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

Judy Cooper, Part Time Faculty

706-864-1953

Health and Natural Sciences, 151, 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

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

Valerie Fambrough, Program Specialist

706-864-1953

Health and Natural Sciences, 405, Dahlonega

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 Gomolak, Part Time Faculty

706-867-2557

Health & Natural Science Building 447, Dahlonega

Elizabeth Gordon, Part Time Faculty

Dahlonega

Jessica Hartel, Ph.D., Lecturer

Dahlonega

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

Morgan Knapp, Limited Term Lab Coordinator

706-867-3098

Health and Natural Sciences, 405, Dahlonega

Taylor Marshall, Lab Technician

706-864-1538

Health and Natural Sciences, 119B, Dahlonega

Ashlee McCaskill, Ph.D., Professor, Biology

706-864-1954

Health and Natural Sciences, 436, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Plant Biology, Molecular Biology, Mycology

Abby Neyer, Assistant Professor of Biology

Dahlonega

Lauren Oliver, Assistant Professor

706-867-4556

Health and Natural Sciences, 439, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Herpetology, Phylogenetic Systematics, Taxonomy, Biogeography, Evolutionary Biology

Christina Panella, Lecturer

Health and Natural Sciences, 119F, Dahlonega

David Patterson, Assistant Professor

706-864-1741

Health and Natural Sciences, 148, Dahlonega

Jessica Patterson, Lecturer, Biology

706-867-4477

Health and Natural Sciences, 148, Dahlonega

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

Emilia Sola Gracia, Lecturer in Biology

Dahlonega

Alexandra Tremblay, Assistant Professor

Dahlonega

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

Lynne Berdanier, M.S., Lecturer, Biology

678-717-3494

Watkins Academic Building, 188, Gainesville

Laurie Bergeron, M.S., Lecturer

678-717-2329

Science, Engineering, Tech, 123, Gainesville

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

Aaron Caudell, Part-Time Biology Lab Assistant

Gainesville

Adam Davis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

678-717-2320

Science, Engineering, Tech, 162, Gainesville

Tom Diggs, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Plant Biology

Science, Engineering, Tech, 108, Gainesville

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

Dawn Drumtra, Senior Lecturer, Biology

678-717-3814

Science, Engineering, Tech, 115, Gainesville

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

Ghulam Hasnain, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology

Science, Engineering, Tech, 108, Gainesville

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