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Faculty/Staff Directory

Carla Atkinson Full Profile

Carla Atkinson

Associate Professor

  • 2109-B Bevill Building
  • (205) 348-6805
  • carla.l.atkinson@ua.edu
  • Dr. Atkinson’s Lab Website
Gui Becker Full Profile

Gui Becker

Assistant Professor

  • 1339 Science and Engineering Complex
  • (205) 348-9331
  • cgbecker1@ua.edu
  • Dr. Becker's Lab Website
Jon Benstead Full Profile

Jon Benstead

Professor

  • 2099-A Bevill Building
  • (205) 348-9034
  • jbenstead@ua.edu
  • Dr. Benstead’s Lab Website
Guy A. Caldwell Full Profile

Guy A. Caldwell

University Distinguished Research Professor

  • 3306 SEC
  • (205) 348-9926
  • gcaldwel@ua.edu
  • Dr. Caldwell’s Lab Website
Kim Caldwell Full Profile

Kim A. Caldwell

Professor

  • 3307 SEC
  • (205) 348-4021
  • kcaldwel@ua.edu
  • Dr. Caldwell’s Lab Website
Anathbandhu Chaudhuri Full Profile

Anathbandhu Chaudhuri

Assistant Professor

  • 2314 SEC
  • (205) 348-1880
  • chaudhur@ua.edu
Julia Cherry Full Profile

Julia A. Cherry

Professor

  • 1030 Bevill Building
  • (205) 348-8416
  • julia.cherry@ua.edu
  • Dr. Cherry’s Lab Website
Stanislava Chtarbanova-Rudloff Full Profile

Stanislava Chtarbanova-Rudloff

Assistant Professor

  • 2311 SEC
  • (205) 348-0559
  • schtarbanova@ua.edu
  • Dr. Chtarbanova's Lab Website
Lukasz Ciesla Full Profile

Lukasz Ciesla

Assistant Professor

  • SEC 2329
  • (205) 348-1828
  • lmciesla@ua.edu
R. Nathan Correll Full Profile

R. Nathan Correll

Assistant Professor

  • 3310 SEC
  • (205) 348-0267
  • rncorrell1@ua.edu
Ryan Earley Full Profile

Ryan Earley

Associate Professor

  • 310-C Honors Hall
  • (205) 348-1827
  • rlearley@ua.edu
  • Dr. Earley’s Lab Website
Paige Ferguson Full Profile

Paige Ferguson

Assistant Professor

  • 2019-A Shelby Hall
  • (205) 348-1787
  • pfferguson@ua.edu
Janna Fierst Full Profile

Janna Fierst

Associate Professor

  • 2328 SEC
  • (205) 348-1830
  • jlfierst@ua.edu
  • Dr. Fierst’s Lab Website
Phillip Harris Full Profile

Phillip M. Harris

Professor

  • 407 MHB
  • (205) 348-1831
  • pharris@ua.edu
  • Dr. Harris's Lab Website
Kaleb Heinrich Full Profile

Kaleb Heinrich

Assistant Professor

  • 1316 SEC
  • (205) 348-0921
  • kheinrich@ua.edu
  • http://bioed.ua.edu
Austin Hicks Full Profile

Austin Hicks

Instructor

  • 2313 SEC
  • (205) 348-1783
  • arhicks@ua.edu
Melanie Higgins Full Profile

Melanie Higgins

Assistant Professor

  • 3311 Science and Engineering Complex
  • mahiggins1@ua.edu
  • Higgins Lab Website
Full Profile

Kenneth Hoadley

Assistant Professsor

  • 205W Marine Science Hall (Dauphin Island Sea Lab)
  • (251) 861-2141 ext. 7574
  • kdhoadley@ua.edu
  • www.hoadleylab.com
Tyler Hodges Full Profile

Tyler Hodges

Assistant Professor

  • 3324 SEC
  • (205) 348-8236
  • hodge002@ua.edu
Full Profile

Jennifer Howeth

Associate Professor

  • 1106 Bevill Building
  • (205) 348-0865
  • jghoweth@ua.edu
  • Dr. Howeth’s Lab Website
Full Profile

Alex Huryn

Professor

  • 2107-A Bevill
  • (205) 348-4136
  • huryn@ua.edu
Full Profile

Julie Jarnigan

Microbiology Laboratory Supervisor

  • 301-A Honors Hall
  • (205) 348-5841
  • jrjarnigan@ua.edu
Matthew Jenny Full Profile

Matthew Jenny

Associate Professor and Associate Chair

  • 3318 SEC
  • (205) 348-8225
  • mjjenny@ua.edu
  • Dr. Jenny’s Lab Website
Full Profile

Nate Jones

Assistant Professor

  • 2098A Bevill Building
  • (205) 348-1261
  • cnjones7@ua.edu
  • Dr. Jones's Lab Website
Susan Kennedy Full Profile

Susan Kennedy

Instructor

  • (734) 730-6187
  • sekennedy@ua.edu
Mônica Kersch-Becker Full Profile

Mônica Kersch-Becker (she/her)

Assistant Professor

  • 2326 SEC
  • (205) 348-8162
  • mfkerschbecker@ua.edu
  • Kersch-Becker lab website
Brandon Kim Full Profile

Brandon Kim

Assistant Professor

  • SEC 1338
  • (205) 348-9017
  • bjkim4@ua.edu
Full Profile

Alice Kleinhuizen

Instructor

  • (251) 861-1999
  • aakleinhuizen@crimson.ua.edu
Kevin Kocot Full Profile

Kevin Kocot (he/him)

Associate Professor

  • 307 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
  • (205) 348-4052
  • kmkocot@ua.edu
  • Dr. Kocot's Lab Website
  • Curriculum Vitae
Kimberly Lackey Full Profile

Kimberly Lackey

Assistant Professor

  • SEC 1314
  • (205) 348-1789
  • lacke003@ua.edu
Daryl Lam Full Profile

Daryl Lam

Associate Professor

  • 404 MHB
  • (205) 348-3582
  • dwlam@ua.edu
Juan Lopez-Bautista Full Profile

Juan M. Lopez-Bautista

Professor

  • 309 MHB
  • (205) 348-1791
  • jlopez@ua.edu
  • Dr. Lopez-Bautista’s Lab Website
Jeff Lozier Full Profile

Jeff Lozier

Associate Professor

  • 1346 SEC
  • (205) 348-2754
  • jeffrey.lozier@ua.edu
  • Dr. Lozier’s Lab Website
Full Profile

Jason Martin

Instructor

  • 301-C Honors Hall
  • jmartin17@ua.edu
Michael McKain Full Profile

Michael McKain

Assistant Professor

  • 411 MHB
  • (205) 348-1826
  • mrmckain@ua.edu
Full Profile

Evan Menzel

Instructor

  • ejmenzel@ua.edu
Dr. Behzad Mortazavi headshot Full Profile

Behzad Mortazavi

Professor and Department Chair

  • 1320 SEC
  • 205-348-9810
  • bmortazavi@ua.edu
  • Biogeochemistry Lab
Full Profile

Britton O’Shields

Instructor

  • 301-B Honors Hall
  • (205) 348-4237
  • britton.r.oshields@ua.edu
Julie B. Olson Full Profile

Julie B. Olson

Professor

  • 3323 SEC
  • (205) 348-2633
  • jolson@ua.edu
Jason Pienaar Full Profile

Jason Pienaar

Assistant Professor

  • 2312 SEC
  • (205) 348-5999
  • jpienaar@ua.edu
  • Dr. Pienaar's Lab Website
Katrina Ramonell Full Profile

Katrina Ramonell

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator

  • 2310 SEC
  • (205) 348-9512
  • kramonel@ua.edu
Laura Reed Full Profile

Laura Reed

Associate Professor

  • 2330 SEC
  • (205) 348-1345
  • lreed1@ua.edu
  • Dr. Reed's Lab Website
Arial Shogren Full Profile

Arial Shogren

Assistant Professor

  • 2105-C Bevill Building
  • ashogren@ua.edu
  • Shogren Lab Website
Dr. Jon Sin Full Profile

Jon Sin

Assistant Professor

  • jjsin@ua.edu
Patricia Sobecky Full Profile

Patricia Sobecky

Professor

  • 265 Rose Administration Building
  • (205) 348-8314
  • psobecky@ua.edu
Gregory Starr Full Profile

Gregory Starr

Professor

  • 3097A Shelby Hall
  • (205) 348-0556
  • gstarr@ua.edu
  • Dr. Starr’s Lab Website
Christina Staudhammer Full Profile

Christina Staudhammer

Professor

  • 2019B Shelby
  • cstaudhammer@ua.edu
  • Dr. Staudhammer's Lab Website
Ben Titus Full Profile

Ben Titus

Assistant Professor

  • 127 Marine Science Hall, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
  • bmtitus@ua.edu
  • www.reefsymbiosis.com
  • http://tituslab.ua.edu
  • Curriculum Vitae
Full Profile

Xiaohui Yan

Instructor

  • 3309 SEC
  • (205) 348-8059
  • xiaohui.yan@ua.edu
Jeana Yates Full Profile

Jeana Yates

Instructor

  • 2315 SEC
  • (205) 348-8372
  • Christine.j.yates@ua.edu
  • https://cjyates.people.ua.edu/
John Yoder Full Profile

John Yoder

Associate Professor

  • 2336 SEC
  • (205) 348-1814
  • jhyoder@ua.edu
  • Dr. Yoder's Lab Website

News

  • Tri-Beta Biological Honors Society meeting Thursday 10/14 at 7 pm
  • Dr. Arial Shogren selected as NEON ambassador
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