Biology faculty have a wide variety of research interests and work side-by-side with students in the field or lab. Click on the name of faculty to learn more about their research activities and student research opportunities.
| Name | Area | Topics |
| Philips Akinwole | Microbiology, Microbial Ecology |
Biogeography of microbial communities, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, impact of wastewater effluents on the microbial community, cyanogenesis in White Clover.
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| Lynn Bedard | Molecular Biology Microbiology |
Role of Elongtion Factors in RNA transcription, microbial diversity. |
| James Benedix | Behavioral Ecology Evolutionary Ecology |
Ecological field research. |
| Colleen Doci | Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry |
Mechanisms of endothelial and cancer cell interactions in metastasis; Molecular cues in muscle cell hypertrophy |
| Dana Dudle | Plant Evolutionary Ecology | Evolution and ecology of flowering plants, especially pollination, pigments, and responses to stress. |
| Rose Keith | Evolutionary Genetics | Evolutionary genetics of plant chemical defenses and other complex traits, responses of populations to natural selection. |
| Kevin Kinney | Physiology, Immunology, Neuroimmunology |
Nervous System - Immune interactions, particularly in reptiles and amphibians. |
| Sarah Mordan-McCombs | Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics | Oxidative Stress in S. cerevisiae. Novel Compounds for Treatment of Breast and Prostate Cancer. |
| Henning Schneider | Neurobiology, Molecular Neurobiology, Physiology | Mechanisms of nicotine-dependence; Neurogenetics and genomics of nicotine-seeking behavior in zebrafish. |
| Janet Vaglia | Developmental, Evolutionary Development | Animal development, Evolution of Developmental pattering and Environmental Influences. |