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Arts and Sciences

Department Head

Dr. Andrew Dzialowski

Department Head and Professor
Ecology, Aquatic Ecology, Invasive Species, Zooplankton Community Structure, Reservoir Ecology

Faculty

Dr. Jason Belden

Department Head
Professor
Environmental Toxicology, Ecotoxicology 

Dr. Belden's Lab

Dr. Mark Fishbein

Associate Department Head
Regents Professor
Director of the OSU Herbarium
Systematics, Phylogenetics, Evolution

Dr. Bénédicte Bachelot

Assistant Professor
Plant Biology
Dr. Bachelot's Lab

Dr. Matthew Bolek

Associate Professor
Parasite Ecology, Evolutionary Parasitology, Aquatic Parasitology
Dr. Bolek's Lab

Dr. Desiré Buckley

Assistant Professor
Environmental Toxicology, Genetics, Physiology, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Neurobiology, Genetics, Zebra Fish, Gene-Environment Interactions
Dr. Buckley's Lab

Dr. Uriel Buitrago

Teaching Assistant Professor
Education, Evolution, Systematics, Fish Morphology, Phylogeography

Elisa Casadei

Assistant Professor
Physiology, Anthropogenic Stressors, Microbiome, Mucosal Immunology, Antimicrobial Peptides, Fish Health

Dr. Antonio Castilla

Assistant Professor
Plant Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Biogeography, Population Genomics
Dr. Castilla's Lab

Dr. Andrew Doust

Professor
Plant Development, Genetics, Domestication
Dr. Doust's Lab

Dr. Andrew Dzialowski

Professor
Ecology, Aquatic Ecology, Invasive Species, Zooplankton Community Structure, Reservoir Ecology

Dr. Neil Gilbert

Assistant Professor
Quantitative Ecology, Macroecology, Population Ecology, Community Ecology, Birds, Mammals

Dr. Lane Greer

Teaching Associate Professor
Plant Biology

Dr. Jennifer Grindstaff

Professor
Physiology, Animal Behavior, Ecological Immunology, Maternal Effects, Maternal Antibody Transmission, Avian Biology, Behavioral Ecology
Dr. Grindstaff's Lab

Moria Harmon

Lecturer
BIOL1111 Lab Coordinator
208 Life Sciences West

Luke Hoekstra

Visiting Assistant Professor
Evolution, Genetics

Yinghua Huang

Adjunct Professor
Plant Biology

Dr. Puni Jeyasingh

Professor
Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, Limnology, Biogeochemistry

Richard Jones

Teaching Assistant Professor

Dr. Barney Luttbeg

Professor
Behavioral Ecology, Theoretical Ecology, Predator-prey Interactions, Mate Choice, Plasticity

Dr. Fabio Machado

Assistant Professor
Curator of Vertebrates (COV)
Evolution, Morphology, Morphometrics, Macroevolution, Mammals
Dr. Machado's Lab

Dr. Liz McCullagh

Associate Professor
Behavior, Physiology, Autism, Neurobiology, Sound Localization, Model Organisms

Dr. Matteo Minghetti

Associate Professor
Environmental Toxicology, Physiology, Metal homeostasis, fish physiology, cell biology, molecular ecotoxicology
Dr. Minghetti's Lab

Dr. Nicole Parker

Teaching Assistant Professor
Plant Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology

Dr. Michael Reichert

Associate Professor
Evolution, Behavioral Ecology, Animal Communication, Sexual Selection, Bioacoustics

Kay Scheets

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Plant Biology

Dr. Ciaran Shaughnessy

Assistant Professor
Physiology, Endocrinology, Evolution, Ion Transport, Osmoregulation, Neuroendocrinology, Cystic Fibrosis

Dr. Patrick Stephens

Associate Professor
Ecology, Evolution, Macroecology of Infectious Diseases, Large-scale Patterns of Biodiversity, Vertebrate Evolutionary Ecology, Phylogenetics
Dr. Stephens' Lab

Dr. Mary Towner

Associate Professor
Behavior, Evolution, Human Behavioral Ecology, Biological Anthropology, Evolutionary Medicine

Dr. Bruce Waldman

Professor
Behavioral Ecology, Conservation Biology, Disease Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Evolution
Dr. Waldman's Lab

Dr. Jodie Wiggins

Teaching Assistant Professor
Behavior, Education, Evolution, Genetics, Physiology

Will Wiggins

Teaching Assistant Professor
Nutritional Ecology, Carnivores, Behavior

Dr. Shawn Wilder

Associate Professor
Behavior. Ecology, Physiology, Nutritional Ecology, Carnivore Biology, Food Webs
Dr. Wilder's Lab

Dr. Erin Wiley

Assistant Professor
Tree Ecophysiology

Dr. Guin Wogan

Assistant Professor
Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, Eco-Evolutionary, Speciation, and Landscape Genomics, Adaptive Radiations

Dr. Ming Yang

Professor
Plant Molecular Cell Biology, Theoretical Biology

Dr. Bo Zhang

Assistant Professor
Ecology, Plant Ecology, Theoretical Ecology, Movement Ecology, Biological Invasion
Dr. Zhang's Lab

Staff

Nancy Coleman

Sr. Financial Assistant
501 Life Sciences West
405-744-5556

Jamie Cooper

Academic Advisor II
213 Life Sciences East
405-744-5658

Taylor Elliot

Sr. Admin Support Specialist
501 Life Sciences West
405-744-5554

Brooke Equinox

Senior Academic Advisor I
309 Life Sciences East
405-744-5565

Destiny Goree

Admin Support Specialist II
501 Life Sciences West
405-744-5555

Libby Howard

Academic Advisor
Pre-Med Certificate Advisor
501 Life Sciences West
405-744-9670

Sunil Kumaraswamy

Postdoctoral Researcher

Gertie Mulder

Administrative Associate
501 Life Sciences West
405-744-5558

Vicki Rhodey

Senior Academic Advisor II
Pre-Vet Advising
503 Life Sciences West
405-744-9686

Yixing Wang

Postdoctoral Researcher

Chris Wood

Temporary Tech/Paraprofessional
Facility Manager, Advanced Infrared Structural Biology Core Facility

Ann Yankunas

Senior Financial Assistant
501 Life Sciences West
405-744-5554

Emeritus Faculty

Anthony A. Echelle

Regents Professor Emeritus
Curator Emeritus of Fishes
Fish Biology, Molecular/Biochemical Systematics, Population Structure, Conservation Biology

Stanley F. Fox

Regents Professor Emeritus
Curator Emeritus of Reptiles and Amphibians
Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Herpetology

Donald French

Professor Emeritus
Science Education, Behavioral Ecology, Fish, Invertebrates

Meredith J. Hamilton

Associate Professor Emeritus
Molecular Cytogenetics, Mammalian Chromosomal Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Repetitive DNA Sequences, Interface between Genetics and Conservation Biology

William Henley

Professor Emeritus
Plant Biology

David Meinke

Regents Professor Emeritus
Plant Biology

Mike Palmer

Regents Professor Emeritus
Plant Biology

Loren M. Smith

Regents Professor Emeritus
Wetland Ecology, Ecosystem Services,
Restoration Ecology, Playa Wetlands

Dale Toetz

Professor Emeritus
Limnology, Ecology of Alpine Lakes

Ronald Tyrl

Professor Emeritus
Curator Emeritus of the OSU Herbarium
Plant Biology

Ron Van Den Bussche

Former Senior Associate Vice President for Research
Regents Professor Emeritus
Curator Emeritus of Frozen Tissues
Evolution, Genetics, Phylogenetics, Phylogeography, Conservation Genomics

Linda Watson

Professor Emerita
Plant Biology

Jerry Wilhm

Professor Emeritus
Former Head of Department of Zoology
Limnology, Species Diversity