Faculty & Staff
Dahlonega
Danyelle Aganovic, M.S.,
Senior Lecturer, Biology
706-867-2812
Health and Natural Sciences, 435,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Stream Ecology, Fish Ecology
Carrie Allen, M.A.Ed.,
Senior Lecturer, Biology
706-864-1959
Health and Natural Sciences, 438,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Biological Sciences, Science Education
Amy Anderson, Ph.D.,
Limited Term Faculty
Health and Natural Sciences, 151D,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Biology Education, Brain Imaging, Neuroscience
Erin Barding, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor - Biology
706-867-4558
Health and Natural Sciences, 432,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Wildlife ecology & management
Dobroslawa Bialonska, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Environmental Microbiology
706-864-1787
Health and Natural Sciences, 437,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Environmental Microbiology, Natural Products in Drug Development, Human Gut Microbiota, Food Microbiology, Quorum Sensing Inhibition, Antimicrobial Natural Products
Michael Bodri, Ph.D., V.M.D.,
Professor, Dean of College of Sciences and Mathematics
706-867-2201
Health and Natural Sciences, 119F,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Entomology, Molecular Biology, Parasitology, Plant Tissue Culture, Veterinary Medicine
Frank Corotto, Ph.D.,
Professor, Biology
706-864-1698
Health and Natural Sciences, 409,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Cell Biology, Cell Physiology, Neurobiology
Frank Crittenden, Ph.D.,
Lecturer
706-867-2556
Health and Natural Sciences, 151D,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation system, genomic editing, neural mitochondrial activity, enzyme kinetics
Janice Crook-Hill, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Biology
706-864-1931
Health and Natural Sciences, 433,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Evolution of Behavior, Ornithology
Nancy Dalman, Ph.D.,
Professor & Department Head, Biology
706-867-2831
Health and Natural Sciences, 411,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Environmental Toxicology, Marine Biology
Mark Davis, Ph.D.,
Professor, Biology
706-864-1957
Health and Natural Sciences, 412,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Ecology, Herpetology, Behavior
Karrie Fadroski, M.S.,
Senior Lecturer
706-867-2948
Health and Natural Sciences, 407,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Ecology, Entomology
Larry Gibson, D.C.,
Lecturer, Biology
706-867-3095
Health and Natural Sciences, 119-E,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Clinical physical & holistic medicine
Jessica Hartel, Ph.D.,
Lecturer
Area(s) of Expertise: primatology, chimpanzee behavioral ecology, flexibility, aggression and sociality, cognition, conservation, and welfare
Paul Johnson, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor - Biology
706-867-2854
Health and Natural Sciences, 429,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Microbiology, Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Molecular Genetics, Microbial Population Genetics
Alison Kanak, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
706-867-3069
Health and Natural Sciences, 406,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Microbiology, Virology, Molecular Genetics, Environmental Microbiology , Microbial Bioremediation
Ashlee McCaskill, Ph.D.,
Professor, Biology
706-864-1954
Health and Natural Sciences, 436,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Plant Biology, Molecular Biology, Mycology
Lauren Oliver,
Assistant Professor
706-867-4556
Health and Natural Sciences, 439,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Herpetology, Phylogenetic Systematics, Taxonomy, Biogeography, Evolutionary Biology
Miriam Segura-Totten, Ph.D.,
Professor, Biology, Harry B. Forester Eminent Scholars Chair
706-867-2951
Health and Natural Sciences, 414,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Cell Biology, Molecular biology, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Ryan Shanks, Ph.D.,
Professor, Biology
706-864-1368
Health and Natural Sciences, 437,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Science of Teaching and Learning
Margaret Smith, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
706-864-1488
Health and Natural Sciences, 431,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Evolution of Development
Shane Webb, Ph.D.,
Professor, Biology
706-867-2947
Health and Natural Sciences, 408,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Molecular Evolution, Systematics, Ichthyology
Kelly West, M.S.,
Senior Lecturer
706-867-2704
Health and Natural Sciences, 412,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Biology Education, Environmental Education
Gainesville
Michael Bender, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Biology
Science, Engineering, Tech, 111,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Wildlife Ecology and Management, Bat Ecology
Swapna Bhat, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
678-717-3773
Science, Engineering, Tech, 123,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Bacteria Physiology and Genetics
Jeanine Blachly,
Part-Time Faculty
678-717-3447
Science, Engineering, Tech, 242,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science
Tom Diggs, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Plant Biology
Science, Engineering, Tech, 108,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Ecology, Evolution, Botany, Phylogeography
Margi Flood, M.S.,
Associate Professor, Biology
678-717-3743
Science, Engineering, Tech, 110,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Freshwater Ecology, Freshwater Macroinvertebrates
John Hamilton, Ed.D.,
Part Time Faculty
678-717-3815
Science 166,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Biological Sciences
Rachel Hughes, M.N.R.,
Lecturer
678-717-3492
Watkins Academic Building, 189,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Conservation Ecology, Natural Resources, Insect and Plant Ecology, Environmental Education, Instructional Design, Implementation & Evaluation
Natalie Hyslop, Ph.D.,
Professor
678-717-3538
Science, Engineering, Tech, 160,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management, Herpetology, Population Ecology
Mattias Johansson, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Biology
678-696-2460
Science, Engineering, Tech, 145A,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Population Genetics, Invasive Species, Aquatic Biology
Evan Lampert, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Biology
678-717-3804
Science, Engineering, Tech, 167,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Insect Diversity and Ecology, Multitrophic Interactions
Jeanelle Morgan, Ph.D.,
Professor & Associate Department Head
678-717-3706
Science, Engineering, Tech, 161,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics, Microbiology
Linda Purvis, Ph.D. ,
Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor
678-696-2683
Science, Engineering, Tech, 115,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Poultry Science, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Immunology
Jo Qian, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
678-717-2330
Science, Engineering, Tech, 172,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Cell and molecular biology, Fly genetics, Developmental biology, Human anatomy and physiology, Neuroscience
Jennifer Mook, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Biology
678-717-3492
Science, Engineering, Tech, 171,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Herpetology, Genetics, Cell Biology
Martha Sanderson, M.S.,
Part Time Faculty
678-717-3599
Science, Engineering, Tech, 123,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Marine Ecology, General Biology
Davison Sangweme, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
678-717-3802
Science, Engineering, Tech, 167,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Virology, Cell Biology, Parasitology, Biomedical Sciences
John Simms, PA-C,
Part Time Faculty
678-717-3599
Area(s) of Expertise: Medicine, Family Practice, Neurology
Cathy Whiting, Ph.D.,
Professor, Biology
678-717-3774
Science, Engineering, Tech, 114,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Biological Sciences
Kristin Yager, M.S.,
Lecturer
Science, Engineering, Tech, 142A,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: General Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Veterinary Anatomy, Environmental Education
Oconee
Susan Brantley, M.S.,
Lecturer, Biology
706-310-6358
Student Resource Center, 554,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: Entomology, Stream and Wetland Ecology, Entomology Public Outreach
Hugo Collantes, M.S.,
Lecturer
706-310-6253
Student Resource Center, 555,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: Conservation Ecology, Urban Ecology, Chemical Ecology
Julie Glenn, Ph.D.,
Lecturer
706-310-6341
Student Resource Center, 556,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: Mammalogy, Ecology, Genetics, Anatomy and Physiology
Alex Olvido, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Biology
706-310-6319
Student Resource Center, 552,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: Behavioral Ecology (Especially of Crickets), Analysis-of-Variance (ANOVA) Models
Josette Ricker, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Biology
706-310-6289
Student Resource Center, 553,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: Cryobiology, Cell Membrane Biology and Biophysics, Theriogenology, Biomimetic surfaces
Eleanor Schut, M.S.,
Assistant Professor, Biology
706-310-6235
Faculty Center, 718,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: Agroecology, Alley Cropping, Soil Ecology