Faculty
Some of our faculty have indicated more specialized mentoring training that they have completed in the directory below. If you would like more information on some, but not all, of these trainings, please visit our faculty training information page.
Ahmed, Shawn
Professor
216 Fordham Hall
shawn@med.unc.edu
(919) 843-4780
Baldwin, Albert S., Jr.
William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor
22-000 Lineberger Cancer Center
abaldwin@med.unc.edu
(919) 966-3652
Research interests: Regulation of gene expression, and control of oncogenesis and apoptosis.
Bautch, Victoria L.
Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor
415 Fordham Hall
bautch@med.unc.edu
(919) 966-6797
Mentoring Training: OGE, CAS Leadership Diversity, SOM Leadership Mentoring
Research interests: Animal Models of Vascular Development and Endothelial Cell Biology
Bloom, Kerry S.
Thad L. Beyle Distinguished Professor
623 Fordham Hall
205 Coker Hall (Chair)
kerry_bloom@unc.edu
(919) 962-1182
Bruno, John
Professor
340 Wilson Hall
jbruno@unc.edu
Burch, Christina
Professor
Associate Chair, Development
3163 Genome Sciences Building
cburch@bio.unc.edu
919-962-4445
Mentoring Training: OGE, Culturally Aware Mentor Training
Research interests: Experimental Evolution of Viruses
Burmeister, Sabrina
Professor
316 Wilson Hall
sburmeister@unc.edu
(919)-843-5105
Cárdenas, Paúl
Adjunct Professor, UNC
Professor of Microbiology, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
pacardenas@usfq.edu.ec
Chaves, Jaime
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC
Adjunct Professor, Evolutionary Biology, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
jachaves@usfq.edu.ec
Conlon, Frank
Professor
220 Fordham Hall
frank_conlon@med.unc.edu
(919) 843-5500
Copenhaver, Gregory P.
Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Convergent Science
Associate Dean of Research & Innovation
4161 Genome Sciences Building
gcopenhaver@bio.unc.edu
Mentoring Training: Safe Zone; Green Zone; UndocuCarolina; School of Medicine DEI Certification
Research interests: Genetics
Crews, Stephen
Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Adjunct Professor of Biology
2151 Genome Sciences Building
steve_crews@unc.edu
(919) 423-8236
Dangl, Jeff
HHMI Investigator and John N. Couch Professor
4260 Genome Sciences Building
dangl@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-4469
Research interests: Plant and Pathogen Genetics, Genomics and Cell Biology, Plant Disease Resistance and Plant Metagenomics
de Lourdes Torres, María
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC
Vice-Dean, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences &
Head of the Biotechnology Department,
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
ltorres@usfq.edu.ec
DeSaix, Jean S.
Teaching Professor
302 Coker Hall
jdesaix@email.unc.edu
(919) 929-1580
Dowen, Jill
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics Department, Biology Department
3360 Genome Sciences Building
jilldowen@unc.edu
(919) 962-8132
Mentoring Training: Coach Approach
Research interests: Three-dimensional genome architecture and gene regulation in development and disease
Dowen, Rob
Assistant Professor
321 Fordham Hall
dowen@email.unc.edu
858-736-6579
Mentoring Training: OGE, DEI Certificate
Research interests: Regulation of fat metabolism during development, aging, and disease
Duronio, Robert J.
Professor & Department Chair
Director of the Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences
3350 Genome Sciences Building
duronio@med.unc.edu
(919) 962-4568
Mentoring Training: OGE, Culturally Aware Mentor Training, Safe Zone
Research interests: Epigenetic control of the cell cycle during animal development
Evans, Mara
STEM Teaching Associate Professor
104A Wilson Hall
mara1@email.unc.edu
(919) 843-7107
Feduccia, Alan
S. K. Heninger Distinguished Professor (Emeritus)
216 Wilson Hall
feduccia@bio.unc.edu
(919) 962-3050
Fodrie, F. Joel
Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology Department
157 Coker Hall, 3431 Arendell Street, Morehead CIty, NC
jfodrie@unc.edu
(252) 726-6841 ext. 149
Furey, Terry
Professor
5022 Genetic Medicine Building
tsfurey@email.unc.edu
(919) 966-7033
Mentoring Training: Center for Faculty Excellence Mentoring Workshops
Research interests: Genetics of gene regulation in complex traits; Computational genomics; Chromatin biology; Crohn's disease; Environmental toxicogenomics
Gabrielson, Paul
Adjunct Assistant Professor
3144 Genome Sciences Building
drseaweed@hotmail.com
Gensel, Patricia G.
Professor
414 Coker Hall
pgensel@bio.unc.edu
(919) 962-6937
Gladfelter, Amy
Professor
2412 Genome Sciences Building
amyglad@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-7299
Mentoring Training: Safe Zone; Mental Health First Aid; Haven; Mentor Training
Research interests: Cytoskeleton dynamics, biophysical cell biology, cytoplasm organization
Goldstein, Bob
James L. Peacock III Distinguished Professor
616 Fordham Hall
bobg@unc.edu
(919) 843-8575
Mentoring Training: OGE, Safe Zone; Coach Approach
Research interests: Cell Biology of Development, Evolution of Development, Tolerance of Extremes
Gordon, Kacy
Assistant Professor
Lab 316 Fordham, Office 315
kacy.gordon@unc.edu
(919)962-2164
Mentoring Training: Safe Zone, OGE
Research interests: Duplicate gene function in the germ line stem cell niche
Grant, Sarah R.
Research Professor (Emeritus)
4258 Genome Sciences Building
sgrant@email.unc.edu
Guayasamin, Juan
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC
Professor/Investigator, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador
jmguayasamin@usfq.edu.ec
Harris, Albert K.
Professor
103 Wilson Hall
akharris@bio.unc.edu
Hearn, Alex
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC
Professor, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
ahearn@usfq.edu.ec
Hedrick, Tyson L.
Professor
Associate Chair, Space
301 Coker Hall
thedrick@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-0757
Mentoring Training: OGE, Understanding Multiracial Identity
Research interests: Biomechanics and Animal Locomotion
Hige, Toshihide
Assistant Professor
2157 Genome Sciences Building
hige@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-4736
Hogan, Kelly A.
STEM Teaching Professor
Associate Dean of Instructional Innovation, College of Arts & Sciences
104B Wilson Hall
kelly_hogan@unc.edu
Mentoring Training: Safe Zone, Mental Health First Aid, Green Zone, Carolina Firsts, Equity in Teaching Institute
Research interests: Curriculum and Instruction: Inclusive learning in large STEM courses
Hurlbert, Allen
Professor
331 Wilson Hall
hurlbert@bio.unc.edu
(919) 843-9930
Johnson, Corey
Teaching Professor
210 Wilson Hall
johnsonc@bio.unc.edu
Johri, Parul
Assistant Professor
3157 Genome Sciences Building
pjohri@unc.edu
919-843-7700
Jones, Alan M.
Kenan Distinguished Professor
312 Coker Hall
alan_jones@unc.edu
(919) 962-6932
Jones, Corbin
Professor
3159 Genome Sciences Building
cdjones@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-4443
Kieber, Joseph
Kenan Distinguished Professor
4163 Genome Sciences Building
jkieber@bio.unc.edu
(919) 962-4455
Research interests: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Ethylene and Cytokinin Action in Arabidopsis
Kier, William M.
Professor
313B Wilson Hall (Lab)
billkier@bio.unc.edu
(919) 962-5017 (Lab Office)
Kingsolver, Joel G.
Kenan Distinguished Professor
108 Coker Hall
jgking@bio.unc.edu
(919) 843-6291
Mentoring Training: Safe Zone, HAVEN
Research interests: Environmental physiology; evolutionary ecology; population biology; climate change
Laederach, Alain
Professor
3354 Genome Sciences Building
alain@unc.edu
919-962-4565
Mentoring Training: OGE, Culturally Aware Mentor Training, Safe Zone, DEI Certificate
Research interests: Disease-associated mutations and their effect on RNA Structure
León, Antonio
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC
Professor, Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
aleon@usfq.edu.ec
Lohmann, Catherine
Teaching Associate Professor
402 Coker Hall
clohmann@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-3216
Research interests: Behavior, Neuroscience, Sensory Biology, and Conservation of Marine Animals
Lohmann, Kenneth J.
Charles P. Postelle, Jr. Distinguished Professor
403 Coker Hall
klohmann@email.unc.edu
(919) 843-4508
Research interests: Behavior, Neuroscience, Sensory Ecology, and Conservation Biology of Marine Animals
Maddox, Amy Shaub
Professor
Associate Chair, Academic Affairs
408 Fordham Hall
asm@unc.edu
919-843-3228
Mentoring Training: OGE, Safe Zone, Mental Health First Aid, Groundwater
Research interests: Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Division
Maddox, Paul
Associate Professor
William Burwell Harrison Scholar
608 Fordham Hall
pmaddox@unc.edu
919-843-8637
Maroni, Gustavo
Professor (Emeritus); Biology Advisor
G015D Steele Building
gmaroni@unc.edu
(919) 929-8863
Marzluff, William F.
William Rand Kenan Professor
208 Fordham Hall
marzluff@med.unc.edu
(919) 962-2140
Matera, Gregory
Professor
3352 Genome Sciences Building
matera@unc.edu
(919) 962-4567
Research interests: RNA Processing: Biogenesis of Small Ribonucleoproteins in Health and Disease
Matson, Steven W.
Professor
502 Fordham Hall
smatson@bio.unc.edu
(919) 962-0005
Mentoring Training: Mental Health First Aid
Research interests: DNA Helicases in Nucleic Acid Metabolism
Matthysse, Ann G.
Professor
304 Coker Hall
ann_matthysse@unc.edu
(919) 962-6941
Mentoring Training: Mental Health First Aid, Bystander Intervention, Conflict Resolution; Coach Approach
Research interests: Genetics and mechanisms of the interactions of bacteria with plant surfaces
Matute, Daniel
Professor
3161 Genome Sciences Building
dmatute@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-4442
McCoy, Sophie
Assistant Professor
334 Wilson Hall
sophie.mccoy@unc.edu
Mentoring Training: TEAM ADVANCE
Research interests: Community Ecology, Microbial Ecology, Marine and Aquatic Systems
McKay, Daniel J.
Associate Professor, Biology Department and Genetics Department
3358 Genome Sciences Building
dmckay1@email.unc.edu
(919) 843-2064
Mitchell, Charles E.
Professor
411 Coker Hall
mitchell@bio.unc.edu
Mentoring Training: OGE; Mental Health First Aid; Coach Approach
Research interests: Disease Ecology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Community Ecology
Nagpal, Punita
Research Assistant Professor
318 Coker Hall
punita@email.unc.edu
(919) 843-4027
Nimchuk, Zachary
Associate Professor
4155 Genome Sciences Building
zackn@email.unc.edu
919-962-4460
Ott, Laura
Teaching Assistant Professor
104A Wilson Hall
leott@email.unc.edu
Mentoring Training: Green Zone, Safe Zone
Research interests: Curriculum and instruction, assessment, inclusive learning strategies
Peet, Robert K.
Research Professor
413 Coker Hall
peet@unc.edu
(919) 962-6942
Peifer, Mark
Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor
521 Fordham Hall
peifer@unc.edu
Mentoring Training: OGE, Chancellor's Science Scholar's Program
Research interests: Cell adhesion, signal transduction, and cytoskeletal regulation in development and disease
Pfennig, David W.
Professor
320 Wilson Hall
dpfennig@unc.edu
Mentoring Training: Safe Zone, Team Advance Peer Mentoring Circles
Research interests: Evolution, Ecology, Developmental Biology
Pfennig, Karin
Professor
319 Wilson Hall
kpfennig@unc.edu
(919) 843-5590
Prunet, Nat
Research Assistant Professor Biology Imaging Core Director
1120 Genome Sciences Building
nprunet@unc.edu
919-962-4398
Reed, Jason W.
Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
305 Coker Hall
jreed@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-5640
Rogers, Steve
Associate Professor
422 Fordham Hall
srogers@bio.unc.edu
Mentoring Training: OGE Training
Research interests: Cell Biology of the Cytoskeleton, Cell Migration, and Morphogenesis
Salmon, Edward D.
Research Professor (Retired James Larkin and Iona Mae Ballou Distinguished Professor)
608 Fordham Hall
tsalmon@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-2265
Research interests: Microscopy, Microtubule Assembly, Microtubule Motors, and The Mechanism of Chromosome Movement
Searles, Lillie L.
Professor Emeritus
508 Fordham Hall
lsearles@email.unc.edu
(919) 966-4989
Sekelsky, Jeff
Professor
303 Fordham Hall
sekelsky@unc.edu
(919) 843-9400
Septer, Alecia
Adjunct Associate Professor
4202C Venable/Murray Hall
asepter@email.unc.edu
(919) 843-3410
Research interests: Interbacterial interactions affecting community structure and function; Genetic determinants of bacterial social interactions; Marine host-microbe interactions
Servedio, Maria R.
Professor
404 Coker Hall
servedio@email.unc.edu
(919) 843-2692
Shemer, Gidi
Teaching Professor/Advisor
213A Coker Hall
bishemer@email.unc.edu
Shiau, Celia
Associate Professor
2159 Genome Sciences Building
shiauce@unc.edu
(919) 962-7010
Mentoring Training: OGE Faculty Mentoring Training; Center for Faculty Excellence training; Mental Health First Aid; DEI Certificate Program
Research interests: Crosstalk between immune and nervous systems; macrophages and microglia; immune activation and inflammation; vertebrate development
Slep, Kevin
Associate Professor
Associate Chair, Diversity & Inclusion
402 Fordham Hall
KSlep@bio.unc.edu
(919) 962-4858
Mentoring Training: OGE; Safe Zone; Green Zone; TEAM ADVANCE: Faculty Mentor Training; Mental Health First Aid; DEI Certificate
Research interests: Cytoskeletal Structure and Dynamics
Sockman, Keith W.
Associate Professor
228 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-1379
Stafford, Darrel W.
Professor
442 Wilson Hall
dws@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-0597
Stegenga, Barbara
Teaching Lab Supervisor
211 Coker Hall
bstegenga@bio.unc.edu
Stuart, Bryan
Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology Department
318 Wilson Hall
bryan.stuart@naturalsciences.org
(919) 707-8861
Research interests: Biodiversity, systematics, and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
Tie, Jian-Ke
Research Associate Professor
438 Wilson Hall
jktie@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-2267
Truena, Gabriel
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC
Director, Professor, Institute of Microbiology, Universidad San Francisco de Quito
gtrueba@usfq.edu.ec
Vision, Todd J.
Associate Professor
3155 Genome Sciences Building
tjv@bio.unc.edu
(919) 962-4479
Research interests: Computational genetics, genome evolution and the architecture of complex traits
Waitt, Damon Edward
Director, NC Botanical Garden; Adjunct Professor of the Practice, Biology
North Carolina Botanical Garden
dwaitt@unc.edu
Research interests: Biodiversity Informatics, Citizen Science, Conservation Biology, Invasive Species, Plant Reproductive Biology
Weakley, Alan S.
Adjunct Associate Professor; Director, UNC Herbarium
419 Coker Hall
weakley@unc.edu
(919) 619-1101
Research interests: Plant Systematics, Floristics, Biogeography, Conservation Planning, Bioinformatics, Vegetation Classification and Mapping
White, Peter S.
Professor
406 Coker Hall
peter.white@unc.edu
Wiley, R. Haven
Professor (Emeritus)
323 Wilson Hall
haven_wiley@unc.edu
(919) 962-1340
Willett, Christopher S.
Research Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
406 Coker Hall
willett4@email.unc.edu
(919) 843-8663
Mentoring Training: OGE, HAVEN
Research interests: Molecular population and evolutionary genetics
Williams, Scott
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biology Department
605A Brinkhous-Bullitt Building
scott_williams@med.unc.edu
(919) 966-2737
Research interests: Developmental and stem cell biology of epithelia; asymmetric cell division
Yang, En
Assistant Professor
Genome Science Building
enyanglab@gmail.com
Research interests: System neuroscience; Neuronal circuits implementation for cognitive behaviors at the whole-brain level; Neuroengineering to rescue learning disorders and boost learning performance.
Yeh, Elaine
Research Professor
603 Fordham Hall
elaine_yeh@unc.edu
(919) 962-2331
Mentoring Training: Mental Health First Aid, Diversity Workshop
Research interests: Nuclear division in yeast: cell cycle control; microtubule motor proteins and the cytoskeleton.
Yitbarek, Senay
Assistant Professor
Peter Thacher Grauer Fellow
2155 Genome Sciences Building
senay@unc.edu
