People
Risa Cohen, Interim Chair & Professor
Wetland and coastal ecology; restoration and conservation of aquatic communities; ecotoxicology
Email: rcohen@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone: (912) 478-5490
Office: Statesboro Campus, Biological Sciences Building, Suite 1111
Faculty
| Apanaskevich, Dmitry Professor | Systematics of ticks | Statesboro |
| Aumack, Craig NTT-Assistant Professor | Phycology; chemical ecology; sea ice; polar communities | Statesboro |
| Beati, Lorenza Professor | Ticks, Ixodida, evolution, phylogeography, population genetics | Statesboro |
| Brinton, Brigette Academic Professional AC/Lecturer | Marine biology; animal behavior; parasitology; sustainability | Armstrong |
| Brofft Bailey, Jennifer Professor | Environmental microbiology; microbiomes; bacterial symbionts; sea turtle pathogens; science education | Armstrong |
| Brown, Lisa Associate Professor | Insect immunology; medical and veterinary entomology; vector biology | Statesboro |
| Carroll, G. Denise Senior Lecturer | Impacts of land use on aquatic ecosystems; science education | Statesboro |
| Carroll, John Associate Professor | Benthic ecology; shellfish restoration and restoration ecology; applied coastal ecology | Statesboro |
| Cawthorn, Michelle Associate Professor | Small mammals, science literacy | Statesboro |
| Chowdhury, Wasimul NTT-Assistant professor | Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biodegradable polymers | Statesboro |
| Collier, Alex Professor | Influence of predation stress on larval development; developmental plasticity of amphibians | Armstrong |
| Colon-Gaud, J. Checo Professor | Freshwater Ecology; Aquatic Invertebrates; Food Webs; Broadening Participation | Statesboro |
| Craven, Kathryn Professor | Sea turtle biology; vertebrate reproductive physiology; diamondback terrapins; marine biology; conservation of endangered/protected species | Armstrong |
| Cutler, Christopher Professor | Molecular physiology; molecular biology; eels; sharks; ion and water transport; osmoregulation; aquaporins; cotransporte | Statesboro |
| Cutwa, Michele Senior lecturer | Mosquito taxonomy and ecology; fish feeding ecomorphology; freeze-tolerance in herptiles. | Armstrong |
| DeChenne-Peters, Sue Ellen Associate Professor | Course-Based undergraduate research experiences; teaching in biology classrooms; development of science process skills | Armstrong |
| DeMars, Geneva Senior lecturer | Human reproductive endocrinology; GPCR’s and G proteins; membrane biology | Armstrong |
| Diamanduros, Andrew Academic Professional | Electron and Confocal Microscopes Use / Instruction, Immunology, Autoimmunity, Microbiology, Physiology | Statesboro |
| Francis, Austin Associate Professor | Functional and ecological morphology of fishes; vertebrate form and function; flatfish biology | Armstrong |
| Gibson, Joshua Assistant professor | Evolutionary and speciation genomics of insects; metabolic physiology; social evolution and colony recognition in ants | Statesboro |
| Gleason, Daniel Professor and Director School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability | Marine invertebrate ecology and physiology; coral reef ecology | Statesboro |
| Greiman, Stephen Associate Professor | Parasitology; parasitic flatworm taxonomy and systematics; bacterial symbiont diversity; evolution and transmission biology; microbiomes | Statesboro |
| Gremillion, Sara Professor | Mycology, Cell Biology, Science Education | Armstrong |
| Guidone, Michele Associate professor | Marine and freshwater ecology; plant ecology; phycology; invasive species | Armstrong |
| Harrison, J. Scott Associate Professor | Ecological and evolutionary genetics of marine invertebrates; speciation and the genetic basis of reduced fitness in hybrids | Statesboro |
| Harvey, Alan Professor | Ecology of: invasive species; plant-arthropod protective mutualisms; larval tiger beetles | Statesboro |
| Hodgson, Jay Professor | Aquatic ecology; predator and prey ecology; paleoecology; pedagogy of teaching evolution | Armstrong |
| Joesting, Heather Associate Professor | Coastal Plant Ecology, Salt Marsh Ecology, Coastal Management, Plant Physiological Ecology, Aquaponics | Armstrong |
| Lara-Chavez, Alejandra Associate Director of Biology Non-Majors Program | Plant tissue culture techniques; micropropagation; transformation; molecular biology; beneficial bacteria endophytes. | Statesboro |
| Leege, Lissa Professor | Plant population ecology, threats to rare species, sand dune restoration, effects of invasive species, sustainability | Statesboro |
| Lewis, Johanne Associate Professor | comparative physiology and biochemistry; environmental stress; fish | Statesboro |
| Machingura, Marylou Associate Professor | Molecular physiology of crop plants, yaupon holly, sorghum, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | Armstrong |
| Mans, Robert Associate Professor | Cellular processes underlying learning, memory and neurodegeneration; Environmental neuroscience | Armstrong |
| Mateer, Scott 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 | Armstrong |
| Mathews, Loren Senior lecturer | Aquatic ecology; water quality; phytoplankton community dynamics | Statesboro |
| McBrayer, Lance Professor | Behavior; Organismal Physiology; Functional Anatomy; Ecology; Evolution | Statesboro |
| Moore, Georgianne Professor | Ecohydrology; Tree Physiology; Forest Ecology; Tropical Rainforests; Drought and Water Resources; Global Change Biology | Statesboro |
| Edward, Mondor Associate professor | Forensic entomology; Insect ecology; Decomposition; Time of death; Postmortem interval | Statesboro |
| Ndaluka, Christina Senior lecturer | Zoonotic diseases | Statesboro |
| Ness, Traci 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 | Armstrong |
| Pell, CJ Postdoctoral Associate | Statesboro | |
| Reiber, Carl Professor and Provost | Physiology; developmental biology | Statesboro |
| Roberts, James Associate professor | fish ecology; vertebrate population dynamics; landscape genetics; fisheries science; conservation biology | Statesboro |
| Schrey, Aaron Professor | Epigenetics, Population Genetics, Molecular Ecology | Armstrong |
| Schumm, Ben Visiting INST | ||
| Siccardi, Anthony Assistant Professor | Aquaculture of commercially important fish and shellfish species; aquaculture nutrition; algal turf scrubber systems; sustainable aquaculture/aquaponics systems | Armstrong |
| Svec, Lace Principal Lecturer | Behavioral neurobiology; neuroendocrinology in zebra finches | Statesboro |
| Templeton, Taylor Visiting INST | Liberty | |
| Vives, Stephen Professor | Aquatic Biology, Fish Ecology, Fish Behavior, Animal Behavior | Statesboro |
| Williams, Travis Visiting INST | ||
| Wright, Dynisty Visiting INST | ||
| Wu, Tiehang Professor | Molecular microbial ecology; soil ecology; mycorrhizas | Statesboro |
| Zettler, Jennifer Professor | Insect-plant interactions; ecological effects of invasive insects; insect-microbial symbioses; sustainable aquaculture | Armstrong |
Emeritus Faculty
John Bozeman
Wayne Krissinger
Kishwaur Maur
Ann Pratt
Staff
| Mr. Craig Banks Research Technician & Adjunct Instructor | Office: Biological Sciences 1171 Phone: (912) 478-0555 E-mail: craigbanks@georgiasouthern.edu | Statesboro |
| VACANT Laboratory Coordinator | Office: Biological Sciences 1166 Phone: (912) 478-4401 E-mail: | Statesboro |
| Dr. Alejandra Lara-Chavez Associate Director of Biology Non-Majors Program | Office: Natural Sciences 1104B Phone: (912) 478-1725 E-mail: alarachavez@georgiasouthern.edu | Statesboro |
| Mr. Bil Leidersdorf Lab Technician | Office: SC 1204 Phone: (912) 344-2985 E-mail: bleidersdorf@georgiasouthern.edu | Armstrong |
| VACANT Lab Coordinator | Office: SC 1017 Phone: (912) 478-0943 E-mail: | Armstrong |
| Ms. Teagan Murray Lab Technician | Office: Natural Sciences 1107 Phone: (912) 478-1725 Email: tmurray@georgiasouthern.edu | Statesboro |
| Ms. Dyana Van Tassell Administrative Assistant II | Office: Biological Sciences 1142 Phone: (912) 478-1531 E-mail: dyanavt@georgiasouthern.edu | Statesboro |
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.
Ph.D.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Melanie Gibson | Schrey | Armstrong |
| Zach Gordon | Colon-Gaud | Statesboro |
| Megan Grams | Schrey | Armstrong |
| Katrina Harvey | Guidone | Armstrong |
| Blake Horne (Non-thesis) | ||
| Oluremi Ige | ||
| Toefeek Jimoh | Siccardi | Armstrong |
| Gillian Johnson | Mondor | Statesboro |
| Hannah Kelehear | Mans | Armstrong |
| Raymond Kidder | Colon-Gaud | Statesboro |
| Samantha Kilian | Cohen | 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 |
| Jessie Rivera | Carroll, J. | Statesboro |
| Myisha Samuel | Sittamane | Statesboro |
| Justin Sanclemente | McBrayer | Statesboro |
| Conner Simon | Cohen | Statesboro |
| Alex Snyder (Ness/Zettler) | Ness/Zettler | Armstrong |
| Kristina Strozzo | Moore | Statesboro |
| Meghan Turner | Brofft-Bailey | Armstrong |
| Reggie Turner | Colon-Gaud | Statesboro |
| Kathleen Weber | Brown | Statesboro |
| Brooklyn Zwinklis | Cawthorn | Statesboro |
Last updated: 6/28/2024
