Profiles – Biological Sciences

Classifications

Specialty

Carla Atkinson

Assistant Professor

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

Dr. Atkinson’s Lab Webpage

Amy Banks

Office Associate II

1323 SEC
(205) 348-5971
aebanks1@ua.edu

Yuping Bao

Adjunct

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

Gui Becker

Assistant Professor

1339 Science and Engineering Complex
(205) 348-9331
cgbecker1@ua.edu

Dr. Becker's lab website

Anne Bell

Research Technician

(205) 348-1821
abell@biology.as.ua.edu

Arthur C. Benke

Professor Emeritus

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

Jon Benstead

Professor

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

Dr. Benstead’s Lab Webpage

Laura Berkowitz

Research Associate

(205) 348-8872
laberkowitz@bama.ua.edu

Will H. Blackwell

Emeritus of Botany, Miami University

(205) 348-1807
wblackwell70@gmail.com

Christopher Brazel

Adjunct

262 Hardaway Hall
(205) 348-9738
cbrazel@eng.ua.edu

Janna Brown

Lab Technician

(205) 348-4439
jkbrown@bama.ua.edu

Guy A. Caldwell

University Distinguished Research Professor

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

Dr. Caldwell’s Lab Webpage

Kim A. Caldwell

Professor

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

Dr. Caldwell’s Lab Webpage

Ruth Carmichael

Adjunct

(251) 861-2141
rcarmichael@disl.org

Todd Casanova

Laboratory Coordinator

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

Just Cebrian

Adjunct

(251) 861-2141
jcebrian@disl.org

Anathbandhu Chaudhuri

Assistant Professor

2314 SEC
(205) 348-1880
chaudhur@ua.edu

Julia A. Cherry

Professor

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

Dr. Cherry’s Lab Webpage

Stanislava Chtarbanova-Rudloff

Assistant Professor

2311 SEC
(205) 348-0559
schtarbanova@ua.edu

Dr. Chtarbanova's Lab Webpage

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

R. Nathan Correll

Assistant Professor

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

Patrice M. Crawford

Research Technician

(205) 348-4474
pmcrawford1@ua.edu

Mark Dedmon

Research Technician

(205) 348-7747
mdedmon@biology.as.ua.edu

Elizabeth Dixon

Accounting Assistant

1323 SEC
205-348-5962
eldixon@ua.edu

Jennifer H. Dorgan

Arboretum Caretaker

(205) 553-3278
jhdorgan@ua.edu

Carol Duffy

Associate Professor

1030 SEC
(205) 348-0310
cduffy3@ua.edu

Debbie Eads

Arts & Sciences Associate

(205) 348-0984
deads@ua.edu

Ryan Earley

Associate Professor

213 Biology Building
(205) 348-1827
rlearley@ua.edu

Dr. Earley’s Lab Webpage

Paige Ferguson

Assistant Professor

2109-C Bevill Building
(205) 348-1787
pfferguson@ua.edu

Janna Fierst

Assistant Professor

2328 SEC
(205) 348-1830
jlfierst@ua.edu

Dr. Fierst’s lab website

Robert Findlay

Professor, Bishop Professor of Freshwater Biology

2105 Bevill Building
(205) 348-4167
rfindlay@ua.edu

Melanie Rose Florkowski

Research Aide

(205) 348-1807
mrflorkowski@ua.edu

Nikaela Y. Flournoy

Postdoctoral Researcher

(205) 348-1807
nyflournoy@ua.edu

Angela Flurry

Office Associate II

(205) 348-1807
adflurry@ua.edu

Patrick Frantom

Adjunct

3097-B Shelby Hall
(205) 348-9104
pfrantom@ua.edu

Harry Garrett

Lab Service Assistant

(205) 348-1804
hlgarrett@ua.edu

Steve Ginzbarg

Assistant Curator

(205) 348-1829
sginzbar@ua.edu

Phillip M. Harris

Professor

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

Asma Hatoum-Aslan

Assistant Professor

3311 SEC
(205) 348-4097
ahatoum@ua.edu

Hank E. Heath

Associate Professor Emeritus

382 Nott Hall
(205) 348-1999
hheath@biology.as.ua.edu

Lucie Heath

Adjunct

(205) 348-1807
XXXX@XX.XXX

Kenneth L. Heck, Jr.

Adjunct

(251) 861-2141
kheck@disl.org

Kaleb Heinrich

Assistant Professor

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

Austin Hicks

Instructor

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

Stephanie Holcomb

Administrative Specialist

(205) 348-8131
stephanie.holcomb@ua.edu

Jennifer Howeth

Associate Professor

1106 Bevill Building
(205) 348-0865
jghoweth@ua.edu

Dr. Howeth’s lab website

Qiaoling Huang

Accounting Specialist

1322 SEC
(205) 348-5961
qhuang16@ua.edu

Alex Huryn

Professor

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

Julie Jarnigan

Instructor

352 Nott Hall
(205) 348-5841
jrjarnigan@bama.ua.edu

Matthew Jenny

Associate Professor

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

Dr. Jenny’s lab webpage

Margaret Johnson

Associate Professor Emerita

2311 SEC
(205) 348-1819
majohnso@ua.edu

Susan Kennedy

Instructor

(734) 730-6187
sekennedy@bama.ua.edu

Mônica Kersch-Becker

Visiting Assistant Professor

(205) 348-
mfkerschbecker@ua.edu

Ronald P. Kiene

Adjunct

(251) 861-2141
XXXX@XX.XXX

Elizabeth Kitchens

Culture Curator

(205) 348-0695
kitch009@bama.ua.edu

Alice Kleinhuizen

Lab Manager & Instructor

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

Kevin Kocot

Assistant Professor

307 MHB
(205) 348-4052
kmkocot@ua.edu

Dr. Kocot's lab website

Kimberly Lackey

Assistant Professor

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

Daryl Lam

Assistant Professor

404 MHB
(205) 348-3582
dwlam@ua.edu

Paul A. LeBlanc

Professor Emeritus

353 Nott Hall
(205) 348-5849
pleblanc@as.ua.edu

Peter Letcher

Assistant Research Scientist

(205) 348-8208
letch006@bama.ua.edu

Juan M. Lopez-Bautista

Professor

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

Dr. Lopez-Bautista’s Lab Webpage

Jeff Lozier

Associate Professor

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

Dr. Lozier’s lab website

Urmila Maitra

Postdoc/Research Associate (O'Donnell)

2314 SEC
(205) 348-1880
umaitra@ua.edu

Patricia McCaffrey

MBY Lab Supervisor

(205) 348-0623
pmccaffr@biology.as.ua.edu

Michael McKain

Assistant Professor

411 MHB
(205) 348-1826
mrmckain@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

Duncan Murdock

Research Technician

(205) 348-1807
damurdock@bama.ua.edu

Janis M. O’Donnell

Professor Emeritus

(205) 348-9810
jodonnel@ua.edu

Britton O’Shields

Research Technician

353 Nott Hall
(205) 348-4237
britton.r.oshields@ua.edu

Julie B. Olson

Professor

3323 SEC
(205) 348-2633
jolson@ua.edu

Jason Pienaar

Assistant Professor

2312 SEC
(205) 348-5999
jpienaar@ua.edu

Meaghan Pimsler

Postdoc (Lozier)

(205) 348-6182
mlpimsler@ua.edu

Martha J. Powell

Professor

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

Manley “Worth” Pugh

Coordinator of Zoological Collections

(205) 348-1807
mwpugh@ua.edu

Katrina Ramonell

Associate Professor and Associate Chair

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

Jane F. Rasco

Associate Professor Emeritus

2327 SEC & 423 Biology Building
(205) 348-4410
jrasco@biology.as.ua.edu

Laura Reed

Associate Professor

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

Dr. Reed's lab website

Steven Samper

Lab Assistant

(205) 348-1807
sasamper@bama.ua.edu

Catherine Schmandt

Office Associate II

1324 SEC
(205) 348-8509
ceschmandt@ua.edu

Brynna Scott

Lab Assistant

(205) 348-1802
bscott@bama.ua.edu

Clare Scott

Postdoc (Reed)

(205) 348-8162
cscott33@ua.edu

Dr. Scott's webpage

Stephen M. Secor

Professor

420 Biology Building
(205) 348-1809
ssecor@ua.edu

Dr. Secor’s lab website

Diana Secor

Research Facilities Coordinator

(205) 348-1840
dlsecor@ua.edu

Gary L. Sloan

Professor Emeritus

255 Nott Hall
(205) 348-8444
gsloan@biology.as.ua.edu

Patricia Sobecky

Professor

265 Rose Administration Building
(205) 348-8314
psobecky@ua.edu

Gregory Starr

Professor

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

Dr. Starr’s lab website

Christina Staudhammer

Professor

2019B Shelby
(205) 348-1538
cstaudhammer@ua.edu

Dr. Staudhammer's lab website

Edwin C. Stephenson

Professor Emeritus

380 Nott Hall
(205) 348-1998
estephen@ua.edu

Corianne Tatariw

Postdoc (Mortazavi)

(251) 861-2141, Ext 2297
ctatariw@disl.org

Chau Tran

Research Technician

(205) 348-9035
chaumania@gmail.com

John F. Valentine

Adjunct

(251) 861-2141
jvalentine@disl.org

Yu Wang

Instructor

3320 SEC
(205) 348-1807
wyu5@ua.edu

Amelia K. Ward

Professor Emeritus

1085C Bevill Building
(205) 348-1796
award@biology.as.ua.edu

G. Milton Ward

Professor Emeritus

305 MHBH
(205) 348-1798
mward@biology.as.ua.edu

Monica Helen Moss Watkins

Arboretum Director

101 Arboretum
(205) 553-3278
mhmwatkins@ua.edu

Xiachui Yan

Research Personnel

(205) 348-9993
xiaohui.yan@ua.edu

Jeana Yates

Instructor

(205) 348-8372
cjyates@bama.ua.edu

John Yoder

Associate Professor

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

The Yoder lab page