Faculty
Research Interests
- Plant chemical ecology and evolution
- Tropical plant ecology and evolution
- Plant species interactions
Research Interests
- Microbiology
- Microbial interactions with the host
- Bacterial genetics
Research Interests
- Microbiology
- Bacterial physiology
- Biofilm research
Research Interests
- Co-diversification of hosts and microbiomes
- Ecological adaptation via symbiosis
- Lemur ecology, evolution and conservation
Research Interests
- Evolutionary and ecological genetics
- Toxicogenomics
Research Interests
- Mitochondrial protein biogenesis
- Mitochondrial genetics
- Intracellular communication
Research Interests
- Global change ecology
- Biodiversity loss and conservation
- Research synthesis methods
Kathleen L. Horwath
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Research Interests
- Comparative and environmental biochemistry
- Molecular cell biology
- Development and physiology of insects
Research Interests
- Innate immunity in infectious and inflammatory diseases
- Inflammasomes and inflammatory cell-death
- Host-pathogen interactions and cytokine signaling
Research Interests
- Microbiology
- Antimicrobial tolerance
- Virulence
- Biofilms
Research Interests
- Intestinal epithelial cell biology and immunology
Research Interests
- Microbiota in Infection and Immunity
- Clostridioides difficile and Enterococcus faecium
- Bile acid metabolism
Carol I. Miles
Associate Professor/ Undergraduate Program Director
Biological Sciences
Research Interests
- Neurobiology
- Development and behavior of insects
Research Interests
- Systems physiology of obesity
- Lipid and sugar metabolism
- Interactions between the diet and genotype
Research Interests
- Microbial Ecology
- Bacterial Warfare
- Microbiome
Research Interests
- Ecological speciation
- Adaptation to environmental change
- Coevolution
- Evolution and physiology of life history timing in insects
Research Interests
- Community ecology
- Species interactions
- Environmental change
Research Interests
- Biofilm development and resistance
Research Interests
- Bacterial communication
- Toxin trafficking
- Biofilm formation
Research Interests
- Genomics
- Evolution
- Transposons
- Polyploids
James M. Sobel
Chair; Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Research Interests
- Evolutionary genetics
- Genomics of adaptation
- Speciation in plants
Research Interests
- Behavioral Ecology
- Herpetology
- Tropical Ecology
Steven P. Tammariello
Associate Chair; Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Research Interests
- Equine performance genomics
Research Interests
- Cell Stress Pathways
- Stem Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering
- Medical Device Development
Michelle D. Withers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; STEM Educator
Biological Sciences
Research Interests
- Discipline-based education research
- Evidence-based teaching
- Professional development
- Organizational change
Weixing Zhu
Professor / Graduate Director
Biological Sciences
Research Interests
- Ecosystem ecology
- Biogeochemistry
- Urban ecology
Teaching Faculty
Research Interests
- Science Education
Research Interests
- Anatomy and Physiology
Research Interests
- Science education
- Behavioral ecology
- Evolution
Research Interests
- Science Education
- Genetics
Research Interests
- Science education
- Animal cognition
- Behavioral ecology
Research Interests
- Marine fungi
- Fungal taxonomy
- Fungal diseases of wildlife
- Microbial ecology
Research Interests
Science Education
Bartle Faculty
Research Interests
- Plant defense
- Insect behavior
- Science education
Anne B. Clark
Associate Professor Emeritus
Biological Sciences
Research Interests
- Evolution
- Ecology of behavior
Research Interests
- Reproductive physiology of insects and arachnids
Emeritus Faculty
Research Interests
- Cellular mechanism of response to low temperature and survival at extremes
- Mechanisms of cryopreservation of mammalian tissues
Sandra D. Michael
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emerita
Biological Sciences
Research Interests
- Endocrinology
- immunology and genetics of female reproduction
Research Interests
- Cell structure
- Biology of algae
Research Interests
- Forest ecology and restoration
