Faculty

Faculty

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Diego Salazar Amoretti,

Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Plant chemical ecology and evolution
  • Tropical plant ecology and evolution
  • Plant species interactions
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Laura Cook,

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Microbiology
  • Microbial interactions with the host
  • Bacterial genetics
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David Davies,

Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Microbiology
  • Bacterial physiology
  • Biofilm research
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Mariah Donohue,

Visiting Researcher

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Co-diversification of hosts and microbiomes
  • Ecological adaptation via symbiosis
  • Lemur ecology, evolution and conservation
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Anthony Fiumera,

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Evolutionary and ecological genetics
  • Toxicogenomics
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Heather Fiumera,

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Mitochondrial protein biogenesis
  • Mitochondrial genetics
  • Intracellular communication
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Eliza Grames,

Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Global change ecology
  • Biodiversity loss and conservation
  • Research synthesis methods
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Kathleen Horwath,

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Comparative and environmental biochemistry
  • Molecular cell biology
  • Development and physiology of insects
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Puja Kumari, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Innate immunity in infectious and inflammatory diseases
  • Inflammasomes and inflammatory cell-death
  • Host-pathogen interactions and cytokine signaling
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Cl谩udia Nogueira Hora Marques,

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Microbiology
  • Antimicrobial tolerance
  • Virulence
  • Biofilms
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Dennis McGee,

Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Intestinal epithelial cell biology and immunology
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Carol Miles,

Associate Professor/ Undergraduate Program Director

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Neurobiology
  • Development and behavior of insects
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Jacob Palmer,

Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Antibiotic evolution and resistance
  • Microbial communities
  • Bacteriophage
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Thomas Powell,

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Ecological speciation
  • Adaptation to environmental change
  • Coevolution
  • Evolution and physiology of life history timing in insects
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Kirsten Prior,

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Community ecology
  • Species interactions
  • Environmental change
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Karin Sauer,

Distinguished Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Regulation of biofilm dispersion
  • Mechanism of biofilm drug tolerance
  • Biofilm control
  • Host-pathogen interactions
  • Medical device-associated infections

Teaching Interests

  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genomics and Proteomics
  • Medical device-associated infections
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Jeffrey Schertzer,

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Biochemistry Program Director

Biochemistry Program

Research Interests

  • Bacterial communication
  • Toxin trafficking
  • Biofilm formation
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Adam Session,

Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Genomics
  • Evolution
  • Transposons
  • Polyploids
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James Sobel,

Chair; Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Evolutionary genetics
  • Genomics of adaptation
  • Speciation in plants
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Lindsey Swierk,

Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Herpetology
  • Tropical Ecology
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Steven Tammariello,

Associate Chair; Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Equine performance genomics
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Robert Van Buskirk,

Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Cell Stress Pathways
  • Stem Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering
  • Medical Device Development
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Michelle Withers, Ph.D.,

Associate Professor; STEM Educator

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Discipline-based education research
  • Evidence-based teaching
  • Professional development
  • Organizational change
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Weixing Zhu,

Professor / Graduate Director

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Ecosystem ecology
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Urban ecology
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Teaching Faculty

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Michael Armstrong,

Instructor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Science Education
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Nicole DeAngelis, PT, DPT

Lecturer

Biological Sciences
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Rachael Fieweger

Lecturer

Biological Sciences
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Steven Freeh,

Adjunct Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Anatomy and Physiology
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Amit Gupta

Lecturer

Biological Sciences
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Megan Larson

Lecturer

Biological Sciences
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Justin Mann,

Lecturer

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Science education
  • Behavioral ecology
  • Evolution



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Sarah Marcus,

Instructor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Science Education
  • Genetics
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Laura Rhoads

Lecturer

Biological Sciences
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Christopher Smyth,

Lecturer

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Marine fungi
  • Fungal taxonomy
  • Fungal diseases of wildlife
  • Microbial ecology
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Erica Stephens,

Instructor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

Science Education

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Emeritus Faculty

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John Baust,

Professor Emeritus

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Cellular mechanism of response to low temperature and survival at extremes
  • Mechanisms of cryopreservation of mammalian tissues
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Anne Clark,

Associate Professor Emeritus

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Evolution
  • Ecology of behavior
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Sandra Michael

SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emerita

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

Endocrinology, immunology and genetics of female reproduction
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Curt Pueschel,

Professor Emeritus

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Cell structure
  • Biology of algae
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Julian Shepherd,

Bartle Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Reproductive physiology of insects and arachnids
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Nancy Stamp,

Bartle Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Plant defense
  • Insect behavior
  • Science education
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John Titus,

Professor Emeritus

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Forest ecology and restoration
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