Proposals Funded in 2025
Congratulations! We are proud to announce that WFU Biology members have had the following proposals funded: Dr. Miriam Ashley-Ross‘ proposal entitled “Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignment” has been funded by the National Science Foundation. You may read more on Inside WFU.
Student Honors & Announcements 2025
AWARDS Jack Carson won the Elton C. Cocke Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student. Hank Laxton won the Walter S. Flory Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Biology. Hope Nitsche won the Carolina Biological Supply Company Award for Undergraduate Research. Hope received Honors in Biology working in the lab of Professor Erik Johnson. The title of her...
Faculty Honors & Announcements 2025
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,...
Teacher-Scholar Legacies: Pat Lord
The WFU Department of Biology is proud to celebrate the career and extraordinary service to Wake Forest of Teaching Professor Pat C.W. Lord on the occasion of her retirement. Congratulations, Pat! Dr. Lord has been one of the most versatile educators in the Biology Department, teaching a wide range of courses during her 25-year career...
WFU 2025 Biology Honors and Award Recipients
Congratulations to the #Classof2025! 💛🎩 From the entire WFU Biology department: “We appreciate your dedication and efforts to support the missions of the Department and University. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. Congratulations, #WFU25!”
Neuroscience Seminar: Paul J. Laurienti
WFU Neuroscience seminar on Monday, March 31, 2025, at 4 pm in Worrell Hall 1312. Paul J. Laurienti, MD, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, will give a seminar talk titled “Neuroscience, Society, & Me.” This talk will discuss the dynamic interplay between the brain and society. We will examine...
Neuroscience Seminar: Kenneth Kishida
WFU Neuroscience seminar on Monday, March 17, 2025, at 4 pm in Winston Hall 126. Ken Kishida, Ph.D., Professor of Translational Neuroscience at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, will give a seminar talk titled “Neuroscience of Consciousness, Choice, and Computation (NC3): What’s dopamine got to do with it (i.e., Neuroscience and Society)?… Everything!” This...
Hugo C. Lane
We are saddened to announce that Hugo C. Lane, Professor Emeritus of Biology, passed away on January 30, 2025. Dr. Lane joined Wake Forest’s biology faculty in 1973. He retired in 2013. At Wake Forest, he taught vertebrate physiology, endocrinology, and biomedical ethics; moreover, he served as the Health Professions Advisor for 30 years. He...