Biology Faculty Research
Biology faculty members at WCU carry out research ranging from regenerative medicine, genomics, enzyme regulation, and protein dynamics to ecology, conservation, and animal behavior. See faculty members below for details.
Faculty Research in Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Regenerative medicine and genetics related to diseases of bones and joints (Dr. Heather Coan)
- Protein dynamics associated with Cystic Fibrosis (Dr. Bob Youker)
- Regulation of enzymes (Dr. Amanda Storm)
- Effects of drug and other toxicant exposure during early development (Dr. Daniel Brown)
- Use of genomics to clarify gene structure and regulation (Dr. Indi Bose)
Faculty Research in Ecology and Evolution
- Conservation ecology of amphibians (Dr. Joseph Pechmann).
- Phenotypic variation and population divergence in animals, primarily birds (Dr. Barbara Ballentine)
- Communication and social interactions in territorial animals (Dr. Jeremy Hyman)
- Diversity of bacteria and archaea in nature (Dr. Sean O'Connell)
- Diversity, ecology, and evolution of insects (Dr. Luiz Lima Da Silveira)
- Insect behavior and ecology; Conservation; History of evolutionary biology (Dr. James Costa)
- Plant systematics (Dr. Kathy Mathews)
- Plant community diversity and dynamics (Dr. Beverly Collins)
- Population dynamics and community structure in aquatic systems (Dr. Thomas Martin)