Department of Biological Sciences
The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains three levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, and (3) External.
Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one external graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.
FULL MEMBERS
AMY N. ABELL, Associate Professor, PhD (1998), University of Iowa [2025]
JAMES ADELMAN, Associate Professor, PhD (2010), Princeton University [2025]
EMERSON BOWERS, Associate Professor, PhD (2014) Illinois State University [2029]
SHAWN BROWN, Associate Professor, PhD (2014), Kansas State University [2030]
JUDITH A. COLE, Associate Professor, PhD (1985), The University of Connecticut [2027]
BERNIE J. DAIGLE, Jr, Associate Professor, PhD (2010), Stanford University School of Medicine [2027]
CARLOS E. ESTRANO, Associate Professor, PhD (1996), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid-Spain [2029]
DAVID FREEMAN, Associate Professor, PhD (1996), The University of Connecticut [2027]
MICHAEL L. KENNEDY, Professor, PhD (1975), The University of Oklahoma [2024]
CHARLES A. LESSMAN, Professor, PhD (1980), The University of Minnesota [2025]
JENNIFER MANDEL, Professor, PhD (2008), Vanderbilt University [2026]
DUANE D. MCKENNA, Professor, PhD (2006), Harvard University [2028]
MATTHEW J. PARRIS, Associate Professor, PhD (1999), The University of Missouri [2025]
EMILY PUCKETT, Assistant Professor, PhD (2018), University of Missouri [2030]
OMAR SKALLI, Professor, PhD (1987), University of Geneva, Genova, Switzerland [2028]
THOMAS R. SUTTER, Professor, PhD (1988), The University of Cincinnati [2026]
LEIGH BOARDMAN, Assistant Professor, PhD (2013), Stellenbosch University [2027]
PHILIP KOHLMEIER, Assistant Professor, PhD (2018), Johannes Gutenberg University [2029]
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
CARRIE HAYES SUTTER, Research Associate Professor, PhD (1997), Johns Hopkins University
CASSANDRA NUNEZ, Research Assistant Professor, PhD (2000), Princeton University
EXTERNAL MEMBERS
PHYLLIS K. KENNEDY, PhD (1985), Memphis State University [2024]
STEVEN REICHLING, PhD (1995), University of Memphis [2027]
GUSTAVO A. MIRANDA-CARBONI, PhD (2000), University of California Los Angelos [2024]
ROGER D. APPLEGATE, PhD (2019), Tennessee Technological University [2024]
ROBERT KLAVER, PhD (2001), South Dakota State University [2024]
JENNIFER CLARKE, PhD (1989), Washington State University [2024]
HEATHER E. BERGAN-ROLLER, PhD (2014), North Dakota State University [2025]
CLAYTON VISGER, Assistant Professor, PhD (2017), University of Florida [2026]
STACY L. CLARK, PhD (2003), Oklahoma State University [2027]
MELANIE M. RICHTER, PhD (2016), University of Alaska Fairbanks [2027]
NOTE: Expiration date of Graduate Faculty membership for Full and External only is indicated in brackets.