FACULTY APPOINTMENTS Chair of Biology We thank and appreciate Dr. Erik C. Johnson, Professor of Biology, for his continued leadership and strong service as Chair of Biology! His reappointment will commence on July 1, 2025. Associate Chair of Biology Dr. Sarah McDonald Esstman, Professor of Biology, has been newly appointed as Associate Chair of Biology,…
Congratulations! We are proud to announce that WFU Biology members have had the following proposals funded: Dr. Sheri Floge‘s proposal entitled “Collaborative Research: A matter of life & death: Assessing bacterioplankton as sources of vitamin B1 and vitamers to the surface ocean” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Ke Reid‘s proposal…
Congratulations! We are proud to announce that WFU Biology members have had the following proposals funded: Dr. James Pease‘s proposal entitled “Collaborative Research: Integrating fossils, phylogenomics, and statistical machine learning to reveal population drivers of Cretaceous angiosperm innovations” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Regina Cordy‘s proposal entitled “A systems biology…
Congratulations to WFU Biology undergraduate student, Samuel Schwartz! Samuel received an Outstanding Undergraduate Student Poster award for his presentation “Viral influence on Synechococcus aggregate formation and predator response” at the Leo W. Parks Lectureship in Microbiology virtual event held on September 29, 2020. The e-poster sessions had twenty-two posters submitted equally by undergraduate and graduate…
A recent article by Alex Abrams features how the advanced microscopy facilities of Wake Forest Department of Biology are a strong resource for teaching and research. An important aspect of having such advanced facilities and training equally available to students and Faculty is interaction, engagement, and cross-mentorship. Dr. Floge’s cutting-edge research is part of WFU’s…
POSITION FILLED, May 2019 The Department of Biology is currently searching for a Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology to join our staff. If you are interested in this opportunity, please visit the following link for further information. This position offers opportunities to gain and refine expertise in teaching and mentoring undergraduate students while also pursuing…
We are pleased and excited to welcome our two new Faculty members, Dr. Regina Joice Cordy and Dr. Sheri Floge. The Undergraduate College published a brief article on our two new members that can be found below! Meet the New Teacher-Scholars: Biology When Cordy and Floge applied for the same Assistant Professor position, the department…
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