Profiles – Biological Sciences

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Kendra Abbott

Technician (Kocot)

kendrakabbott@gmail.com

John Abbott

Adjunct

357 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
(205) 348-0534
jabbott1@ua.edu

Dr. Abbott's UA Museums Page

Nicole L. Ackermans

Assistant Professor

nlackermans@ua.edu

Ackermans Lab Website

Emma Arneson

Instructor

emarneson@ua.edu

Meenakshi Arora

Affiliate Faculty

205-348-2379
marora1@ua.edu

College of Community and Health Sciences

Carla Atkinson

Associate Professor

2109-B Bevill Building
(205) 348-6805
carla.l.atkinson@ua.edu

Dr. Atkinson’s Lab Website

Yuping Bao

Adjunct

3470 SEC
(205) 348-9869
ybao@eng.ua.edu

Anne Bell

Research Technician

(205) 348-1821
abell@ua.edu

Arthur C. Benke

Professor Emeritus

3322 SEC
(205) 348-1799
abenke@ua.edu

Jon Benstead

Professor

2099-A Bevill Building
(205) 348-9034
jbenstead@ua.edu

Dr. Benstead’s Lab Website

Franziska Bergmeier

Postdoctoral Researcher (Kocot Lab)

315 MHBH
fsbergmeier@ua.edu

Laura Berkowitz

Research Associate

(205) 348-8872
laberkowitz@ua.edu

Will H. Blackwell

Emeritus of Botany, Miami University

(205) 348-9017
wblackwell70@gmail.com

Christopher Brazel

Adjunct

3472 SEC
(205) 348-9738
cbrazel@eng.ua.edu

Edward D. Burress

Assistant Professor

310B Honors Hall
edburress@ua.edu

Burress Lab Website

Guy A. Caldwell

University Distinguished Research Professor

3306 SEC
(205) 348-9926
gcaldwel@ua.edu

Dr. Caldwell’s Lab Website

Kim A. Caldwell

Professor

3307 SEC
(205) 348-4021
kcaldwel@ua.edu

Dr. Caldwell’s Lab Website

Ruth Carmichael

Adjunct

(251) 861-2141
rcarmichael@disl.org

Todd Casanova

Laboratory Coordinator

2421 SEC
(205) 348-1802
tbcasanova@ua.edu

Just Cebrian

Adjunct

jcebrian@ngi.msstate.edu

Julia A. Cherry

Professor

1030 Bevill Building
(205) 348-8416
julia.cherry@ua.edu

Dr. Cherry’s Lab Website

Stanislava Chtarbanova-Rudloff

Assistant Professor

2311 SEC
schtarbanova@ua.edu

Dr. Chtarbanova's Lab Website

Lukasz Ciesla

Assistant Professor

SEC 2329
(205) 348-1828
lmciesla@ua.edu

Lisa Clark

Biology Specialist, Science in Motion

(205) 348-0444
lclark@bamaed.ua.edu

M. Carmen Cobo Llovo

Postdoctoral Researcher (Kocot Lab)

315 MHBH
mcobollovo@ua.edu

Leah Connell

Instructor

312 Lloyd Hall
pmconnell@ua.edu

R. Nathan Correll

Assistant Professor

3310 SEC
(205) 348-0267
rncorrell1@ua.edu

Patrice M. Crawford

Research Technician

pmcrawford1@ua.edu

Julia Diorio

Office Associate

(205) 348-1807
jdiorio@ua.edu

Debbie Eads

Arts & Sciences Associate

SEC 1318
(205) 348-0984
deads@ua.edu

Ryan Earley

Associate Professor

310-C Honors Hall
(205) 348-1827
rlearley@ua.edu

Dr. Earley’s Lab Website

Paige Ferguson

Assistant Professor

2019-A Shelby Hall
(205) 348-1787
pfferguson@ua.edu

Robert Findlay

Professor Emeritus

rfindlay@ua.edu

John Finger

Assistant Professor

2314 SEC
jwfinger@ua.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Stanley Wayne Ford

Adjunct

(205) 454-6169
swford@ua.edu

Patrick Frantom

Adjunct

3097-B Shelby Hall
(205) 348-8349
pfrantom@ua.edu

John Friel

Adjunct

119 Smith Hall
(205) 348-2136
jpfriel@ua.edu

Dr. Friel's UA Museums Page

Raghu Ganugula

Affiliate Faculty

rganugula@ua.edu

College of Community and Health Sciences

Steve Ginzbarg

Assistant Curator

(205) 348-1829
sginzbar@ua.edu

Phillip M. Harris

Professor

407 MHB
(205) 348-1831
pharris@ua.edu

Dr. Harris's Lab Website

Pamela B. Hart

Assistant Professor

310 C Honors Hall
pbhart@ua.edu

Hart Lab Website

Hank E. Heath

Associate Professor Emeritus

hheath@biology.as.ua.edu

Lucie Heath

Adjunct

lheath@ua.edu

Kenneth L. Heck, Jr.

Adjunct

(251) 861-2141
kheck@disl.org

Google Scholar

Kaleb Heinrich

Assistant Professor

1316 SEC
(205) 348-0921
kheinrich@ua.edu

http://bioed.ua.edu

Sherry Herring

Office Associate (Lab Service Assistant)

SEC 1328
(205) 348-1804
sdherring1@ua.edu

Susanne Hibbard

Administrative Specialist

SEC 1321
(205) 348-8509
shibbard@ua.edu

Austin Hicks

Instructor

2313 SEC
(205) 348-1783
arhicks@ua.edu

Melanie Higgins

Assistant Professor

3311 Science and Engineering Complex
mahiggins1@ua.edu

Higgins Lab Website

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

Assistant Professor

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

Garrett Hopper

Postdoctoral Researcher (Atkinson Lab)

gwhopper@ua.edu

https://garretthopper.wixsite.com/streamecology

Alex Huryn

Professor

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

Atulya Iyengar

Assistant Professor

2328 SEC
atulya.iyengar@ua.edu

Matthew Jenny

Associate Professor and Associate Chair

3318 SEC
(205) 348-8225
mjjenny@ua.edu

Dr. Jenny’s Lab Website

Margaret Johnson

Associate Professor Emerita

majohnso@ua.edu

Nate Jones

Assistant Professor

2098A Bevill Building
(205) 348-1261
cnjones7@ua.edu

Dr. Jones's Lab Website

Meghan Kelley

Instructor

2401 SEC
mdkelley5@ua.edu

Susan Kennedy

Instructor

(734) 730-6187
sekennedy@ua.edu

Yonghyun Kim

Assistant Professor

(205) 348-1729
ykim@eng.ua.edu

Brandon Kim

Assistant Professor

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

Elizabeth Kitchens

Culture Curator

304 Honors Hall
(205) 348-0695
kitch009@ua.edu

Alice Kleinhuizen

Instructor

(251) 861-1999
aakleinhuizen@crimson.ua.edu

Kevin Kocot

Associate Professor

307 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
(205) 348-4052
kmkocot@ua.edu

Bernard Kuhajda

Adjunct

(423) 785-3072
brk@tnaqua.org

M. N. V. Ravi Kumar

Affiliate Faculty

205-348-2363
mnvrkumar@ua.edu

College of Community and Health Sciences

Kimberly Lackey

Associate Professor

SEC 1314
(205) 348-1789
lacke003@ua.edu

Daryl Lam

Associate Professor

404 MHB
dwlam@ua.edu

Jayne Lampley

Assistant Professor

409 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
205-348-3227
jalampley@ua.edu

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jayne-Lampley

Fiona Lanier

Lab Assistant

2417 Science and Engineering Complex
348-8196
fthernandez@crimson.ua.edu

Paul A. LeBlanc

Professor Emeritus

pleblanc@ua.edu

Jonathan Lopez

Postdoctoral Researcher (Atkinson Lab)

2109 Bevill
jwlopez@ua.edu

http://jonathanwlopez.weebly.com/

Juan M. Lopez-Bautista

Professor

309 MHB
(205) 348-1791
jlopez@ua.edu

Dr. Lopez-Bautista’s Lab Website

Jeff Lozier

Professor

1346 SEC
(205) 348-2754
jeffrey.lozier@ua.edu

Dr. Lozier’s Lab Website

Urmila Maitra

Assistant Research Personnel (Ciesla)

2320 SEC
(205) 348-7599
umaitra@ua.edu

Jason Martin

Instructor

301-C Honors Hall
jmartin17@ua.edu

Josh McCracken

Program Assistant

1324 SEC
(205) 348-8131
mccra016@ua.edu

Therese “Terry” McGinn

Associate Professor

tmmcginn@ua.edu

Michael McKain

Assistant Professor

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

Evan Menzel

Instructor

ejmenzel@ua.edu

Tina Miller-Way

Adjunct

(251) 861-2141
tmiller-way@disl.org

Behzad Mortazavi

Professor and Department Chair

1320 SEC
205-348-9810
bmortazavi@ua.edu

Biogeochemistry Lab

Kellee Murayama-Sin

Instructor

2401 SEC
kmmurayamasin@ua.edu

Janis M. O’Donnell

Professor Emeritus

jodonnel@ua.edu

Britton O’Shields

Instructor

301-B Honors Hall
(205) 348-4237
britton.r.oshields@ua.edu

Julie B. Olson

Professor

3323 SEC
(205) 348-1807
jolson@ua.edu

Martha J. Powell

Professor Emeritus

mpowell@ua.edu

Manley Worth Pugh

Coordinator of Zoological Collections

(205) 348-1822
mwpugh@ua.edu

Sarthok Rahman

Postdoctoral Researcher (Lozer Lab)

srahman7@ua.edu

Katrina Ramonell

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator

2310 SEC
(205) 348-9512
kramonel@ua.edu

Jane F. Rasco

Associate Professor Emeritus

2327 SEC
jrasco@ua.edu

Laura Reed

Professor

2330 SEC
(205) 348-1345
lreed1@ua.edu

Dr. Reed's Lab Website

Shelby Rinehart

Postdoctoral Researcher (Cherry lab)

sarinehart@ua.edu

www.shelbyrinehartecology.com

Leslie Rissler

Adjunct

(703) 292-4628
lrissler@nsf.gov

Steven Samper

Lab Assistant

(205) 348-8196
sasamper@ua.edu

Diana Secor

Research Facilities Coordinator

(205) 348-1840
dlsecor@ua.edu

Soojung Seo

Postdoctoral Researcher (Sin Lab)

1305 SEC
sseo5@ua.edu

Arial Shogren

Assistant Professor

2105-C Bevill Building
ashogren@ua.edu

Shogren Lab Website

Jon Sin

Assistant Professor

jjsin@ua.edu

Stephanie Slade

Adjunct

(205) 397-3848
sslade@birminghamzoo.com

Gary L. Sloan

Professor Emeritus

255 Honors Hall
(205) 348-8444
gsloan@ua.edu

Amy Smith

Program Assistant

SEC 1337
205-348-0929
amsmith41@ua.edu

Jonathan Brett Smith

Instructor

2401 SEC
smith240@ua.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Harriett Smith-Somerville

Professor Emeritus

somerville9@comcast.net

Shannon Speir

Postdoctoral Researcher (Atkinson Lab)

Bevill 2109C
shannon.speir@ua.edu

https://shannonspeir.weebly.com/

Gregory Starr

Professor

3097A Shelby Hall
(205) 348-0556
gstarr@ua.edu

Dr. Starr’s Lab Website

Christina Staudhammer

Professor

2019B Shelby
cstaudhammer@ua.edu

Dr. Staudhammer's Lab Website

Edwin C. Stephenson

Professor Emeritus

ecsteph@gmail.com

Kim Stidham

Accounting specialist

SEC 1322
(205) 348-5961
kwstidham@ua.edu

Corianne Tatariw

Postdoc (Mortazavi Lab)

ctatariw@ua.edu

Steve Thomas

Professor

2105-C Bevill Hall
sathomas16@ua.edu

Ben Titus

Assistant Professor

127 Marine Science Hall, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
bmtitus@ua.edu

Caleb Turberville

Instructor

cmturberville@ua.edu

John F. Valentine

Adjunct

(251) 861-2141
jvalentine@disl.org

Amelia K. Ward

Professor Emeritus

305 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
(205) 348-1796
award@ua.edu

G. Milton Ward

Professor Emeritus

305/338 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
(205) 348-1796
mward@ua.edu

Jeana Yates

Senior Instructor

2315 SEC
(205) 348-8372
Christine.j.yates@ua.edu

https://cjyates.people.ua.edu/

John Yoder

Associate Professor

2336 SEC
(205) 348-1814
jhyoder@ua.edu

Dr. Yoder's Lab Website