Biology Faculty
Leadership
David Chalcraft
Chair
Professor
chalcraftd@ecu.edu
252-328-2797
Expertise: Behavioral Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics, Toxicology
Michael Brewer
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
brewermi14@ecu.edu
252-328-1833
Expertise: Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, Quantitative Biology, and Bioinformatics
Grace Chen
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Teaching Associate Professor
chenf21@ecu.edu
252-328-9769
Expertise: Ecology, Evolution, Tropical Biology
Timothy Christensen
Director of Undergraduate Advising
Associate Professor
christensent@ecu.edu
252-328-0162
Expertise: Biotechnology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Human Disease
Faculty
Elizabeth Ables
Associate Professor
ablese@ecu.edu
252-328-9770
Expertise: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Human Disease, Physiology and Developmental Biology
Atta Ahmad
Teaching Assistant Professor
ahmada@ecu.edu
252-737-4777
Expertise: Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Human Disease
Eric Anderson
Teaching Assistant Professor
andersone@ecu.edu
252-328-6895
Expertise: Biotechnology, Microbiology
Lauren Anllo
Assistant Professor
anllol22@ecu.edu
252-328-9636
Expertise: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, and Genetics
Rebecca Asch
Associate Professor
aschr16@ecu.edu
252-328-6307
Expertise: Marine ecology, biological oceanography, fisheries science, climate change impacts
April Blakeslee
Associate Professor
blakesleeap14@ecu.edu
252-737-5255
Expertise: Conservation Biology, Marine Ecology, Parasite Ecology, and Evolutionary Ecology
Mary Farwell
Assistant Vice Chancellor
farwellm@ecu.edu
252-328-4810
Expertise: Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Human Disease, Science Education
Erin Field
Associate Professor
fielde14@ecu.edu
252-328-5276
Expertise: Ecology, Evolution, Microbiology, Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics
Paul Hager
Teaching Assistant Professor
hagerp@ecu.edu
252-328-1848
Expertise: Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Physiology and Developmental Biology
Xiaomei He
Assistant Professor
hex24@ecu.edu
252-328-6285
Expertise: Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Protein-Protein Interactions, Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions
Jinling Huang
Professor
huangj@ecu.edu
252-328-5623
Expertise: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics
Fadi Issa
Associate Professor
issaf14@ecu.edu
252-328-5446
Expertise: Behavioral Biology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Human Disease, Neurobiology, Physiology and Developmental Biology
Elizabeth Jones
Teaching Assistant Professor
jonese@ecu.edu
252-328-4231
Expertise: Neurobiology, Human Physiology
Keith Keene
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
keenek24@ecu.edu
252-328-6249
Joseph Luczkovich
THCAS Distinguished Professor
luczkovichj@ecu.edu
252-328-9402
Expertise: Behavioral Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Human Disease, Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics, Toxicology
Jeffrey McKinnon
Professor
mckinnonj@ecu.edu
252-328-5258
Expertise: Behavioral Biology, Evolution, and Science Education
Susan McRae
Teaching Professor
mcraes@ecu.edu
252-328-6515
Expertise: Behavioral Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Genetics
Xiaoping Pan
Professor
panx@ecu.edu
252-328-5443
Expertise: Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Physiology and Developmental Biology, Toxicology
Silvana Pasetto
Teaching Assistant Professor
pasettos18@ecu.edu
252-328-4024
Expertise: Histology, Microscopy, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Pathology
Ariane Peralta
Associate Professor
peraltaa@ecu.edu
252-328-2712
Expertise: Ecology, Evolution, Microbiology, Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics, Science Education
Fidisoa Rasambainarivo
Assistant Professor
Rasambainarivof23@ecu.edu
252-328-1835
Expertise: Ecology, Conservation Biology, Community Ecology, Parasite Ecology, Infectious Disease
Jean-Luc Scemama
Associate Dean for Academic Programs
scemamaj@ecu.edu
252-328-6313
Expertise: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Human Disease, Physiology, and Developmental Biology
Cameron Schmidt
Assistant Professor
schmidtc18@ecu.edu
252-328-9636
Expertise: Biochemistry, Physiology and Developmental Biology, Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics
Lauren Schulte
Teaching Assistant Professor
schultel24@ecu.edu
252-737-2748
Expertise: Cellular and Molecular Biology
Edmund Stellwag
Associate Professor
stellwage@ecu.edu
252-328-6302
Expertise: Biotechnology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Human Disease, Microbiology, Physiology and Developmental Biology
Kyle Summers
THCAS Distinguished Professor
summersk@ecu.edu
252-328-6304
Expertise: Behavioral Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics
Beth Thompson
Associate Professor
thompsonb@ecu.edu
252-737-2972
Expertise: Biotechnology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology and Developmental Biology
Heather Vance-Chalcraft
Associate Professor
vancechalcrafth@ecu.edu
252-328-9841
Expertise: Biology Education Research, Community Ecology
Kristin Voytek
Teaching Instructor
voytekk@ecu.edu
252-328-5431
Expertise: Physiology and Developmental Biology
Mirian Watts
Teaching Assistant Professor
wattsmi22@ecu.edu
252-328-4016
Expertise: Insect Diversity and Evolution (Entomology), Anatomy & Physiology
Baohong Zhang
THCAS Distinguished Professor
zhangb@ecu.edu
252-328-2021
Expertise: Biotechnology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Physiology and Developmental Biology, Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics, Toxicology
Yong Zhu
Professor
zhuy@ecu.edu
252-328-6504
Expertise: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Human Disease, Neurobiology, Physiology and Developmental Biology
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