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
Email: loic.fort@uta.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution
Area: Evolutionary Genomics, Molecular Evolution
Area: Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genetics
Area: Aquatic Ecology
Area: Physiology, Marine Biology
Area: Cell Biology; Cellular Defenses of Marine Organisms
Email: daniela.palmer@uta.edu
Phone #: 817-272-3630
Area: Evolutionary genomics, population genomics
Area: Cell Biology, Mitochondria, Stress Response
Email: anita.quintana@uta.edu
Area: Ecology & Evolution, Microbiology
Email: alicia.rogers@uta.edu
Area: Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, Molecular Biology, & Genetics
Area: Immunology, Microbiology
Area: Evolutionary Ecology
Academic Professional Track Faculty
Area: Forensics
Heather Arterburn
Associate Professor of Instruction
Director of Undergraduate Laboratory Education
Area: Plant Science
Area: Anatomy and Physiology
Email: genevieve.godfrey@uta.edu
Area: Anatomy, Physiology
Email: ida.klang@uta.edu
Email: caitlin.maynard@uta.edu
Office: LS 235
Email: stephanie.mcmahon@uta.edu
Email: tracy.munkmartin@uta.edu
Phone #: 817-272-1731
Dylan Parks
Associate Professor of Instruction
Director of Fermentation Sciences Programs
Area: Systematics of Neotropical Amphibians and Reptiles
Whitney Tholen
Associate Professor of Instruction
Director of Undergraduate Laboratory Education
Area: Microbiology, Immunology
Melissa Walsh
Associate Professor of Instruction
Associate Chair for Academics
Advisor: MS Students
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
Area: Life Sciences Core Facility
Greg Pandelis
Biological Curator
Collections Manager
Javier Rio
Research Scientist Assistant I
Graduate Advisors
Stephanie Fenton
Graduate Program Staff Advisor
Area: Cell Biology, Mitochondria, Stress Response
Melissa Walsh
Associate Professor of Instruction
Associate Chair for Academics
Advisor: MS Students
Area: Aquatic Ecology, Science Education
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
Melissa Walsh
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Associate Chair for Academics
Advisor: MS Students
Area: Aquatic Ecology, Science Education
Deann Darling
Office Assistant
Emma Ludwig
Accountant I
Area: Evolutionary Ecology
Steven Nickols
Administrative Services Officer
Candace Passon
Accountant I
