Faculty
![Christine Richardson, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2016/01/Christine-300x300.jpg)
Department Chair
Professor
![Matthew W. Parrow, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/Parrow-DBS-website-2018-shop1.jpg)
Associate Chair for Academic Programs
Professor
![Shan Yan, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/ShanYan-3_0.jpg)
Associate Chair for Research
Professor
![Adam M. Reitzel, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2016/01/Reitzel_Adam-300x300.jpg)
Graduate Program Director
Professor
![Michelle B. Pass, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2016/01/Dr.-Pass_Office-2022-300x300.jpg)
Undergraduate Program Director
Associate Teaching Professor
![Didier Dréau, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2016/01/DREAU-2022-Pic-300x300.jpg)
Director for Undergraduate Research
Professor
![Sharon Bullock, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2016/01/Sharon.png)
Biotechnology Minor Program Coordinator
Teaching Professor
![Danillo Augusto, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2022/08/clas_danillo_230717_0886_kpl-4-300x300.jpg)
DEI Director
Assistant Professor
![Sam Suptela, PhD, MPH](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/SamHS.jpg)
Director of Assessment
Associate Teaching Professor
![Tonya C. Bates, MS](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2016/01/Tonya-300x300.jpg)
![Tuan Cao, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2016/01/tuan-300x300.jpg)
![Morgan Carter, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/MorganCarter.jpg)
Assistant Professor
![Kausik Chakrabarti, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2017/08/Kausik-300x300.jpg)
![Richard Chi, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/Chi.jpg)
![Farzana Ferdous, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/DSC_8644_0.jpg)
![Kristen Funk, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/KristenFunkHeadshot.jpg)
![Andrew Goff, MS](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2021/11/IMG_0738.jpg)
![Valery Grdzelishvili, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/IMG_0354.jpg)
![Melanie Harris, MS](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/IMG_0360.jpg)
![M. Brittany Johnson, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/IMG_0403.jpg)
Assistant Professor
![Elaine Luo, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/Google_Scholar_headshot.jpeg)
![Ian Marriott, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/Ian.jpg)
![Pinku Mukherjee, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/Pinku_0.jpg)
Irwin Belk Distinguished Professor | Interim Associate Provost and Dean of Graduate School
![Dan Nelson, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/20190826_113817.jpg)
![Shankari Somayaji, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/IMG_1456.jpg)
Assistant Teaching Professor
![Bao-Hua (Alysa) Song, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/Song_2018_0.jpg)
![Todd R. Steck, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/Todd-Ombud-pic-2.jpg)
![Sarah Stellwagen, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/Stellwagen_photo_reduced_size-2_0.png)
![Junya Tomida, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/Junya-Tomida.jpg)
![Andrew Truman, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/Favorite-Andrew-Truman-21.jpeg)
![Patricija van Oosten-Hawle, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/20220609_163635.jpeg)
Assistant Professor
![Jennifer Warner, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/img_0029.jpg)
Faculty Director, LEADS Program
Teaching Professor
![Carrie Wells, M. Ed., PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2016/01/Wells-Headshot-2023-300x300.jpg)
Associate Teaching Professor
![Ellen Wisner, PhD](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/IMG_0408.jpg)
![Ru Zhou, Ph.D.](https://biology.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/699/2023/08/Ru-Zhou.jpg)