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<p>Weber MM, Chen C, Rowin K, Mertens K, Galvan G, Zhi H, Dealing CM, Roman VA, <strong>Banga S,</strong> Tan Y, Luo ZQ and Samuel JE. Identification of C. burnetii type IV secretion substrates required for intracellular replication and Coxiella-containing vacuole formation. Journal of Bacteriology (2013) 195 (17): 3914-3924<strong></strong></p>
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<p>Xu L, Shen X, Bryan A, <strong>Banga S</strong>, Swanson MS and Luo ZQ. Inhibition of Host Vacuolar H+-ATPase Activity by a <em>Legionella pneumophila</em> effector. <em>PLoS Pathogens</em> (2010) 6(3):e1000822</p>
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<p><strong>Dick, C. W.</strong>, G. Graciolli, and R. Guerrero. 2014 (In Press). Streblidae <em>in </em>Catalogue of Colombian Diptera (M. Wolff, C.J.B. de Carvalho, S.P.P. Pareja, and J.R.P Luz, eds). Special Publications, Zootaxa.</p>
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<p><strong>Dick, C. W. </strong>2013.<strong> </strong>Review of the bat flies of Honduras, Central America (Diptera: Streblidae). Journal of Parasitology Research Vol. 2013, Article ID 437696, 17 pp. doi:10.1155/2013/437696</p>
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<p>Pilosof, S., <strong>C. W. Dick</strong>, C. Corine, B. D. Patterson, and B. Krasnov. 2012. Effects of anthropogenic disturbance and climate on patterns of bat fly parasitism on bats. PLoS One 7: 1-7.</p>
<p>Graciolli, G., and <strong>C. W. Dick</strong>. 2012. Description of a second species of <em>Joblingia</em> Dybas & Wenzel, 1947 (Diptera: Streblidae). Systematic Parasitology 81: 187-193.</p>
<p><strong>Dick, C. W.</strong> and J. A. Miller. 2010. Streblidae. Pp. 1249-1260 In: Manual of Central American Diptera (Vol II). Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley, and M. Zumbado (Editors). National Research Council Press, Ottawa.</p>
<p><strong>Dick, C. W.</strong>, C. E. L., Esbérard, G. Graciolli, H. G. Bergallo, and D. Gettinger. 2009. Assessing host specificity of obligate ectoparasites in the absence of dispersal barriers. Parasitology Research 105: 1345-1349.</p>
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<p><strong>Dick, C. W.</strong>, and B. D. Patterson. 2008. An excess of males: skewed sex ratios in bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae). Evolutionary Ecology 22: 757-769.</p>
<p>Tello, J. S., R. D. Stevens, and <strong>C. W. Dick</strong>. 2008. Patterns of species co-occurrence and density compensation: a test for interspecific competition in bat ectoparasite infracommunities. Oikos 117: 693-702.</p>
<p><strong>Dick, C. W.</strong> 2007. High host specificity of obligate ectoparasites. Ecological Entomology 32: 446-450.</p>
<p><strong>Dick, C. W.</strong>, and B. D. Patterson. 2007. Against all odds: explaining high host specificity in dispersal-prone parasites. International Journal for Parasitology 37: 871-876.</p>
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<p><strong>Chandrakanth Emani</strong>, Yiming Jiang, Berta Miro, Timothy C. Hall and Ajay Kohli (2008) Rice. (In) A compendium of transgenic crop plants, Volume 1: Cereals and forage grasses, Chittaranjan Kole and Timothy C. Hall (Eds.), Wiley-Blackwell: New York.<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Chandrakanth Emani</strong>, Juan Manuel Garcia, Emily Lopata-Finch, Maria Jose Pozo, Pedro Uribe, Dong-Jin Kim, Ganesan Sunilkumar, Douglas R. Cook, Charles M. Kenerley and Keerti S. Rathore (2003) Enhanced fungal resistance in transgenic cotton expressing an endochitinase gene from Trichoderma virens. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 1: 321-326.</p>
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<p>2010. <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WOW!</span></em> episode 102, National Geographic Channel. Washington, D.C.</p>
<p>2006. Wainwright, P.C., Huskey, S.H., Turingan, R.G., and Carroll, A.M. Ontogeny of suction feeding capacity in snook. J. Exp. Zool. 305A:246-252.</p>
<p>2004. Carroll, A., Wainwright, P.C., Huskey, S.H., Collar, D., and Turingan, R.G. Morphology predicts suction feeding performance in centrarchid fishes. J. Exp. Biol. 207:3873-3881.</p>
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<p>Ryan, M. E., J. R. Johnson, and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2009. Ecological consequences of introduced genes: Invasive tiger salamander genotypes impact native amphibians. PNAS 106:11166-11171.</p>
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<p>2013. Wood, M.V. and T.K. Philips. <em>Carinomezium</em>: another new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Namaqualand, South Africa. In Press: Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. In press.</p>
<p>2012. Orozco, J. and T.K. Philips. <em>Pachnoda marginata</em> (Drury) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) developing in bat guano in a West African cave. Coleopterists Bulletin 66: 378-379.</p>
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<p>2002. Davis, A.L.V., C.H. Scholtz and T.K. Philips. Historical biogeography of scarabaeine dung beetles. Journal of Biogeography 29: 1-41.<br /> <br /> 2000. Philips, T.K. A Phylogenetic analysis of the New World Ptininae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea). Systematic Entomology. 25: 1-29.</p>
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<p>Wolter, B. <em>et al </em>(2011) Students’ perceptions of using personal response systems (“clickers”) with cases in science. <em>J. College Science in Teaching. </em><strong>40:</strong>4, 14-19. <em>(</em><em>Large pedagogical work from NSF CCLI grant– listed as Associate Author due to journal limitation of author number)</em></p>
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<p>Githiru M, Mutwiwa U, Kasaine S, Schulte B. 2017. A spanner in the works: Human-elephant conflict complicates the energy-food-water nexus in drylands of Africa. Frontiers in Environmental Science, doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2017.00069.</p>
<p>Edge A, Henley M, Daday J, Schulte BA. 2017. Examining human perception of elephants and large trees for insights into conservation of an African savanna ecosystem. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/Dias9sfHPVp6HWuEy7G5/full.</p>
<p>Youldon DA, Abell J, Briffitt JS, Chama L, Channings MD, Kilundo AS, Larson CK, Sakal D, Schulte BA. 2017. Patch - occupancy survey of elephant (<em>Loxodonta africana</em>) surrounding Livingstone, Zambia. Koedoe, 59(1), a1372. https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v59i1.1372.</p>
<p>Hazelkorn RA, Schulte BA, Cox TM. 2016. Persistent effects of begging on common bottlenose dolphin <em>Tursiops truncatus</em> behavior in an estuarine population. Aquatic Mammals, 42, 531-541.</p>
<p>Derham KS, Henley MD, Schulte BA. 2016. Wire netting reduces African elephant (<em>Loxodonta africana</em>) impact to selected trees in South Africa. Koedoe, 58(1), a1327. http://dx.doi. org/10.4102/koedoe. v58i1.1327.</p>
<p>Peterson EK, Schulte BA. 2016. Impacts of pollutants on beavers and otters with implications for ecosystem ramifications. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, 157, 33-45.</p>
<p>Schulte BA. 2016. Learning and applications of chemical signal in vertebrates for human-wildlife conflict mitigation. In: <em>Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13</em> (BA Schulte, TE Goodwin & MH Ferkin, eds), in press, Springer, New Yor</p>
<p>Rasmussen LEL, Greenwood DR, Goodwin TE, Schulte BA. 2016. Asian elephant reflections: chirality counts. In: <em>Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13</em> (BA Schulte, TE Goodwin & MH Ferkin, eds), in press, Springer, New York.</p>
<p>Goodwin TE, Harelimana H, MacDonald LJ, Mark DB, Juru AU, Yin Q, Engman JA, Kopper RA, Lichti CF, Mackintosh SG, Shoemaker JD, Sutherland MV, Tackett AJ, Schulte BA. 2016. The role of bacteria in chemical signals of elephant musth: proximate causes and biochemical pathways. In: <em>Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13</em> (BA Schulte, TE Goodwin & MH Ferkin, eds), in press, Springer, New York.</p>
<p>Goodyear SE, Schulte BA. 2015. Habituation to auditory stimuli by captive African elephants (<em>Loxodonta africana</em>). Animal Behavior and Cognition 2, 292-312.</p>
<p>Wisniewska M, Freeman EW, Schulte BA. 2015. Behavioural patterns among female African savannah elephants: the role of age, lactational status, and sex of the nursing calf. Behaviour 152, 1719-1744. DOI:10.1163/1568539X-00003301.</p>
<p>Hoffmeier-Karimi RR, Schulte BA. 2015. Assessing perceived and documented crop damage in a Tanzanian village impacted by human-elephant conflict (HEC). Pachyderm 56, 51-60.</p>
<p>York, C.A. & Schulte, B.A. 2014. The relationship of dominance, reproductive state and stress in female horses (<em>Equus caballus</em>). Behavioural Processes 107, 15-21.</p>
<p>Freeman, E.W., Meyer, J.M., Addendorf, J., Bird, J., Schulte, B.A. & Santymire, R.M. 2014. Impacts of environmental pressures on the reproductive physiology of subpopulations of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis bicornis) in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. Conservation Physiology, in press.</p>
<p>Freeman, E.W., Meyer, J.M., Addendorf, J., Schulte, B.A. & Santymire, R.M. 2014. Scraping behavior of black rhinoceros is related to age and fecal gonadal metabolite concentrations. Journal of Mammalogy, 95(2), in press.</p>
<p>Freeman, E.W., Meyer, J.M., Putman, S.B, Schulte, B.A. & Brown, J.L. 2013. Ovarian cycle activity varies with respect to age and social status in free-ranging elephants in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. Conservation Physiology, 1, 1-15.</p>
<p>Schulte, B.A., Bagley, K.R., Castelda, S., Loizi, H., Nasseri, N., Vyas, D.K. & Goodwin, T.E. 2013. From exploration to selective information gathering: the development of chemosensory investigation in male African elephants (Loxodonta africana). In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12 (M. East & M. Dehnhard, eds), pp. 135-145, Springer, New York.</p>
<p>Goodwin, T.E., Broederdorf, L.J., Burkert, B.A., Hirwa, H.H., Mark, D.B., Waldrip, Z.J., Kopper, R.A., Sutherland, M.V. , Freeman, E.W., Hollister-Smith, J.A., and Schulte, B.A. 2012. Chemical signals of elephant musth: I. Temporal aspects of microorganism-mediated modifications. Journal of Chemical Ecology,38, 81-87(DOI 10.1007/s10886-011-0056-8).</p>
<p>Freeman, E.W., Meyer, J.M., Putman, S., Schulte, B.A. & Brown, J.L. 2011. Using a simplified field progestagen method to assess ovarian activity in female African elephants. Biological Conservation, 144, 2105–2111.</p>
<p>Castelda, S., Napora, E., Nasseri, N., Vyas, D. & Schulte, B.A. 2011. Diurnal co-occurrence of African elephants and other mammals at a Tanzanian waterhole. African Journal of Ecology, 49, 250-252. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2010.01249.x</p>
<p>Nasseri, N.A., McBrayer, L.A. & Schulte, B.A. 2011. The impact of tree modification by African elephant (Loxodonta africana) on herpetofaunal species richness in northern Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 49, 133-140.DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2010.01238.x</p>
<p>Freeman, E.W., Schulte, B.A. & Brown, J.L. 2010. Using behavioral observations and keeper questionnaires to assess social relationships among captive female African elephants. Zoo Biology, 29, 140-153. 10.1002/zoo.20249.</p>
<p>Freeman, E.W., Schulte, B.A. & Brown, J.L. 2010. Investigating the impact of rank and ovarian activity on the social behavior of captive female African elephants. Zoo Biology, 29, 154-167. 10.1002/zoo.20235</p>
<p>Freeman, E.W., Abbondanza, F.N., Meyer, J.M., Schulte, B.A. & Brown, J.L. 2010. A simplified method for monitoring progestagens in African elephants under field conditions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 1, 86-91. doi: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2009.00004.x</p>
<p>Riddle, H.S., Schulte, B.A., Desai, A.A. & van der Meer, L. 2010. Elephants – a conservation overview. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2, 653-661.</p>
<p>Merte, C.E., Goodwin, T.E. & Schulte, B.A. 2010. Male and female developmental differences in chemosensory investigations by African elephants (Loxodonta africana) approaching waterholes. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 64, 401-408. DOI 10.1007/s00265-009-0856-9.</p>
<p>Merte, C.E., Gough, K.F. & Schulte, B.A. 2009. Investigation of a fresh African elephant carcass by conspecifics. Pachyderm, 45, 124-126.</p>
<p>Goodwin, T.E. & Schulte, B.A. 2009. Prospecting for mammalian chemical signals via solventless extraction techniques: an elephantine task. ChemoSense 11(2), 9-15.</p>
<p>Brzyski, J.R. & Schulte, B.A. 2009. Beaver (Castor canadensis) impacts on herbaceous and woody vegetation in southeastern Georgia. American Midland Naturalist, 162, 81-93.</p>
<p>Loizi, H., Goodwin, T.E., Rasmussen, L.E.L., Whitehouse, A.M. & Schulte, B.A. 2009. Sexual dimorphism in the performance of chemosensory investigatory behaviours by African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Behaviour, 146, 373-392.</p>
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<p>Schuck, J.B. and Smith, M.E. 2009. Cell proliferation follows acoustically-induced hair cell bundle loss in the zebrafish saccule. <em>Hearing Research</em> 253:67-76.</p>
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<p>Popper, A.N., M.B. Halvorsen, A.S. Kane, D. Miller, M.E. Smith, J. Song, P. Stein, and L.E. Wysocki. 2007.<em> </em>The effects of high-intensity, low-frequency active sonar on rainbow trout. <em>Journal of the Acoustical Society of America</em> 122(1):623-635.</p>
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<p><strong>Srivastava, Ajay. </strong>A Novel link between FMR gene and the JNK pathway provides clues to possible role in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. FEBS Open Bio. 2015 Aug 19;5:705-11. doi: 10.1016/j.fob.2015.07.005. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26425438<em><br /></em></p>
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<p>BIOL 500 Introduction to Graduate Research</p>
<p>BIOL 518 Population Ecology</p>
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<p>My current research projects include the NSF-funded project ‘Development of Automated Systems to Increase Crop Yield by Reducing Group Foraging Intensity by Crop Pests’, an attempt to leverage evolved wildlife anti-predator behaviors to reduce crop damage on African subsistence farms. Also underway is a project in Kenya to determine whether greater galagos could serve as an effective flagship species for raising interest and funding for East African forest conservation.</p>
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<p>Molly Duvall: Development of Automated Systems to Increase Crop Yield by Reducing Group Foraging Intensity by African buffalo and bushpigs<strong></strong></p>
<p>Andrea Falcetto: Greater Galagos as a Resource in Forest Conservation<strong></strong></p>
<p>Simon Kasaine: Spatial Distribution of Human Elephant Conflict and Characterization of Crop-raiding Elephants in Kasigau Region, Kenya<strong></strong></p>
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<p>Bachelor of Science in Biology (1986), University of Missouri at Kansas City</p>
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<p>Marcus, J.M., T. M. Hughes, D. M. McElroy, and R. E. Wyatt. 2010. Engaging First Year Undergraduates in Hands-On Research Experiences: The Upper Green River Barcode of Life Project. Journal of College Science Teaching 39 (3): 39-45. <a href="http://bioweb.wku.edu/faculty/Marcus/Barcode.html">UGRBP Barcode of Life</a></p>
<p>Zhuhadar Leyla, Olfa Nasraoui, Robert Wyatt, "Metadata as Seeds for Building an Ontology Driven Information Retrieval System", <a href="http://www.iospress.nl/html/14485869.php"><em>International Journal of Hybrid Intelligent Systems</em></a> (<a href="http://www.iospress.nl/">IOS Press</a>), 2009. (in press)</p>
<p>Zhuhadar Leyla, Olfa Nasraoui, Robert Wyatt, "Designing an Ontology-based Information Retrieval System in E-learning Domain System",<em> <a href="http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505608/description#description">Data</a></em> <a href="http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505608/description#description">& <em>Knowledge Engineering</em></a> (DKE) (<a href="http://www.elsevier.com/">Elsevier</a>). (under review)</p>
<p>Marcus et al. 2009 "Engaging First Year Undergraduates in Hands-On Research Experiences: The Upper Green River Barcode of Life Project".Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science 70 (1): 75-83.</p>
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<p>Zhuhadar Leyla, <a href="http://webmining.spd.louisville.edu/Websites/publications.html">Nasraoui Olfa</a>, Elizabeth Romero, and Robert Wyatt, "<a href="http://acadmedia.wku.edu/Zhuhadar/ACHI2010/Multi-Language_Ontology-based_Search_Engine.pdf" target="_blank">Multi-Language Ontology-based Search Engine</a>" The Third International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions. <em><a href="http://www.iaria.org/conferences2010/ACHI10.html" target="_blank">ACHI 2010</a></em><a href="http://www.iaria.org/conferences2010/ACHI10.html">.</a> February 10-16, 2010 - St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles</p>
<p>Zhuhadar Leyla, <a href="http://webmining.spd.louisville.edu/Websites/publications.html">Nasraoui Olfa</a>, and Robert Wyatt, "Multi-model Ontology-based Hybrid Recommender System in E-learning Domain", <a href="http://www.wi-iat09.disco.unimib.it/WIIAT09%20FINAL%20PROGRAM%20ultimo.pdf">The 2009 IEEE /WIC/ACM International Conferences</a> on <a href="http://www.wi-iat09.disco.unimib.it/WI09/WIhome.htm">Web Intelligence (WI'09)</a>",15–18 September 2009, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy.</p>
<p>Zhuhadar Leyla, <a href="http://webmining.spd.louisville.edu/Websites/publications.html">Nasraoui Olfa</a>, Robert Wyatt, "Automated Discovery, Categorization and Retrieval of Personalized Semantically Enriched E-learning Resources ", <em><a href="http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/icsc/">The Third IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC-09)</a></em>, Berkeley, CA, USA - September 14-16, 2009.</p>
<p>Zhuhadar Leyla, <a href="http://webmining.spd.louisville.edu/Websites/publications.html">Nasraoui Olfa</a>, Robert Wyatt, "Evaluating Multi-Model (Metadata - Semantic) Information Retrieval System",<em> <a href="http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp09/ws/program/ica14">ICAI'09 - The 2009 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence</a></em>, Las Vegas, Nevada,USA, 2009. </p>
<p>Zhuhadar Leyla, <a href="http://webmining.spd.louisville.edu/Websites/publications.html">Nasraoui Olfa</a>, Robert Wyatt, "How to Build an Ontology Driven Information Retrieval System in E-learning Domain",<em> <a href="http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp09/ws/program/ike14">IKE'09 - The 2009 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering</a></em>, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2009.</p>
<p>Zhuhadar Leyla, <a href="http://webmining.spd.louisville.edu/Websites/publications.html">Nasraoui Olfa</a>, Robert Wyatt, "Visual Ontology-based Information Retrieval System", <a href="http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV09/IV09_Book_of_Abstracts.pdf"><em>IV 2009 : The 13th IEEE International Conference on Information Visualisation: OSINT-WM - Open Source Intelligence and Web Mining</em></a>, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona, Spain, 2009.</p>
<p>Zhuhadar Leyla, <a href="http://webmining.spd.louisville.edu/Websites/publications.html">Nasraoui Olfa</a>, Robert Wyatt, "Model Driven Architecture: How to re-model an E-learning Web-based System to be ready for the Semantic Web?", <a href="http://www.aied2009.com/aied-programme.html">AIED 2009</a> (<a href="http://www.iospress.nl/">IOS Press</a>): <a href="http://www.aied2009.com/"><em>The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education</em></a><em>, <a href="http://compsci.wssu.edu/iis/swel/SWEL09/index.html" target="_blank">SWEL'09: Ontologies and Social Semantic Web for Int</a></em></p>
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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: Curriculum Vitae
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
- Associate 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: Curriculum Vitae
Simran Banga, Ph.D. Purdue University
- Assistant Professor
- Email: simran.banga@wku.edu
- Office: Skyteach 05
- Phone Number: 270-745-4748
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
Gregory Blass, Ph.D.
- Instructor
- Email: gregory.blass@wku.edu
- Office: CH 27
- Phone Number: 270-745-3460
Mark Clauson, M.S. Western Kentucky University
- Staff
- Email: mark.clauson@wku.edu
- Office: SH 2103
- Phone Number: 270-745-6010
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
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: Curriculum Vitae
Cheryl Davis, Ph.D. Wake Forest University
- Professor
- Email: cheryl.davis@wku.edu
- Office: WAB 301
- Phone Number: 270-745-6733
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
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: Curriculum Vitae
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: EBS 3123
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
Blaine Ferrell, Ph.D. Louisiana State University
- Dean Emeritus - Retired
- Email: blaine.ferrell@wku.edu
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: Curriculum Vitae
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: Curriculum Vitae
Sigrid Jacobshagen, Ph.D. Free University of Berlin
- Professor
- Email: sigrid.jacobshagen@wku.edu
- Office: Skyteach 07
- Phone Number: 270-745-5994
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
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: Curriculum Vitae
Michael Killen, Ph.D. University of Kentucky
- Instructor
- Email: michael.killen@wku.edu
- Office: CH 27
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
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: Curriculum Vitae
Philip Lienesch, Ph.D. University of Oklahoma
- Associate Professor
- Email: philip.lienesch@wku.edu
- Office: OCH G008
- Phone Number: 270-745-6006
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
William Lynch, M.S. Eastern Kentucky University
- Instructor
- Email: william.lynch@wku.edu
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
Kerrie McDaniel, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University
- Assistant Professor
- Email: kerrie.mcdaniel@wku.edu
- Office: Skyteach 09
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
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: Curriculum Vitae
Albert Meier, Ph.D. University of Georgia
- Professor
- Email: albert.meier@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3120
- Phone Number: 270-745-2396
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
Ila Mishra, Ph.D.
- Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Email: ila.mishra@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3129
- 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: Curriculum Vitae
Natalie Mountjoy, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
- Assistant Professor
- Email: natalie.mountjoy@wku.edu
- Office: Skyteach 08
- Phone Number: 270-745-3455
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
Keith Philips, Ph.D. The Ohio State University
- Professor
- Email: keith.philips@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3122
- Phone Number: 270-745-3419
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
Nancy Rice, Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Memphis
- Professor
- Email: nancy.rice@wku.edu
- Office: Skyteach 06
- Phone Number: 270-745-5995
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
Melanie Richter, Ph.D. University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
- Email: melanie.richter@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3129
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
Claire Rinehart, Ph.D. University of Georgia
- Professor
- Email: claire.rinehart@wku.edu
- Office: SH 2108
- Phone Number: 270-745-6892
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
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: Curriculum Vitae
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: Curriculum Vitae
Nilesh Sharma, Ph.D. University of Bihar
- Instructor
- Email: nilesh.sharma@wku.edu
- Office: CH 34
- Phone Number: 270-745-6593
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
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: Curriculum Vitae
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: Curriculum Vitae
Amanda Staples, B.S. Western Kentucky University
- Lab Technician
- Email: amanda.staples@wku.edu
- Office: EBS 3133
- 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: Curriculum Vitae
Rostern Tembo, Ph.D. Bowling Green State University
- Instructor
- Email: rostern.tembo@wku.edu
- Office: CH 35
- Phone Number: 270-745-6000
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
Deborah Weisberger, M.S. Western Kentucky University
- Associate Professor
- Email: deborah.weisberger@wku.edu
- Office: CH 36
- Phone Number: 270-745-4974
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
Robert Wyatt, Ph.D. University of Georgia
- Associate Professor
- Email: robert.wyatt@wku.edu
- Office: CH 30
- Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae
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