Biology Faculty and Research
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Carol Baskin Professor ccbask0@email.uky.edu (859) 257-3996 |
Our research area is plant ecology. More specifically, we are doing research on the (1) life cycle and germination ecology of woody and herbaceous species of angiosperms, (2) biology, conservation,... |
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Ruth Beattie Associate Professor rebeat1@email.uky.edu (859) 257-7647 |
Instructional Pedagogy My current research interests are in the area of instructional pedagogy, in particular, identifying student learning styles, enhancing student learning and... |
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Phillip Bonner Associate Professor pbonner@email.uky.edu (859) 257-3117 |
Axon growth and branching during development and regeneration Many kinds of neurons grow and differentiate well in tissue culture, elaborating axons and dendrites and forming... |
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Bill Burke Adjunct Faculty bburke@uky.edu (859) 257-8272 x229 |
As an adjunct faculty member in Biology I teach sections of the large enrollment introductory Biology courses for non-science majors. With an educational background in Biology and Educational... |
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Vincent Cassone Professor, Department Chair Vincent.Cassone@uky.edu (859)-257-6766 |
Chronobiology and Neuroscience Research in the Cassone laboratory is directed at the mechanisms and neuroendocrine pathways by which the biological clock regulates physiology and... |
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Bill Cohen Associate Professor wscohen@email.uky.edu (859) 257-1030 |
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Robin Cooper Associate Professor RLCOOP1@email.uky.edu (859) 257-5950 |
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Philip Crowley Professor pcrowley@email.uky.edu (859) 257-1996 |
My students and I address a broad range of issues in ecology, especially evolutionary ecology, in an effort to understand the structure and dynamics of ecological populations and communities, life... |
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Dr. Melody Danley |
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Elizabeth Debski Associate Professor debski@email.uky.edu (859) 323-9537 |
Developmental Neurobiology My laboratory investigates the mechanisms underlying activity-dependent organization of the visual system. Much of our work concerns understanding how... |
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Gisela Garcia-Ramos Assistant Professor ggarc0@uky.edu (859) 257-5306 |
My research encompasses Epidemiology, Population Dynamics and Evolutionary Theory. A main research interest is to integrate evolution with ecological dynamics for examining mechanisms that promote... |
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Scott Gleeson Associate Professor skglees@email.uky.edu (859) 323-3284 |
Faculty Website I am an evolutionary ecologist whose work focuses on plant adaptation. I define evolutionary ecology as the study of the ecological meaning and consequences of... |
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Doug Harrison Associate Professor dough@email.uky.edu (859) 257-6275 |
Cell Signaling in Development My primary research interest is in the transduction of developmental signals for cell proliferation and differentiation, specifically focusing on the... |
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Grace Jones Professor gjones@email.uky.edu (859) 257-3795 |
Nuclear Receptor Signaling The experimental questions that I am addressing concern the molecular players and mechanisms through which hormones regulate the developmental programs... |
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Seth Jones Lecturer |
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Rebecca Kellum Associate Professor rkellum@uky.edu (859) 257-9741 |
Chromosome Structure Function The research program of the Kellum lab focuses on how the DNA of eukaryotic cells is organized into functional chromosomes. A primary area of interest... |
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Jim Krupa james.krupa@uky.edu 859-257-8417 |
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Catherine Linnen Assistant Professor catherine.linnen@uky.edu (859)323-3160 |
Genomics of Adaptation and Speciation My research is motivated by a desire to understand the mechanisms responsible for generating biodiversity. Biologists have long sought to understand how changes... |
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D. Nicholas McLetchie Associate Professor mclet@uky.edu (859) 257-6786 |
There are few greater obstacles to sexual reproduction than the rarity or absence of one sex. Limited or no sexual reproduction can result in a species inability to adapt to a changing environment,... |
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Pete Mirabito Associate Professor pmmira00@email.uky.edu (859) 257-7642 |
Molecular Mechanisms of Mitosis The long term goal of my research is to understand the mechanisms regulating mitosis. These mechanisms are fundamental to reproduction, development,... |
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Ann Morris Assistant Professor ann.morris@uky.edu 859-257-8823 |
Development and regeneration in the vertebrate retina My research involves studying cellular differentiation and gene expression in the vertebrate retina, the photosensitive lining... |
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Bruce O'Hara Professor bohara@email.uky.edu (859) 257-2805 |
Sleep Circadian Rhythms My research addresses questions related to sleep and circadian rhythms. The research ranges from molecular and genetic approaches to behavioral studies in mice and humans... |
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Jeffrey L. Osborn Professor and Associate Chair - Education jlosbo3@email.uky.edu (859) 257-3988 |
The laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey Osborn at the University of Kentucky Department of Biology provides a specialized environment where all students experience "science in action". The physiological... |
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Jennifer Osterhage Lecturer jennifer.osterhage@uky.edu (859) 257-9322 |
Lecturer in Biology with specialties in molecular biology, phylogenetics, and biology education. In addition to teaching an introductory biology course (BIO 148) and coordinating the Genetics... |
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Brent Palmer Associate Professor bpalmer@uky.edu (859) 257-5824 |
My research program focuses on conservation of wildlife species. I am a comparative reproductive biologist and endocrinologist specializing in lower vertebrates. Reproduction is the critical life... |
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Jiffin Paulose Instructor j.paulose@uky.edu (859) 257-2289 |
Implementation of Calibrated Peer Review software-based writing assignments. Researching the development of circadian rhythms at the embryonic and cellular levels in birds and mammals... |
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Edmund Rucker Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Transgenics edmund.rucker@uky.edu (859) 257-1807 |
Autophagy and Apoptosis are fundamental processes in living organisms and are as of today still not fully understood. Autophagy is a catabolic recycling mechanism done via lysosomes during times of... |
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Brian Rymond Linda and Jack Gill Professor of Biology, Director of Graduate Studies rymond@uky.edu (859) 257-5530 |
Eukaryotic genome complexity is enriched by embedded introns which expand the number of proteins produced by alternative splicing, provide unique environments to embed genes and regulatory elements,... |
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Craig Sargent Professor csargent@uky.edu 859-257-8742 |
My research combines original theory with laboratory and field experiments to study the ecology and evolution of reproductive and life-history strategies in teleost fishes. Most of my current... |
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John P. Seabolt Sr. Academic Coordinator; Assistant Director of UG Studies jpseab01@email.uky.edu (859) 257-7652 |
My responsibilities are to coordinate the general microbiology laboratories and the general biology laboratories for non-majors, as well as to provide academic and career counseling. Biology... |
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Ashley W. Seifert Assistant Professor awseifert@uky.edu |
Research projects in my laboratory are united in trying to understand the developmental mechanisms regulating organogenesis and regeneration. Patterning, growth, and cellular differentiation are... |
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Kausalya Shenoy Lecturer kay.shenoy@uky.edu 859-257-3244 |
I am an evolutionary and behavioral ecologist, and I apply my research to the field of ecotoxicology to understand how anthropogenic contaminants can alter evolutionary trajectories in exposed... |
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Jeramiah Smith Assistant Professor jjsmit3@uky.edu (859) 257-0124 |
Evolution of Recombination and Genome Structure The unique selective pressures and functional constraints that vertebrate lineages have experienced over deep evolutionary time have... |
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Madhu Srinivasan Instructor madu@uky.edu (859)-257-5489 |
My specific interests include: quantifying spread of plant invasions and evaluating methods of control, and monitoring ecological patterns and processes of plant communities in disturbed habitats. |
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Sheldon Steiner Professor shellys@email.uky.edu (859) 257-3870 |
Neuron Astrocyte Signal Transduction The long term goal of studies in my laboratory is to understand the role of lipid biomediators, in neuronal degeneration. Lipid biomediators include a wide range... |
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S. Randal Voss Professor, Associate Chair of Research, Associate Faculty, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Director, Ambystoma Resources for Model Amphibians srvoss@uky.edu (859) 257-9888 |
Salamander Genome Project: Salamanders are important vertebrate model organisms in several areas of biomedical research, including tissue regeneration, neural transmission, vision,... |
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David Weisrock Assistant Professor, BMF david.weisrock@uky.edu 859-257-2249 |
Research in the Weisrock Lab combines genetics, genomics, and evolutionary biology. Much of our research centers on using genetics to resolve the geographic boundaries of species in nature,... |
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David Westneat Professor biodfw@email.uky.edu (859) 323-9499 |
Behavioral ecology of avian social and reproductive behavior I am interested in the biology of social behavior, particularly the interactions between the sexes. I find this subject fascinating... |
