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Department of Biological Sciences




Name

Email

Interests

Dr. Ian Bartol
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Ecological Sciences PhD Program
(Ph.D. Marine Science, 1999
Virginia Institute of Marine Science/College of William and Mary)

ibartol@odu.edu

Marine biomechanics, marine physiological ecology, locomotion of squids and fishes

Dr. Robin Bernath
Visiting Assistant Professor

rbernath@odu.edu

 

Dr. Rebecca D. Bray
Adjunct Associate Professor

rbray@odu.edu

Cytological & Morphological Investigations in the genus Isoetes.

Dr. Mark Joseph Butler IV Professor
(Ph.D. Biological Science, 1988 Florida State University)

mbutler@odu.edu

Spiny lobster ecology, tropical marine ecology, quantitative ecology

Dr. Kent E. Carpenter
Professor
(Ph.D. Zoology, 1985 University of Hawaii, Honolulu)

kcarpent@odu.edu

Ichthyology, Morphological and Molecular Systematics, Biogeography, Marine Conservation

Dr. Frank P. Day
Professor,
Eminent Scholar (Ph.D. Ecology, 1974 University of Georgia)

fday@odu.edu

Plant and terrestrial ecology, ecosystems ecology, wetlands and barrier island ecology

Dr. Joseph. C. Daniel
Professor Emeritus,
Dean Emeritus Eminent Scholar Emeritus (Ph.D. University of Colarado, 1956)

mhd2jcd@aol.com

Reproductive biology

Dr. Daniel M. Dauer
Professor,
Eminent Scholar (Ph.D. Biology, 1974 University of South Florida)

ddauer@odu.edu

Marine ecology, invertebrate zoology

Dr. Holly Gaff
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D. Mathematics, 1999 University of Tennessee)

hgaff@odu.edu

Mathematical modeling and simulation of infectious diseases; spatial heterogeneity; GIS; tick-borne diseases; nosocomial infections; ecology of infectious diseases.

Dr. David Gauthier
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D. Marine Science, 2004 Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences)

dgauthie@odu.edu

Diseases of aquatic organisms, mycobacteriosis in finfishes

Dr. Andrew S. Gordon
Professor
(Ph.D. Microbiology, 1982 University of Miami)

agordon@odu.edu

Marine microbial ecology, general microbiology, bacteria

Dr. Barbara Y. Hargrave
Associate Professor
(Ph.D. Physiology and Pharmacology, 1985, Wake Forest University)

bhargrav@odu.edu

Cardiovascular physiology and toxicology

Shannon Hensley
Adjunct Lecturer

shensley@odu.edu

 

Dr. John R. Holsinger
Professor Emeritus,
Eminent Scholar Emeritus,
(Ph.D. Biological Science, 1966 University of Kentucky)

jholsing@odu.edu

Biospeleology, systematics, evolutionary biology, biogeography of groundwater crustaceans

Dr. Lisa Horth
Associate Professor
(Ph.D. 2001, Florida State University)

lhorth@odu.edu

Evolutionary ecology, molecular & population genetics, and conservation biology.

Dr. Wayne L. Hynes
Professor,
Chair (Ph.D., 1985 University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand)

whynes@odu.edu

Microbiology

Dr. Kerry S. Kilburn
Adjunct Assistant Professor
(Ph.D. Biology, 1988 University of New Mexico)

kkilburn@odu.edu

Mammalian conservation biology, mammalian ecology and functional morphology

Dr. Tatyana A. Lobova
Lecturer
(Ph.D. Botany, 2000, Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia)

tlobova@odu.edu

Botany, plant anatomy and morphology, dispersal biology, plant-animal interactions, tropical ecology and conservation

Dr. Harold G. Marshall
Professor Emeritus,
Eminent Scholar Emeritus
(Ph.D., Western Reserve University)

hmarshal@odu.edu

Marine ecology, marine and freshwater phytoplankton

Dr. Doug Mills
Lecturer

dmills@odu.edu

Dr. Tim Motley
Associate Professor and Stiffler Chair of Botany
(Ph.D. 1996 University of Hawaii)

tmotley@odu.edu

Botany, Molecular Systematics, Ethnobotany and Island Biogeography.

Dr. Lytton John Musselman
Mary Payne Hogan Professor of Botany, Director Wetland Biology MS Program (Ph.D.,
1974 University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill)

lmusselm@odu.edu

Parasitic plants of the semiarid tropics,
vascular plant systematics, ethnobotany of the Middle East, taxonomy
and evolution of the fern ally Isoetes.

Dr. Kneeland K. Nesius
Associate Professor, Associate Chair
(Ph.D., 1973 University of Oklahoma)

knesius@odu.edu

 Plant physiology, plant tissue culture

Dr. Emilia Oleszak
Associate Professor
(Ph.D. Virology, 1979 Hirszfeld Institute Of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Science, Wroclaw, Poland)

eoleszak@odu.edu

Demyelinating diseases of
CNS, T-cells and chronic inflammation, T-cell receptors.

Dr.Christopher J. Osgood
Associate Professor and Associate Dean
(Ph.D. Biology, 1977 Brown University) 

cosgood@odu.edu

Chemical mutagenesis in Drosophila and humans; cloning and analysis of DNA repair genes.
Effects of electrical and magnetic fields on biological systems;
understanding the interaction between those fields and chemical
agents as possible sources of mutation and cancer

Dr Chris Platsoucas
Professor and Dean of College of Sciences
(Ph.D. 1978 Biochemistry & Immunology, MIT)

cplatsoucas@odu.edu

 Molecular
and cellular biology of human T-cells.

Dr. Robert E. Ratzlaff
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director
MS in Biology Graduate Program Director, Biomedical Sciences PhD Program (Ph.D. Microbiology, 1982 University of South Dakota School of Medicine)

rratzlaf@odu.edu

 Immunology and infectious diseases.

Dr. Janet Rinehart-Kim
Adjunct Assistant Professor

jrinehar@odu.edu

 

Dr.Robert K. Rose
Professor Emeritus
(Ph.D. Biology, 1974 University of
Kansas)

brose@odu.edu

 Vertebrate ecology, mammalogy

Dr. Rachel Schroeder
Adjunct Assistant Professor 
           

rschroed@odu.edu

 

Dr. Daniel E. Sonenshine
Professor Emeritus,
Eminent Scholar Emeritus
(Ph.D., 1959 University of Maryland) 

dsonensh@odu.edu

 Parasitology, acarolgy,
medical entomology, radiobiology

Dr. Christina Steel
Adjunct Assistant Professor 

csteel@odu.edu

 

Dr. Ralph W. Stevens
Associate Professor
(Ph.D.,1983 The University of Texas Medical School at
Houston)

rstevens@odu.edu

Reproductive biology, human physiology,
cellular physiology, animal physiology

Dr. R. James Swanson 
Professor,
Director, Embryonics Laboratory
(Ph.D., 1976 Florida State University)

jswanson@odu.edu

Endocrine and reproductive
physiology, anatomy, bioelectrics

Nancy L. Wade
Associate Professor Emeritus

nwade@odu.edu

 Curricular innovation in general biology.

Deborah A. Waller
Associate Professor, Assistant Chair
(Ph.D., 1982 University of Texas, Austin) 

dwaller@odu.edu

Termite ecology, entomology.

Dr. Eric L. Walters
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D. , Biological Sciences, 2004, Florida State University)

ewalters@odu.edu

Avian ecology, community ecology,
behavioral ecology, animal behavior, conservation biology,
quantitative ecology, modeling.