Faculty Directory

Dr. Mac Alford
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
botany, plant systematics, evolutionary biology, tropical biology, floristics, environmental science
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology
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Gary Anderson
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology

Dr. Fengwei Bai
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
Biomedical Sciences, Virology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Cell and Molecular Biology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology
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Dr. John Bailey
Associate Teaching Professor
Areas of Expertise
Cell & Molecular Physiology, Exercise Physiology, Comparative Physiology, Pathophysiology, Anatomical Sciences (Comparative & Human Gross Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Neuroanatomy), Neuroscience, Cancer Biology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology
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Dr. Kuppareddi Balamurugan
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
Forensic Science, Molecular Biology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, and Security
Discipline: Forensic Science
Arthell Kelley Hall (AKH) 102

Dr. Kaitlin Baudier
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
environmental science, social insects, physiological ecology, behavioral ecology, climate change, tropical biology, evolution
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology
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David Beckett
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology

Dr. Patrick Biber
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
water quality, ecology, plant biology, plant physiology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Ocean Science and Engineering
Discipline: Coastal Sciences
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 132

Dr. Karen Coats
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
Virology; Immunology; infectious diseases; microbiology; cell and molecular biology
College: Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Graduate School
McCain Library & Archives (MLA) 211

Danielle Cotton
Assistant Teaching Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology

Dr. Bridgette Davis
Assistant Teaching Professor
Areas of Expertise
Secondary Education, Biology, Chemistry, General Science and K-12 Reading
College: Education and Human Sciences
School: School of Education
Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction
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Dr. Mike Davis
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
plant ecology, longleaf pine forests, pitcher plant bogs, restoration ecology, environmental science
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology
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Dr. Scott Davis
Assistant Teaching Professor
Areas of Expertise
neuroscience, cell biology, physiology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology
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Dr. Alex Flynt
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
RNA biology, Genomics, Computational Biology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology
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Dr. Yanlin Guo
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
Cell and Molecular Biology, Stem Cells, Cell Signaling, Innate Immunity
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology
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Ms. Melissa Gutierrez
Senior Lecturer
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Science; Science Education; Online Education; Lecture Design and Editing
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology
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Dr. Faqing Huang
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
Cell and Molecular Biology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Discipline: Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Dr. Shahid Karim
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
Vector Biology, Functional Genomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiome, Infectious Diseases, Biomedical Sciences
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology
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Dr. Jacques Kessl
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Biochemistry, Virology, Drug Discovery, Cell and Molecular Biology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Discipline: Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Brian Kreiser
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
population genetics, phylogeography, evolutionary biology
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology
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Dr. Kevin Kuehn
Full Professor
Areas of Expertise
Microbiology, Mycology, Microbial Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology
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Ms. Cynthia Littlejohn
Senior Lecturer
Areas of Expertise
Microbiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Science Education, Biomedical Sciences
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology
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Dr. Dmitri Mavrodi
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
microbiology, microbial genomics, microbiome, antimicrobials, plant-microbe interactions
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology
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Dr. Glenn McCombs
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology
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Jennifer McKinney
Visiting Instructor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology