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Faculty and Research

David M. Althoff Species interactions, insect community ecology, molecular ecology
John M. Belote Role of the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway in Drosophila development
Samuel H.P. Chan Bioenergetics of organelles
Heather Coleman Plant Biotechnology

Steve Dorus

Evolutionary genetics and genomics of reproductive systems
Scott Erdman Eucaryotic cellular organization and differentiation; functional genomics in fungal systems
Thomas P. Fondy Cancer chemotherapeutic drug development
Douglas A. Frank Plant/ecosystem ecology with emphasis on plant-herbivore interactions
Jason D. Fridley Plant ecology and geography, landscape ecology, invasive species, biodiversity

Jannice Friedman

Plant evolutionary biology, ecological genetics, evolution of plant reproductive systems.
Anthony Garza Biofilm formation; bacterial development; stress resistance in bacteria
Sarah Hall Cellular memory of developmental history in C. elegans
Paul Gold Aging, Cell Signaling and Communication, Learning, Memory, and Plasticity, Neurological and Psychiatric Conditions
James Hewett Neuromodulators and epilepsy; function of arachidonic acid metabolism, Cyclooxygenase-2, and interleukin-1 in the central nervous system
Sandra Hewett Mechanisms underlying cell death in the central nervous system: the interplay between excitotoxicity and inflammation
Donna Korol Neural mechanisms of learning and memory across the lifespan
George M. Langford Actin cytoskeleton; axonal transport in nerve cells; fungal pathogenesis of epithelial cells
Kate Lewis Specification and patterning of spinal cord interneurons; Formation of functional neuronal circuitry; Evolution of spinal cord patterning and function; Dorsal-ventral neural tube patterning; zebrafish development
Eleanor Maine Genetic regulation of development; cell-signaling; germline development; RNA silencing
Mollie Manier  

Susan Parks

Behavioral ecology, acoustic communication, marine science, conservation biology
Melissa Pepling Regulation of mouse oocyte development; hormone signaling in oocyte differentiation.
Scott Pitnick Evolution of reproduction and life history traits
Ramesh Raina Genetic and molecular mechanisms regulating plant-pest interactions; functional plant genomics
Surabhi Raina Molecular basis of plant responses to stresses
Mark E. Ritchie Biodiversity; plant-herbivore interactions; environmental science
David Rivers Molecular and genetic regulation of cell polarity dependent cell cycle control.
John M. Russell Ion transport: regulation and roles in cellular processes
Kari A. Segraves Coevolution, mutualism, evolution of plant-insect interactions
Robert Silver  
Aaron Skewes  
William T. Starmer Ecological genetics of microorganisms and insects; population genetics and evolution; molecular evolution
Melody T. Sweet  
Roy Welch Molecular aspects of signaling among a homogeneous population of bacteria
Jason R. Wiles Science education; teaching and learning about biological evolution
Emeritus/Retired Faculty:
Marvin Druger Science teaching
Richard L. Hallberg Protein phosphatases and the cell cycle; molecular chaperones in mitochondrial DNA replication
H. Ernest Hemphill Bacteriophages of Bacillis subtilis; gene structure
H. Richard Levy  
Samuel J. McNaughton Ecosystem and plant ecology; conservation biology
Ralph Slepecky
 
Larry L. Wolf
Behavior and ecology
   

 

   

Active faculty research by category:

Cell Signaling
Belote
Chan
Dorus
Erdman
Fondy
Garza
Gold
Hall

Hewett,J.
Hewett,S.
Korol
Langford
Lewis
Maine
Patel
Pepling
Raina
Rivers
Silver
Welch

Biocomplexity
Althoff
Coleman
Frank
Fridley
Friedman
Manier
Parks
Pitnick
Ritchie
Segraves
Starmer
Wiles

 

Adjunct Faculty

Chemistry
P. Borer
M. Braiman
J. Dabrowiak
J. Goodisman
B. Hudson
J. Kallmerten
L. Nafie

Physics
M. Forstner

Biomedical &
Chemical Engineering
J. Henderson
D. Ren

Civil &
Environmental Engineering

A. Staniec
C. Driscoll

SUNY Upstate Medical University
B. Knox
M. Roe