new faculty – Department of Biological Sciences

BSC welcomes Dr. Monica Kersh-Becker as an assistant professor

August 10, 2019

The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alabama is pleased to introduce Dr. Monica Kersch-Becker as a new assistant professor. After receiving her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2014, Dr. Kersch-Becker held a postdoctoral position at the State University of Campinas in Brazil and in 2017 joined our department as a visiting scholar. Dr. Kersch-Becker’s research focuses on basic and applied aspects of species interactions. She is passionate about chemical ecology at the forefront of science with a […]

BSC welcomes Dr. Nathan Jones

June 25, 2019

The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alabama is pleased to introduce Dr. Nathan Jones, a new assistant professor who will join the faculty in August 2019. After receiving his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 2015, Dr. Jones held postdoctoral positions at the same institution and at the University of Maryland/National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center. His research is focused on ecohydrology, including water quality, stream and wetland restoration, and watershed management. He uses a diverse set of techniques, including […]

BSC and DISL welcome Dr. Kenneth Hoadley

May 21, 2019

The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alabama is pleased to introduce Dr. Kenneth Hoadley, a new faculty member who will be stationed at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware in 2016, Dr. Hoadley worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (Germany). His research has largely focused on how symbiotic algae living within coral tissues respond to […]