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Frank Heitmuller

Dr. Frank Heitmuller

Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise

fluvial geomorphology, coastal geomorphology, sedimentology, hydrology, soils, environmental science

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Geography and Geology

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Email
Franklin.Heitmuller@usm.edu

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Caroline Henderson

Instructor

Areas of Expertise

Clinical Chemistry; Microbiology; Parasitology; Mycology

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Medical Laboratory Science

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Email
Caroline.Henderson@usm.edu

David Holt

Dr. David Holt

Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise

Dendrochronology, Political Geography, Cartography, Necrogeography, Ground Penetrating Radar

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Geography and Geology

Gulf Coast Science Building (SB) 3D 105F

Email
David.H.Holt@usm.edu

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Freddie Howell

Emeritus

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences

Email
freddie.howell@usm.edu

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Mabel Hudson

Emeritus

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Medical Laboratory Science

Email
jane.hudson@usm.edu

Shahid Karim

Dr. Shahid Karim

Professor

Areas of Expertise

Vector Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genomics, Functional Genomics, Microbiome, Bioinformatics, Infectious Diseases,

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology

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Email
Shahid.Karim@usm.edu

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Kristina Knotts

Instructor

Areas of Expertise

Microbiology

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Medical Laboratory Science

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Email
Kristina.Knotts@usm.edu

Brian Kreiser

Brian Kreiser

Professor

Areas of Expertise

population genetics, phylogeography, evolutionary biology

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology

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Email
Brian.Kreiser@usm.edu

Kevin Kuehn

Dr. Kevin Kuehn

Professor

Areas of Expertise

Mycology, Microbial Ecology, Microbiology, Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology

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Email
Kevin.Kuehn@usm.edu

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James Larsen

Emeritus

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences

Email
w301103@usm.edu

Mary Lux

Mary Lux

Emeritus

Areas of Expertise

Microbiology education

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Medical Laboratory Science

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Email
Mary.Lux@usm.edu

Alexandre Marques

Dr. Alexandre Marques

Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise

Microbiology/Immunology/Parasitology. Vaccine development against parasitic infections. Leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, Malaria, Lyme disease. Alpha gal and Allergy.

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology

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Email
Alexandre.Marques@usm.edu

Jennifer McKinney

Jennifer McKinney

Instructor

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology

Gulf Coast Science Building (SB) 3D 309 B

Email
Jennifer.McKinney@usm.edu

Mark Miller

Dr. Mark Miller

Emeritus

Areas of Expertise

Economic Development, Planning; Developing World; Latin America, Cuba

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Geography and Geology

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Email
M.M.Miller@usm.edu

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Dr. Frank Moore

Emeritus

Areas of Expertise

Behavioral Ecology, Movement Biology, Ornithology

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology

Email
Frank.Moore@usm.edu

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Donald Norris

Emeritus

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences

Email
don.norris@usm.edu

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George Pessoney

Emeritus

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Center for Science and Mathematics Education

Email
George.Pessoney@usm.edu

Nicole Phillips

Dr. Nicole Phillips

Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise

Conservation genetics, environmental DNA, historic DNA, sharks & rays

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology

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Email
N.Phillips@usm.edu

Mark Puckett

Dr. Mark Puckett

Professor

Areas of Expertise

quantitative stratigraphy, paleontology, ostracods, foraminifera, environmental science

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Geography and Geology

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Email
Mark.Puckett@usm.edu

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Carl Qualls

Professor

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology

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Email
Carl.Qualls@usm.edu

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Dr. George Raber

Professor

Areas of Expertise

GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial Modeling, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Conservation, Land Cover Analysis, Scale and Accuracy in Geo-spatial Data

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Geography and Geology

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Email
George.Raber@usm.edu

Andy Reese

Dr. Andy Reese

Professor

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Geography and Geology

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Email
Andy.Reese@usm.edu

Ramesh Rijal

Dr. Ramesh Rijal

Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise

Host-Pathogen Interaction; Bacterial Pathogenesis; Dictyostelium discoideum and Macrophage Biology, Drug Discovery

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology

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Email
Ramesh.Rijal@usm.edu

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Dr. Jake Schaefer

Professor

Areas of Expertise

Ecology, Evolution, Ichthyology

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Ecology and Organismal Biology

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Email
Jake.Schaefer@usm.edu

Glen Shearer

Dr. Glen Shearer Jr

Emeritus

Areas of Expertise

Cell and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Physiology

College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Discipline: Cell and Molecular Biology

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Email
Glen.Shearer@usm.edu