Faculty & Research

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Faculty
Research Associates
Research Assistants

Faculty

Bailey, Brent
Research Interests: Wild Harvested Products
Brent.Bailey@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 34168

Barth, Carina
Research Interests: Stress Physiology: Plant Defense Signaling in response to biotic and abiotic stress
carina.barth@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31099/541

Bidwai, Ashok
Research Interests: Molecular / Genetic Analysis of Protein Kinases in Yeast and Drosophila.
abidwai@wvu.edu
Ext. 31533/523

Caldwell, Jane
Research Interests: Protein structure determination
Jane.Caldwell@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 34159

Cumming, Jonathan
Research Interests: Plant-Soil Interactions, Mycorrhizae, and Metal Stress; Forest Ecology in the Urban Environment
jcumming@wvu.edu
Ext. 31501/509

Daly, Kevin
Research Interests: Behavioral, Neurophysiological & Computational Analysis of Olfactory Processing, Learning and Memory
kevin.daly@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31465/467

DiFazio, Steve
Research Interests: Plant Genomics, Molecular Ecology, Plant Population Genetics, Biotechnology Risk Assessment
Stephen.DiFazio@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31512/479

Farris, Sarah
Research Interests: Development and evolution of brain and behavior
sarah.farris@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31528/518

Flores, Jorge
Research Interests: Mammalian Reproductive Physiology, Follicular Development and Corpus Luteum Physiology
jflores@wvu.edu
Ext. 31535/536

Foran, Christy
Research Interests: Environmental Physiology, Neuroendocrine Control of Reproduction, Endocrine Disruption
cmforan@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31537/540

Ford-Werntz, Donna
Research Interests: Plant Systematics: Portulacaceae; West Virginia Flora.
dford2@wvu.edu
Ext. 31549/553

Garbutt, Keith
Research Intersts: Population Genetics: Ecological Genetics and Population Biology of Weedy Plants.
kgarbutt@wuv.edu
Ext. 31531

Keeting, Phil
Research Interests: Cellular and Molecular Biology: Molecular Mechanisms of Hormonal Regulation of Cellular Biology.
pkeeting@wvu.edu
Ext. 31529/530

Keller, Edward
Research Interests: West Virginia Demographics, Genetics, Disability, Human Mortality, Environment, Science Education
ekeller@wvu.edu
Ext. 31513

Lee, Kevin
Research Interests: Virology and Cell & Molecular Biology Methods
klee@mix.wvu.edu
Ext. 31524

McGraw, James
Research Interests: Plant Demography, Remote Sensing, and Conservation Biology
jmcgraw@wvu.edu
Ext. 31532/506

Merovich, Catherine
Research Interests: Animal Behavior, Amphibian Biology, Ecology, and Conservation
cmerovic@mix.wvu.edu
Ext. 31543

Peterjohn, William
Research Interests: Biogeochemistry, Global Change, Nitrogen Saturation & Cycling, and Soil Microbiology
bpj@wvu.edu
Ext. 31510/511

Ray, David
Research Interests: Molecular Evolution, Population Genetics, Forensic Genetics, Mobile Element Biology, Genomics
David.Ray@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31454/507

Raylman, Susan
Research Interests: Animal Behavior, Vertebrate Anatomy, and Ornithology
sphilow@wvu.edu
Ext. 31505

Studlar, Susan
Research Interests: Plant Diversity, Geography, Ecology, and Evolution; Bryophytes (through independent study projects tied into my research)
sstudlar@wvu.edu
Ext. 31548

Thomas, Elizabeth
Research Interests: Invertebrate Zoology
thomasb@wvu.edu
Ext. 31543

Thomas, Richard
Research Interests: Physiological Ecology: Plant Response to Environmental Stress, Global Change, and Multiple Resource Limitations.
rthomas@wvu.edu
Ext. 31516/554

Cona-Davis, Linda
Research Interests: General Animal Physiology
lvdavis@hsc.wvu.edu
Ext. 3-1280

Walbridge, Mark
Research Interests: Wetland Ecology/Biogeochemistry/Urban Ecosystems
mark.walbridge@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31458/551

Weiler, Karen
Research Interests: Chromosome Structure and Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanisms in Drosophila
karen.weiler@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31473/478

Wells, Jeff
Research Interests: Forensic Biology and Molecular Systematics
jdwells@wvu.edu
Ext. 31526/534

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Research Associates

Ellis, Danielle
Lab Affiliation: Dr. DiFrazio
Ext. 31480/479

Kotchoni, Simeon
Lab Affiliation: Dr. Barth
simeon.kotchoni@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31539/541

Ma, Hao
Lab Affiliation: Dr. DiFrazio
hoa.ma@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31480/479

Manish, Chintamani
Lab Affiliation: Dr. Cumming
chintamani.manish@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31472/509

McGroddy, Megan
Lab Affiliation: Dr. Walbridge
Megan.McGroddy@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31472/451

Maik, Dhiraj
Lab Affiliation: Dr. Cumming
Ext. 31472/509

Ripley, Jennifer
Lab Affiliation: Dr. Foran
jripley@mix.wvu.edu
Ext. 31557/540

Slavov, Gancho
Lab Affiliation: Dr. DiFrazio
gancho.slavov@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31480/479

Staudacher, Erich
Lab Affiliation: Dr. Daly
emstaudacher@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31450/467

Trott, Regina
Lab Affiliation: Dr. Bishop
rtrott@mix.wvu.edu
Ext. 31557/521

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Research Assistants

Canizales, Yeremi
Lab Affiliation: Dr. Weiler
yeremi.canizales@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31557/478

Zhang, Yun
Lab Affiliation: Dr. Bidwai
yun.zhang@mail.wvu.edu
Ext. 31523

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