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
(919) 843-4780
shawn@med.unc.edu
Baldwin, Albert S., Jr.
William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor
22-000 Lineberger Cancer Center
(919) 966-3652
abaldwin@med.unc.edu
Research interests: Regulation of gene expression, and control of oncogenesis and apoptosis.
Bautch, Victoria L.
Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor
415 Fordham Hall
(919) 966-6797
bautch@med.unc.edu
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)
(919) 962-1182
kerry_bloom@unc.edu
Bruno, John
Professor
340 Wilson Hall
jbruno@unc.edu
Burch, Christina
Professor
Associate Chair, Development
3163 Genome Sciences Building
919-962-4445
cburch@bio.unc.edu
Mentoring Training: OGE, Culturally Aware Mentor Training
Research interests: Experimental Evolution of Viruses
Burmeister, Sabrina
Professor
316 Wilson Hall
(919)-843-5105
sburmeister@unc.edu
Conlon, Frank
Professor
220 Fordham Hall
(919) 843-5500
frank_conlon@med.unc.edu
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
(919) 423-8236
steve_crews@unc.edu
Dangl, Jeff
HHMI Investigator and John N. Couch Professor
4260 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4469
dangl@email.unc.edu
Research interests: Plant and Pathogen Genetics, Genomics and Cell Biology, Plant Disease Resistance and Plant Metagenomics
DeSaix, Jean S.
Teaching Professor
302 Coker Hall
(919) 929-1580
jdesaix@email.unc.edu
Dowen, Jill
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics Department, Biology Department
3360 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-8132
jilldowen@unc.edu
Mentoring Training: Coach Approach
Research interests: Three-dimensional genome architecture and gene regulation in development and disease
Dowen, Rob
Assistant Professor
321 Fordham Hall
858-736-6579
dowen@email.unc.edu
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
(919) 962-4568
duronio@med.unc.edu
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
(919) 843-7107
mara1@email.unc.edu
Feduccia, Alan
S. K. Heninger Distinguished Professor (Emeritus)
216 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-3050
feduccia@bio.unc.edu
Fodrie, F. Joel
Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology Department
157 Coker Hall, 3431 Arendell Street, Morehead CIty, NC
(252) 726-6841 ext. 149
jfodrie@unc.edu
Furey, Terry
Professor
5022 Genetic Medicine Building
(919) 966-7033
tsfurey@email.unc.edu
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
(919) 962-6937
pgensel@bio.unc.edu
Gladfelter, Amy
Professor
2412 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-7299
amyglad@email.unc.edu
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
(919) 843-8575
bobg@unc.edu
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
(919)962-2164
kacy.gordon@unc.edu
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
Harris, Albert K.
Professor
103 Wilson Hall
akharris@bio.unc.edu
Hedrick, Tyson L.
Professor
Associate Chair, Space
301 Coker Hall
(919) 962-0757
thedrick@email.unc.edu
Mentoring Training: OGE, Understanding Multiracial Identity
Research interests: Biomechanics and Animal Locomotion
Hige, Toshihide
Assistant Professor
3157 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4736
hige@email.unc.edu
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
Hommersand, Max H.
Professor (Emeritus)
407 Coker Hall
(919) 962-6938
hommersand@bio.unc.edu
Hurlbert, Allen
Professor
331 Wilson Hall
(919) 843-9930
hurlbert@bio.unc.edu
Johnson, Corey
Teaching Professor
210 Wilson Hall
johnsonc@bio.unc.edu
Jones, Alan M.
Kenan Distinguished Professor
312 Coker Hall
(919) 962-6932
alan_jones@unc.edu
Jones, Corbin
Professor
3159 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4443
cdjones@email.unc.edu
Kieber, Joseph
Kenan Distinguished Professor
4163 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4455
jkieber@bio.unc.edu
Research interests: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Ethylene and Cytokinin Action in Arabidopsis
Kier, William M.
Professor
313B Wilson Hall (Lab)
(919) 962-5017 (Lab Office)
billkier@bio.unc.edu
Kingsolver, Joel G.
Kenan Distinguished Professor
108 Coker Hall
(919) 843-6291
jgking@bio.unc.edu
Mentoring Training: Safe Zone, HAVEN
Research interests: Environmental physiology; evolutionary ecology; population biology; climate change
Laederach, Alain
Professor
3354 Genome Sciences Building
919-962-4565
alain@unc.edu
Mentoring Training: OGE, Culturally Aware Mentor Training, Safe Zone, DEI Certificate
Research interests: Disease-associated mutations and their effect on RNA Structure
Lohmann, Catherine
Teaching Associate Professor
402 Coker Hall
(919) 962-3216
clohmann@email.unc.edu
Research interests: Behavior, Neuroscience, Sensory Biology, and Conservation of Marine Animals
Lohmann, Kenneth J.
Charles P. Postelle, Jr. Distinguished Professor
403 Coker Hall
(919) 843-4508
klohmann@email.unc.edu
Research interests: Behavior, Neuroscience, Sensory Ecology, and Conservation Biology of Marine Animals
Maddox, Amy Shaub
Professor
Associate Chair, Academic Affairs
408 Fordham Hall
919-843-3228
asm@unc.edu
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
307 Fordham Hall
919-843-8637
pmaddox@unc.edu
Maroni, Gustavo
Professor (Emeritus); Biology Advisor
G015D Steele Building
(919) 929-8863
gmaroni@unc.edu
Marzluff, William F.
William Rand Kenan Professor
208 Fordham Hall
(919) 962-2140
marzluff@med.unc.edu
Matera, Gregory
Professor
3352 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4567
matera@unc.edu
Research interests: RNA Processing: Biogenesis of Small Ribonucleoproteins in Health and Disease
Matson, Steven W.
Professor
502 Fordham Hall
(919) 962-0005
smatson@bio.unc.edu
Mentoring Training: Mental Health First Aid
Research interests: DNA Helicases in Nucleic Acid Metabolism
Matthysse, Ann G.
Professor
304 Coker Hall
(919) 962-6941
ann_matthysse@unc.edu
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
(919) 962-4442
dmatute@email.unc.edu
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
(919) 843-2064
dmckay1@email.unc.edu
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
(919) 843-4027
punita@email.unc.edu
Nimchuk, Zachary
Associate Professor
4155 Genome Sciences Building
919-962-4460
zackn@email.unc.edu
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
(919) 962-6942
peet@unc.edu
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
(919) 843-5590
kpfennig@unc.edu
Reed, Jason W.
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
305 Coker Hall
(919) 962-5640
jreed@email.unc.edu
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
(919) 962-2265
tsalmon@email.unc.edu
Research interests: Microscopy, Microtubule Assembly, Microtubule Motors, and The Mechanism of Chromosome Movement
Searles, Lillie L.
Professor Emeritus
508 Fordham Hall
(919) 966-4989
lsearles@email.unc.edu
Sekelsky, Jeff
Professor
303 Fordham Hall
(919) 843-9400
sekelsky@unc.edu
Septer, Alecia
Adjunct Associate Professor
4202C Venable/Murray Hall
(919) 843-3410
asepter@email.unc.edu
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
(919) 843-2692
servedio@email.unc.edu
Shemer, Gidi
Teaching Professor/Advisor
213A Coker Hall
bishemer@email.unc.edu
Shiau, Celia
Assistant Professor
2159 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-7010
shiauce@unc.edu
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
(919) 962-4858
KSlep@bio.unc.edu
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
(919) 962-0597
dws@email.unc.edu
Stegenga, Barbara
Teaching Lab Supervisor
211 Coker Hall
bstegenga@bio.unc.edu
Stuart, Bryan
Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology Department
318 Wilson Hall
(919) 707-8861
bryan.stuart@naturalsciences.org
Research interests: Biodiversity, systematics, and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
Taylor, Brian
Assistant Professor
Coker 301A
919-962-8508
bkt2@live.unc.edu
Mentoring Training: Safe Zone, HAVEN
Research interests: Animal Magnetoreception and Navigation; Robotics; Bio-Engineering
Tie, Jian-Ke
Research Associate Professor
438 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-2267
jktie@email.unc.edu
Vision, Todd J.
Associate Professor
3155 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4479
tjv@bio.unc.edu
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
(919) 619-1101
weakley@unc.edu
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
(919) 962-1340
haven_wiley@unc.edu
Willett, Christopher S.
Research Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
406 Coker Hall
(919) 843-8663
willett4@email.unc.edu
Mentoring Training: OGE, HAVEN
Research interests: Molecular population and evolutionary genetics
Williams, Scott
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biology Department
605A Brinkhous-Bullitt Building
(919) 966-2737
scott_williams@med.unc.edu
Research interests: Developmental and stem cell biology of epithelia; asymmetric cell division
Yeh, Elaine
Research Professor
603 Fordham Hall
(919) 962-2331
elaine_yeh@unc.edu
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
