Meet Our Faculty
Lecturer
Comparative vertebrate anatomy, vertebrate zoology, evolution, and general biology
kristin.bishop-von-wettberg@uvm.edu (802) 656-4282
Howard Professor of Natural History • Associate Vice-President for Research
Social Insect Ecology
scahan@uvm.edu (802) 656-2962
George H. Perkins Professor of Zoology
Organization of animal and plant communities
nicholas.gotelli@uvm.edu (802) 656-0450
Lecturer
Molecular mechanisms of disease, oncolytic viruses, cancer biology and immunology, neurodegenerative disorders, and professional development and mentoring.
ryann.guayasamin@uvm.edu (802) 656-4585
Senior Lecturer
STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) for adults.
linden.higgins@uvm.edu (802) 656-9598
Research Associate Professor
Proteomics, Biological mass spectrometry
ying-wai.lam@uvm.edu (802) 656-4709
Assistant Professor
Evolutionary ecology, evolutionary genomics, population genetics, comparative genomics, computational methods development, bioinformatics, conservation genomics
mlauterb@uvm.edu
Associate Professor
Evolutionary genetics, ecological physiology and protein evolution
bllockwo@uvm.edu (802) 656-1321
Assistant Professor
My research interests span topics on evolution, animal communication, soundscapes, marine conservation and behavior of marine vertebrates.
lmaycoll@uvm.edu (802) 656-4138
Lecturer
Ecological and evolutionary physiology, climate change and seasonal biology, professional development
emily.mikucki@uvm.edu (802) 656-0613
Senior Lecturer
Epidermis; skeletal cardiac and smooth muscle; development, differentiation and remodeling of lung
john.mitchell@uvm.edu (802) 656-0454
Assistant Professor
Population genetics, evolutionary genomics, computational biology, historical phylogeography
joaquin.nunez@uvm.edu (802) 656-8286
Associate Professor
Ecological genomics, population genetics, evolutionary biology, physiology
melissa.pespeni@uvm.edu (802) 656-0628
Assistant Professor
Neurobiology of Learning, Insulin signaling in the nervous system, Synapse regulation
leo.tang@uvm.edu
Emeritus Professors
Professor Emeritus
Adaptations, both behavioral and physiological, of animals in winter. Including bears, beavers, turtles, frogs and all the various frost-hardy insects; study of honeybee metabolism and aspects of raven cognition.
bernd.heinrich@uvm.edu
Professor Emeritus
Post-Doctoral Associates
