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Mikus Abolins-Abols, Assistant Professor
m.abolins@louisville.edu | 502-852-8260
Research Areas: Physiological and behavioral ecology; neuroendocrinology; mechanisms of maternal behavior and stress; developmental biology of feathers
Lab: LF338 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Natalie Christian, Assistant Professor
natalie.christian@louisville.edu | 502-852-3727
Research Areas: Microbial ecology; community ecology; symbiosis; foliar endophytic fungi; scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL)
Lab: RSB 327 & 326 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Cynthia Corbitt, Professor
cynthia.corbitt@louisville.edu | 502-852-3915
Research Areas: Behavioral neuroendocrinology; environmental signaling and the central nervous system
Lab: LF 227 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Rafael Demarco, Assistant Professor
rafael.demarco@louisville.edu | 502-852-0960
Research Areas: Stem cell biology; metabolism; lipids; signaling pathways; molecular biology; Drosophila genetics
Lab: SRB 316 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Lee Dugatkin, Professor
lee.dugatkin@louisville.edu |502-852-5943
Research Areas: History of science; behavioral and evolutionary ecology; evolution of cooperative and altruistic behavior; cultural transmission in nonhumans
Lab: LF 318 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Perri Eason, Professor
perri.eason@louisville.edu | 502-852-5936
Research Areas: Behavioral ecology and conservation biology of terrestrial vertebrates and insects
Lab: LF 336 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Paul Ewald , Professor
pw.ewald@louisville.edu | 502-852-8816
Research Areas: Evolutionary ecology of parasitism; evolutionary medicine; agonistic behavior; pollination biology
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Sarah Fauque, Assistant Professor
sarah.fauque@louisville.edu | 502-852-7243
Research Areas: Behavioral ecology; signaling behavior and mate choice; discipline-based educational research.
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Linda Fuselier Smith, Professor and Chair of the Biology Department
lcfuse01@louisville.edu | 502-852-5183
Research Areas: Discipline-based biology education research; science education and inclusivity; evolutionary biology; plant ecology
Lab: LF 214 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Paul Himes, Assistant Professor
prhime01@louisville.edu | 502-852-7779
Research Areas: Microbiology; molecular genetics
Lab: LF 209 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Rachel Hopp, Associate Professor
rmhopp01@louisville.edu | 502-852-0873
Research Areas: Molecular regulation of apoptosis in photoreceptors; retinitis pigmentosa and retinoblastoma; effective teaching methods for student success in anatomy and physiology
Lab: N/A | View Research/Faculty Profile
Dae-Sung Hwangbo, Professor
ds.hwangbo@louisville.edu | 502-852-5937
Research Areas: Molecular genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep; aging and cell death in Drosophila; Drosophila disease models; neuronal circuits
Lab: LF LL 13 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Khan, Muhammad Azmat Ullah, Assistant Professor
azmat.khan@louisville.edu |
Research Areas:
Lab: N/A | View Research/Faculty Profile
Matthew Kolmann, Assistant Professor
matthew.kolmann@louisville.edu | 502-852-7232
Research Areas: Evolutionary ecology; functional morphology; biomechanics; comparative vertebrate anatomy; ichthyology (fish biology); phylogenetic systematics and phylogenetic comparative methods
Lab: LF 207 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Alycia Lackey , Assistant Professor
alycia.lackey@louisville.edu | 502-852-5941
Research Areas: Evolutionary and behavioral ecology; speciation; life history; sexual selection and mating interactions; response to rapid environmental change; biostatistics
Lab: LF LL 12,10,21F | View Research/Faculty Profile
Jennifer Mansfield-Jones, Associate Professor
j0mans02@louisville.edu | 502-852-1010
Research Areas: Digestive energetics as related to parasitic infections
Lab: N/A | View Research/Faculty Profile
Jeffery Masters, Associate Professor
jeffery.masters@louisville.edu | 502-852-4709
Research Areas: Impacts of disturbance and invasive species on native plant/arthropod interactions; rare plant reproductive biology
Lab: N/A | View Research/Faculty Profile
Andrew Mehring, Assistant Professor
andrew.mehring@louisville.edu | 502-852-2093
Research Areas: Ecosystem ecology; urban ecology; animal effects on greenhouse gas flux; limnology; biogeochemistry; green infrastructure; stream restoration; stormwater management; global change
Lab: LF 323 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Michael Menze, Professor
michael.menze@louisville.edu | 502-852-8962
Research Areas: Molecular physiology; mitochondrial bioenergetics; cryobiology, and animal stress biology
Lab: LF 221 & 223 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Rachel Neal, Associate Professor
rachel.neal@louisville.edu | 502-852-3916
Research Areas: Toxicology in during mammalian development, particularly the impact of legal substance use during pregnancy
Lab: LF 227| View Research/Faculty Profile
Michael Perlin, Professor
mhperl01@louisville.edu | 502-852-5944
Research Areas: Molecular genetics; structure and function of the gene; molecular biology of drug action; gene mapping and splicing, fungal phytopathogens, host/pathogen interaction
Lab: LF LL 14 & 18 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Rachel Pigg, Assistant Professor
rmpigg01@louisville.edu | 502-852-3726
Research Areas: Wildlife ecology and management; vector-borne disease ecology and control; discipline-based education research
Lab: LF 334 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Ray King Kat, Assistant Professor
kat.rayking@louisville.edu |
Research Areas: Ways that social influences manifest in college learning environments, and how these can impact student learning
Lab: N/A | View Research/Faculty Profile
Mark Running, Professor
mark.running@louisville.edu | 502-852-3409
Research Areas: Plant genetics and development; drought tolerance; biofuels
Lab: LF 219 | View Research/Faculty Profile
David Schultz, Professor
david.schultz@louisville.edu | 502-852-5938
Research Areas: Molecular genetics, biotechnology, and biochemistry; production of unusual lipids and secondary metabolites in plants; trichome mediated pest resistance in Pelargonium xhortorum (geranium)
Lab: LF 230 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Samiyyah Sledge, Assistant Professor
samiyyah.sledge@louisville.edu | 502-852-5946
Research Areas: Physiology; Cellular and Molecular Biology; Biophysics; Chronic Diseases; Mechanisms of Dry Eye Disease; Ophthalmic Conditions and Diseases; Phospholipids’ Role in Disease; Pathophysiology of Cancer; Biological and Health Sciences Program Development and Recruitment; Retention Practices, Teaching and Success Strategies for Science Majors; and Race in Science.
Lab: N/A | View Research/Faculty Profile
Joseph Steffen, Professor
joe.steffen@louisville.edu | 502-852-7209
Research Areas: Cellular and molecular physiology; environmental physiology; endocrine and growth factor effects on muscle
Lab: N/A | View Research/Faculty Profile
Sanaya Stock, Assistant Professor
sanaya.stocke@louisville.edu | 502-852-5934
Research Areas: Neurobiology, taste electrophysiology, optogenetics, neuroendocrinology; effects of peripheral hormones on taste and flavor processing in the brain, teaching pedagogy.
Lab: N/A | View Research/Faculty Profile
Zeinab Torky, Assistant Professor
zatork01@louisville.edu |
Research Areas: Finding natural antiviral therapeutics to viruses, Microbe-Host interaction, Enhancing the immune system using antioxidants and Ribosome inactivating proteins to fight viruses and Studying ways to use viruses that are non-harmful to human against human cancer cell lines in-vitro.
Lab: N/A | View Research/Faculty Profile
Micah Worley, Associate Professor
micah.worley@louisville.edu | 502-852-0966
Research Areas: Microbiology of intracellular pathogens and pathogen manipulation of host cells
Lab: SRB 311 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Stephen Yanoviak, Professor
steve.yanoviak@louisville.edu | 502-852-8261
Research Areas: Tropical arthropod ecology, behavior and conservation
Lab: LF 340 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Debbie Yoder-Himes, Associate Professor
dryode01@louisville.edu | 502-852-0991
Research Areas: Microbiology and molecular genetics; bacterial pathogenesis; transmission of opportunistic pathogens; the role of bacterial pathogens in the environment; and the evolution of pathogenesis.
Lab: SRB 309 | View Research/Faculty Profile
Adam Browning, Laboratory Coordinator
adam.browning@louisville.edu | 502-852-9028
Carol Kenner, Department Coordinator
carol.kenner@louisville.edu | 502-852-6771
Carla Parris, Purchasing Manager
Mary Johnson, Part-Time Lecturer
Robert Lee, Graduate Assistant
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