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Faculty Directory
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W Y Z
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- Ades, Ibrahim (Associate Professor, Biology)
- Alexander, Millard (Distinguished University Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Allewell, Norma (Dean and Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Ammon, Herman (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Anastos, George (Professor Emeritus, Biology)
- Andrews, Norma (Professor and Chair, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Anisimov, Mikhail A. (Affiliate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Araneda, Ricardo (Assistant Professor, Biology)
- Armstrong, Earlene (Associate Professor, Entomology)
- B -
- Barbosa, Pedro (Professor, Entomology)
- Bean, George (Professor Emeritus, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Beckett, Dorothy (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Bely, Alexandra (Assistant Professor, Biology)
- Benson, Spencer (Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Blough, Neil (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Borgia, Gerald (Professor, Biology)
- Boyd Jr., Alfred (Associate Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Braun, Michael (Adjunct Professor, Biology)
- Breitburg, Denise (Adjunct Professor, Biology)
- Briken, Volker (Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Brooks, Michelle Mac (Assistant Director - Biological Sciences Graduate Program, Chemical and Life Sciences)
- Brown, Amy E. (Professor, Entomology; Affiliate Professor, Maryland Institute of Applied Environmental Health; Entomology)
- Butts, Daniel (Assistant Professor, Biology)
- C -
- Carleton, Karen (Assistant Professor, Biology)
- Carr, Catherine (Professor, Biology)
- Castillo-Davis, Cristian (Assistant Professor, Biology)
- Chang, Caren (Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Clark, Eugenie (Professor Emeritus, Biology)
- Coats, D. Wayne (Adjunct Professor, Biology)
- Cohen, Avis (Professor [Joint Appointment with Institute for Systems Research], Biology)
- Colombini, Marco (Professor and Director of Graduate Studies [and Affiliate of Chemistry & Biochemistry], Biology)
- Colwell, Rita (Professor Emerita and Distinguished University Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Compton, Reid (Director, College Park Scholars-Life Sciences; Biology)
- Cooke, Todd (Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Corliss, John O. (Emeritus/Emerita Faculty [Professor], Biology)
- Coyle, Candace (Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Cropp, Ashton (Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Cummings, Michael (Associate Professor, Biology)
- D -
- Dagdigian, Paul J. (Adjunct Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Davidson, John (Professor Emeritus, Entomology)
- Davis, Jeffery (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Dayie, Kwaku (Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Delwiche, Charles (Associate Professor [and Affiliate of Department of Biology and CBCB], Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- DeShong, Philip (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- DeStefano, Jeffrey (Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Dickerson, Russell (Affiliate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Dietz, James (Professor, Associate Director CONS Program; Biology)
- Dinman, Jonathan (Professor [and Affiliate of Chemistry & Biochemistry], Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Dively, Galen (Professor Emeritus and IPM Consultant, Entomology)
- Dixon, Bonnie (Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Dooling, Robert J. (Affiliate Professor [Department of Psychology, UMCP]; Biology)
- Doyle, Michael P. (Professor and Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Dudash, Michele R. (Associate Professor, Biology)
- E -
- Ebrahimian, Sohelia (Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Eichhorn, Bryan (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- El-Sayed, Najib (Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- F -
- Fagan, William (Professor, Biology)
- Falvey, Daniel (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Fenselau, Catherine (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Fenster, Charles B. (Associate Professor, Biology)
- Fleischer, Robert (Adjunct Professor, [National Zoo]; Biology)
- Forseth, Irwin N. (Associate Professor, Biology)
- Fourkas, John T. (Millard Alexander Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Frauwirth, Kenneth (Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Fredericksen, Brenda (Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Friedman, Lee (Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Fushman, David (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- G -
- Gantt, Elisabeth (Professor Emerita and Distinguished University Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Gao, Lian-Yong (Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Gerratana, Barbara (Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Gill, Douglas E. (Professor, Biology)
- Greer, Sandra (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Grim, Samuel (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Gruner, Daniel (Assistant Professor, Entomology)
- H -
- Haag, Eric S. (Associate Professor and Director, BEES Concentration Area [BISI Graduate Program]; Biology)
- Haley, A. James (Emeritus/Emerita Faculty [Professor], Biology)
- Hansen, J. Norman (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Hawthorne, David (Associate Professor and Graduate Director, Entomology)
- Hellman, John Lee (Professor Emeritus, Entomology)
- Helz, George (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Higgins, William J. (Associate Professor, Biology)
- Highton, Richard (Professor Emeritus, Biology)
- Hines, Anson (Adjunct Professor [Smithsonian Environmental Research Center], Biology)
- Hooks, Cerruti R.R. (Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Entomology)
- Hutcheson, Steven (Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- I -
- Infantino, Robert (Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer, Biology)
- Inouye, David W. (Professor, Director of CONS Program; Biology)
- Isaacs, Lyle (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- J -
- Jackson, Fatimah Linda (Affiliate Professor [Department of Anthropology, UMCP]; Biology)
- Jarvis, Bruce (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Jarzynski, Christopher (Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Jeffery, William R. (Professor, Biology)
- Jensen, Jeffrey (Senior Lecturer, Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies; Biology)
- Joseph, Sam (Professor Emeritus, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Julin, Douglas (Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- K -
- Kahn, Jason (Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Kanold, Patrick (Assistant Professor, Biology)
- Keller, Michael (Lecturer, Chemical and Life Sciences)
- Kelley, Matthew W. (Adjunct Associate Professor, [National Institutes of Health]; Biology)
- Kent, Bretton W. (Director of Undergraduate Studies, Entomology)
- Khachik, Frederick (Senior Research Scientist, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Kocher, Thomas D. (Professor, Biology)
- Koines, Penny (Instructor, Biology)
- Kosov, Daniel (Adjunct Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Kwak, June M. (Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- L -
- Lamp, William (Associate Professor, Entomology)
- Lanford, Pam (Lecturer, Biology)
- LaRonde-LeBlanc, Nicole (Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Lee, Cheng (Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Lee, Hey-Kyoung (Associate Professor, Biology)
- Lee, Sang Bok (Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Lee, Vincent (Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Linduska, James (Professor Emeritus, Entomology)
- Lips, Karen (Associate Professor, Biology)
- Liu, Zhongchi (Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Lorimer, George (Distinguished University Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- M -
- Ma, Michael Co (Professor, Entomology)
- Machado, Carlos A. (Associate Professor, Biology)
- Marbach-Ad, Gili (Assistant Professor, Director of the CLFS Teaching and Learning Center [TLC]; Chemical and Life Sciences)
- Mather, Ian (Affiliate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- May, Willie E. (Adjunct Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Mazzocchi, Paul (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Mazzola, Eugene (Adjunct Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- McDermott-Jones, Maryann (Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- McIver, Kevin S. (Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Messersmith, Don (Professor Emeritus, Entomology)
- Mignerey, Alice (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Miller, Gerald (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Mitter, Charles (Professor and Chair, Entomology)
- Moctezuma, Edgar (Instructor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Montague-Smith, Michael P. (Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Moore, John (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Moss, Cynthia F. (Affiliate Professor, Biology [Department of Psychology]; Biology)
- Mosser, David (Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Mount, Steve (Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Mullin, Amy (Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Muñoz, Victor (Adjunct Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- N -
- Neel, Maile (Associate Professor, Entomology)
- Nelson, Judd Owen (Associate Professor, Entomology)
- O -
- O'Brien, Stephen J. (Adjunct Professor [National Institutes of Health], Biology)
- O'Brien, Tammatha (Lecturer, Entomology)
- O'Connor, J. Dennis (Professor, Biology)
- Ondov, John (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Opoku-Edusei, Justicia (Instructor, Biology)
- P -
- Palmer, Margaret (Professor and Director, UMCES, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory; Entomology)
- Parent, Beth (Lecturer, Biology)
- Payne, Richard (Professor, Biology)
- Paynter, Kennedy (Research Associate Professor and Director, MEES; Biology)
- Pick, Leslie (Associate Professor, Entomology)
- Pierce, Sidney K. (Emeritus/Emerita Faculty [Professor Emeritus and Chair of Biology, University of South Florida]; Biology)
- Platt, Christopher (Adjunct Professor [National Institutes of Health], Biology)
- Popper, Arthur N. (Professor and Associate Dean, Biology)
- Potter, Michael (Adjunct Professor [National Institutes of Health], Biology)
- Q -
- Quimby, Boots (Instructor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Quinlan, Elizabeth (Associate Professor, Biology)
- R -
- Raupp, Michael Joseph (Professor, Entomology)
- Reaka, Marjorie L. (Professor, Director of Departmental Honors Program; Biology)
- Reutt-Robey, Janice (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Rokita, Steven (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Rollins, David (Lecturer, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- S -
- Salawitch, Ross J. (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Salzberg, Steven (Affiliate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Shields, Patricia (Instructor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Shrewsbury, Paula M. (Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Entomology)
- Shultz, Jeffrey W. (Associate Professor, Entomology)
- Simon, Anne (Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Simon, Jonathan (Associate Professor [joint appointment with Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering], Biology)
- Sintim, Herman O. (Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Sita, Lawrence R. (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Smith, Ann C. (Instructor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Soares, Daphne (Assistant Professor, Biology)
- Song, Wenxia (Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- St. Leger, Raymond John (Professor, Entomology)
- Steffek, Daniel (Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Stein, Daniel (Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Stewart, James (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Stewart, Richard (Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Straney, David (Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Sukharev, Sergei (Professor [and Affiliate of Chemistry & Biochemistry], Biology)
- Sze, Heven (Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- T -
- Thirumalai, Devarajan (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Thompson, Katerina (Director of Undergraduate Research and Internship Programs, Chemical and Life Sciences)
- Thorne, Barbara L. (Professor and Director, Biological Sciences Graduate Program; Entomology)
- Tossell, John A. (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Tugarinov, Vitali (Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- V -
- Vedernikov, Andrei (Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Via, Sara (Professor; Entomology, Biology)
- Via, Sara (Professor; Entomology, Biology)
- W -
- Walters, William (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Wang, Jian (Assistant Professor, Entomology)
- Wang, Yu Huang (Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Weeks, John (Distinguished University Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Weiner, Ronald (Professor Emeritus, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- White, Natalia (Lecturer, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Wilkinson, Gerald S. (Professor and Chair, Biology)
- Williams, Ellen (Affiliate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Wolniak, Stephen (Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics)
- Y -
- Yager, David D. (Affiliate Associate Professor [Department of Psychology, UMCP]; Biology)
- Z -
- Zachariah, Michael (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
- Zimmer, Elizabeth (Adjunct Associate Professor [Smithsonian Institution], Biology)






