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Faculty


A-F

Daniel Becker, PhD

Assistant Professor


danbeck@ou.edu
Becker's Website

Alexandra Bentz, PhD

Assistant Professor


abentz@ou.edu
Bentz's Website

Ari Berkowitz, PhD

Presidential Professor


ari@ou.edu
Berkowitz's Website

Jessica Beyer, PhD

Research Assistant Professor


beyer@ou.edu
Beyer's Website

Eli Bridge, PhD

Associate Professor and Presidential Professor, Member Oklahoma Biological Survey


ebridge@ou.edu
Bridge's Website

Eric G. Bright, PhD

Instructor


brighte@ou.edu

Kara De León, PhD

Assistant Professor


deleonkb@ou.edu
De León's Website

Jess R. Eberle, MS

Instructor


jeberle@ou.edu

Elizabeth Everman, PhD

Assistant Professor


e.everman@ou.edu
Everman's Website

Luca Fornelli, PhD

Assistant Professor


luca.fornelli@ou.edu


G-K

J. Phil Gibson, PhD

Professor


jpgibson@ou.edu
Gibson's Website

Cynthia Gordon, PhD

Professor


cindyg@ou.edu

Tingting Gu, PhD

Assistant Professor


tingting.gu-1@ou.edu
Gu's Website

Thayer Hallidayschult, PhD

Lecturer


thayer@ou.edu

K David Hambright, PhD

Regents' Professor


dhambright@ou.edu
Hambright's Website

Anjumala Herath, PhD

Instructor


anjumala@ou.edu

Randall S. Hewes, PhD

Interim Dean of the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences
Dean of Graduate College


hewes@ou.edu

Keng-Lou James Hung, PhD

Assistant Professor and Heritage Biologist, Oklahoma Biological Survey


kljhung@ou.edu
Hung's Website

Elizabeth Karr, PhD

Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Graduate College


lizkarr@ou.edu
Karr's Website

Jeffrey F. Kelly, PhD

Professor and Director of the School of Biological Sciences


jkelly@ou.edu
Kelly's Website

Heather Ketchum, PhD

Professor and Director of the Oklahoma Biological Station


heather.r.ketchum-1@ou.edu

Paul Klawinski, PhD

Distinguished Lecturer


pklawinski@ou.edu


L-O

Hayley Lanier, PhD

Assistant Professor and Assistant Curator of Mammalogy, Sam Noble Museum Of Natural History


hclanier@ou.edu 
Lanier's Website

Paul A. Lawson, PhD

Presidential Professor


paul.lawson@ou.edu 
Lawson's Website

Eric M. Lee, PhD

Assistant Professor


ericmlee@ou.edu

Christian H. Lemon, PhD

Associate Professor


lemon@ou.edu
Lemon's Website

Michael R. Markham, PhD

Case-Hooper Associate Professor and Presidential Professor. Associate Dean of Academic Programs for the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences


markham@ou.edu
Markham's Website

Katharine A. Marske, PhD

Assistant Professor


kamarske@ou.edu
Marske's Website

Wendy M. Martin, PhD

Lecturer


wmmartin@ou.edu

John P. Masly, PhD

Associate Professor and Associate Director of the School of Biological Sciences


masly@ou.edu
Masly's Website

Heather McCarthy, PhD

Associate Professor


heather.mccarthy@ou.edu

David McCauley, PhD

Associate Professor


dwmccauley@ou.edu
McCauley's Website

Abigail Moore, PhD

Assistant Professor and Assistant Curator, Robert Bebb Herbarium, Member Oklahoma Biological Survey


abigail.j.moore@ou.edu


P-T

Mojgan Padash Barmchi, PhD

Assistant Professor


mojgan.padash@ou.edu

Wei Qin, PhD

Assistant Professor


weiqin@ou.edu
Qin's Website

Rodet Rodriguez-Silva, PhD

Lecturer


rodet.rodriguez.silva-1@ou.edu

Jeremy D. Ross, PhD

Assistant Professor and Member Oklahoma Biological Survey


rossjd@ou.edu
Ross's Website

Ashlee Rowe, PhD

Assistant Professor


ahrowe@ou.edu
Rowe's Website

Barbara Safiejko-Mroczka, PhD

Professor


bsafiejko@ou.edu
Safiejko-Mroczka's Website

Kristen Savage-Ashlock, PhD

Lecturer


ksavage.ashlock@ou.edu

Ingo Schlupp, PhD

Presidential Professor


schlupp@ou.edu
Schlupp's Website

Susan J. Schroeder, PhD

Associate Professor


susan.schroeder@ou.edu

Tarren J. Shaw, PhD

Lecturer


tjshaw@ou.edu

Cameron D. Siler, PhD

Associate Professor and Associate Curator of Herpetology, Sam Noble Museum Of Natural History


camsiler@ou.edu
Siler's Website

Lara A. Souza, PhD

Associate Professor and Associate Director of the School of Biological Sciences


lara.souza@ou.edu

Laura Stein, PhD

Assistant Professor


laura.stein@ou.edu
Stein's Website

James N. Thompson, PhD

David Ross Boyd Professor


jthompson@ou.edu


U-Z

Caryn C. Vaughn, PhD

Presidential Professor and George Lynn Cross Research Professor, Member Oklahoma Biological Survey


cvaughn@ou.edu
Vaughn's Website

Seasson Phillips Vitiello, PhD

Lecturer


seassonvitiello@ou.edu

Lawrence J. Weider, PhD

Professor


ljweider@ou.edu
Weider's Website

Katie L. Willis, PhD

Lecturer


kwillis@ou.edu

Gavin Woodruff, PhD

Assistant Professor


gcwoodruff@ou.edu
Woodruff's Website

Jizhong Zhou, PhD

Presidential Professor and George Lynn Cross Research Professor


jzhou@ou.edu
Zhou's Website


Faculty Emeritus

  • Elizabeth A. Bergey, Ph.D. (University of California-Berkeley, 1992), Professor Emeritus and Heritage Biologist, Oklahoma Biological Survey. Aquatic biology; stream ecology.  
  • Joseph A. Bastian, Ph.D (University of Notre Dame, 1969), George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus. Comparative neurophysiology.
  • Richard E. Broughton, Ph.D. (Arizona State University, 1995), Professor Emeritus. Phylogenetics and evolution of fishes, mitochondrial function and evolution. 
  • Janalee P. Caldwell, Ph.D. (University of Kansas, 1974), Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus, Sam Noble Museum Of Natural History. Herpetology, ecology, and behavior of amphibians.
  • Richard L. Cifelli, Ph.D. (Columbia University, 1983), Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus, Sam Noble Museum Of Natural History. Mammalogy; systematics; evolutionary biology; comparative anatomy.
  • David S. Durica, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut, 1977), Professor Emeritus. Developmental genetics; gene organization and expression.
  • Wayne Elisens, Ph.D. (University of Texas, Austin, 1982), Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus, Robert Bebb Herbarium. Plant biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, systematic biology, and ethnobotany.
  • Ola M. Fincke, Ph.D. (University of Iowa, 1983), Professor Emeritus. Behavioral ecology of insects; tropical ecology.
  • Douglas D. Gaffin, Ph.D. (Oregon State University, 1994), David Ross Boyd Professor Emeritus, Joseph Brandt Professor Emeritus, Presidential Professor Emeritus. Scorpion sensory biology.
  • Howard B. Haines, Ph.D. (University of Texas, 1961), Professor Emeritus. Comparative and environmental physiology.
  • Mariëlle H. Hoefnagels, Ph.D. (Oregon State University, 1997), Professor Emeritus. Biology education.
  • Penny M. Hopkins, Ph.D. (Tulane University, 1970), Professor Emeritus. Endocrinology; hormonal control of molting and regeneration in Crustacea.
  • Victor H. Hutchison, Ph.D. (Duke University, 1959), George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus. Comparative endocrinology; physiological ecology; herpetology.
  • Michael E. Kaspari, Ph.D. (University of Arizona, 1992), Presidential Professor and George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus. Behavioral, community, and macroecology of invertebrates.
  • Michael A. Mares, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin, 1973), Presidential Professor Emeritus, Joseph Brandt Professor Emeritus, and Curator Emeritus, Sam Noble Museum Of Natural History. Evolutionary ecology; desert ecology; community development; biogeography; population ecology; mammalogy.
  • Edie Marsh-Matthews, Ph.D. (University of Texas, 1980), Professor Emeritus. Evolutionary ecology, community ecology, ichthyology.
  • William J. Matthews, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma, 1977), Professor Emeritus. Ichthyology; fish ecology.
  • Michael J. McInerney, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, 1980), George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus. Anaerobic microbial physiology, syntrophy, and oil recovery.
  • Douglas W. Mock, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, 1976), George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus. Social behavior of birds; evolution of behavior.
  • David Nagle, Ph.D. (University of Califormia, Berkeley, 1980), Professor Emeritus. Physiology and genetics of anaerobes.
  • Gary D. Schnell, Ph.D. (University of Kansas, 1969), Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus, Sam Noble Museum Of Natural History. Systematics; numerical systematics; evolutionary biology; ornithology.
  • Patricia L. Schwagmeyer, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, 1979), Professor Emeritus. Behavioral ecology of vertebrates; social behavior.
  • Frank J. Sonleitner, Ph.D. (University of Chicago, 1959), Associate Professor Emeritus. Population ecology; ecogenetics; entomology.
  • Joseph M. Suflita, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University, 1980), George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus. Anaerobic microbiology, biocorrosion, biodegradation, bioremediation, microbial ecology, environmental microbiology.
  • Ralph S. Tanner, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, 1982), Professor Emeritus. Microbiology, biofuels.
  • Gordon E. Uno, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley, 1979), David Ross Boyd Professor. Science education and plant reproductive biology.
  • Laurie J. Vitt, Ph.D. (Arizona State University, 1976), George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus, Sam Noble Museum Of Natural History. Herpetology, ecology and life histories of reptiles.