Department Directory
![John Abbott](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/John_Abbott.jpg)
John Abbott
Adjunct Professor, Biological Sciences
Associate Professor, Museums
(205) 348-0534
jabbott1@ua.edu
![Meenakshi Arora](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Arora_Meenakshi.jpg)
Meenakshi Arora
Affiliate Faculty
Associate Professor, College of Community and Health Sciences
(205) 348-2379
marora1@ua.edu
![Jon Benstead](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Jon_Benstead.jpg)
Jon Benstead
Professor
Director of Graduate Program; Chair of Graduate Admissions and Recruitment Committee
![Julia Diorio](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Julia_Diorio.jpg)
Julia Diorio
Office Associate
- Front Desk Information and Undergraduate Advising and Course Questions
(205) 348-1807
jdiorio@ua.edu
![Debbie Eads](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Debbie_Eads.jpg)
Debbie Eads
Arts & Sciences Associate
- Graduate Student Admissions, GTAs and Related Items
(205) 348-0984
deads@ua.edu
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Ryan Earley
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Recruitment Committee Chair
(205) 348-1827
rlearley@ua.edu
![Paige Ferguson](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Paige_Ferguson.jpg)
Paige Ferguson
Associate Professor
GTA Workload Assessment Committee Chair
(205) 348-1787
pfferguson@ua.edu
![Raghu Ganugula](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Raghu_Ganugula-1.jpg)
Raghu Ganugula
Affiliate Faculty
Assistant Professor, College of Community and Health Sciences
![Phillip Harris](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Phillip_Harris.jpg)
Phillip Harris
Professor
Curator of Fishes, University of Alabama Ichthyological Collection
![Susanne Hibbard](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Susanne_Hibbard-1.jpg)
Susanne Hibbard
Administrative Specialist
- Scheduling, ePAs, Job Postings and Work Orders
(205) 348-8509
shibbard@ua.edu
![Matt Jenny](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Matt_Jenny.jpg)
Matthew Jenny
Associate Professor
Chair of Program Assessment Committee
(205) 348-8225
mjjenny@ua.edu
![Kevin Kocot](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Kevin_Kocot.jpg)
Kevin Kocot
Associate Professor
Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Alabama Museum of Natural History
(205) 348-4052
kmkocot@ua.edu
![M.N.V. Ravi Kumar](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Ravi_Kumar.jpg)
M. N. V. Ravi Kumar
Affiliate Faculty
Distinguished University Research Professor, College of Community and Health Sciences
(205) 348-2363
mnvrkumar@ua.edu
![Kim Lackey](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Kim_Lackey-1.jpg)
Kimberly Lackey
Associate Professor
Optical Analysis Facility Coordinator
(205) 348-1789
lacke003@ua.edu
![Jayne Lampley](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Jayne_Lampley.jpg)
Jayne Lampley
Assistant Professor
Director, University of Alabama Arboretum and J. Nicholene Bishop Biological Station
(205) 348-3227
jalampley@ua.edu
![Josh McCracken](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Josh_McCracken.jpg)
Josh McCracken
Program Assistant
- Graduate Student Admissions, GTAs and Related Items
(205) 348-8131
mccra016@ua.edu
![The University of Alabama script A and text that reads biological sciences](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BiologicalSciences-placehodler.jpg)
Dave Scheurer
Lab Services Assistant
- Building Access, Departmenal Vehicles, Mail and Package Delivery
(205) 348-1804
wdscheurer@ua.edu
![Milton Ward](https://bsc.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Milton_Ward.jpg)
G. Ward
Professor Emeritus
Curator of Insects, Alabama Museum of Natural History
(205) 348-1796
mward@ua.edu