Faculty

Research Interests
- Plant chemical ecology and evolution
- Tropical plant ecology and evolution
- Plant species interactions

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- Microbiology
- Microbial interactions with the host
- Bacterial genetics

Research Interests
- Microbiology
- Bacterial physiology
- Biofilm research

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- Co-diversification of hosts and microbiomes
- Ecological adaptation via symbiosis
- Lemur ecology, evolution and conservation

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- Evolutionary and ecological genetics
- Toxicogenomics

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- Mitochondrial protein biogenesis
- Mitochondrial genetics
- Intracellular communication

Research Interests
- Global change ecology
- Biodiversity loss and conservation
- Research synthesis methods

Kathleen L. Horwath
Associate Professor
Research Interests
- Comparative and environmental biochemistry
- Molecular cell biology
- Development and physiology of insects

Research Interests
- Innate immunity in infectious and inflammatory diseases
- Inflammasomes and inflammatory cell-death
- Host-pathogen interactions and cytokine signaling

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- Microbiology
- Antimicrobial tolerance
- Virulence
- Biofilms

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- Intestinal epithelial cell biology and immunology

Research Interests
- Microbiota in Infection and Immunity
- Clostridioides difficile and Enterococcus faecium
- Bile acid metabolism

Carol I. Miles
Associate Professor/ Undergraduate Program Director
Research Interests
- Neurobiology
- Development and behavior of insects

Research Interests
- Systems physiology of obesity
- Lipid and sugar metabolism
- Interactions between the diet and genotype

Research Interests
- Microbial Ecology
- Bacterial Warfare
- Microbiome

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- Ecological speciation
- Adaptation to environmental change
- Coevolution
- Evolution and physiology of life history timing in insects

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- Community ecology
- Species interactions
- Environmental change

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- Biofilm development and resistance

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- Bacterial communication
- Toxin trafficking
- Biofilm formation

Research Interests
- Genomics
- Evolution
- Transposons
- Polyploids

James M. Sobel
Chair; Associate Professor
Research Interests
- Evolutionary genetics
- Genomics of adaptation
- Speciation in plants

Research Interests
- Behavioral Ecology
- Herpetology
- Tropical Ecology

Steven P. Tammariello
Associate Chair; Associate Professor
Research Interests
- Equine performance genomics

Research Interests
- Cell Stress Pathways
- Stem Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering
- Medical Device Development

Michelle D. Withers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; STEM Educator
Research Interests
- Discipline-based education research
- Evidence-based teaching
- Professional development
- Organizational change

Weixing Zhu
Professor / Graduate Director
Research Interests
- Ecosystem ecology
- Biogeochemistry
- Urban ecology
Teaching Faculty

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- Science Education

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- Anatomy and Physiology

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- Science education
- Behavioral ecology
- Evolution

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- Science Education
- Genetics

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- Science education
- Animal cognition
- Behavioral ecology

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- Marine fungi
- Fungal taxonomy
- Fungal diseases of wildlife
- Microbial ecology

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Science Education
Bartle Faculty
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Anne B. Clark
Associate Professor Emeritus
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Emeritus Faculty
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Sandra D. Michael
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emerita
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