Institute Affiliate Faculty
Institute for Coastal Plain Science (ICPS) Affiliate Faculty come from departments across the College of Science and Mathematics. They provide research, educational, or other opportunities to students in order to fulfill the mission of the ICPS and may collaborate with ICPS faculty on research, grants, or other projects.
Biology Faculty
Lisa Brown, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Insect immunity, arthropod vectors, ecological immunology
John Carroll, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Benthic ecology; shellfish restoration and restoration ecology; applied coastal ecology
Michelle Cawthorn, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Mammalian urban ecology, population biology, mammalian behavior
Risa Cohen, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Nutrient dynamics and water quality, aquatic community structure, ecotoxicology, restoration ecology, and disturbance ecology
Kathryn Craven, Department of Biology
Research interests: marine biology; sea turtle nest success, population dynamics in diamondback terrapins
Joshua Gibson, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics, native and invasive biology
Stephen Greiman, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Parasite systematics and evolution
Michele Guidone, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Community ecology, anthropogenic influences on species interactions, microplastic pollutants
Alan Harvey, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Ecology of invasive invertebrates and plants, reproductive ecology of orthopterans, lichens of the Coastal Plain
Jay Hodgson, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Aquatic ecology; predator and prey ecology; paleoecology; pedagogy of teaching evolution
Dongyu Jia, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Cancer, disease models, Drosophila, and genetics
Heather Joesting, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Coastal plant ecology – reproductive potential and nursery production of Spartina alterniflora, plant adaptations in sand dune communities
Lissa Leege, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Coastal dune restoration, invasive species ecology, population and community ecology of endangered plants
Loren Mathews, Department of Biology
Research interests: water quality and aquatic ecology in estuarine and marine ecosystems
Lance McBrayer, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Evolutionary ecology, herpetology, organismal biology
Georgianne Moore, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Biologically mimicking nanoparticle synthesis, wastewater remediation, textile dye adsorption, metal cation adsorption
Jamie Roberts, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Ecology, evolution, and conservation of freshwater fishes and mussels; ecology of coastal plain streams; landscape and conservation genetics
Aaron Schrey, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Epigenetic response to stress, molecular ecology, invasive species, and conservation
Stephen P. Vives, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Fish ecology
Tiehang Wu, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Molecular microbial ecology; environmental microbiology; soil ecology; mycorrhizas
Jennifer Zettler, Department of Biology
Research Interests: Insect-plant interactions; ecological effects of invasive insects; insect-microbial symbioses; sustainable aquacluture
Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics Faculty
James Carter, Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics
Research Interests: nanoparticles-based systems in relation to mosquito-borne viruses and environmental health; mosquito-borne virus pathogensis and development of theraputic approaches.
Eric Gato, Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics
Research interests: Environmental chemistry and environmental toxicology
Jianzhou (JZ) He, Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics
Research interests: environmental chemistry, contaminants & fate transport, soil & water treatment
Shainaz Landge, Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics
Research interests: synthetic organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and supramolecular chemistry
Weihua (Marshall Ming), Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics
Research Interests: Multifunctional polymeric materials and surfaces
Michele McGibony, Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics
Research Interests: Metalloproteins, Metalloenzymes, and Natural Products as Therapeutics
Rocio Perez, Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics
Research Interests: Water quality, water remediation, environmental chemistry, quantification of contaminants in water
Rafael Lopes Quirino, Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics
Research Interests: Bio-based polymers and composites
Mark Vincent dela Cerna, Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics
Research Interests: Drug and chemical probe discovery against understudied and underutilized protein targets — such as targeting protein tyrosine phosphatases in cancers
Ji Wu, Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics
Research Interests: electromechanical storage of green energy sources
Mathematical Sciences Faculty
Zhan Chen, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Research Interests: Mathematical biology and computational sciences
Divine Wanduku, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Research Interests: Mathematical Ecology ( population ecology, and behavioral ecology); Biostatistics (Chain binomial models, statistical inferences in stochastic biological systems); Infectious disease dynamics (Vector-borne diseases- e.g. Malaria & dengue Fever; human-to-human infectious diseases HIV/AIDS, influenza etc.); Complex social networks and infectious dynamic models in complex social networks
Hua Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Research interests: Cominatorics & graph theory, number theory, theoretical computer science, mathematical modeling in Biology & Chemistry
School of Earth, Environment & Sustainability Faculty
Sarah Friedman, School of Earth, Environment & Sustainability – Geosciences
Research Interests: Mantle properties and paleomagnetism across divergent boundaries
Christine Hladik, School of Earth, Environment & Sustainability – Geosciences
Research Interests: Geospatial analyses of coastal habitats; tidal marsh remote sensing; coastal change, modeling of future marsh distributions; aerial, satellite, RTK-GPS, hyperspectral, LIDAR remote sensing; marsh dieback; thin layer placement for tidal marsh resilience
Jacque Kelly, School of Earth, Environment & Sustainability – Geosciences
Research Interests: Groundwater Isotope Geochemistry, Coastal Hydrology, Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing, Electrical Resistivity Tomography
Meimei Lin, School of Earth, Environment & Sustainability – Geosciences
Research Interests: Environmental planning and justice, urbanization, land change science, climate change, and agricultural sustainability
Amy Potter, School of Earth, Environment & Sustainability – Geosciences
Research Interests: Climate change and heritage tourism, food security
Munshi Rahman, School of Earth, Environment & Sustainability – Geosciences
Research Interests: Community Resilience, Natural Hazards and Disasters, Global Climate Change
Helen Rosko, School of Earth, Environment & Sustainability – Geosciences
Research Interests: Development (international and domestic), climate change adaptation, rural livelihoods
Kathlyn Smith, School of Earth, Environment & Sustainability – Geosciences
Research Interests: Vertabrate paleontology, and paleoecology
Wei Tu, School of Earth, Environment & Sustainability – Geosciences
Research Interests: Health and environmental geography, spatial epidemiology, and Bayesian models
Last updated: 9/10/2024
