Doctoral Faculty

Doctoral faculty are eligible to chair dissertation committees and teach doctoral-level courses. Prospective students must contact doctoral faculty members to identify an individual willing to serve as their major adviser prior to submitting their application to the graduate program. This faculty member must send an 'Intent to Mentor' letter to the Program Director agreeing to serve as the student's initial dissertation adviser.

Biga, Peggy R., Professor, Ph.D., University of Idaho (Growth and physiology of fish, muscle growth and metabolism)

Bonner, Timothy H., Professor, Ph.D., Texas Tech University (Ichthyology, Fish Ecology)

Borstein, Samuel R., Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Tennessee (Evolutionary Biology, Adaptive Radiations, Structural morphology of fishes)

Bucklin, Carrie J., Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi (Biology Education, Student learning and identity development)

Castro-Arellano, Ivan, Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University (Community Ecology, Null Model use in Ecology, Ecology of Infectious Diseases, Mammal Ecology)

Daniel, Kristy, Professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri (Biology Education)

Dutton, Jessica, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Stony Brook University (Aquatic Toxicology)

Forstner, Michael R.J., Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University (Genetics, Systematics, Herpetology)

Fritts, Sarah, Associate Professor, Ph.D., North Carolina State University (Wildlife Ecology)

Fuess, Lauren, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington (Ecological Immunology; Symbioses; Host-Parasite Dynamics)

Gabor, Caitlin R., Professor, Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Environmental and Evolutionary Ecology, Behavioral Ecology; Evolutionary Ecology; Sexual Selection; Speciation)

Garcia, Dana M., Professor, Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley (Cell and Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Eye development in fish and salamanders)

Green, M. Clay, Professor, Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Wildlife Ecology, Ornithology, Mammalogy)

Huertas, Mar, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Barcelona (Fish Endocrinology)

Kang, Hong-Gu, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (Molecular Plant Pathology, Plant Molecular Immunology, Plant Biotechnology)

Martin, Noland H., Professor, Ph.D., Duke University (Plant Speciation, Hybridization)

Martina, Jason P., Associate Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University (Plant Ecology, Wetland Ecology, Global Change Biology, Ecological Modeling)

Mukherjee, S., Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Texas Tech University (Molecular Biology, Infectious diseases, Parasite-host relationships)

Nice, Christopher C., Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Davis (Population Genetics, Ecology, Biogeography)

Nowlin, Weston H., Professor, Ph.D., University of Victoria (Ecosystem Ecology, Community Ecology, Ecotoxicology)

Rodriguez, David, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas Tech University (Microbial genetics/genomics)

Schwalb, Astrid, Professor, Ph.D., University of Guelph (Stream Ecology)

Schwartz, Benjamin, Professor, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Karst Geomorphology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry, Near Surface Geophysics, Ecohydrology, Groundwater Surface Water Interactions)

Schwinning, Susan, Professor, Ph.D., University of Arizona (Control of Invasive Grasses, Karst Ecohydrology, Mechanisms of Woody Encroachment, Ecological Modeling)

Serenari, Christopher, Associate Professor, Ph.D., North Carolina State University (Human Dimensions of Wildlife)

Siciliano-Martina, Leila, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University (Functional Ecology, Ecomorphology, Mammalogy)

Sobol, Morgan S., Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Microbiology, Evolution, Genomics)

Veech, Joseph, Professor, Ph.D., University of Nevada – Reno (Species Diversity, Population Ecology, Quantitative Ecology, Conservation Biology, Species-Habitat Relationships)

Weigum, Shannon E., Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin (Detection of Waterborne Parasites, Optical Biosensors, Microfluidic Devices)