Faculty - UNC DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

Some of our faculty have indicated more specialized mentoring training that they have completed in the directory below. If you would like more information on some, but not all, of these trainings, please visit our faculty training information page.

Ahmed, Shawn
Professor
216 Fordham Hall
[email protected]
(919) 843-4780

Research interests: Telomere biology and germ cell immortality

Baldwin, Albert S., Jr.
William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor
22-000 Lineberger Cancer Center
[email protected]
(919) 966-3652

Research interests: Regulation of gene expression, and control of oncogenesis and apoptosis.

Bautch, Victoria L.
Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor
415 Fordham Hall
[email protected]
(919) 966-6797

Other affiliation(s): Program in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Mentoring Training: OGE, CAS Leadership Diversity, SOM Leadership Mentoring
Research interests: Animal Models of Vascular Development and Endothelial Cell Biology

Blaimont, Pauline
Teaching Assistant Professor
[email protected]

Bloom, Kerry S.
Thad L. Beyle Distinguished Professor
623 Fordham Hall
[email protected]
(919) 962-1182

Research interests: Molecular Biology; Chromosome and Spindle Dynamics

Bruno, John
Chi Omega Distinguished Professor
340 Wilson Hall
[email protected]

Research interests: Marine and Climate Change Ecology

Burch, Christina
Professor
3163 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
919-962-4445

Other affiliation(s): Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology
Mentoring Training: OGE, Culturally Aware Mentor Training
Research interests: Experimental Evolution of Viruses

Burmeister, Sabrina
Professor
316 Wilson Hall
[email protected]
(919)-843-5105

Other affiliation(s): Neurobiology Curriculum
Research interests: Neurobiology & behavior

Chen, Jiakun
Assistant Professor
2161 Genome Sciences Building
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Research interests: Neuroscience, Glial Biology, Astrocytes, Development, Genetics

Claytor, Jordan
Teaching Assistant Professor
104A Wilson Hall
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Conlon, Frank
Professor
220 Fordham Hall
[email protected]
(919) 843-5500

Other affiliation(s): Department of Genetics
Research interests: Developmental Genetics

Copenhaver, Gregory P.
Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Convergent Science
Director, Institute for Convergent Science
Associate Provost for CoC and EPAP
4161 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]

Other affiliation(s): Carolina Center for Genome Sciences; Curriculum in Molecular Biology & Genetics
Mentoring Training: Safe Zone; Green Zone; UndocuCarolina; School of Medicine DEI Certification
Research interests: Genetics

Dangl, Jeff
HHMI Investigator and John N. Couch Professor
4260 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
(919) 962-4469

Research interests: Plant and Pathogen Genetics, Genomics and Cell Biology, Plant Disease Resistance and Plant Metagenomics

DeSaix, Jean S.
Teaching Professor
302 Coker Hall
[email protected]
(919) 929-1580

Mentoring Training: Safe Zone

Dowen, Jill
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics Department, Biology Department
3360 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
(919) 962-8132

Other affiliation(s): Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences (iBGS); Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC)
Mentoring Training: Coach Approach
Research interests: Three-dimensional genome architecture and gene regulation in development and disease

Dowen, Rob
Assistant Professor
321 Fordham Hall
[email protected]
858-736-6579

Other affiliation(s): Department of Cell Biology and Physiology; Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences (iBGS)
Mentoring Training: OGE, DEI Certificate
Research interests: Regulation of fat metabolism during development, aging, and disease

Duronio, Robert J.
Cary C. Boshamer Professor & Department Chair
3350 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
(919) 962-4568

Other affiliation(s): Department of Genetics; Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology; Director, Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences (iBGS)
Mentoring Training: OGE, Culturally Aware Mentor Training, Safe Zone
Research interests: Epigenetic control of the cell cycle during animal development

Evans, Mara
STEM Teaching Associate Professor
104A Wilson Hall
[email protected]
(919) 843-7107

Mentoring Training: Safe Zone, Coach Approach Training

Feng, Xiao
Assistant Professor
203 Wilson Hall
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Research interests: Biogeography, Biodiversity Informatics, Quantitative Ecology

Furey, Terry
Professor
5022 Genetic Medicine Building
[email protected]
(919) 966-7033

Other affiliation(s): Department of Genetics; Center for Intestinal Biology and Disease (CGIBD); Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS); Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC)
Mentoring Training: Center for Faculty Excellence Mentoring Workshops
Research interests: Genetics of gene regulation in complex traits; Computational genomics; Chromatin biology; Crohn's disease; Environmental toxicogenomics

Garland, Alaina
Teaching Associate Professor
135 Wilson Hall
[email protected]

Goldstein, Bob
James L. Peacock III Distinguished Professor of Biology and Adjunct Professor of Art
616 Fordham Hall
[email protected]
(919) 843-8575

Mentoring Training: OGE, Safe Zone; Coach Approach
Research interests: Cell Biology of Development, Evolution of Development, Tolerance of Extremes

Gordon, Kacy
Assistant Professor
Lab 316 Fordham, Office 315
[email protected]
(919)962-2164

Mentoring Training: Safe Zone, OGE
Research interests: developmental genetics, cell biology

Hastie, Eric
Teaching Assistant Professor
235 Wilson Hall
[email protected]

Hedrick, Tyson L.
Professor
Associate Chair, Space
G40 A Wilson Hall
[email protected]
(919) 962-0757

Mentoring Training: OGE, Understanding Multiracial Identity
Research interests: Biomechanics and Animal Locomotion

Hige, Toshihide
Associate Professor
2157 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
(919) 962-4736

Other affiliation(s): Department of Cell Biology & Physiology; Integrative Program for Biological and Genome Sciences (iBGS)
Research interests: Neurophysiology and Behavior in Drosophila

Hurlbert, Allen
Professor
331 Wilson Hall
[email protected]
(919) 843-9930

Research interests: Biodiversity, Biogeography, Macroecology

Johnson, Corey
Teaching Professor
210 Wilson Hall
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Research interests: Curriculum and Instruction

Johri, Parul
Assistant Professor
3157 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
919-843-7700

Other affiliation(s): UNC Department of Genetics
Research interests: Population Genetics, Statistical Inference, Evolutionary Genomics

Jones, Corbin
Professor
3159 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
(919) 962-4443

Research interests: Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics

Kieber, Joseph
Kenan Distinguished Professor
4163 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
(919) 962-4455

Research interests: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Ethylene and Cytokinin Action in Arabidopsis

Laederach, Alain
Professor
3354 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
919-962-4565

Mentoring Training: OGE, Culturally Aware Mentor Training, Safe Zone, DEI Certificate
Research interests: Disease-associated mutations and their effect on RNA Structure

Lohmann, Catherine
Teaching Associate Professor
402 Coker Hall
[email protected]
(919) 962-3216

Research interests: Behavior, Neuroscience, Sensory Biology, and Conservation of Marine Animals

Lohmann, Kenneth J.
Charles P. Postelle, Jr. Distinguished Professor
403 Coker Hall
[email protected]
(919) 843-4508

Other affiliation(s): Department of Marine Sciences; Advisory Board, Galapagos Science Center; Fellow, Center for Galapagos Studies;Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow, Royal Institute of Navigation (U.K.)
Research interests: Behavior, Neuroscience, Sensory Ecology, and Conservation Biology of Marine Animals

Maddox, Amy Shaub
Professor
Associate Chair, Academic Affairs
408 Fordham Hall
[email protected]
919-843-3228

Mentoring Training: OGE, Safe Zone, Mental Health First Aid, Groundwater
Research interests: Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Division

Maddox, Paul
Associate Professor
William Burwell Harrison Scholar
608 Fordham Hall
[email protected]
919-843-8637

Research interests: Mitotic Mechanisms and Chromosome Dynamics

Marzluff, William F.
William Rand Kenan Professor
208 Fordham Hall
[email protected]
(919) 962-2140

Research interests: Regulation of RNA Metabolism in Animal Cells

Matera, Gregory
Professor
3352 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
(919) 962-4567

Other affiliation(s): Department of Genetics, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology, Curriculum in Neurobiology
Research interests: RNA Processing: Biogenesis of Small Ribonucleoproteins in Health and Disease

Matthysse, Ann G.
Professor
304 Coker Hall
[email protected]
(919) 962-6941

Mentoring Training: Mental Health First Aid, Bystander Intervention, Conflict Resolution; Coach Approach
Research interests: Genetics and mechanisms of the interactions of bacteria with plant surfaces

Matute, Daniel
Professor
3161 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
(919) 962-4442

Research interests: Evolutionary Biology

McCoy, Sophie
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
334 Wilson Hall
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Mentoring Training: TEAM ADVANCE
Research interests: Community Ecology, Microbial Ecology, Marine and Aquatic Systems

McKay, Daniel J.
Associate Professor, Biology Department and Genetics Department
3358 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
(919) 843-2064

Other affiliation(s): Department of Genetics
Mentoring Training: OGE, Safe Zone
Research interests: Developmental Genomics

Mitchell, Charles E.
Professor
411 Coker Hall
[email protected]

Other affiliation(s): Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology
Mentoring Training: OGE; Mental Health First Aid; Coach Approach
Research interests: Disease Ecology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Community Ecology

Nagpal, Punita
Research Assistant Professor
318 Coker Hall
[email protected]
(919) 843-4027

Research interests: Plant Signal Transduction and Development

Nevil, Markus
Teaching Assistant Professor
Coker 301
[email protected]

Nimchuk, Zachary
Associate Professor
4155 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
919-962-4460

Research interests: Plant developmental genetics and stem cell regulation

Ott, Laura
Teaching Assistant Professor
104 Wilson Hall
[email protected]

Mentoring Training: Green Zone, Safe Zone, Coach Approach
Research interests: Curriculum and instruction, assessment, inclusive learning strategies

Parker, Benjamin
Assistant Professor
308 Fordham Hall
[email protected]

Research interests: Host-microbe interactions, symbiosis, evolution

Peifer, Mark
Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor
521 Fordham Hall
[email protected]

Other affiliation(s): Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology; Curriculum in Neurobiology
Mentoring Training: OGE, Chancellor's Science Scholar's Program
Research interests: Cell adhesion, signal transduction, and cytoskeletal regulation in development and disease

Pfennig, David W.
Professor
320 Wilson Hall
[email protected]

Mentoring Training: Safe Zone, Team Advance Peer Mentoring Circles
Research interests: Evolution, Ecology, Developmental Biology

Pfennig, Karin
Professor
319 Wilson Hall
[email protected]
(919) 843-5590

Research interests: Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution

Prunet, Nat
Research Associate Professor
Biology Imaging Core Director
1120 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
919-962-4398

Rea, Anne C.
Teaching Assistant Professor
[email protected]

Research interests: Plant Cell Biology

Reed, Jason W.
Professor
305 Coker Hall
[email protected]
(919) 962-5640

Other affiliation(s): Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology
Research interests: Plant Signal Transduction and Development

Riddell, Eric
Assistant Professor
323 Wilson Hall
[email protected]
919-962-1379

Research interests: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution

Rogers, Steve
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
422 Fordham Hall
[email protected]

Mentoring Training: OGE Training
Research interests: Cell Biology of the Cytoskeleton, Cell Migration, and Morphogenesis

Sekelsky, Jeff
Professor
303 Fordham Hall
[email protected]
(919) 843-9400

Other affiliation(s): Program in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mentoring Training: OGE, DEI
Research interests: DNA Repair and Recombination

Servedio, Maria R.
Kenan Distinguished Professor
404 Coker Hall
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(919) 843-2692

Research interests: Evolutionary Theory

Shemer, Gidi
Teaching Professor/Advisor
213A Coker Hall
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Research interests: Advising, Curriculum and Instruction

Shiau, Celia
Associate Professor
2159 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]
(919) 962-7010

Mentoring Training: OGE Faculty Mentoring Training; Center for Faculty Excellence training; Mental Health First Aid; DEI Certificate Program
Research interests: Crosstalk between immune and nervous systems; macrophages and microglia; immune activation and inflammation; vertebrate development

Slep, Kevin
Associate Professor
Associate Chair, Community, Climate & Culture
402 Fordham Hall
[email protected]
(919) 962-4858

Mentoring Training: OGE; Safe Zone; Green Zone; TEAM ADVANCE: Faculty Mentor Training; Mental Health First Aid; DEI Certificate
Research interests: Cytoskeletal Structure and Dynamics

Sockman, Keith W.
Associate Professor
228 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-1379

Research interests: Behavioral and Physiological Ecology

Tie, Jian-Ke
Research Associate Professor
438 Wilson Hall
[email protected]
(919) 962-2267

Research interests: Structure-function study of enzymes in the vitamin K cycle

Werner, Michael
Research Assistant Professor
407 Fordham Hall
[email protected]

Willett, Christopher S.
Research Associate Professor
406 Coker Hall
[email protected]
(919) 843-8663

Mentoring Training: OGE, HAVEN
Research interests: Molecular population and evolutionary genetics

Yang, En
Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow
2151 Genome Science Building
[email protected]

Research interests: System neuroscience; Neuronal circuits implementation for cognitive behaviors at the whole-brain level; Neuroengineering to rescue learning disorders and boost learning performance.

Yeh, Elaine
Research Professor
603 Fordham Hall
[email protected]
(919) 962-2331

Mentoring Training: Mental Health First Aid, Diversity Workshop
Research interests: Nuclear division in yeast: cell cycle control; microtubule motor proteins and the cytoskeleton.

Yitbarek, Senay
Assistant Professor
Peter Thacher Grauer Fellow
2155 Genome Sciences Building
[email protected]

Research interests: Population Ecology, Host-Microbe Interactions, Theoretical Ecology

Zwemer, Lillian
Teaching Assistant Professor
212 Coker Hall
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