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The Department of Biological Sciences is committed to cutting-edge research and educating the next generation of scientific minds. Our dedicated faculty and staff are available to assist students and the community at large.
Modesto Maidique Campus
11200 SW 8th Street, OE 167
 Miami, FL 33199 
Phone: 305-348-2201
Office Hours
Monday - Friday 
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Biscayne Bay Campus
 3000 NE 151st Street, MSB 350
North Miami, FL 33181
Phone: 305-919-5602
Office Hours
Monday - Friday 
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Faculty & Staff Directory
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- Matthew Anderson 
 Assistant Teaching ProfessorFaculty
- Christopher Baraloto 
 Professor; Associate Director, Institute of EnvironmentFacultyBotanyEcologyEthnobotany
- Anthony John Bellantuono 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Ana Paula Benaduce 
 Assistant Teaching ProfessorFaculty
- Charles Bigger 
 Professor EmeritusFaculty
- Staff
- Kathryn F. Bond 
 Program CoordinatorStaff
- Mark Bond 
 Research Assistant ProfessorFaculty
- Heather Bracken-Grissom 
 Professor; Assistant Director, Institute of EnvironmentFacultyEvolutionary BiologyMarine BiologyPopulations & CommunitiesZoology
- Lisa Sandra Brinn Gomes 
 Associate Teaching Professor; Director of Undergrad StudiesFaculty
- Audrey M. Bush 
 Office ManagerStaff
- Mark J. Butler IV 
 Walter and Rosalie Goldberg Professor of Tropical Ecology and ConservationFacultyEcologyMarine BiologyZoology
- Diego Cardeñosa 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Alessandro M. Catenazzi 
 Associate ProfessorFacultyEcologyMicrobiologyPhysiologyPopulations & CommunitiesZoology
- William H. Chamberlain 
 Lab Manager II - Field Operations Center, Marine BranchStaff
- Demian Chapman 
 Adjunct ProfessorFaculty
- Julie Charbonnier 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Kelcie Chiquillo 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Yoon Ha Choi 
 Visiting Research Assistant ProfessorFaculty
- Timothy Collins 
 Professor EmeritusFacultyCellular & Molecular BiologyEvolutionary BiologyMarine BiologyPopulations & CommunitiesZoology
- Todd Crowl 
 Professor; Director, Institute of Environment; Director/PI, CREST CAChEFacultyEcologyPopulations & Communities
- Andre Luis Da Costa Da Silva 
 Research Assistant ProfessorPostdoctoral Associates
- Nicole Danaher-Garcia 
 Temporary Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Matthew J. DeGennaro 
 Director of the Biomolecular Sciences Institute; Associate ProfessorFacultyCellular & Molecular BiologyNeurosciencePhysiology
- Danielle DeLeo 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Bryan Dewsbury 
 Associate ProfessorFaculty
- Russell Dinnage 
 Research Assistant ProfessorFaculty
- Maureen A Donnelly 
 Professor EmeritusFacultyBehaviorCellular & Molecular BiologyEcologyMicrobiologyPopulations & Communities
- Alain Duran 
 Assistant Teaching ProfessorFaculty
- Jose M. Eirin-Lopez 
 ProfessorFacultyCellular & Molecular BiologyEvolutionary BiologyMarine BiologyStructure & Function
- Janna Fierst 
 Associate ProfessorFaculty
- James W. Fourqurean 
 Distinguished University Professor; Associate Director, Institute of EnvironmentFacultyStaffBiogeosciencesEcologyMarine BiologyPopulations & Communities
- Evelyn E. Gaiser 
 Endowed George Barley Eminent Scholars Chair; Distinguished University ProfessorFacultyEcologyPopulations & Communities
- Kirk R. Gastrich 
 Research Specialist IStaff
- Sat Gavassa Becerra 
 Associate Teaching ProfessorFaculty
- Walter Goldberg 
 Professor EmeritusFaculty
- Jose Olevis Gonzalez Martinez 
 IT Field AnalystStaff
- Rodrigo Gonzalez Romero 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Sandra L. Gonzalez 
 Senior Laboratory TechnicianStaff
- Camila Granados Cifuentes 
 Associate Teaching Professor; Director of Undergrad StudiesFaculty
- Michael Heithaus 
 Executive Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences & Education; ProfessorFacultyBehaviorEcologyMarine BiologyPopulations & Communities
- Jeremy Kiszka 
 Associate ProfessorFacultyBehaviorEcologyEcologyMarine BiologyPopulations & Communities
- Marcy Kravec 
 Associate Teaching Professor; Associate Director for Faculty SuccessFacultyBiology EducationCellular & Molecular BiologySTEM Education
- David W. Lee - In Memoriam 
 Professor EmeritusFaculty
- John C. Makemson - In Memoriam 
 Retired ProfessorFacultyCellular & Molecular BiologyEcologyMicrobiologyPhysiology
- Schonna R. Manning 
 Assistant ProfessorFaculty
- Jeremy L. May 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Jaime Mayoral 
 Associate Teaching Professor; Coordinator, Upper Division Laboratory CoursesFacultyCellular & Molecular BiologyEvolutionary BiologyMicrobiology
- DeEtta Mills 
 Director of International Forensic Research Institute; Associate Professor; Chairperson, Department of Biological SciencesFacultyStaffCellular & Molecular BiologyEcologyMicrobiologyPopulations & Communities
- Alexander Murga 
 Grant Administrator IStaff
- Samuel Neely 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Pablo Batista Oliveira 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Nadia Alicia Pelegri Ramos 
 Laboratory TechnicianStaff
- Erasmo M. Perera 
 Research Specialist II, CoordinatorStaff
- Jason Pienaar 
 Assistant ProfessorFaculty
- Eduardo Prata 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Jed Redwine 
 Associate Professor of Research, Institute of Environment; Biological SciencesFaculty
- Amy D Reid 
 Program Manager, ProfessionalStaff
- Melina Ribeiro 
 Visiting Assistant Teaching ProfessorFaculty
- Laurie Richardson 
 Professor EmeritaFacultyCellular & Molecular BiologyEcologyMarine BiologyMicrobiologyPhysiology
- Karla Rivera Caceres 
 Assistant Teaching ProfessorFaculty
- Ciro Rivera-Casas 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty 
 ProfessorFacultyCellular & Molecular BiologyEcologyMarine BiologyMicrobiologyPhysiologyPopulations & CommunitiesSTEM EducationZoology
- Maria Rodriguez Mora 
 Associate Chair; Associate Teaching ProfessorFaculty
- Nataly Rodriguez 
 Training Support Specialist IIIStaff
- Maria A. Rojas 
 Lab Manager IStaff
- Helena Schmidtmayerova 
 Associate Teaching ProfessorFaculty
- Laura R. Serbus 
 Associate Professor; Graduate Program Director, Biological SciencesFacultyCellular & Molecular BiologyMicrobiologyPhysiologyStructure & Function
- Matthew Shirley 
 Temporary Program CoordinatorPostdoctoral Associates
- Jessica Siltberg-Liberles 
 Assistant ProfessorFacultyCellular & Molecular BiologyEvolutionary BiologyStructure & Function
- Anna Simonsen 
 Assistant ProfessorFaculty
- Sylvia Smith 
 Professor EmeritaFaculty
- Philip K. Stoddard 
 Professor EmeritusFacultyBehaviorCellular & Molecular BiologyEcologyNeurosciencePhysiologyZoology
- Victoria Suarez-Ulloa 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Stephen Tennenbaum 
 Adjunct LecturerFaculty
- Thomas TinHan 
 Temporary Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates
- Mayra E. Trujillo 
 Senior Laboratory TechnicianStaff
- Patricia Waikel 
 Visiting Assistant Teaching ProfessorFaculty
- Meng Wang 
 Assistant Teaching ProfessorFaculty
- Doug Wartzok 
 Professor EmeritusFacultyBehaviorCellular & Molecular BiologyEcologyMarine BiologyMicrobiologyPhysiology
- Ophelia Weeks 
 Professor EmeritaFaculty
- Elizabeth Whitman 
 Assistant Teaching ProfessorFaculty
- Juliet Wong 
 Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associates













































































































