Faculty
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
Bloom, Kerry S.
Chair of Biology
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
(919) 962-1038
jbruno@unc.edu
Burch, Christina
Professor
3163 Genome Sciences Building
919-962-4445
cburch@bio.unc.edu
Burmeister, Sabrina
Associate Professor
316 Wilson Hall
(919)-843-5105
sburmeister@unc.edu
Coble, Jennifer
Teaching Associate Professor; UNC BEST Program Coordinator
110 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-3705
jcoble@bio.unc.edu
Conlon, Frank
Professor
220 Fordham Hall
(919) 843-5500
frank_conlon@med.unc.edu
Copenhaver, Gregory P.
Professor
Associate Chair for Development
4161 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4457
gcopenhaver@bio.unc.edu
Crews, Stephen
Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Adjunct Professor of Biology
2256 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
Dickerson, Brad
Assistant Professor
Kenan Honors Fellow
2157 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-0703
bdicker@email.unc.edu
Dowen, Jill
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics Department, Biology Department
3360 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-8132
jilldowen@unc.edu
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
Duronio, Robert J.
Professor
Director of the Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences
3350 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4568
duronio@med.unc.edu
Evans, Mara
STEM Teaching Assistant 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
Associate Professor
5022 Genetic Medicine Building
(919) 966-7033
tsfurey@email.unc.edu
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
Associate Professor
516 Fordham Hall
(919) 962-7299
amyglad@email.unc.edu
Mentoring Training: Safe Zone
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
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
Grant, Sarah R.
Research Professor
4258 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4470
sgrant@email.unc.edu
Harris, Albert K.
Professor
103 Wilson Hall
(919) 966-1230
akharris@bio.unc.edu
Hedrick, Tyson L.
Professor
301 Coker Hall
(919) 962-0757
thedrick@email.unc.edu
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
(919) 843-6047
kelly_hogan@unc.edu
Hommersand, Max H.
Professor (Emeritus)
407 Coker Hall
(919) 962-6938
hommersand@bio.unc.edu
Hurlbert, Allen
Associate Professor
331 Wilson Hall
(919) 843-9930
hurlbert@bio.unc.edu
Johnson, Corey
Teaching Associate Professor; Associate Chair of Biology
210 Wilson Hall
(919) 843-6962
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
Research interests: Environmental physiology; evolutionary ecology; population biology; climate change
Laederach, Alain
Associate Professor
3354 Genome Sciences Building
919-962-4565
alain@unc.edu
Lohmann, Catherine
Teaching Assistant 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
Associate Professor
408 Fordham Hall
919-843-3228
asm@unc.edu
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
Matthysse, Ann G.
Professor
304 Coker Hall
(919) 962-6941
ann_matthysse@unc.edu
Research interests: Genetics and mechanisms of the interactions of bacteria with plant surfaces
Matute, Daniel
Assistant Professor
3161 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-4442
dmatute@email.unc.edu
McKay, Daniel J.
Assistant Professor, Biology Department and Genetics Department
3358 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 843-2064
dmckay1@email.unc.edu
Miller, Laura
Professor
Coker 301B
(919) 843-4557
lam9@unc.edu
Research interests: Biological Fluid Dynamics, Marine Invertebrate Zoology, and Mathematical Biology
Misch, Donald W.
Associate Professor (Emeritus)
135 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-3751
mischplace@mindspring.com
Mitchell, Charles E.
Professor
411 Coker Hall
(919) 843-7745
mitchell@bio.unc.edu
Nagpal, Punita
Research Assistant Professor
318 Coker Hall
(919) 843-4027
punita@email.unc.edu
Nimchuk, Zachary
Assistant Professor
4155 Genome Sciences Building
919-962-4460
zackn@email.unc.edu
Peet, Robert K.
Research Professor
413 Coker Hall
(919) 962-6942
peet@unc.edu
Peifer, Mark
Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor
521 Fordham Hall
(919) 962-2271
peifer@unc.edu
Research interests: Cell adhesion, signal transduction, and cytoskeletal regulation in development and disease
Peterson, Charles H.
Professor (Marine Sciences) (Emeritus)
Institute of Marine Sciences
(252) 726-6841
cpeters@email.unc.edu
Pfennig, David W.
Professor
320 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-0155
dpfennig@unc.edu
Pfennig, Karin
Professor
319 Wilson Hall
(919) 843-5590
kpfennig@unc.edu
Reed, Jason W.
Associate Professor
305 Coker Hall
(919) 962-5640
jreed@email.unc.edu
Rogers, Steve
Associate Professor
422 Fordham Hall
(919) 843-7342
srogers@bio.unc.edu
Rybarczyk, Brian J.
Teaching Professor, Assistant Dean for Academic and Professional Development of The Graduate School, Associate Director SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellowship
101 Graduate Student Center
(919) 962-2505
brybar@unc.edu
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
Servedio, Maria R.
Professor
404 Coker Hall
(919) 843-2692
servedio@email.unc.edu
Shank, Elizabeth
Associate Professor
4157 Genome Sciences Building
919-962-4459
eshank@unc.edu
Shemer, Gidi
Teaching Associate Professor/Advisor
213A Coker Hall
(919) 962-0684
bishemer@email.unc.edu
Shiau, Celia
Assistant Professor
4352 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 962-7010
shiauce@unc.edu
Research interests: Crosstalk between immune and nervous systems; macrophages and microglia; immune activation and inflammation; vertebrate development
Slabodnick, Mark
Research Assistant Professor
616 Fordham Hall
maddock@live.unc.edu
Slep, Kevin
Associate Professor
402 Fordham Hall
(919) 962-4858
KSlep@bio.unc.edu
Sockman, Keith W.
Associate Professor
228 Wilson Hall
(919) 843-1989
Stafford, Darrel W.
Professor
442 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-0597
dws@email.unc.edu
Stegenga, Barbara
Teaching Lab Supervisor
211 Coker Hall
(919) 966-3180
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
Tie, Jian-Ke
Research Associate Professor
438 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-2267
jktie@email.unc.edu
Tucker, Caroline
Assistant Professor
334B Wilson Hall
(919) 843-6378
carolinetucker@unc.edu
Research interests: Phylogenetic and functional diversity, species interactions and coexistence in communities, and intraspecific variation
Umbanhowar, James
Research Assistant Professor
335 Wilson Hall
jumbanho@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
(919) 962-6939 (Biology)
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
2252 Genome Sciences Building
(919) 843-8663
willett4@email.unc.edu
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
Research interests: Nuclear division in yeast: cell cycle control; microtubule motor proteins and the cytoskeleton.