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Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty and Staff

Full-time Faculty

Mark B. Bush
Department Head
Ph.D., University of Hull, UK, 1986. Paleoecology, Plant Community Ecology

David J. Carroll
Ph.D., University of Connecticut Health Center, 1996. Developmental Biology, Genetics, Signal Transduction

Tristan Fiedler

Michael Grace
Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine, 1992. Sensory Neurobiology, Physiology, Herpetology

Julia E. Grimwade
Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo, 1987. Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Molecular Biololgy

Alan C. Leonard
Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo, 1979. DNA Replication, Cell Biology, Microbiology
Junda Lin
Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill, 1989. Aquaculture, Marine Ecology
John G. Morris
Associate Department Head/Coordinator of Graduate Programs
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1973. Population Ecology, Biology and Ecology of Marine Mammals
Charles Polson
Ph.D., Florida Institute of Technology, 1979. Molecular Biology, DNA Analysis
Jonathan M. Shenker
Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1986. Fish Ecology, Fisheries, Larval Recruitment

Richard R. Sinden

Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1978, DNA Structure and Function

Richard A. Tankersley
Ph.D., Wake Forest University, 1992. Marine Ecology, Invertebrate Biology and Physiology
Ralph G. Turingan
Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico, 1993, Functional Morphology, Ecological Physiology
Richard L. Turner
Associate Department Head/Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs
Ph.D., University of South Florida, 1977. Marine Biology, Invertebrate Reproduction and Physiology

Robert van Woesik
Ph.D., James Cook University, Australia, 1993. Ecology of Coral Reefs, Community Ecology, Ecological Modeling

Russell C. Weigel
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1970. Plant Physiology, Plant Tissue Culture
Shaohua Xu
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1989. Protein structure aggregation and other protein stability issues.
 

Professors Emeriti

Arvind M. Dhople
Ph.D. University of Bombay, India, 1964. Mycobacteriology, Infectious Diseases
Charles E. Helmstetter
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1961. Cell Biology, DNA Replication
Gary N. Wells
Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1971. Enzyme Mechanisms, Biochemistry

Research Faculty

Lisa Moore
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1993. Gap Junction Signaling In Vertebrate Retina



Associate Graduate Faculty
Associate graduate faculty can serve as graduate student advisors or as members of graduate committees.

Megan Davis-Hodgkins, Ph.D.
Director, Aquaculture Division, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Early life history of conch, Larval nutrition, Larval dispersal and recruitment

Tamara M. Frank, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Vertical migrations and population dynamics of deep sea organisms, Sensory biology

M. Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Marine Science, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Marine botany, Biology of deep-water macroalgae, Coral reef ecology
Jose V. Lopez, Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist, Division of Biomedical Research, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Systematics of marine invertebrates, Molecular evolutionary genetics, Secondary metabolite biosynthesis
Richard Paperno, Ph.D.
Research Administrator, Florida Marine Research Institute, Early life histories of fishes
John Scarpa, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Shellfish aquaculture, nutrition and genetics

Hilary M. Swain, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Archbold Biological Station, Conservation biology, Biodiversity, Agro-ecology


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