People
| Faculty | Emeritus | Staff | Graduate students |
Faculty
Georgianne Moore, Chair & Professor
Ecohydrology; Tree Physiology; Forest Ecology; Tropical Rainforests; Drought and Water Resources; Global Change Biology
Dmitry Apanaskevich, Professor
Systematics of ticks
Craig Aumack, NTT-Assistant Professor
Phycology; chemical ecology; sea ice; polar communities
Lorenza Beati, Professor
Ticks, Ixodida, evolution, phylogeography, population genetics
Brigette Brinton, Academic Professional AC/Lecturer
Marine biology; animal behavior; parasitology; sustainability
Jennifer Brofft Bailey, Professor
Environmental microbiology; microbiomes; bacterial symbionts; sea turtle pathogens; science education
Lisa Brown, Associate Professor
Insect immunology; medical and veterinary entomology; vector biology
G. Denise Carroll, Senior Lecturer
Impacts of land use on aquatic ecosystems; science education
John Carroll, Associate Professor
Benthic ecology; shellfish restoration and restoration ecology; applied coastal ecology
Michelle Cawthorn, Associate Professor
Small mammals, science literacy
Wasimul Chowdhury, NTT-Assistant professor
Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biodegradable polymers
Risa Cohen, Associate Chair & Professor
Wetland and coastal ecology; restoration and conservation of aquatic communities; ecotoxicology
Alex Collier, Professor
Influence of predation stress on larval development; developmental plasticity of amphibians
J. Checo Colon-Gaud, Professor
Freshwater Ecology; Aquatic Invertebrates; Food Webs; Broadening Participation
Kathryn Craven, Professor
Sea turtle biology; vertebrate reproductive physiology; diamondback terrapins; marine biology; conservation of endangered/protected species
Christopher Cutler, Professor
Molecular physiology; molecular biology; eels; sharks; ion and water transport; osmoregulation; aquaporins; cotransporters
Michele Cutwa, Senior lecturer
Mosquito taxonomy and ecology; fish feeding ecomorphology; freeze-tolerance in herptiles.
Sue Ellen DeChenne-Peters, Associate Professor
Course-Based undergraduate research experiences; teaching in biology classrooms; development of science process skills
Geneva DeMars, Senior lecturer
Human reproductive endocrinology; GPCR’s and G proteins; membrane biology
Andrew Diamanduros, Academic Professional
Electron and Confocal Microscopes Use / Instruction, Immunology, Autoimmunity, Microbiology, Physiology
Austin Francis, Associate Professor
Functional and ecological morphology of fishes; vertebrate form and function; flatfish biology
Joshua Gibson, Assistant professor
Evolutionary and speciation genomics of insects; metabolic physiology; social evolution and colony recognition in ants
Daniel Gleason, Professor and Director Institute of Coastal Plain Sci.
Marine invertebrate ecology and physiology; coral reef ecology
Stephen Greiman, Associate Professor
Parasitology; parasitic flatworm taxonomy and systematics; bacterial symbiont diversity; evolution and transmission biology; microbiomes
Sara Gremillion, Professor
Mycology, Cell Biology, Science Education
Michele Guidone, Associate professor
Marine and freshwater ecology; plant ecology; phycology; invasive species
J. Scott Harrison, Associate Professor
Ecological and evolutionary genetics of marine invertebrates; speciation and the genetic basis of reduced fitness in hybrids
Alan Harvey, Professor
Ecology of: invasive species; plant-arthropod protective mutualisms; larval tiger beetles
Jay Hodgson, Professor
Aquatic ecology; predator and prey ecology; paleoecology; pedagogy of teaching evolution
Heather Joesting, Associate Professor
Coastal Plant Ecology, Salt Marsh Ecology, Coastal Management, Plant Physiological Ecology, Aquaponics
Alejandra Lara-Chavez, Associate Director of Biology Non-Majors Program
Plant tissue culture techniques; micropropagation; transformation; molecular biology; beneficial bacteria endophytes.
Lissa Leege, Professor
Plant population ecology, threats to rare species, sand dune restoration, effects of invasive species, sustainability
Johanne Lewis, Associate Professor
comparative physiology and biochemistry; environmental stress; fish
Faith Loggins, Visiting INST
Marylou Machingura, Associate Professor
Molecular physiology of crop plants, yaupon holly, sorghum, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Robert Mans, Associate Professor
Cellular processes underlying learning, memory and neurodegeneration; Environmental neuroscience
Scott Mateer, Professor
Regulation of actin polymerization and cell motility by the cellular protein, IQGAP 1; regulation of the activity of Protein Phosphatase 2A by the viral protein, SV40 Small T Antigen
Loren Mathews, Senior lecturer
Aquatic ecology; water quality; phytoplankton community dynamics
Lance McBrayer, Professor
Behavior; Organismal Physiology; Functional Anatomy; Ecology; Evolution
Edward Mondor, Associate professor
Forensic entomology; Insect ecology; Decomposition; Time of death; Postmortem interval
Christina Ndaluka, Senior lecturer
Zoonotic diseases
Traci Ness, Professor
Innate immunology including cytokines and their receptors, toll-like receptors (TLRs) and other pattern recognition receptors, and macrophage phagocytosis and killing; bacterial and viral pathogenesis; mechanisms of immune evasion by pathogens; macrophage responses to pathogens
CJ Pell, Postdoctoral Associate
Carl Reiber, Professor and Provost
Physiology; developmental biology
James Roberts, Associate professor
fish ecology; vertebrate population dynamics; landscape genetics; fisheries science; conservation biology
Aaron Schrey, Professor
Epigenetics, Population Genetics, Molecular Ecology
Ben Schumm, Visiting INST
Anthony Siccardi, Assistant Professor
Aquaculture of commercially important fish and shellfish species; aquaculture nutrition; algal turf scrubber systems; sustainable aquaculture/aquaponics systems
Lace Svec, Principal Lecturer
Behavioral neurobiology; neuroendocrinology in zebra finches
Taylor Templeton, Visiting INST
Stephen Vives, Professor
Aquatic Biology, Fish Ecology, Fish Behavior, Animal Behavior
Travis Williams, Visiting INST
Dynisty Wright, Visiting INST
Tiehang Wu, Professor
Molecular microbial ecology; soil ecology; mycorrhizas
Jennifer Zettler, Professor
Insect-plant interactions; ecological effects of invasive insects; insect-microbial symbioses; sustainable aquaculture
Emeritus faculty
John Bozeman
Wayne Krissinger
Kishwaur Maur
Ann Pratt
Staff
Mr. Craig Banks, Research Technician & Adjunct Instructor (Statesboro)
Office: Biological Sciences 1171
Phone: (912) 478-0555
E-mail: craigbanks@georgiasouthern.edu
Mr. Joe Cox, Laboratory Coordinator (Statesboro)
Office: Biological Sciences 1166
Phone: (912) 478-4401
E-mail: jcox@georgiasouthern.edu
Dr. Alejandra Lara-Chavez, Associate Director of Biology Non-Majors Program (Statesboro)
Office: Natural Sciences 1104B
Phone: (912) 478-1725
E-mail: alarachavez@georgiasouthern.edu
Mr. Bil Leidersdorf, Lab Technician (Armstrong)
Office: SC 1204
Phone: (912) 344-2985
E-mail: bleidersdorf@georgiasouthern.edu
Neysa Parham, Lab Coordinator (Armstrong)
Office: SC 1017
Phone: (912) 478-0943
E-mail: nparham@georgiasouthern.edu
Ms. Teagan Prodin, Lab Technician (Statesboro)
Office: Natural Sciences 1107
Phone: (912) 478-1725
Email: tprodin@georgiasouthern.edu
Ms. Dyana Van Tassell, Administrative Assistant II (Statesboro)
Office: Biological Sciences 1142
Phone: (912) 478-1531
E-mail: dyanavt@georgiasouthern.edu
Graduate Students
The graduate program in biology attracts graduate students from all over the United States and many foreign countries. Recent international students have come from Africa, Asia, and South America.
PhD
| STUDENT | ADVISOR | CAMPUS |
|---|---|---|
| Zachary Czoer | Carroll | Statesboro |
| Mark Hoog | Schrey | Armstrong |
| Ellesse Lauer | Schrey | Armstrong |
| Carisa Macpherson | Cyronak | Armstrong |
| James Westphalen | Cyronak | Armstrong |
Masters
| STUDENT | ADVISOR | CAMPUS |
|---|---|---|
| Rokeya Ahmed | Greiman | Statesboro |
| Lauren Albury | Roberts | Statesboro |
| Wil Atencio | Carroll, J. | Statesboro |
| Kristin Bailey | Zettler | Armstrong |
| Leanne Baker (Non-thesis) | ||
| Natalie Boydstun | Carroll, J. | Statesboro |
| Michael Brennan | McBrayer | Statesboro |
| Frank Braun | Roberts | |
| Brad Cayson | Francis | Armstrong |
| Sarah Childress | Cawthorn | Statesboro |
| Amanda Conner | DeChenne-Peters | Armstrong |
| Ember Crutchfield | Moore | Statesboro |
| Alejandra Daniel | Gleason | Statesboro |
| Ananta Dave (Non-thesis) | ||
| Jackson Davis | Robert/Vives | Statesboro |
| Danielle Dawkins | Schrey | Armstrong |
| Skyler Fox | Leege | Statesboro |
| Julia Frees | Cohen | Statesboro |
| Peter Galusky (Non-thesis) | ||
| Melanie Gibson | Schrey | Armstrong |
| Zach Gordon | Colon-Gaud | Statesboro |
| Megan Grams | Schrey | Armstrong |
| Katrina Harvey | Guidone | Armstrong |
| Blake Horne (Non-thesis) | ||
| Oluremi Ige | ||
| Juan Jeronimo-Rangel | Harvey | Statesboro |
| Toefeek Jimoh | Siccardi | Armstrong |
| Gillian Johnson | Mondor | Statesboro |
| Hannah Kelehear | Mans | Armstrong |
| Raymond Kidder | Colon-Gaud | Statesboro |
| Samantha Kilian | Cohen | Statesboro |
| Patrick Lewis | Roberts | Statesboro |
| Michelle Lowery | Siccardi | Armstrong |
| Alex MacFarland | ||
| Molly McKeon | Colon-Gaud | Statesboro |
| Kyle Mundy | Carroll, J. | Statesboro |
| Sarah Murray | Schrey | Armstrong |
| Bridgette Nicolosi | Roberts/Vives | Statesboro |
| Renee Nowicki | Gibson | Statesboro |
| Esosa Omoregie | Cutler | Statesboro |
| Dominick Oursler (Non-thesis) | ||
| Maygan Palacios | Joesting | Armstrong |
| Allie Radeuge | Caroll, J. | Statesboro |
| Daniella Ray | Schrey | Armstrong |
| Ali Raza (Non-thesis) | ||
| Jessie Rivera | Carroll, J. | Statesboro |
| Myisha Samuel | Sittamane | Statesboro |
| Justin Sanclemente | McBrayer | Statesboro |
| Conner Simon | Cohen | Statesboro |
| Oneli Siribaddana | Jia | Statesboro |
| Alex Snyder (Ness/Zettler) | Ness/Zettler | Armstrong |
| Kristina Strozzo | Moore | Statesboro |
| Luke Sundquist | Carroll, J. | Statesboro |
| Lexi Theisen | Colon-Gaud | Statesboro |
| Meghan Turner | Brofft-Bailey | Armstrong |
| Reggie Turner | Colon-Gaud | Statesboro |
| Kathleen Weber | Brown | Statesboro |
| Brooklyn Zwinklis | Cawthorn | Statesboro |
Last updated: 4/23/2024
