Faculty & Staff
Cumming
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.,
Part Time Faculty- Biology
Health & 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 & 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, M.S., V.M.D., Ph.D.,
Dean, Science & Mathematics
706-864-1958
Health and Natural Sciences 404,
Dahlonega
Frank Corotto, Ph.D.,
Professor, Biology
706-864-1698
Health and Natural Sciences 409,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Cell Biology, Cell Physiology, Neurobiology
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 & 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
HNS 406,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Microbiology, Virology, Molecular Genetics, Environmental Microbiology , Microbial Bioremediation
Ashlee McCaskill, Ph.D.,
Associate 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
HNS 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
HNS 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 111,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Wildlife Ecology and Management, Bat Ecology
Jacob Berger, M.S.,
Limited Term Faculty
678-717-2321
Science 111,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Anatomy & Physiology
Swapna Bhat, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
678-717-3773
Science 123,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Bacteria Physiology and Genetics
Jeanine Blachly,
Part-Time Faculty
678-717-3447
Science 242,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science
Tom Diggs, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Plant Biology
Science 108,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Ecology, Evolution, Botany, Phylogeography
Dawn Lubeski, M.S.,
Senior Lecturer, Biology
678-717-3814
Science 115,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Ecology, Field Ornithology
Margi Flood, M.S.,
Associate Professor, Biology
678-717-3743
Science 110,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Freshwater Ecology, Freshwater Macroinvertebrates
John Hamilton, Ed.D.,
Professor, Biology
678-717-3815
Science 166,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Biological Sciences
Rachel Hughes, M.N.R.,
Lecturer
678-717-3492
Watkins 189,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Conservation Ecology, Natural Resources, Insect and Plant Ecology, Environmental Education, Instructional Design, Implementation & Evaluation
Natalie Hyslop, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
678-717-3538
Science 160,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management, Herpetology, Population Ecology
Mattias Johansson, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Biology
678-717-3447
Science 145A,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Population Genetics, Invasive Species, Aquatic Biology
Evan Lampert, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Biology
678-717-3804
Science 167,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Insect Diversity and Ecology, Multitrophic Interactions
Jeanelle Morgan, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor & Associate Department Head
678-717-3706
Science 161,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics, Microbiology
Linda Purvis, M.S.,
Lecturer
678-717-3814
Science Building 115,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Poultry Science, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Immunology
Jennifer Mook, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Biology
678-717-3492
Science 171,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Herpetology, Genetics, Cell Biology
Martha Sanderson, M.S.,
Part Time Faculty
678-717-3599
Science 123,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Marine Ecology, General Biology
Davison Sangweme, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
678-717-3802
Science 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 114,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Biological Sciences
Kristin Yager, M.S.,
Lecturer
Science 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 Ctr 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
Alex Olvido, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Biology
706-310-6319
Student Resource Ctr 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 Ctr 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