Faculty and Professional Staff

Faculty

Peter A. Fields

Associate Professor of Biology

717-291-3861

peter.fields@fandm.edu

Office: LSP 332A

Biochemistry; Marine Biology. Biochemical and physiological adaptations to extreme environments.

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Robert N. Jinks

Associate Professor of Biology

717-358-4502

robert.jinks@fandm.edu

Office: LSP 254C

Neurobiology; Signal transduction in visual systems; central regulation of retinal function and metabolism.

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Ryan A. Mehl

Associate Professor of Chemistry

717-291-4125

ryan.mehl@fandm.edu

Office: HAC 403

Clara S. Moore

Associate Professor of Biology

717-291-3887

clara.moore@fandm.edu

Office: LSP 332D

Developmental Biology. Molecular genetics of development; effects of trisomy on heart development and defects in mice.

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Daniel R. Ardia

Assistant Professor of Biology

717-291-3949

daniel.ardia@fandm.edu

Office: LSP 354A

Office Hours: On leave 2009-2010 Academic Year

Evolution, Ecology and Heredity. Evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology; life history evolution of birds and insects.

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Jaime E. Blair

Assistant Professor of Biology

717-291-3959

jaime.blair@fandm.edu

Office: LSP 332C

Office Hours: Fall 2009: Monday 2-4pm, Friday 9-10am, by appoitment

Molecular Genetics, Bioinformatics. Evolutionary genomics; molecular evolution of plant pathogens; bioinformatics

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Jing Hu

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

717-358-5881

jing.hu@fandm.edu

Office: STA 230

Office Hours: MW (9:00 -10:00 AM), TR (2:30 - 4:00 PM)

My research interests include machine learning, bioinformatics, and computational biology.

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Christina M. Weaver

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

717-291-3872

christina.weaver@fandm.edu

Office: STA 206

Pablo D. Jenik

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

717-358-4431

pablo.jenik@fandm.edu

Office: LSP 254A

Developmental Genetics; Development of the embryo in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

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Jorge I. Mena-Ali

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

717-358-4867

jorge.mena-ali@fandm.edu

Office: LSP 232B

Ecology, Evolution, Heredity. Evolution/Ecology of plant reproductive strategies/pathogen interactions; Evol. Biology of disease dynamics.

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Pavithra Vivekanand

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

717-358-4404

pavithra.vivekanand@fandm.edu

Office: LSP 332A

David Holmes Morton II, M.D.

Adjunct Research Professor of Biology

david.morton@fandm.edu

Office: LSP

Erik G. Puffenberger

Adjunct Associate Research Professor of Biology

717-687-9407

erik.puffenberger@fandm.edu

Office: LSP

Kevin Adams Strauss

Adjunct Associate Research Professor of Biology

kevin.strauss@fandm.edu

Office: LSP

Professional Staff

Elizabeth B. Rice

Assistant Program Director, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant

717-358-4681

elizabeth.rice@fandm.edu

Office: LSP 361

Science outreach, Population genetics.

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