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Department of Biological Sciences




Faculty

Name

E-mail

Interests

Dr. Ian Bartol
Associate Professor
(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. 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. Roland A. Cooper
Assistant Professor              (Ph.D. Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1996
University of Arizona)
rcooper@odu.edu Malaria, parasitology, molecular mechanisms of drug action and resistance in human pathogens
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. David Gauthier
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D. 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
Dr. John R. Holsinger
Professor Emeritus, Eminent Scholar Emeritus, Director of Ecological Sciences Ph.D.
(Ph.D. Biological Science, 1966 University of Kentucky)
jholsing@odu.edu Biospeleology, systematics, evolutionary biology, biogeography of groundwater crustaceans
Dr. Lisa Horth
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D. 2001, Florida State University)
lhorth@odu.edu Specific: Molecular variation in color polymorphisms in nature; persistence of rarity in nature; effects of population structure.
Broad: Evolutionary Ecology, Molecular & Population Genetics, Conservation
Biology, birds and fish.
Dr. Wayne L. Hynes
Professor, Interim Chair
(Ph.D., 1985 University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand)
whynes@odu.edu

Microbiology

Dr. Kerry S. Kilburn
Senior Lecturer, Chief Department Advisor
(Ph.D. Biology, 1988 University of New Mexico)
kkilburn@odu.edu Mammalian conservation biology, mammalian ecology and functional morphology
Dr. Tatyana A. Lobova
Visiting Assistant Professor
(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
Morgan Professor Emeritus, Eminent Scholar Emeritus
(Ph.D., Western Reserve University)
hmarshal@odu.edu Marine ecology, marine and freshwater phytoplankton
Dr. Timothy  Motley
J. Robert Stiffler Distinguished Chair of Botany, Associate Professor
(Ph.D. University of Hawaii, 1996)
tmotley@odu.edu Plant systematics, population genetics, conservation, ethnobotany, and reproductive biology

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

 eoleszak@odu.edu

 
Dr. Christopher J. Osgood
Associate Professor (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. Robert E. Ratzlaff
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director MS in Biology 
(Ph.D. Microbiology, 1982 University of South Dakota School of Medicine)
rratzlaf@odu.edu

Immunology and infectious diseases

Dr. Robert K. Rose
Professor Emeritus
(Ph.D. Biology, 1974 University of Kansas)
brose@odu.edu Vertebrate ecology, mammalogy
Dr. Alan Savitzky
University Professor
(Ph.D., 1979 University of Kansas)
asavitzk@odu.edu Evolutionary biology, herpetology, conservation biology

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

dsonensh@odu.edu Parasitology, acarolgy, medical entomology, radiobiology
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, Graduate Program Director, Biomedical Sciences PhD Program (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
Dr. Deborah A. Waller
Associate Professor, Assistant Chair 
(Ph.D., 1982 University of Texas, Austin)
dwaller@odu.edu Termite ecology, entomology