Biology Faculty and Staff
Lawrence Alice, Ph.D. University of Maine
- Associate Professor
- Email: lawrence.alice@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3129
- Phone Number: 270-745-7029
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/alice_2017.pdf
John Andersland, Ph.D. Cornell University
- Staff
- Email: john.andersland@wku.edu
- Office: SH B101
- Phone Number: 270-745-5993
Noah Ashley, Ph.D. University of Washington
- Assistant Professor, Lancaster Professor
- Email: noah.ashley@wku.edu
- Office: CH 33
- Phone Number: 270-745-4268
- Website: https://sites.google.com/site/ashleylabwebsite
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/ashley_2017.pdf
Simran Banga, Ph.D. Purdue University
- Assistant Professor
- Email: simran.banga@wku.edu
- Office: Skyteach 05
- Phone Number: 270-745-4748
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/banga_cv_2017.pdf
Gregory Blass, Ph.D.
- Instructor
- Email: gregory.blass@wku.edu
- Office: CH 27
- Phone Number: 270-745-3460
Cassandra Cantrell, M.S. Western Kentucky University
- Undergraduate Advising
- Email: cassandra.cantrell@wku.edu
- Office: OCH 1012
Mark Clauson, M.S. Western Kentucky University
- Staff
- Email: mark.clauson@wku.edu
- Office: SH 2103
- Phone Number: 270-745-6010
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/clauson_cv_2016.pdf
Kenneth Crawford, Ph.D. University of Michigan
- Associate Professor, Chief Pre-Health Professions Advisor, Associate Dean of Ogden College of Science & Engineering
- Email: kenneth.crawford@wku.edu
- Office: OCH 1024
- Phone Number: 270-745-6372
- Website: https://www.wku.edu/ogden/staff/index.php?memberid=2824
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/crawford_2017.pdf
Cheryl Davis, Ph.D. Wake Forest University
- Professor
- Email: cheryl.davis@wku.edu
- Office: WAB 301
- Phone Number: 270-745-6733
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/cv_davis_2017.pdf
Carl W. Dick, Ph.D. Texas Tech University
- Associate Professor
- Email: carl.dick@wku.edu
- Office: OCH G012
- Phone Number: 270-745-2043
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/dick_2017.pdf
Jessica Dunnegan
- Operations Manager
- Email: jessica.dunnegan@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 2101A
- Phone Number: 270-745-3697
Chandrakanth Emani, Ph.D. Osmania University
- Associate Professor of Plant Molecular Biology and Online Non-Thesis Graduate Program Director
- Email: chandrakanth.emani@wku.edu
- Office: WKU-Owensboro 109E
- Phone Number: (270) 852-6406
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/emani_cv_2016.pdf
Blaine Ferrell, Ph.D. Louisiana State University
- Dean Emeritus
- Email: blaine.ferrell@wku.edu
- Office: POH 301
- Phone Number: (270) 745-4033
Bobby Gaffney, Ph.D. University of Kentucky
- Research Assistant, Bioinformatics
- Email: bobby.gaffney@wku.edu
- Office: SH 2108
Scott Grubbs, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
- Professor
- Email: scott.grubbs@wku.edu
- Office: OCH G008
- Phone Number: 270-745-5048
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/grubbs_2017.pdf
Steve Huskey, Ph.D. Florida Institute of Technology
- Associate Professor
- Email: steve.huskey@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3118
- Phone Number: 270-745-2062
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/huskey_2017.pdf
Sigrid Jacobshagen, Ph.D. Free University of Berlin
- Professor
- Email: sigrid.jacobshagen@wku.edu
- Office: Skyteach 07
- Phone Number: 270-745-5994
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/jacobshagen_2017.pdf
Jarrett Johnson, Ph.D. University of Missouri
- Associate Professor and Faculty Senate Representative (at-large)
- Email: jarrett.johnson@wku.edu
- Office: OCH G010
- Phone Number: 270-745-6032
- Website: https://people.wku.edu/jarrett.johnson/index.html
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/johnson_2017.pdf
Michael Killen, Ph.D. University of Kentucky
- Instructor
- Email: michael.killen@wku.edu
- Office: CH 27
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/killen_cv_2016.pdf
Rodney King, Ph.D. Med. Coll. of Va, VCU
- Professor
- Email: rodney.king@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3104
- Phone Number: 270-745-6910
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/king_2017.pdf
Philip Lienesch, Ph.D. University of Oklahoma
- Associate Professor
- Email: philip.lienesch@wku.edu
- Office: OCH G008
- Phone Number: 270-745-6006
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/lienesch_cv_2016.pdf
William Lynch, M.S. Eastern Kentucky University
- Instructor
- Email: william.lynch@wku.edu
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/lynch_cv_2016.pdf
Kerrie McDaniel, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University
- Assistant Professor
- Email: kerrie.mcdaniel@wku.edu
- Office: Skyteach 09
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/mcdaniel_2017.pdf
Doug McElroy, Ph.D. University of Maine
- Professor and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Email: doug.mcelroy@wku.edu
- Office: Wetherby Administration Building; 212
- Phone Number: 270-745-7009
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/mcelroy_2017.pdf
Albert Meier, Ph.D. University of Georgia
- Professor
- Email: albert.meier@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3120
- Phone Number: 270-745-2396
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/meier_2017.pdf
Ila Mishra, Ph.D.
- Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Email: ila.mishra@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3131
- Phone Number: 270-745-2292
Dave Monroe, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
- Email: jerry.monroe@wku.edu
- Office: SH 2107
- Phone Number: 270-745-5176
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/monroe_cv_2016.pdf
Natalie Mountjoy, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
- Assistant Professor
- Email: natalie.mountjoy@wku.edu
- Office: Skyteach 08
- Phone Number: 2707453455
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/mountjoy_cv_2017.pdf
Keith Philips, Ph.D. The Ohio State University
- Professor
- Email: keith.philips@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3122
- Phone Number: 270-745-3419
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/philips_2017.pdf
Nancy Rice, Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Memphis
- Professor
- Email: nancy.rice@wku.edu
- Office: Skyteach 06
- Phone Number: 270-745-5995
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/rice_cv_2016.pdf
Melanie Richter, Ph.D. University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
- Email: melanie.richter@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3131
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/richter_cv_2016.pdf
Claire Rinehart, Ph.D. University of Georgia
- Professor
- Email: claire.rinehart@wku.edu
- Office: SH 2108
- Phone Number: 270-745-6892
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/rinehart_cv_2016.pdf
Naomi Rowland, M.S. University of Tennessee
- Lab Coordinator, Biotech Center and Part Time Agriculture Instructor
- Email: naomi.rowland@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3130
- Phone Number: 270-745-6931
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/rowland_2017.pdf
Bruce Schulte, Ph.D. SUNY-ESF
- Department Head of Biology
- Email: bruce.schulte@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 2101B
- Phone Number: 270-745-4856
- Website: https://www.wku.edu/schultebehaviorlab/
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/schulte_2017.pdf
Nilesh Sharma, Ph.D. University of Bihar
- Instructor
- Email: nilesh.sharma@wku.edu
- Office: CH 34
- Phone Number: 270-745-6593
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/sharma_cv_2016.pdf
Jacob Smith, M.S. University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Instructor
- Email: jacob.smith@wku.edu
- Office: CH 27
- Phone Number: 270-745-4978
Michael Smith, Ph.D. University of Texas
- Professor and Faculty Senate Representative (voting)
- Email: michael.smith1@wku.edu
- Office: SH 2109
- Phone Number: 270-745-2405
- Website: https://www.wku.edu/smithneurobiologylab/
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/smith_cv_2016.pdf
Ajay Srivastava, Ph.D. University of Alberta
- Associate Professor and Faculty Senate Representative (voting)
- Email: ajay.srivastava@wku.edu
- Office: OCH 1015
- Phone Number: 270-745-6008
- Website: https://sites.google.com/view/srivastavalab-at-wku
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/srivastava_2017_cv.pdf
Amanda Staples, B.S. Western Kentucky University
- Lab Technician
- Email: amanda.staples@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3125
- Phone Number: 270-745-6276
Michael Stokes, Ph.D. University of Kansas
- Professor
- Email: michael.stokes@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3104
- Phone Number: 270-745-6009
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/stokes_2017.pdf
Rostern Tembo, Ph.D. Bowling Green State University
- Instructor
- Email: rostern.tembo@wku.edu
- Office: CH 35
- Phone Number: 270-745-6000
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/tembo_2017.pdf
Deborah Weisberger, M.S. Western Kentucky University
- Associate Professor
- Email: deborah.weisberger@wku.edu
- Office: CH 36
- Phone Number: 270-745-4974
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/documents/weisberger_cv_2016.pdf
Robert Wyatt, Ph.D. University of Georgia
- Associate Professor
- Email: robert.wyatt@wku.edu
- Office: CH 30
- Curriculum Vitae: https://wku.edu/biology/cv_2017/wyatt_2017.pdf
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