Contact the Biology Department

Campus Phone Location
Dahlonega 706-864-1953

Health and Natural Science Building

Gainesville 678-717-2265

Science, Engineering, & Technology Building

Oconee 706-310-6252

Student Resource Center

Office Hours

Academic Year
(mid-August through April)
Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Summer Hours
Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m. - Noon

Faculty & Staff

Danyelle Aganovic
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Principal Lecturer

Phone706-867-2812

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 412, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Aquatic Ecology, Field Biology

Alison Alhadeff
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Limited Term Faculty

Office location Dahlonega

Carrie Allen
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Principal Lecturer

Phone706-864-1959

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 438, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Forest Ecology, Field Biology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Pharmacy)

Amy Anderson
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Lecturer

Phone706-867-4556

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 439 Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Biology Education, Brain Imaging, Neuroscience

Josie Ayers
Josie Ayers

PT Temp A&P Boot Camp Assistant

Office location Gainesville

Erin Barding
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Professor - Biology

Phone706-867-4558

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 432, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Wildlife Ecology & Management (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Veterinarian)

Swapna Bhat
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Associate Professor

Phone678-717-3773

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 166, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Bacteria Physiology and Genetics (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)

Dobroslawa Bialonska
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Associate Professor of Environmental Microbiology

Phone706-864-1787

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 437, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Environmental Microbiology, the Human Microbiome, Antimicrobial Therapy, Epidemiology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-PT)

Susan Brantley
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Senior Lecturer

Phone706-310-6358

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 554, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise: Entomology, Science Education Outreach, Pollinator Gardens

Gretchen Bryson
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Limited Term Faculty

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 557, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise: Environmental Chemistry, Sustainability of Food Production, Plant Nutrition, Environmental Soil Science

Carly Chandler
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Limited Term Faculty

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 556, Oconee

Judy Cooper
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Part Time Faculty

Phone706-864-1953

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 151, Dahlonega

Amberle Corbin
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Lab Coordinator

Phone706-864-1538

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 119, Dahlonega
University Center 400, 251, Cumming

Area(s) of Expertise: Biology, Chemistry, Herbarium, Greenhouse Work

Nancy Dalman
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Professor & Department Head, Biology

Phone706-867-2831

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 411, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Environmental Toxicology, Marine Biology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Honors Program)

Adam Davis
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Associate Professor

Phone678-717-2320

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 111, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Evolutionary and Developmental Biology, Embryonic Gene Expression, Vertebrate Head Development (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)

Tom Diggs
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Professor

Phone678-696-2970

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 108, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Ecology, Evolution, Botany, Phylogeography (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)

Dawn Drumtra
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Senior Lecturer, Biology

Phone678-717-3814

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 115, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Ornithology, Ecology, National History Museum (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)

Karrie Ann Fadroski
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Principal Lecturer/Outreach and Engagement Coordinator

Outreach and Engagement Coordinator of the Environmental Leadership Center

Phone706-867-2948

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 407, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Ecology, Entomology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Dentistry)

Valerie Fambrough
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Administrative Assistant IV

Phone706-864-1953

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 405, Dahlonega

Margi Flood
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Associate Professor, Biology

Phone678-717-3743

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 110, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Freshwater Ecology, Freshwater Macroinvertebrates (Advising Area of Expertise: Pre-Medicine, Pre-Veterinarian)

Amanda Garner
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Limited Term Faculty

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 151F, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Environmental Policy, Sustainability

Larry Gibson
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Lecturer, Biology

Phone706-867-3095

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 119-E, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Clinical Medicine, Human Anatomy and Physiology

John Hamilton
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Part Time Faculty

Phone678-717-3815

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 254, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Biological Sciences

Ghulam Hasnain
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Associate Professor

Phone678-696-2487

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 142A, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Biology (Advising Area of Expertise: Pre-Physical Therapy)

Maria Helm
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Limited Term Faculty

Phone678-696-2830

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 115, Gainesville

Rachel Hughes
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Senior Lecturer

Phone678-717-3575

Office locationWatkins Academic Building, 189, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Conservation Ecology, Natural Resources, Insect and Plant Ecology, Environmental Education, Instructional Design, Implementation & Evaluation

Natalie Hyslop
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Professor, Biology

Principal Investigator, STEM Scholars Program

Phone678-717-3538

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 160, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management, Herpetology, Population Ecology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)

Paul Johnson
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Professor

Phone706-867-2854

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 435, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Microbiology, Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Molecular Genetics, Microbial Population Genetics (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Medicine)

Alison Kanak
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Associate Professor

Phone706-867-3069

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 433, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Microbiology, Virology, Molecular Genetics, Environmental Microbiology , Microbial Bioremediation (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Physical Therapy)

Sungshil Kim
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Lecturer

Phone678-717-2322

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 113, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics and Disease Vectors (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Pharmacy)

Evan Lampert
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Professor, Biology

Phone678-717-3804

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 167, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Insect Diversity and Ecology, Multitrophic Interactions (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)

Jason Lang
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Associate Professor

Phone678-717-2321

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 148, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Ecology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)

James Leaphart
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Assistant Professor

Phone706-864-1428

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 151B, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Wildlife Ecology and Management, Ecotoxicology, Disease Biology, Endocrinology, Ornithology; (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Veterinarian)

Neal Lin
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Lecturer

Phone678-696-2864

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 162, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Clinical Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Medicine (general), Microbiology; (Advising Area of Expertise: Pre-Medicine)

Alex Lowrey
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Professor, Biology

Phone678-717-3772

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 109, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Cell Biology, Microbiology (Advising Area of Expertise: Pre-Physician's Assistant, Pre-Occupational Therapy, Pre-Medicine)

Ashlee McCaskill
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Professor/ Environmental Leadership Center Director

Director of the Environmental Leadership Center

Phone706-864-1954

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 409, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Plant Biology, Molecular Biology, Mycology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Dentistry)

Jeanelle Morgan
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Professor & Associate Department Head

Phone678-717-3706

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 161, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics, Microbiology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Honors Program, Pre-Respiratory Therapy)

Lisa Morrison
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Administrative Assistant IV

Phone678-717-2265

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 146A, Gainesville

Nou Moua
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Lab Coordinator

Phone678-718-3775

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 121, Gainesville

Lisa Myers
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Assistant Professor

Phone706-310-6339

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 555, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise: Biology, Ecology, Herpetology (Advising Area of Expertise: AS AG Pathway)

Christina Panella
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Senior Lecturer

Phone706-867-2067

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 436, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Neuroscience (Advising Area of Expertise: Pre-Physical Therapy, Pre-Occupational Therapy, Pre-Respiratory Therapy)

David Patterson
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Professor

Phone706-864-1741

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 428, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Paleontology, Mammal Ecology, Stable Isotopes (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Physician's Assistant)

Jessy Patterson
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Lecturer, Biology

Phone706-867-4477

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 430, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, Animal Behavior

Rachel Perez-Udell
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Lecturer

Phone706-867-2188

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 151G, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Plant Biology, Reproductive Ecology

Linda Purvis
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Associate Professor, Biology

Phone678-696-2683

Office locationWatkins Academic Building, 188, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Poultry Science, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Immunology (Advising Area of Expertise: Poultry, Agriculture)

Jo Qian
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Associate Professor

Phone678-717-2330

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 172, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Cell and molecular biology, Fly genetics, Developmental biology, Human anatomy and physiology, Neuroscience (Advising Area of Expertise: Pre-Medicine)

Phyllip Ramey
Phyllip Ramey

Lab Coordinator

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 406, Dahlonega

Brian Reid
Brian Reid

Limited Term Faculty

Phone678-717-3447

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 211, Gainesville

Amanda Reynolds
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Assistant Professor

Phone706-867-2556

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 427, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Animal Physiology, Environmental Stressors, Cardiovascular Physiology, Fish and Reptiles; (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Physician's Assistant)

Josette Ricker
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Associate Professor, Biology

Phone706-310-6289

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 553, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise: Cryobiology, Cell Membrane Biology and Biophysics, Theriogenology, Biomimetic surfaces (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)

Jennifer Mook
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Professor, Biology

Phone678-717-3492

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 171, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Herpetology, Genetics, Cell Biology (Advising Area of Expertise: Pre-Veterinarian)

Christina Sabin
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Lecturer

Phone706-310-6326

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 550, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise: Cell Biology, Genetics, Neuroscience

Robb Santymire
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Lecturer

Phone678-696-2460

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 145A, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Biology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)

Mike Saunders
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Lecturer

Phone678-717-2635

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 145A, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Biology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Pharmacy)

Jill Schulze
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Associate Dean, College of Science & Mathematics

Phone678-717-3779

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 145, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Animal Behavior, Ornithology, Field Ecology, Coral Reef Ecology

Eleanor Schut
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Assistant Professor, Biology

Phone706-310-6235

Office locationFaculty Center, 718, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise: Agroecology, Alley Cropping, Soil Ecology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology)

Miriam Segura
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Professor, Biology

Harry B. Forester Eminent Scholars Chair

Phone706-867-2951

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 414, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Cell Biology, Molecular biology, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Medicine)

Ryan Shanks
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Professor, Biology

Phone706-864-1368

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 410, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Behavioral Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Medicine)

Alexa Sheets
Alexa Sheets

Part-Time Lab Technician

Office location Gainesville

John Simms
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Part Time Faculty

Phone678-717-3447

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 211, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Medicine, Family Practice, Neurology

Margaret Smith
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Professor

Phone706-864-1488

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 431, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Evolution of Development (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Medicine)

Emilia Sola Gracia
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Lecturer in Biology

Phone706-864-1575

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 429, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Animal Behavior, Parasite-Host Interactions, Ecology, Social Behaviors

Andrew Taylor
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Assistant Professor

Phone706-864-1955

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 151E, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Fisheries Biology, Ichthyology, Conservation Biology, Ecology; (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Veterinarian)

Veronica Walker
Veronica Walker

Lab Coordinator (Life Sciences)

Phone706-310-6314

Office locationStudent Resource Center, 551, Oconee

Malynde Weaver
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Senior Lecturer

Phone678-717-3572

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 113, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Anatomy and Physiology, Science Education, Science of Teaching and Learning (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology Education, Pre-Dentristy)

Shane Webb
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Professor, Biology

Phone706-867-2947

Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 408, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Molecular Systematics, DNA Barcoding, Molecular Genetics (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology, Pre-Physician's Assistant)

Kelly West
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Dir Appalachian Stud Ctr; Dir of UNG Sum Hono; Prin Lec of Bio

Summer Honors Director

Phone706-867-2704

Office locationVickery House, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Biology Education, Environmental Education (Advising Area of Expertise: Biology Secondary Education)

Cathy Whiting
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Professor, Biology

Phone678-717-3774

Office locationScience, Engineering, Tech, 114, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): Active Learning / Concept Mapping and Student Engagement Biology: Vertebrate Physiology Advising: Biology, Pre-Medicine, Pre-PA, Pre-Vet, and Pre-Nursing