of water quality in Pleasant Grove Creek, KY watershed.
LebkuecherJ@apsu.edu
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- Sarah Lundin-Schiller (1993), Ph.D., University of California-San Diego.
Professor
Research interests: endocrinology, animal physiology.
Current research: using PCR to measure human oxytocin receptor mRNA expression; studies on endocrine disruptors using T47D breast cancer cells and zebra fish.
SchillerS@apsu.edu
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- Sergei A. Markov (2006), Ph.D., Moscow State University.
Associate Professor
Research interests: microbiology; molecular biology.
Current research: Biological H2 production: Conformational regulation of the hydrogenase gene expression; Hydrogen production by microorganisms in bioreactors; Using algae for biodiesel production and carbon mitigation.
Markovs@apsu.edu
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- Karen Meisch (2007), Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.
Associate Professor
Research interests: genetics.
Current research: phenotypic characterization of mutant zebra fish via in situ hybridization analysis
MeischK@apsu.edu
- Sallie Noel (1989), M.S. Austin Peay State University.
Associate Professor
Research interests: field biology.
NoelS@apsu.edu
- Gilbert R. Pitts (2004), Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Associate Professor
Research interests: physiology.
Current research: molecular characterization of gonadotropin releasing hormone secretion from hypothalamic neurons.
PittsG@apsu.edu
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- D. Michelle Rogers (2005), M.S. University of Tennessee- Knoxville.
Instructor
Advisor for Biology Science Teacher Education
State Coordinator Project WET and
Environmental Science Project Manager in the Center for Field Biology.
Research interests: environmental education and field biology.
RogersM@apsu.edu
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- Joseph R. Schiller (1994), Ph.D. University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
Professor
Coordinator of Graduate Program.
Research interests: ecology, field biology.
Current research: effect of surface mining coal on stream ecosystems; aquatic invertebrates as indicators of water quality in Pleasant Grove Creek, KY watershed.
SchillerJ@apsu.edu
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- A. Floyd Scott (1978), Ph.D. Auburn University.
Professor
Director of the David H. Snyder Museum of Zoology
Research interests: herpetology; ecology.
Current research: distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Tennessee; post-release movements and habitat selection of introduced alligator snapping turtles; long-term monitoring of populations of amphibians and reptiles.
ScottA@apsu.edu
- Cindy L. Taylor (1992), Ph.D. Mississippi State University.
Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics
Research interests: amphibian biology.
Current research: stream salamander abundance and diversity; Chytrid fungus in Tennessee amphibians.
TaylorC@apsu.edu
- James F. Thompson (1993), Ph.D. University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
Professor
Research interests: evolutionary biology.
Current research: clinical pathology, evolutionary biology and the use of technology in teaching biology.
ThompsonJ@apsu.edu
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- Daniel W. Bath, Ph. D
Genetics
University of Mississippi - Charles N. Boehms, Sr., Ph. D
Invertebrate Physiological Ecology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Edward W. Chester, Ph. D
ChesterE@apsu.edu
Plant Taxonomy, Plant Ecology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- John L. Butler, Ph.D
Aquatic Ecology
Oklahoma State University - William H. Ellis, Ph. D
Plant Taxonomy, Plant Ecology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Mack T. Finley, Ph.D.
Aquatic Toxicology
Mississippi State University
- Benjamin P. Stone, Ph. D
Plant Physiologist
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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