Faculty

Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty

Esther Betran

Professor

Esther Betran

Email: betran@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-1446

Office: ERB 431

Area: Molecular Evolution and Evolutionary Genomics

Cara Boutte

Associate Professor

Cara Boutte

Email: cara.boutte@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-4044

Office: SEIR 345

Area: Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry

J.C. Buckner

Assistant Professor

JC Buckner

Area: Ecology & Evolution, Molecular Evolution

Jonathan Campbell

Professor Emeritus

J.A. Campbell

Email: campbell@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2406

Office: LS 454

Area: Herpetology

Todd Castoe

Professor

Associate Dean for Research

Todd Castoe

Email: todd.castoe@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-9084

Office: ERB 433

Area: Evolutionary Genomics, Population Genetics, & Functional Genomics

Woo-Suk Chang

Professor

Woo-Suk Chang

Email: wschang@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-3280

Office: LS 241

Area: Environmental Microbiology and Plant-Microbe Interactions

Paul Chippindale

Professor

Teacher Certification

Paul Chippindale

Email: paulc@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2872

Office: LS 440A

Area: Evolution, Molecular Systematics

Shawn Christensen

Associate Professor

Advisor: M.S. Non-Thesis Students

Shawn Christensen

Email: shawnc@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-0520

Office: ERB 333

Area: Mobile DNA, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

Clay Clark

Professor

Chair

Clay Clark

Email: clay.clark@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-9226

Office: LS 337DA

Area: Biology, Biochemistry

Jeffery Demuth

Associate Professor

Associate Chair

Jeffery Demuth

Email: jpdemuth@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2653

Office: ERB 430

Area: Speciation Genetics and Genomics

Shane DuBay

Assistant Professor

Shane DuBay

Area: Ecology & Evolution, Environmental Health & Justice

Luke Frishkoff

Associate Professor

Luke Frishkoff

Email: luke.frishkoff@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2819

Office: LS B28

Area: Ecology & Evolution

Matthew Fujita

Professor

Matthew Fujita

Email: mkfujita@exchange.uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-1464

Office: ERB 429

Area: Evolutionary Genomics, Molecular Evolution

Piya Ghose

Assistant Professor

Piya Ghose

Email: piya.ghose@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-7132

Office: SEIR 346

Area: Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics

James Grover

Professor

James Grover

Email: grover@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2872

Office: LS 206B, 468

Area: Aquatic Ecology

Theodora Koromila

Assistant Professor

Theodora Koromila

Area: Molecular & Cell biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics

Robert McMahon

Professor Emeritus

Robert McMahon

Email: r.mcmahon@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2872

Office: LS 457A

Area: Physiology, Marine Biology

Laura Mydlarz

Professor

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Laura Mydlarz

Email: mydlarz@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-6264

Office: LS 243 (Working Office); LS 206 (Admin Office)

Area: Cell Biology; Cellular Defenses of Marine Organisms

Daniela Palmer

Assistant Professor

Daniela Palmer

Area: Evolutionary genomics, population genomics

Mark Pellegrino

Associate Professor

Mark Pellegrino

Email: mark.pellegrino@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2986

Office: SEIR 340

Area: Cell Biology, Mitochondria, Stress Response

Alison Ravenscraft

Assistant Professor

Alison Ravenscraft

Email: alison.ravenscraft@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-0351

Office: LS 461

Area: Ecology & Evolution, Microbiology

Alicia Rogers

Assistant Professor

Alicia Rogers

Area: Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, Molecular Biology, & Genetics

Eric Smith

Associate Professor

Eric Smith

Email: e.smith@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-3616

Office: LS 452

Area: Systematics, Biogeography, Herpetology

Qing Tang

Assistant Professor

Email: qing.tang@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2871

Office: SEIR 342

Area: Immunology, Microbiology

Matthew Walsh

Professor

Advisor: Current Ph. D. and MS Thesis Students

Matthew Walsh

Email: matthew.walsh@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-1546

Office: LS B32

Area: Evolutionary Ecology

Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Xavier Aranda

Senior Lecturer

Xavier Aranda

Email: aranda@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-3573

Office: LS 351

Area: Forensics

Heather Arterburn

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Heather Arterburn

Email: heathera@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2309

Office: LS 236

Area: Plant Science

Heather Charles

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Heather Charles

Email: heather.charles@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2872

Office: LS 465

Area: Anatomy and Physiology

Tim Henry

Professor of Instruction

Tim Henry

Email: dr.henry@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-7223

Office: LS 232 & CH 108A

Area: Anatomy, Physiology

Ida Klang

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Ida Klang

Caitlin Maynard

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Caitlin Maynard

Email: caitlin.maynard@uta.edu

Office: LS 235

Tracy Munk-Martin

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Dylan Parks

Associate Professor of Instruction

Dylan Parks

Email: dylan.parks@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-7263

Office: LS 459

Ashley Purgason

Vice Provost for the Division of Student Success

Ashley Purgason

Email: purgason@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-1745

Office: LS 214

Corey Roelke

Associate Professor of Instruction

Corey Roelke

Email: croelke@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2872

Office: LS 464

Walter Schargel

Professor of Instruction

Walter Schargel

Email: schargel@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-3068

Office: LS 462

Area: Systematics of Neotropical Amphibians and Reptiles

Whitney Tholen

Associate Professor of Instruction

Whitney Tholen

Email: whitney.tholen@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-1511

Office: LS 344

Area: Microbiology, Immunology

Melissa Walsh

Associate Professor of Instruction

Associate Chair

Melissa Walsh

Email: mjwalsh@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-0107

Office: LS 354

Area: Aquatic Ecology, Science Education

Botanical Research Institute of Texas Faculty

Peter Warren Fritsch

Adjoint Professor

Peter Warren Fritsch

Email: pfritsch@brit.org

Phone #: 817-332-4441

Office: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Area: Biodiversity, systematics, biogeography

Alejandra Vasco

Adjoint Professor

Alejandra Vasco

Email: avasco@brit.org

Phone #: 817-332-4441

Office: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Area: Systematics and evolution of ferns and lycophytes

Adjunct Faculty

Kayunta Johnson-Winters

Associate Professor

Email: kayunta@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-3802

Office: SEIR 128

Jacob Luber

Assistant Professor

Email: jacob.luber@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-5391

Office: SEIR 417

Zui Pan

Associate Professor

Zui Pan

Email: zui.pan@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2595

Office: LS 246

Area: College of Nursing and Health Innovation

Jon Weidanz

Associate Vice President of Research

Jon Weidanz

Email: weidanz@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-6831

Office: SEIR 370

Research Staff

Behnaz Balmaki

Assistant Professor of Research

Behnaz Balmaki

Kimberly Bowles

Research Science Assistant II

Kimberly Bowles

Email: kimberly.bowles@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-9636

Office: LS B15

Area: Life Sciences Core Facility

Greg Pandelis

Biological Curator

Collections Manager

Greg Pandelis

Email: gregory.pandelis@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-3615

Office: ARDRC

Javier Rio

Research Scientist Assistant I

Javier Rio

Email: javierr@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-7178

Office: ERB 483

Graduate Advisors

Matthew Walsh

Associate Professor

Advisor: Current Ph. D. and MS Thesis Students

Matthew Walsh

Email: matthew.walsh@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-1546

Office: LS B32

Area: Evolutionary Ecology

Shawn Christensen

Associate Professor

Shawn Christensen, Associate Prof.

Email: shawnc@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-0520

Office: ERB 333

Area: M.S. Non-Thesis students

Stephanie Fenton

Graduate Program Staff Advisor

Stephanie Fenton

Email: stephanie.fenton@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2871

Office: LS 337

Undergraduate Advisors

Alex Ferracuti

Academic Coordinator

Alex Ferracuti

Email: aferracuti@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2408

Office: LS 345A

Andrew Gardner

Advisor: Last Names A-E

Andrew Gardner

Email: andrew.gardner@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2408

Office: LS 346

Alejandro Hidalgo Moreno

Advisor: Last Names F-L

Alejandro Hidalgo Moreno

Email: alejandro.hidalgomoreno@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2408

Office: LS 347

Ellen Long

Academic Advisor

Ellen Long

Email: ellen.long@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2408

Office: LSB Room 349

Area: M-Q

Anna Niemeyer

Advisor: Last Names R-Z

Anna Niemeyer

Email: anna.niemeyer@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2408

Office: LS 345C

Staff, Administration

Clay Clark

Professor

Chair

Clay Clark

Email: clay.clark@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-9226

Office: LS 337DA

Area: Biology, Biochemistry

Melissa Walsh

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Associate Chair

Melissa Walsh

Email: mjwalsh@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-0107

Office: LS 354

Area: Aquatic Ecology, Science Education

Jeffery Demuth

Associate Professor

Associate Chair

Jeffery Demuth

Email: jpdemuth@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2653

Office: ERB 430

Area: Speciation Genetics and Genomics

Deann Darling

Office Assistant

Deann Darling

Email: deann.darling@uta.edu

Phone #: 827-272-2872

Office: LS 337

Kathleen Demuth

Administrative Services Officer

Kathleen Demuth

Email: kathleen.demuth@uta.edu

Phone #: 827-272-2872

Office: LS 337

Emma Ludwig

Accountant I

Email: emma.ludwig@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2872

Office: LS 337

Steven Nickols

Accountant I

Steven Nickols

Email: steven.nickols@uta.edu

Phone #: 817-272-2872

Office: LS 337