Faculty

Asano, Katsura Professor Regulation of protein biosynthesis; Yeast genetics and biochemistry; Molecular and cell biology of insects and cancer
Baral, Pankaj Assistant Professor Neuroimmunology; Innate immunity; Airway inflammation; Infectious disease; Host-pathogen interactions
Bear, Robbie Senior Instructor Principles of Biology
Blair, John M. University Distinguished Professor Ecosystem ecology and terrestrial biogeochemistry; Grasslands and global change
Boyle, Alice Associate Professor Behavioral, evolutionary, and physiological ecology; Basic and applied ornithology; Migration, dispersal, and life history
Boyle, Dan Research Assistant Professor Cellular mechanisms and functions involved with eye development, preservation of sight, visual disorders and blinding eye diseases
Brown, Susan J. University Distinguished Professor Evolution of gene regulatory networks, using segmentation in the red flour beetle, as a model system; Genomics and bioinformatics
Clem, Rollie J. Professor Regulation of apoptosis in insects; arbovirus-mosquito interactions; Molecular biology of insect viruses
Dodds, Walter K. University Distinguished Professor Water quality; Nutrient cycling; Nutrient criteria; Value of water; Nitrogen cycling
Ferguson, Carolyn J. Professor Plant systematics; Phylogeny and evolution of Phlox (Polemoniaceae); Curation of the KSU herbarium
Fleming, Sherry Professor Innate immune response
Gido, Keith B. University Distinguished Professor Fish ecology; Invasive species effects; Fish assemblage structure
Govind, Revathi Associate Professor Pathogenic microbiology; Bacterial genetics
Haukos, David A. Associate Professor Wetland ecology; Avian population dynamics; Migration ecology; Waterfowl; Natural resource policy; Environmental education
Herren, Christopher D. Teaching Assistant Professor Principles of Biology; General Microbiology; Pathogenic Microbiology; Topics: Phage Hunters
Hope, Andrew Assistant Professor Climate Change; Comparative Phylogeography; Conservation Genetics; Emerging Infectious Disease; Host-parasite Coevolution
Horne, Eva Teaching Professor Assistant Director, Konza Prairie Biological Station; Principles of Biology; Behavioral Ecology
Johnson, Loretta Professor Ecological Genomics; Plant Ecology; Climate Change
Jumpponen, Ari Professor Mycology; Fungal ecology; Fungus-plant interactions
Lee, Sonny T.M Assistant Professor Metagenomics, Bioinformatics, Microbial ecology, microbial diversity and cultivation
Louthan, Allison Assistant Professor Population biology; Community ecology
Martin, Jess Instructor Human Body I; Principles of Biology
Mather, Martha Professor Fish ecology; Aquatic community ecology
Mayfield, Mark Research Assistant Professor Plant systematics; Taxonomy of new world Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae); Plant identification and floristics
McCulloch, Eve Teaching Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies; Principles of Biology
McDonald, Jocelyn Associate Professor Developmental and cell biology; Cell migration; Tissue morphogenesis
Michel, Kristin Professor Host-pathogen interactions; Bacterial and fungal entomopathogens; Vector biology
Montelone, Beth A. Professor DNA metabolism, including DNA repair, replication, genetic recombination, and mutagenesis *Not accepting graduate students
Mueller, Thomas Research Assistant Professor Evolutionary and developmental neuroscience; Brain atlases; Forebrain evolution; Neural circuits of emotion; Amygdala-hypothalamic connectivity
Nelson, Caroline Instructor Applied Anatomy of Cadavers
Nippert, Jesse Professor Grassland ecophysiology; Grass/tree ecological dynamics,; Ecosystem responses to global change; Stable isotope ecology
Olson, Brad Associate Professor Molecular and ecological basis of multicellular evolution
Passarelli, A. Lorena Professor Molecular biology of baculoviruses; Gene regulation and viral pathogenesis
Platt, Thomas Assistant Professor Bacterial genetics; Evolution of microbial interactions, cooperation, and virulence
Pyaram, Kalyani Assistant Professor T cell metabolism; Innate T cell biology; Innate and adaptive immune responses; Cellular immunology
Ratajczak, Zak Assistant Professor Community Ecology; Fire, Grasslands & Savannas; Resilience Theory
Reeves, Wendy Teaching Assistant Professor Cell Biology
Rhodes, Ashley Teaching Professor Human Body II; Physiological Adaptations of Animals; Principles of Biology
Schrick, Kathrin Associate Professor Plant Molecular Biology; Developmental Biology; Plant Evolution; START Domains; Plant Sterols
Shames, Stephanie Assistant Professor Host-pathogen interactions; Bacterial pathogenesis; Cellular microbiology
Smith Caldas, Martha Teaching Professor Principles of Biology; General Microbiology; Study Abroad: Brazil; Topics: Phage Hunters
Spooner, Brian S. University Distinguished Professor Cellular/developmental biology; Mammalian organ development in culture; Gravitational biology *Not accepting graduate students
Tobler, Michi Professor Adaptation and speciation; Fish biology; Extreme environments
Ungerer, Mark Professor, Division Director Evolutionary and ecological genetics in plants; Genome structure and evolution
Vediyappan, Govindsamy Assistant Professor Medical mycology; Fungi-bacteria interactions; Bacterial multidrug resistance (MDR) efflux pumps; Antimicrobial development
Veeman, Michael Associate Professor Morphogenesis of the chordate body plan; Developmental and cell biology; Functional genomics and quantitative imaging
Wallace, Nicholas Associate Professor Human Papillomavirus; Viral Oncogenesis; DNA Damage Repair
Welti, Ruth University Distinguished Professor Structure and function of cell membranes; Mass-spectrometry-based lipid analysis
With, Kimberly A. Professor Landscape ecology and conservation biology
Zeglin, Lydia Associate Professor Microbial ecology, microbial diversity and nutrient cycling processes in streams and soils
Zinovyeva, Anna Assistant Professor Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression, RNA biology, microRNA biogenesis and function

Faculty

Nelson, Caroline