Location: Life Sciences Building, Room 337,
501 S. Nedderman Dr., Arlington, TX 76019
Mailing address: P.O. Box 19498
Phone: 817-272-2872
Faculty and Staff
Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty

Area: Molecular Evolution and Evolutionary Genomics

Area: Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry


Area: Herpetology

Area: Evolutionary Genomics, Population Genetics, & Functional Genomics

Area: Environmental Microbiology and Plant-Microbe Interactions

Area: Evolution, Molecular Systematics

Area: Mobile DNA, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

Area: Biology, Biochemistry

Area: Speciation Genetics and Genomics



Area: Evolutionary Genomics, Molecular Evolution

Area: Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics

Area: Aquatic Ecology

Email: [email protected]
Area: Molecular & Cell biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics

Area: Physiology, Marine Biology

Email: [email protected]
Phone #: 817-272-6264
Office: LS 243 (Working Office); LS 206 (Admin Office)
Area: Cell Biology; Cellular Defenses of Marine Organisms

Email: [email protected]
Phone #: 817-272-3630
Area: Evolutionary genomics, population genomics

Area: Cell Biology, Mitochondria, Stress Response

Area: Ecology & Evolution, Microbiology


Area: Systematics, Biogeography, Herpetology

Area: Immunology, Microbiology

Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Area: Forensics

Area: Plant Science

Area: Anatomy and Physiology

Area: Anatomy, Physiology

Email: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]
Office: LS 235

Email: [email protected]
Phone #: 817-272-1731




Area: Systematics of Neotropical Amphibians and Reptiles

Area: Microbiology, Immunology

Area: Aquatic Ecology, Science Education
Botanical Research Institute of Texas Faculty

Area: Biodiversity, systematics, biogeography

Area: Systematics and evolution of ferns and lycophytes
Adjunct Faculty



Area: College of Nursing and Health Innovation

Research Staff
Behnaz Balmaki
Assistant Professor of Research

Email: [email protected]

Area: Life Sciences Core Facility
Greg Pandelis
Biological Curator
Collections Manager

Javier Rio
Research Scientist Assistant I

Graduate Advisors

Shawn Christensen
Associate Professor

Area: M.S. Non-Thesis students
Stephanie Fenton
Graduate Program Staff Advisor

Undergraduate Advisors
Alex Ferracuti
Academic Coordinator

Andrew Gardner
Advisor: Last Names A-E

Alejandro Hidalgo Moreno
Advisor: Last Names F-L

Ellen Long
Academic Advisor

Area: M-Q
Anna Niemeyer
Advisor: Last Names R-Z

Staff, Administration

Area: Biology, Biochemistry

Area: Aquatic Ecology, Science Education

Area: Speciation Genetics and Genomics
Deann Darling
Office Assistant

Emma Ludwig
Accountant I

Steven Nickols
Administrative Services Officer
