Faculty
Kristen Funk, PhD
RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Neuroinflammation of neuroinfectious and neurodegenerative diseases LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. FUNK’S RESEARCH LAB WORK
Andrew Goff, MS
RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Marine biologist TEACHING CONCENTRATION: BIOL 2120 BIOL 2130 BIOL 4600
Valery Grdzelishvili, PhD
RESEARCH CONCENTRATION:Molecular virology, anticancer therapy based on replication-competent viruses (“oncolytic virotherapy”), virus-host interactions, virus-based vectors. LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. GRDZELISHVILI’S RESEARCH LAB WORK
Melanie Harris, MS
AWARD 2014 Building Educational Strengths and Talents (B.E.S.T) Outstanding Faculty Award TEACHING CONCENTRATION: Microbiology MORE ABOUT MELANIE
M. Brittany Johnson, PhD
RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. JOHNSON’S RESEARCH LAB WORK
Elaine Luo, PhD
Microbial ecology, viruses, metagenomics, bioinformatics, oceanography, aquatic ecology LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. LUO’S RESEARCH LAB WORK
Ian Marriott, PhD
AWARD 2017 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Outstanding Teaching – Integration of Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: The initiation of immune responses LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. MARRIOTT’S RESEARCH LAB WORK
Pinku Mukherjee, PhD
AWARDS: Recipient of the 2018 First Citizens Bank Scholars Award Recipient of the 2015 O. Max Gardener Award RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Cancer Biology and Immunology LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. MUKHERJEE’S RESEARCH LAB WORK
Matthew W. Parrow, PhD
RESEARCH CONCENTRATION:Eukaryotic microbiology, harmful algal blooms; applications of algae and fungi in biotechnology LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. PARROW’S RESEARCH LAB WORK: