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Department of Biological Sciences

Faculty

Name & Title	Interests	Contact Info
Dr. Virginia Anderson Professor Emeritus	Scientific and technical writing; assessment	vanderson@towson.edu 410-704-2286
Ms. Cathy Bay Lecturer	Anatomy &pPhysiology	cbay@towson.edu
Dr. Vanessa Beauchamp Assistant Professor	Plant community ecology; wetland ecology	vbeauchamp@towson.edu 410-704-2286
Dr. Harald Beck Associate Professor	Mammal-plant Interactions, tropical Ecology	hbeck@towson.edu 410-704-3125
Dr. Sarah Bruce Senior Lecturer	Cell & developmental biology	sbruce@towson.edu 410-704-5176
Dr. Mark Bulmer Assistant Professor	Molecular ecology of termites and their symbionts and pathogens	mbulmer@towson.edu 410-704-4065
Ms. Mickey Dehn Lecturer		adehn@towson.edu
Dr. Renée Dickie Assistant Professor	Vascular biology and tissue growth, repair and regeneration in vertebrates	rdickie@towson.edu 410-704-3368
Dr. Elana Ehrlich Assistant Professor	Modulation of cellular processes by viruses	eehrlich@towson.edu 410-704-2385
Dr. Brian Fath Professor	Systems ecology, network analysis, sustainability, environmental assessment	bfath@towson.edu 410-704-2535
Dr. Susie Feldman Senior Lecturer	Science education	sfeldman@towson.edu 410-704-2691
Dr. Donald Forester Professor Emeritus	Herpetology; behavioral ecology	dforester@towson.edu
Dr. Gail Gasparich Professor, Associate Dean	Spiroplasma biodiversity; molecular ecology	ggasparich@towson.edu 410-704-4602
Dr. Cindy Ghent Assistant Professor	Science education	cghent@towson.edu 410-704-5918
Dr. Susan Gresens Associate Professor	Aquatic ecology	sgresens@towson.edu 410-704-4368
Dr. Sarah Haines Professor	Science education and environmental education	shaines@towson.edu 410-704-2926
Ms. Pam Healey Lecturer		phealey@towson.edu 410-704-4586
Dr. David Hearn Assistant Professor	Evolutionary, developmental, and ecological processes responsible for land plant diversity	dhearn@towson.edu 410-704-2997
Dr. Matthew Hemm Assistant Professor	Identification and characterization of small proteins	mhemm@towson.edu 410-704-2996
Dr. James Hull Professor Emeritus	Physiological plant ecology, plant-environment interactions, plant distributions	jhull@towson.edu
Dr. Scott Johnson Professor	Behavior and biology of birds	sjohnson@towson.edu 410-704-2587
Dr. John LaPolla Associate Professor Co-Director Graduate Program	Systematics and taxonomy of ants; biodiversity assessment and conservation; biogeography	jlapolla@towson.edu 410-704-3121
Ms. Mara Lauterbach Credit Evaluator		mlauterbach@towson.edu 410-704-3127
Dr. Barry Margulies Associate Professor	Better long-term therapy for herpes virus infections	bmargulies@towson.edu 410-704-5019
Dr. Laura Martin Lecturer	Neurophysiology	lmartin@towson.edu
Dr. Brian Masters Professor	Molecular ecology	bmasters@towson.edu 410-704-2035
Dr. Megan May Assistant Professor	Infectious Diseases and Pathology	mmay@towson.edu 410-704-2623
Ms. Lynn Middleton Lecturer		lmiddleton@towson.edu 410-704-4586
Dr. Jay Nelson Professor	Evolutionary physiology and physiological ecology of fishes	jnelson@towson.edu 410-704-3945
Dr. Chris Oufiero Assistant Professor	Evolutionary physiology, sexual selection, functional morphology	coufiero@towson.edu 401.704.3743
Dr. Roland Roberts Associate Professor	Systematics and evolution of vascular plants	rroberts@towson.edu 410-704-3034
Dr. Gerald Robinson Professor Emeritus	Comparative physiology of animals	grobinson@towson.edu 410-704-2373
Dr. Erik Scully Professor	Bioassay techniques for hermatypic corals; dynamics of animal aggregations	escully@towson.edu 410-704-3012
Dr. Richard Seigel Professor	Evolutionary ecology and conservation biology of amphibians and reptiles	rseigel@towson.edu 410-704-3123
Dr. Jack Shepard Associate Professor Co-Director Graduate Program	Neurobiology of the stress response	jshepard@towson.edu 410-704-2394
Dr. Vonnie Shields Professor	Anatomy and physiology of gustatory and olfactory sense organs	vshields@towson.edu 410-704-3130
Dr. Erik Silldorff Professor	Hormonal control of capillary blood flow in the mammalian kidney	esilldorff@towson.edu 410-704-3120
Dr. Joel Snodgrass Professor Chairperson	Dynamics and conservation of aquatic vertebrate populations and communities	jsnodgrass@towson.edu 410-704-5033
Dr. Michelle Snyder Assistant Professor	The slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum as a model for immune cell function	msnyder@towson.edu 410-704-4817
Dr. Sarah Texel Lecturer	Neuroscience	stexel@towson.edu 410-704-3815
Dr. Amy Trauth-Nare Assistant Professor	Classroom assessment, science inquiry pedagogy, teacher education	atrauthnare@towson.edu 410-704-3367
Dr. Petra "Peko" Tsuji Assistant Professor	Cancer prevention with dietary compounds (selenium, flavonoids, etc)	ptsuji@towson.edu 410-704-4117
Dr. John (Jed) Weldon Assistant Professor	Control of translation by bacterial toxins; toxin conjugates as cancer therapeutics	jweldon@towson.edu 410-704-3191
Dr. Laurie Williams-Hogarth Senior Lecturer	Developmental neurobiology	llilliamshogarth@towson.edu 410-704-4816
Dr. Larry Wimmers Associate Professor Director of MB3 Program	Membrane transport in plants and plant response to environmental stress	lwimmers@towson.edu 410-704-2766
Dr. Colleen Winters Associate Professor	Population genetics	cwinters@towson.edu 410-704-3124
Dr. Jane Wolfson Professor Director of Environmental Science and Studies Program		jwolfson@towson.edu 410-704-4920

Staff

Name	Contact Info
Cheryl Brown Laboratory Manager	cbbrown@towson.edu 410-704-4109
Cindy Evans Administrative Assistant	cevans@towson.edu 410-704-3044
Darlene Godman Veterinary Technician	dgodman@towson.edu 410-704-3061
Dolores Reuther Administrative Assistant	dreuther@towson.edu 410-704-3043
Jaci Thompson Accounting Associate	jthompson@towson.edu 410-704-2609
Steve Skinner Laboratory Manager	sskinner@towson.edu 410-704-3037
Natasha Walker Administrative Assistant, MB3	nwalker@towson.edu 410-704-3491