Biology Faculty

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

Elizabeth Ables
Professor
ablese@ecu.edu
252-328-9770

Expertise: Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Human Disease, Physiology and Developmental Biology

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

Anne Bunnell
Teaching Assistant Professor
bunnella@ecu.edu
252-328-9840

Expertise: Science Education

Scott Cory
Teaching Assistant Professor
corys24@ecu.edu
252-737-1323

Expertise: Plant Ecophysiology

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

Rachel Gittman
Associate Professor
gittmanr17@ecu.edu
252-328-9986

Expertise: Ecology

Paul Hager
Teaching Assistant Professor
hagerp@ecu.edu
252-328-1848

Expertise: Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Physiology and Developmental Biology

Patrick Harris
Teaching Associate Professor
harrispa@ecu.edu
252-737-2082

Expertise: Ecology

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

Expertise: Human Genetics, Integrative Omics, Health Disparities

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

James Morley
Assistant Professor
morleyj19@ecu.edu
252-475-5454

Expertise: Ecology

Marisa Myers
Teaching Assistant Professor
myersmar22@ecu.edu
252-328-4026

Expertise: Microbiology

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, 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

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