Biology Department Faculty

Dr. Mary Smith
Associate Professor and Chairperson
Bioinformatics Analysis of Nuclear Hormone Receptors; Genomics Educational Research and Gene Annotation

Dr. Doretha Foushee
Associate Professor
Karenia brevis and Gram Negative Bacterial Interactions 

Dr. Goldie Byrd
Nathan F. Simms Endowed Professor
Genetic Susceptibility of Alzheimer's Disease in African Americans

Dr. Roy Coomans
Associate Professor
Taxonomy and Distribution of Freshwater Red Algae, Demographics of Rare Plant Populations

Dr. Gregory Goins
Associate Professor
Ecophysicology and Photosynthetic Electron Transport; Science Education

Dr. Andrew Goliszek
Associate Professor
Stress Physiology

Dr. Jessica Han
Assistant Professor
Complex Disease and Nutrition

Dr. Scott Harrison
Assistant Professor
Computational Biology and Microbiology

Dr. Randall Hayes
Assistant Professor
Neuroscience

Dr. Vinaya Kelkar
Assistant Professor
Statistical Design, Modeling, and Analysis of Experimental and Observational Data; Statistical Analysis of Gene Expression in Microarray Technology; Educational Research Methods

Dr. Patrick Martin
Assistant Professor
Molecular Biology of Brain Tumors, Breast Cancers and Natural Products Research

Dr. Perpetua Muganda
Professor
Molecular Carcinogenesis, Apoptosis and Cell Signaling

Dr. Robert Newman
Assistant Professor
Toxicology

Dr. Elimelda Ongeri
Assistant Professor
The Role of Meprins in Acute and Chronic Kidney Failure

Dr. Checo Rorie
Assistant Professor
Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology

Dr. Joseph Whittaker
Associate Professor
Microbial Physiology and Genetics

Dr. Catherine White
Assistant Professor
Molecular Microbiology, Genomics of Haemophilus ducreyii

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