Dr. Luke Dodd
Interim Chair, Professor
Office: Science 4227
Phone: 859-622-2523
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: luke.dodd@eku.edu
Website: doddlab.wordpress.com
Teaching and Research Interests: Conservation biology; forest entomology; wildlife ecology and management
Research mentoring: undergraduate and graduate students
Dr. Charles Elliott
Assistant Chair, Foundation Professor
Office: Science 3232
Phone: 859-622-1538
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: charles.elliott@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Wildlife-habitat relationships
Research mentoring: undergraduate students
Mr. Robert Pace
Administrative and Facilities Coordinator
Office: Science 3233
Phone: 859-622-1533
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: robert.pace@eku.edu
Dr. Kenneth Blank
Senior Lecturer
Office: Science 3229
Phone: 859-622-7623
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: ken.blank@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Medical entomology; insect pathology
Research Mentoring: undergraduate students
Dr. Amy Braccia
Professor
Office: Science 1239
Phone: 859-622-1505
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: amy.braccia@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Aquatic biology; stream ecology; aquatic entomology
Research mentoring: undergraduate and graduate students
Dr. David Brown
Professor
Office: Science 4229
Phone: 859-622-2283
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: david.brown@eku.edu
Website: davidbrown5.wordpress.com
Teaching and Research Interests: Wildlife and wetland ecology; winter ecology; migratory birds
Research mentoring: undergraduate and graduate students
Dr. Patrick Calie
Professor
Office: Science 4222
Phone: 859-622-1543
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: pat.calie@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Phylogenetics and species biology of the Sarraceniaceae, and systematics of select sections of Carex and Rhynocospora (Cyperaceae); genomics and evolution of the Clavicipitaceae (Ascomycota)
Research mentoring: undergraduate students
Dr. Sally Chambers
Assistant Professor
Office: Science 4231
Phone: 859-622-8689
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: sally.chambers@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Plant evolutionary ecology; population and conservation genetics; natural history; species distribution patterns.
Research mentoring: undergraduate and graduate students
Dr. Barbara Davis
Senior Lecturer
Office: Science 5226
Phone: 859-622-7820
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: barbara.davis@eku.edu
Teaching Interests: Neuroanatomy, Cell and Molecular Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Biogeronotology
Dr. David Hayes
Professor
Office: Science 1237
Phone: 859-622-1016
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: david.hayes@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Conservation biology; DNA-based biomonitoring; invertebrate systematics
Research mentoring: undergraduate and graduate students
Dr. Katelyn Jones
Visiting Professor
Office: Science 4231
Phone:
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: katelyn.jones@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Prostate Cancer, Drug-resistance in cancer models, Wnt signaling, metabolic reliance in cancer models
Dr. Jennifer Koslow
Associate Professor
Office: Science 4232
Phone: 859-622-6258
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: jennifer.koslow@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Plant evolutionary ecology; ecology and evolution of infectious disease; rare plant conservation
Research mentoring: undergraduate and graduate students
Dr. Lisa Middleton
Associate Professor
Office: Science 5229
Phone: 859-622-2258
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: lisa.middleton2@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Anatomy and Physiology; cell and molecular biology; poly-drug abuse at the cellular and molecular level; use and abuse of licit and illicit drugs in college students
Dr. Cy Mott
Associate Professor
Office: Science 4226
Phone: 859-622-1506
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: cy.mott@eku.edu
Website: mottlab.weebly.com
Teaching and Research Interests: Ecology; animal behavior
Research mentoring: undergraduate and graduate students
Dr. Oliver Oakley
Associate Professor, Interim Graduate Coordinator
Office: Science 5222
Phone: 859-622-3057
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: oliver.oakley@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Reproductive immunology; viral immunology
Research mentoring: undergraduate and graduate students
Ashley Obergfell
Administrative Professional II
Office: Science 3238
Phone: 859-622-1531
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: ashley.obergfell@eku.edu
Dr. Valerie Peters
Associate Professor
Office: Science 4233
Phone: 859-622-7821
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: valerie.peters@eku.edu
Website: peterslab.weebly.com
Teaching and Research Interests: Agroecology; animal-plant interactions; conservation; tropical biology; quantitative ecology
Research mentoring: undergraduate and graduate students
Dr. Marcia Pierce
Associate Professor
Office: Science 5224
Phone: 859-622-1535
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: marcia.pierce@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Microbial pathogenesis; antimicrobial resistance of clinically important bacteria
Research mentoring: undergraduate and graduate students
Dr. Steven Richter
Executive Director, Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and the Environment, Director, Division of Natural Areas
Office: Science 4228
Phone: 859-622-8688
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: stephen.richter@eku.edu
Website: richterlab.weebly.com
Teaching and Research Interests: Conservation biology; wetland biology; herpetology; natural history; ecology; population and conservation genetics
Research mentoring: undergraduate and graduate students
Dr. Kendall Simpson
Assistant Professor
Office: Science 5219
Phone: 859-622-1712
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: kendall.simpson@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Prostate cancer; Physiology; Cancer cell signaling; Health disparities; Drug-resistance in cancer
Research mentoring: undergraduate and graduate students
Dr. Bill Staddon
Associate Professor
Office: Science 5230
Phone: 859-622-8226
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: bill.staddon@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Microbial ecology; antibiotics resistance; pedagogy
Research mentoring: undergraduate students
Dr. Stephen Sumithran
Associate Professor
Office: Science 4224
Phone: 859-622-4990
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: stephen.sumithran@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Conservation biology; international conservation
Research mentoring: undergraduate students
Robert Whittaker
Lecturer
Office: Science 5225
Phone: 859-622-8173
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: robert.whittaker@eku.edu
Dr. Autumn Whitson
Assistant Professor
Office: Science 5227
Phone: 859-622-8173
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: autumn.whitson@eku.edu
Dr. Andrew Wigginton
Senior Lecturer
Office: Science 3231
Phone: 859-622-7938
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: andrew.wigginton@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Aquatic biology; aquatic toxicology; environmental and ecotoxicology
Research mentoring: undergraduate students
Dr. Malcolm Frisbie
Retired Professor and Chair Emeritus
Mailing Address: Science 3238
Email: malcolm.frisbie@eku.edu
Teaching and Research Interests: Physiological ecology of insects and amphibians
Research mentoring: undergraduate students
Sherry Harrel
Associate Dean of the College of STEM
Office: Science 1228
Phone: 859-622-1405
Mailing Address: Science 1228
Email: sherry.harrel@eku.edu