Faculty
Peter Armbruster
Davis Family Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 508
Phone: 202-687-2567
Email: paa9@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Evolutionary dynamics of range expansion, adaptation genomics, diapause.
Shweta Bansal
Associate Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 510
Phone: 202-687-9256
Email: sb753@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Network modeling of disease; quantitative disease ecology; epidemiology and public/animal health problems.
Edward Barrows
Professor
Reiss Science Building, room # 424
Phone: 202-687-5841
Email: barrowse@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Insect ecology, invasive species.
Shauna Bennett
Assistant Teaching Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 357
Phone: 202-687-5708
Email: sb1949@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Cell and molecular biology, virology; science communication; science education.
Shaun Brinsmade
Associate Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 324
Phone: 202-687-6549
Email: sb1344@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Bacterial pathogenesis; nutrient sensing.
Isaac Cervantes-Sandoval
Assistant professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 414
Phone: 202-687-3853
Email: Isaac.Cervantes.Sandoval@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of learning and memory; forgetting memories using the fruit fly as an animal model.
Mun Chun (MC) Chan
Associate Teaching Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 355
Phone: 202-687-9254
Email: mc2198@georgetown.edu
Interests: Disease of the skeletomuscular and cardiovascular systems; Science education.
Dail Chapman
Assistant Teaching Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 341
Phone: 202-687-5734
Email: (new window)dc1350@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: molecular biophysics and neurobiology, science education
Thomas Coate
Associate Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 410
Phone: 202-687-9143
Email: tmc91@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Developmental neuroscience; axon guidance; inner ear neurobiology.
Alexandra DeCandia
Assistant Teaching Professor
Reiss Science Building, room # 422
Phone: 202-687-0310
Email: ald86@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: wildlife conservation genetics, microbiomes, and disease; science education and communication.
Heidi Elmendorf
Associate Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 318
Phone: 202-687-9883
Email: hge@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Cell biology of Giardia; genome organization and structure.
Jennifer Fox
Teaching Professor and Director of the Biology Major
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 373
Phone: 202-687-5767
Email: jaf243@georgetown.edu
Interests: Life history evolution; ecological genetics.
Haiyan He
Assistant Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 412
Phone: 202-687- 3834
Email: hh772@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Experience-dependent structural and functional plasticity in the visual system; Metaplasticity; Development and refinement of the inhibitory neuronal circuit and its roles in the etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Matthew Hamilton
Associate Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 508
Phone: 202-687-5924
Email: hamiltm1@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Population genetics and mathematical biology.
Michael Hickey
Assistant Teaching Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 357
Phone: 202-687-4452
Email: hickeyma@georgetown.edu
Interests: Immunology; undergraduate education.
Jeffrey Huang
Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 406
Phone: 202-687-1741
Email: jh1659@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: CNS neuron-glia interactions, myelin biogenesis, inflammation, and regeneration.
Daniel Isaac
Biology Program Manager
Reiss Science Building, room # 428
Phone: 202-687-5357
Email: di75@georgetown.edu
Interests: bacterial stress response, enterotoxigenic E. coli pathogenesis, the history of neuroscience, undergraduate and graduate student education and mentoring.
Sarah Johnson
Associate Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 514
Phone: 202-687-3893
Email: sj599@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Geobiology, Astrobiology.
Peter Marra
Professor of Biology and Director of The Earth Commons Institute
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 391
Phone: 202-687-3335
Email: ppm28@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Migratory Birds, Conservation
Kathleen Maguire-Zeiss
Professor
Research Building EPO8
Phone: 202-687-2791
Email: km445@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Neuroinflammation; misfolded protein disorders; neuron-glia communication; neurodegenerative diseases
Janet Mann
Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 516
Phone: 202-687-1307
Email: mannj2@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Behavior of dolphins; mother-calf interactions; social networks.
Timothy Newfield
Assistant Professor
ICC – Edward B. Bunn S.J. Intercultural Center
Phone: 202-687-6061
Email: tpn11@georgetown.edu
Interests: Historical epidemiology; interdisciplinary premodern environmental history; orgins and late Holocene history of infectious diseases of humans and livestock.
Joseph Neale
Emeritus Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 412
Phone: 202-791-7651
Email: nealej@georgetown.edu
Interests: NAAG neuropeptide, pain
Manus Patten
Teaching Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 347
Phone: 202-687-5731
Email: mmp64@georgetown.edu
Interests: Evolutionary genetics.
Leslie Ries
Associate Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 530
Phone: 202-687-5678
Email: lr354@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Butterfly community dynamics; biogeography, climate and land-use change, ecological and biodiversity informatics.
Ronda Rolfes
Professor and Director of Graduate Students
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 308
Phone: 202-687-5881
Email: rolfesr@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Regulation of gene expression; Genetics of yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida albicans.
Mark Rose
Paduano Distinguished Professor and Chair
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 304
Phone: 202-687-5574
Email: mr1513@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Cell biology in the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; cell and nuclear fusion, regulation of meiosis.
Anne Rosenwald
Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 306
Phone: 202-687-5997
Email: rosenwaa@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Protein trafficking in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; cell wall biosynthesis in Candida glabrata; microbial genomics.
Elena Silva
Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 408
Phone: 202-687-0858
Email: emc26@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Nervous system development.
Steven Singer
Professor and Director of Biology of Global Health Major
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 310
Phone: 202-687-9884
Email: sms3@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Host-parasite interactions, Giardia immunology.
Angela van Doorn
Assistant Teaching Professor
Reiss Science Building, room # 407
Phone: 202-687-5596
Email: Av840@georgetown.edu (new window)
Research Interests: Conservation; anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems; science education.
Martha Weiss
Professor and Director of the Environmental Biology Major
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 414
Phone: 202-687-1822
Email: weissm@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Evolutionary ecology; plant-animal interactions and butterfly learning, wasp learning and caterpillar behavior.
Gina Wimp
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Regents Hall Science Center, room # 504
Phone: 202-687-8482
Email: gmw22@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Community ecology; Genetic and environmental factors that structure biodiversity.