Faculty

Lara do Amaral Silva

Assistant Professor
Office: Winston 203A
Phone: (336) 758-5022
Email: doamaral@wfu.edu

T. Michael Anderson

Professor
Office: Winston 049
Phone: (336) 758-5974
Email: anderstm@wfu.edu

Diana Arnett

Associate Teaching Professor
Office: Winston 014
Phone: (336) 758-5572
Email: arnettdr@wfu.edu

Miriam Ashley-Ross

Professor
Office: Winston 008
Phone: (336) 758-5529
Email: rossma@wfu.edu

Arkadipta Bakshi

Assistant Professor
Office: Wake Downtown 2404
Email: bakshia@wfu.edu

Regina Joice Cordy

Associate Professor
Office: Winston 211
Phone: (336) 758-5566
Email: cordyrj@wfu.edu

Joshua D. Currie

Assistant Professor
Office: Wake Downtown 2816
Phone: (336) 702-1942
Email: curriej@wfu.edu

Sarah McDonald Esstman

Professor and Associate Chair
Office: Wake Downtown 2817
Phone: (336) 702-1943
Email: mcdonasm@wfu.edu

Susan E. Fahrbach

Professor
Office: Winston 026A
Phone: (336) 758-5980
Email: fahrbach@wfu.edu

Sheri Floge

Associate Professor
Office: Winston 011
Phone: (336) 758-2349
Email: floges@wfu.edu

Christopher M. Jernigan

Assistant Professor
Office: Winston 003
Phone: (336) 758-5315
Email: jernigc@wfu.edu

A. Daniel Johnson

Teaching Professor
Office: Winston 214
Phone: (336) 758-5320
Email: johnsoad@wfu.edu

Erik C. Johnson

Professor and Chair of Biology
Office: Winston 222
Phone: (336) 758-5817
Email: johnsoec@wfu.edu

Celina Jones

Assistant Teaching Professor
Starting July 2026
Email: jonece@wfu.edu

Kenneth T. Kishida

Professor
Office: Winston 108
Phone: (336) 758-5956
Email: kishidk@wfu.edu

Nicholas Kortessis

Assistant Professor
Office: Winston 004
Phone: (336) 758-3013
Email: kortessn@wfu.edu

Christopher P. Krieg

Assistant Professor
Office: Winston 134
Phone: (336) 758-5779
Email: kriegc@wfu.edu

A. Katy Lack

Teaching Professor
Office: Winston 017
Phone: (336) 758-3811
Email: lackak@wfu.edu

Glen Marrs

Microscopy Facility Director
Office: Winston 002C
Phone: (336) 758-6591
Email: marrsgs@wfu.edu

Kim McAllister

Vice Provost, Research, Scholarly Inquiry & Creative Activity and Professor of Biology

Gloria K. Muday

Professor
Office: Wake Downtown 2814
Phone: (336) 702-1940
Email: muday@wfu.edu

Anna Parker

Assistant Teaching Professor
Office: Winston 115
Phone: (336) 758-5481
Email: parkera@wfu.edu

Megan Raddatz

Assistant Teaching Professor
Starting July 2026
Email: raddatm@wfu.edu

Ke Zhang Reid

Associate Professor
Office: Wake Downtown 2815
Phone: (336) 702-1941
Email: zhangk@wfu.edu

Michael Rizzo

Assistant Teaching Professor
Office: Winston 206
Phone: (336) 758-5502
Email: rizzomj@wfu.edu

Elsie H. Shogren

Assistant Professor
Office: Winston 238
Phone: (336) 758-5567
Email: shogree@wfu.edu

Miles R. Silman

Professor
Office: Winston 132
Phone: (336) 758-5596
Email: silmanmr@wfu.edu

Andrew St. James

Assistant Teaching Professor
Office: Winston 013
Phone: (336) 758-3704
Email: stjamea@wfu.edu

Brian W. Tague

Associate Professor
Office: Winston 118
Phone: (336) 758-5016
Email: taguebw@wfu.edu

Susan R. Wente

President and Distinguished University Professor of Biology and Biochemistry

Sarah Westrick

Assistant Professor
Office: Winston 243
Phone: (336) 758-5321
Email: westris@wfu.edu

Clifford W. Zeyl

Professor
Office: Winston 113
Phone: (336) 758-4292
Email: zeylcw@wfu.edu

Aoshu Zhong

Assistant Professor
Office: Wake Downtown 2407
Email: zhonga@wfu.edu

Kyana Young

Assistant Professor of Engineering,
Affiliate of Biology

Research Professors

David J. Anderson (Host: Erik Johnson)
Luis Fernandez (Host: Miles Silman)
Craig Layman (Host: Miles Silman)
Carol Mitchell (Host: Miles Silman)
CJ “Jake” Saunders (Host: Erik Johnson)

Retired and Emeritus Faculty

David J. Anderson (1992-2024)
Professor Emeritus of Biology
BA, Denison University; MS, University of Michigan; PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Robert A. Browne (1980-2022)
Professor Emeritus of Biology
BS, MS, University of Dayton; PhD, Syracuse University

William E. Conner (1988-2022)
Professor Emeritus of Biology
BA, University of Notre Dame; MS, PhD, Cornell University

James F. Curran (1988-2023)
Professor Emeritus of Biology
BA, University of Delaware; MA, PhD, Rice University

Ronald V. Dimock Jr. (1970-2015)
Thurman D. Kitchin Professor Emeritus of Biology
BA, New Hampshire; MS, Florida State; PhD, University of California (Santa Barbara)

Herman E. Eure (1974-2013)
Professor Emeritus of Biology
BS, Maryland State; PhD, Wake Forest University

Carole Gibson (1980-2021)
Professor Emeritus of Biology
BS, University of Hartford; PhD, Syracuse University

Kathleen A. Kron (1991-2021)
Professor Emeritus of Biology
BS, MS, Michigan State University; PhD, University of Florida

Raymond E. Kuhn (1968-2018)
William L. Poteat Professor Emeritus of Biology
BS, Carson-Newman College; PhD, University of Tennessee

Pat C.W. Lord (2000-2025)
Professor Emeritus of Biology
BS, North Carolina State University; PhD, Wake Forest University

Wayne L. Silver (1985-2023)
Professor Emeritus of Biology
BA, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Florida State University

William K. Smith (1998-2024)
Professor and Reynolds Babcock Chair Emeritus of Biology
BS, MS, San Diego State University; PhD, University of California at Los Angeles

Peter D. Weigl (1968-2009)
Professor Emeritus of Biology
BA, Williams College; PhD, Duke University

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