Faculty
Research Interests
- Plant chemical ecology and evolution
- Tropical plant ecology and evolution
- Plant species interactions
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- Microbiology
- Microbial interactions with the host
- Bacterial genetics
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- Microbiology
- Bacterial physiology
- Biofilm research
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- Co-diversification of hosts and microbiomes
- Ecological adaptation via symbiosis
- Lemur ecology, evolution and conservation
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- Evolutionary and ecological genetics
- Toxicogenomics
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- Mitochondrial protein biogenesis
- Mitochondrial genetics
- Intracellular communication
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- Global change ecology
- Biodiversity loss and conservation
- Research synthesis methods
Kathleen L. Horwath
Associate Professor
Research Interests
- Comparative and environmental biochemistry
- Molecular cell biology
- Development and physiology of insects
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- Innate immunity in infectious and inflammatory diseases
- Inflammasomes and inflammatory cell-death
- Host-pathogen interactions and cytokine signaling
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- Microbiology
- Antimicrobial tolerance
- Virulence
- Biofilms
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- Intestinal epithelial cell biology and immunology
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- Microbiota in Infection and Immunity
- Clostridioides difficile and Enterococcus faecium
- Bile acid metabolism
Carol I. Miles
Associate Professor/ Undergraduate Program Director
Research Interests
- Neurobiology
- Development and behavior of insects
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- Systems physiology of obesity
- Lipid and sugar metabolism
- Interactions between the diet and genotype
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- Microbial Ecology
- Bacterial Warfare
- Microbiome
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- Ecological speciation
- Adaptation to environmental change
- Coevolution
- Evolution and physiology of life history timing in insects
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- Community ecology
- Species interactions
- Environmental change
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- Biofilm development and resistance
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- Bacterial communication
- Toxin trafficking
- Biofilm formation
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- Genomics
- Evolution
- Transposons
- Polyploids
James M. Sobel
Chair; Associate Professor
Research Interests
- Evolutionary genetics
- Genomics of adaptation
- Speciation in plants
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- Behavioral Ecology
- Herpetology
- Tropical Ecology
Steven P. Tammariello
Associate Chair; Associate Professor
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
Research Interests
- Discipline-based education research
- Evidence-based teaching
- Professional development
- Organizational change
Weixing Zhu
Professor / Graduate Director
Research Interests
- Ecosystem ecology
- Biogeochemistry
- Urban ecology
Teaching Faculty
Research Interests
- Science Education
Tejpreet Chadha
Lecturer; Vice President for Academics
Research Interests
- Anatomy and Physiology
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- Science education
- Behavioral ecology
- Evolution
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- Science Education
- Genetics
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- Science education
- Animal cognition
- Behavioral ecology
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- Marine fungi
- Fungal taxonomy
- Fungal diseases of wildlife
- Microbial ecology
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Science Education
Bartle Faculty
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Anne B. Clark
Associate Professor Emeritus
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Emeritus Faculty
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Sandra D. Michael
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emerita
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