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Full-time Faculty
Kenneth M. Brown, Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State
Developmental biology; role of neurohormones in early embryogenesis; developmental toxicology and stress protein induction.
John R. Burns, Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Histology; reproductive biology and comparative morphology of fishes.
Sheri Church, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Virginia
Evolutionary biology; speciation and molecular evolution.
James M. Clark, Ronald Weintraub Professor; Ph.D., Chicago
Paleontology and systematics of tetrapods; field collection of dinosaur-age fossils.
Hartmut G. Doebel, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Maryland
Population ecology; general entomology.
Robert P. Donaldson, Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State
Cell and molecular biology, plant biochemistry; proteins of glyoxysomal (peroxisomal) membranes; electron transport; peroxisomal targeting sequence receptor; iron reduction.
Catherine Forster, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Paleontology and systematics of dinosaurs;
field collection of Mesozoic vertebrates.
Patricia Hernandez, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Harvard
Evolution of developmental mechanisms; vertebrate embryology/pattern formation; functional morphology and anatomy of vertebrates; Ichthyology.
Gustavo Hormiga, Ruth Weintraub Professor, Ph.D., Maryland
Systematics of spiders; evolutionary biology of spiders, especially orb weavers and their relatives.
Aleksandar Jeremic, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Molecular Neuroendocrinology; Nanobiology; Brain and Islet Amyloidosis.
Diana E. Johnson, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Chicago
Population genetics; evolution of gene families, genetic variation in populations, gene discovery.
John Lill, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Missouri-St. Louis
Plant-insect interactions, insect ecology and evolution.
Diana L. Lipscomb, Robert Weintraub Chair and Professor; Ph.D., Maryland
Evolutionary biology and systematic theory; evolution of protozoa; origin of and early evolution of animals.
Henry Merchant, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Rutgers
Ecology; population energetics and dynamics; community and ecosystem analysis; biology of urban areas.
David W. Morris, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Leeds (England)
Molecular genetics; genetic manipulation of microorganisms for methanol and ethanol fuel production from organic waste; molecular biology of medicinal plants.
Guillermo Orti, Louis Weintraub Associate Professor; Ph.D., State University New York at Stony Brook
Molecular systematics and phylogeography:, phylogenetic perspective based on gene genealogies.
Randall K. Packer, Professor; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State
Electrolyte and acid-base balance, especially in mammals; kidney function.
L. Courtney Smith, Professor; Ph.D., UCLA
Molecular evolution of immune systems; cell and molecular biology of immune responses in echinoderms.
Richard Tollo, Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts
Physical Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Geobotany, Geological Field Methods.
Elizabeth F. Wells, Associate Professor; Ph.D., North Carolina.
Taxonomy of Saxifragaceae, especially Heuchera; ecology of Micranthes petiolaris; conservation biology of Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum); floristics of the mid-Atlantic states; alien plant species.
Adjunct Professors
Carole Baldwin
Eric Brown
Matthew Carrano
Kevin de Queiroz
Kristian Fauchald
Benjamin Fisher
Peter L. Goering
Kenneth Ingham
Lynne Parenti
F. Christian Thompson
Stan Weitzman
Emeritus Professors
Terry Hufford
Robert Knowlton
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