Biology

Pam Allred-Irby
Accountant

pjallred@vcu.edu
(804)828-0243

Brian Barnstein
Senior Lab Technician

bobarnst@vcu.edu
(804)828-6652

Joseph Battistelli
Assistant Professor

battistellij@vcu.edu
(804)828-5441

Sierra Beecher
Assistant Professor

sdbeecher@vcu.edu
(804)828-5140

Spencer Bissett
Instructor

bissettsn@vcu.edu
(804)827-0562

Charles Blem
Professor Emeritus

cblem@vcu.edu

Leann Blem
Affiliate Faculty

lblem@vcu.edu

Bonnie Brown
Professor Emerita
Ecological Genetics
blbrown@vcu.edu

Alvin Bryant
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Advising

arbryant@vcu.edu
(804)828-0203

Cara Cario
Associate Professor
Soil Ecology
chcario@vcu.edu
(804)828-0392

Dan Carr
Assistant Professor

carrdf@vcu.edu
(804)828-3021

Wan-Ling Chiu
Affiliate Faculty

wchiu@vcu.edu

Faith Cooper
Academic Adviser

cooperfo@vcu.edu
(804)828-4844

Erich Damm
Assistant Professor
Stem Cell Development
dammew@vcu.edu
(804)827-0141

Kristine Dattelbaum
Affiliate Faculty Member

kdattelbaum@vcu.edu

Amanda Dickinson
Associate Professor and CHS Eminent Scholar
Developmental Biology
ajdickinson@vcu.edu
(804)828-0778

Andrew Eckert
Associate Professor
Evolutionary Genetics
aeckert2@vcu.edu
(804)828-0800

Jeffrey Elhai
Affiliate Faculty Member, Associate Professor (Center for the Study of Biological Complexity)

elhaij@vcu.edu
(804)828-0794

Joseph Ellis
Office Manager

ellisjt2@vcu.edu
(804)827-0177

Arthur Evans
Affiliate Faculty Member

avevans@vcu.edu

Minghui Fei
Affiliate Faculty Member

mfei@vcu.edu

Michael Fine
Professor Emeritus

mfine@vcu.edu

Rima Franklin
Associate Professor, Department Chair
Microbial Ecology
rbfranklin@vcu.edu
(804)828-2245

Sarah Golding
Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Research

segolding@vcu.edu
(804)828-3598

Chris Gough
Associate Professor
Forest Ecology
cmgough@vcu.edu
(804)828-0101

Octavia Hall
Senior Fiscal Technician

olhall@vcu.edu
(804)828-0886

Colleen Higgins
Assistant Professor

higginscb@vcu.edu
(804)828-0515

Rachel Hill
Assistant Professor

komosinskira@vcu.edu
(804)828-0668

Catherine Hulshof
Assistant Professor
Macroecology
cmhulshof@vcu.edu
(804)828-0717

Dianne Jennings
Associate Professor
Plant Physiology
dbjennings@vcu.edu
(804)828-0331

Derek Johnson
Associate Professor
Landscape Ecology
dmjohnson@vcu.edu
(804)827-0551

Miles Johnson
Professor Emeritus

mjohnson36@vcu.edu

Alaattin Kaya
Assistant Professor
Biology of Aging
kayaa@vcu.edu
(804)828-3265

Karen Kester
Professor
Entomology
kmkester@vcu.edu
(804)828-0103

Catherine Leary
Academic Advisor

learyce2@vcu.edu
(804)828-4858

Santiago Lima
Assistant Professor

slima@vcu.edu
(804)828-0755

Aubrey Martin
Academic Advisor

martinaf2@vcu.edu
(804)828-4798

Laura Mathies
Affiliate Faculty Member, Assistant Professor (Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology)

laura.mathies@vcuhealth.org
(804)828-8397

Leigh McCallister
Associate Professor
Aquatic Ecology
slmccalliste@vcu.edu
(804)827-0234

Barbara Merk
Assistant Professor

merkbc@vcu.edu
(804)828-0076

Stephanie Millican
Administrative and Education Coordinator

smillica@vcu.edu
(804)828-9702

Tim Millican
Building Manager

rtmillican@vcu.edu

Mary Monroe
Affiliate Faculty Member

msmonroe@vcu.edu

Scott Neubauer
Associate Professor
Wetlands Ecology
sneubauer@vcu.edu
(804)827-2794

Jason Newton
Assistant Professor

newtonjc2@vcu.edu
(804)827-3650

Jennifer Olson
Assistant Professor

jrolson@vcu.edu
(804)828-5033

John Pagels
Professor Emeritus

jpagels@vcu.edu

Joseph Porter
Affiliate Faculty Member, Professor (Department of Psychology)

jporter@vcu.edu
(804)828-0096

Derek Prosser
Assistant Professor
Membrane Biology
dprosser@vcu.edu
(804)827-8596

Amy Rector
Affiliate Faculty Member, Assistant Professor (Anthropology, School of World Studies)

alrector@vcu.edu
(804)827-3406

Jill Reid
Associate Professor

jdreid@vcu.edu
(804)828-0474

Maria Rivera
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Systematics and Phylogenetics
mcrivera@vcu.edu
(804)828-5905

Carmen Rodriguez
Associate Professor

cmrodriguez@vcu.edu
(804)827-0138

John Ryan
Professor, Associate Vice President for Research Development
Cell Regulation
jjryan@vcu.edu
(804)828-0712

Arthur Seidenburg
Associate Professor Emeritus

aseiden@vcu.edu

Tricia Hardt Smith
Assistant Professor

hardtta@vcu.edu
(804)828-6058

Leonard Smock
Professor Emeritus

lsmock@vcu.edu

Jennifer Stewart
Associate Professor Emerita

jstewart@vcu.edu

David Straus
Assistant Professor

dbstraus@vcu.edu
(804)828-0543

Fernando Tenjo
Associate Professor, Associate Chair
Molecular Biology
fatenjo@vcu.edu
(804)828-6771

Rob Tombes
Affiliate Faculty Member, Vice Provost for Life Sciences and Research
Developmental Biology
rtombes@vcu.edu

James 'Clint' Turbeville
Associate Professor
Invertebrate Evolution/Ecology
jmturbeville@vcu.edu
(804)828-0561

Peter Uetz
Affiliate Faculty Member, Associate Professor (Center for the Study of Biological Complexity)

uetz@vcu.edu
(804)827-4573

Jaclyn Vick
Assistant Professor

vickjk@vcu.edu
(804)828-6232

Greg Walsh
Associate Professor
Developmental Neurobiology
gwalsh@vcu.edu
(804)827-0022

Emily Watkinson
Lab Supervisor

s2egroun@vcu.edu
(804)828-6723

Bryan Watts
Affiliate Faculty Member, Director of the Center for Conservation Biology (Life Sciences and College of William & Mary)

bdwatts@vcu.edu

Fang-sheng Wu
Affiliate Faculty Member

fwu@vcu.edu

Ma. Carolina Yáber
Associate Professor

mcyaber@vcu.edu
(804)828-0356

Don Young
Professor
Coastal Plant Ecology
dyoung@vcu.edu

Wenheng Zhang
Associate Professor
Plant Evolution and Development
wzhang5@vcu.edu
(804)828-0798

Julie Zinnert
Assistant Professor
Plant Physiological Ecology
jczinnert@vcu.edu
(804)828-0079