Faculty & Staff

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Dr. Julie Pollock
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Interdisciplinary Program Coordinator, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Specialties:
  • Chemical Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 484-1578
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Dr. Linda M. Boland
Professor of Biology
Specialties:
  • Neuroscience
  • Molecular Physiology
  • Integrative Biology
  • Leadership Development
  • Mid-Career Faculty Development
  • Building Effective Partnerships to Promote Institutional Effectiveness
Contact:
(804) 289-8571
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Dr. Colleen Carpenter-Swanson
Assistant Professor in Biology
Specialties:
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Genetics
  • Epilepsy
  • Addiction
  • Zebrafish modeling
Contact:
(804) 287-6339
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Dr. Jonathan Dattelbaum
Professor of Chemistry
Chair, Department of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Protein Biochemistry
Contact:
(804) 484-1587
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Dr. Michelle Hamm
Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Organic and Biochemistry
Contact:
(804) 287-6327
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Dr. Angie Hilliker
She/Her
Associate Professor of Biology
Specialties:
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Gene Expression
  • RNA Biology
Contact:
(804) 484-1423
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Dr. Shannon Z. Jones
Teaching Faculty of Biology
Director of SMART and URISE Programs
Interdisciplinary Program Coordinator, Integrated Inclusive Science
Specialties:
  • Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Toxicology of inhaled pollutants
  • Development of novel evidence-based teaching strategies
Contact:
(804) 287-6568
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Dr. Kristine Nolin
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Interdisciplinary Program Coordinator, Data Science and Statistics
Specialties:
  • Organic Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 289-8247
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Dr. Carol Parish
Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
  • Computational and Theoretical Physical Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 484-1548
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Dr. John Peters
Assistant Professor of Biology
Specialties:
  • Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Learning and Memory
  • Structural Biology
Contact:
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Dr. B. Daniel Pierce
Associate Professor of Biology
Specialties:
  • Molecular Biology
  • Bacterial Pathogenesis
  • Tumorigenesis
  • Synthetic Biology
Contact:
(804) 289-8107
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Dr. Omar Quintero-Carmona
Associate Professor of Biology
Specialties:
  • Cell Biology
  • Cytoskeleton/molecular motors
  • Quantitative fluorescence microscopy
Contact:
804-287-6892
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Dr. Laura Runyen-Janecky
Professor of Biology, Coston Family Fellow in Molecular Biology
Specialties:
  • Microbiology
  • Genetics
  • Bacterial Symbioses
Contact:
(804) 287-6390
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Dr. John Warrick
Associate Professor of Biology
Assistant Chair, Department of Biology
Co-coordinator, Neuroscience Program
Specialties:
  • Genetic and Molecular Basis of Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neurogenetics
  • Drosophila models
Contact:
(804) 289-8231
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Dr. Dominique Williams
She/Her
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Specialties:
  • Bioinorganic Chemistry
Contact:
(804) 289-8244
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Dr. Eugene Wu
Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry
Specialties:
  • Viruses
  • Biochemistry
  • DNA replication
Contact:
(804) 287-6449

Emeritus Faculty

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Dr. Krista Stenger
Associate Professor of Biology, Emerita
Specialties:
  • Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Regulation of the inflammatory response/macrophage activity
Contact: