Biology Education Research Faculty
Learn more about this group by contacting Dr. Julie Dangremond Stanton (stantonj@uga.edu) or visiting the SEER Center website.
Andrews, Tessa
Tessa Andrews Associate Professor Genetics Undergraduate evolution education; instructor experiences, knowledge, and skills in teaching biology; teaching context and climate in life science departments. Website
Bolger, Molly
Molly Bolger Associate Professor Cellular Biology Biology education; Understanding student scientific development; Biological modeling in classrooms; Instructor reasoning in non-traditional classrooms Website
Brickman, Peggy
Peggy Brickman Professor Plant Biology Factors that motivate undergraduates to learn science; scientific literacy skill acquisition; and effective methods to provide instructional feedback. Website
Chang, Shu-Mei
Shu-Mei Chang Professor Plant Biology Evolutionary Ecology of flowering plants; Plant mating system evolution. Website
Dangremond Stanton, Julie
Julie Dangremond Stanton Associate Professor Cellular Biology My research is focused on the use of metacognition to enhance student learning in biology. Website
Dolan, Erin L.
Erin L. Dolan Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Innovative Science Education Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Course-based undergraduate research, student integration into the scientific community; research mentoring of undergraduate researchers. Website
Dougan, Scott
Scott Dougan Associate Professor Cellular Biology Molecular and cellular basis of pattern formation in vertebrates; developmental genetics of zebrafish. Website
Frischer, Marc
Marc Frischer Professor Marine Sciences Role of microbial diversity in marine environments and the utilization of molecular methods to investigate microbial diversity, interactions between micro- and macroscopic organisms and the functioning of marine ecosystems. Website
Garfinkel, David
David Garfinkel Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Retrovirus-like transposons in budding yeast, control of transposition, restriction factors. Website
Goodwin, Emma
Emma Goodwin Assistant Professor Microbiology We study undergraduate research experiences and inclusive education for under served groups, including students with disabilities and transfer students.
Kannan, Natarajan
Natarajan Kannan Associate Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Bioinformatics Evolutionary systems biology; protein kinase signaling in plants, pathogens and microbes. Evolution and classification of glycoenzymes. Website
Leebens-Mack, Jim
Jim Leebens-Mack Professor Plant Biology Phylogenetics, genetics of diversification including speciation; molecular basis of adaptation; evolutionary genomics; evolution of plant reproduction; organismal and molecular coevolution. Website
Lemons, Paula
Paula Lemons Associate Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology My research investigates problem solving among biochemistry undergraduates and the process college science instructors go through as they innovate their teaching. Website
Majewska, Ania
Ania Majewska Assistant Professor Physiology & Pharmacology Course-based undergraduate research experiences, virtual reality in learning physiology and anatomy, culturally responsive teaching. Website
Medlock, Amy
Amy Medlock Associate Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Understanding intracellular and intercellular heme transport. Website
Muralidharan, Vasant
Vasant Muralidharan Associate Professor Cellular Biology Molecular and cellular biology of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. Website
Naeher, Luke P.
Luke P. Naeher Professor and Associate Department Head Environmental Health Sciences My training is in human exposure assessment to environmental chemicals and environmental epidemiology, with current EPA and NIH/NIOSH-funded forest fire research. Website
Ovid, Dax
Dax Ovid Assistant Professor Physiology & Pharmacology CORPUS Education Lab: Collaborative Opportunities for Research in Physiology and Under/Graduate Science | DBER | Curriculum Studies | Equity & Inclusion Website
Quinn, Shannon
Shannon Quinn Assistant Professor Cellular Biology Biomedical imaging and large graph mining in public health applications. Website
Russo-Tait, Tati
Tati Russo-Tait Assistant Professor Cellular Biology We engage in interdisciplinary and collaborative research projects employing various methodological approaches to examine different facets of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice issues in undergraduate biology and STEM education. Website
Schmidt, Walter
Walter K. Schmidt Jr. Professor Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Molecular cell biology and biochemistry of proteases associated with isoprenylated protein maturation and amyloidogenic peptide degradation; cancer; Alzheimer’s disease. Website
Stanger-Hall, Kathrin
Kathrin Stanger-Hall Professor Plant Biology; Entomology Phylogenetics and Evolution of Fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae), Signal evolution, Science communication. Website
Sweigart, Andrea
Andrea Sweigart Professor Genetics Evolutionary genetics and genomics of natural plant populations. Website
Wells, Lance
Lance Wells Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Complex Carbohydrate Research Center Role of protein glycosylation in intellectual disability, congenital muscular dystrophy, cancer, and viral infection. Website
Wood, Zachary
Zachary Wood Associate Professor Biochemistry & Molecular Biology X-ray crystallographic and biochemical studies of nucleotide sugar metabolism. Website