Faculty & Staff

Full-time Faculty

Name and Title Interests Contact Information

Dr. Vanessa Beauchamp 
Professor

Plant community ecology; wetland ecology

 


410-704-2286
Science Complex 3101B

Dr. Alice Besterman
Assistant Professor

 

410-704-3127
Science Complex 4101H

Dr. Harald Beck 
Professor

Mammal-plant Interactions, tropical Ecology

 


410-704-3125
Science Complex 3101D

Dr. Mark Bulmer 
Associate Professor

Molecular ecology of termites and their symbionts and pathogens

 


410-704-4065
Science Complex 4150A

Dr. Daniel Caetano
Assistant Professor

 

 

Science Complex 5150F

Dr. Daniela Chavez
Research Assistant Professor

 

410-704-2373
Science Complex 4101G

Professor Philip Clark
Lecturer

 

Science Complex 5150M

Professor Angela Cox 
Lecturer

 

 


410-704-5028
Science Complex 5150M

Dr. Renée Dickie 
Associate Professor

 
Vascular biology and tissue growth, repair and regeneration in vertebrates

 


410-704-3368
Science Complex 4101D

Dr. Jacqueline Doyle 
Associate Professor

Conservation genetics and population genomics

 


410-704-2117
Science Complex 4101B

Dr. Anne Estes 

Assistant Professor

Host-microbe interactions, symbioses, genomics, science communication

 


Science Complex 5150G

Dr. Elana Ehrlich Professor Modulation of cellular processes by viruses 

 


410-704-2385
Science Complex 5150B

 
Professor Stella Evans 

Lecturer

 

 

Science Complex 5150Q

Dr. Brian Fath 

Professor

Systems ecology, network analysis, sustainability, environmental assessment

 


410-704-2535
Science Complex 5109

Dr. Cindy Ghent 
Associate Professor

 
 Science education

 


410-704-5918
Science Complex 3101F

Dr. Laura Gough 
 Professor

 
 Plant ecology

 


410-704-5033
Science Complex 5101F

Dr. Sarah Haines 
Professor
Science education and environmental education  

410-704-2926
Science Complex 3101K
Dr. Erin Harberts

Assistant Professor

   

410-704-2623
Science Complex 5150A
Dr. David Hearn 
Professor
Evolutionary, developmental, and ecological processes responsible for land plant diversity

 

Science Complex 4101C

 
Dr. Matthew Hemm 
Associate Professor
Identification and characterization of small proteins  

Science Complex 5101B

Dr. Iskander Ibrahim
Assistant Professor

 

410-704-2766
Science Complex 4150S

Dr. Steve Kimble 
Clinical Associate Professor

 
Population genetics, wildlife disease, herpetology  

410-704-2691
Science Complex 4150B
Professor Kate Kosewicz
Lecturer
   

Science Complex 3101P
Dr. John LaPolla 
Professor
Systematics and taxonomy of ants  

410-704-3121
Science Complex 3101E
Dr. Sarah Longo 

Assistant Professor

   

410-704-3012
Science Complex 3101H
Dr. Laura Martin 
Lecturer
 Neurophysiology  

Science Complex 5150K
Dr. Brian Masters 
Professor
Molecular ecology

 


410-704-2035
Science Complex 5150C

Dr. Kathryn E. McDougal 
Clinical Assistant Professor



Human genetics and molecular biology
 

410-704-4166 

Science Complex 4101E

Dr. Jay Nelson 
Professor
Evolutionary physiology and physiological ecology of fishes  

410-704-3945
Science Complex 3109

Dr. Alexis Nobleman
Lecturer

 

 

Science Complex 4150R

Dr. Leann Norman 

Lecturer

   

410-704-2587
Science Complex 3101P

Dr. Matthew Nugent
Professor and Dean

Cell Biology & Biochemistry

410-704-2121
Science Complex 4203

Dr. Elizabeth O'Hare 
Clinical Associate Professor
General biology; Genetics (molecular and developmental)  

410-704-3367
Science Complex 5150D

Dr. Chris Oufiero 
Professor and Director,
Graduate Program

Evolutionary physiology, sexual selection, functional morphology   

410-704-3743
Science Complex 3101G
Professor Christa Partain, MS 

Lecturer

Plant Ecology, Plant Population Dynamics, Horticulture  

410-704-4167
Science Complex 3101L
Dr. Wilbur (Will) Ryan
Assistant Professor
 

410-704-4586
Science Complex 3101Q

Dr. Christopher Salice

Professor 



Applied ecology, ecotoxicology, population dynamics
 

410-704-4920
Science Complex 5301A
Professor Charlotte Saylor 
Lecturer 
   


Science Complex 5150Q


Clinical Assistant Professor


 Neuropharmacology
 

410-704-3041
Science Complex 5150N

Professor Catherine Scollick
Lecturer

 

Science Complex 3101L

Dr. Jack Shepard 
Assistant Chairperson &
Associate Professor

Neurobiology of the stress response
 

410-704-2394
Science Complex 5101C
Dr. Vonnie Shields 
Associate Dean and Professor 
Anatomy and physiology of gustatory and olfactory sense organs  

410-704-3130
Science Complex 4109

Dr. Erik Silldorff 
Professor 

Hormonal control of capillary blood flow in the mammalian kidney  


Science Complex 5150J
Dr. Michelle Snyder 
Associate Professor
The slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum as a model for immune cell function  

410-704-4817
Science Complex 5101D

Dr. Peko Tsuji
Professor and Chairperson


Colon Cancer, Microbiome, Disease Prevention, Selenium, Sulforaphane

 

410-704-4117
Science Complex 4101A

Professor Cheryl Warren 
Clinical Assistant Professor

 
   

410-704-3815
Science Complex 5101E

Dr. Faith Weeks 
Associate Professor

The role of insects in science education; influence of color on people's perceptions of arthropods

 

Science Complex 3101J

Dr. John (Jed) Weldon 
Associate Professor

Control of translation by bacterial toxins; toxin conjugates as cancer therapeutics
 

410-704-3191
Science Complex 5101K
Ms. Cathy Wijnands 
Lecturer

Anatomy and Physiology
 

Science Complex 4150R
 

Dr. Laurie Williams-Hogarth 
Senior Lecturer

 


Developmental neurobiology
 

410-704-4816
Science Complex 5150H
Dr. Colleen Winters Associate Professor
Population ecology of tortoises
 

410-704-3124
Science Complex 5150E

Adjunct Faculty

NAME CONTACT
Eirika Abbey
Jason Cassara
Kelly Cunningham  
Carolyn Dabirsiaghi  
Shannon Fello  
Bruno Franco  
Pam Healey
Jessie Mutz
Stephen Page
Amanda Qu
Jason Wong

Emeritus Faculty

Name Interests Contact

Dr. Sarah Bruce
Faculty Emerita

Effect of the 'flipped' teaching approach in 
introductory science courses on content
retention and development of critical thinking
skills; scientific and technical writing
 

Dr. Susannah Feldman
Retired

   

Dr. Don C. Forester
Professor Emeritus

Herpetology; behavioral ecology  

Dr. Susan Gresens
Professor Emerita

Aquatic ecology

Dr. James Hull
Professor Emeritus

Physiological plant ecology, plant environment
interactions, plant distributions
 

Dr. L. Scott Johnson
Professor Emeritus

Behavior and biology of birds  

Dr. Barry Margulies
Professor
Emeritus

Better  long-term therapy for herpes virus infections

Dr. Gerald Robinson
Professor Emeritus

Comparative physiology of animals  

Dr. Aubrey Scarbrough
Professor Emeritus

   

Dr. Erik Scully
Professor Emeritus

Bioassay techniques  for hermatypic corals;
dynamics of animal aggregations
 

Dr. Richard Seigel
Professor Emeritus

Evolutionary ecology and conservation
biology of amphibians and reptiles

Dr. Larry Wimmers
Professor
Emeritus

Membrane transport in plants and plant response to environmental stress

410-704-5749
Science Complex 5101H

Dr. Jane Wolfson
Professor Emerita

Plant-insect interactions in agricultural systems

 

410-704-3352
Science Complex 5101H

Staff

Name Contact

Sarah Grue
Administrative Assistant II


410-704-3043

Brandi Mayo
Administrative Assistant I


410-704-3044

Jennifer L. Scott 
Operations Manager


410-704-2607

Pam Healey 
Laboratory Manager

 

410-704-4026

Jorge Gomezjurado
Vivarium Manager


410-704-5019

Hannah Berry
Molecular Biology
Instrumentation Manager


410-704-4109