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.
Faculty
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Dylan Audette
Assistant Teaching Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, Room 357
Phone: 202-784-5307
Email: da836@georgetown.edu
Interests: Scholarship of teaching and learning in science; transcriptional control of gene regulation; developmental biology.
Shweta Bansal
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.
Shauna Bennett
Assistant Teaching Professor
Reiss Science Building, room 424
Phone: 202-687-5708
Email: sb1949@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Cell and molecular biology, virology; science communication; science education.
Shaun Brinsmade
Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor | Co-Director of Graduate Studies
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.
Thomas Coate
Associate Professor and Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
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.
Jeanetta Floyd
Associate Teaching Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, Room375
Phone: 202-687-5639
Email: jf1605@georgetown.edu
Interests: molecular microbiology, microbial metagenomics, and science education.
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.
Matthew Hamilton
Associate Professor and Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
Regents Hall Science Center, Room 508
Phone: 202-687-5924
Email: hamiltm1@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Population genetics and mathematical biology.
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.
Jeffrey Huang
Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, Room406
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
Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, Room 514
Phone: 202-687-3893
Email: sj599@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Geobiology, Astrobiology.
Maryam Kohram
Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Departments of Physics and Biology
Regents Hall Science Center, Room 304
Email: mk2567@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Biophysics, tumor microbiome, cancer mechanics, microbial aging.
Kathleen Maguire-Zeiss
Tenure Line – Professor | Chair, Department of Neuroscience
New Research Building, Room EPO8
Phone: 202-687-2791
Email: km445@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Neuroinflammation; misfolded protein disorders; neuron-glia communication; neurodegenerative diseases
Janet Mann
Distinguished University 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.
Projects: Shark Bay Dolphin Project, Potomac-Chesapeake Dolphin Project
Peter Marra
Professor of Biology and Dean of The Earth Commons Institute
Regents Hall Science Center, Room391
Phone: 202-687-3335
Email: ppm28@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Migratory Birds, Conservation
Timothy Newfield
Associate Professor
Edward B. Bunn S.J. Intercultural Center (ICC), Room 520F
Phone: 202-687-6061
Email: tpn11@georgetown.edu
Interests: Historical epidemiology; interdisciplinary premodern environmental history; origins and late Holocene history of infectious diseases of humans and livestock.
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.
Websites: Ries Lab Website, MonarchNet, Butterfly Monitoring Network
Ronda Rolfes
Professor and Chair
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.
Anne Rosenwald
Vice-Dean, Earth Commons, and Biology Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, Room306
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 | Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs
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
Associate Teaching Professor
Reiss Science Building, Room 407
Phone: 202-687-5596
Email: av840@georgetown.edu
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
Professor and Co-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.
Tiffany Zarrella
Assistant Professor
Regents Hall Science Center, Room 318
Phone: 202-784-5084
Email: tiffany.zarrella@georgetown.edu
Research Interests: Polymicrobial interactions, bacterial behaviors, molecular microbiology.
Emeritus Professor
Edward Barrows
Professor Emeritus
Research Interests: Insect ecology, invasive species.
Heidi Elmendorf
Professor Emeritus
Research Interests: Cell biology of Giardia; genome organization and structure.
