Faculty

Faculty

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Mariah Donohue

PRODiG+ Postdoctoral Fellow

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Co-diversification of hosts and microbiomes
  • Ecological adaptation via symbiosis
  • Lemur ecology, evolution and conservation
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Puja Kumari, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Innate immunity in infectious and inflammatory diseases
  • Inflammasomes and inflammatory cell-death
  • Host-pathogen interactions and cytokine signaling
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Thomas Powell

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Ecological speciation
  • Adaptation to environmental change
  • Coevolution
  • Evolution and physiology of life history timing in insects
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Michelle D. Withers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; STEM Educator

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Discipline-based education research
  • Evidence-based teaching
  • Professional development
  • Organizational change
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Teaching Faculty

Bartle Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

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John G. Baust

Professor Emeritus

Biological Sciences

Research Interests

  • Cellular mechanism of response to low temperature and survival at extremes
  • Mechanisms of cryopreservation of mammalian tissues
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