{"id":210,"date":"2016-02-13T15:01:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T20:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/?page_id=210"},"modified":"2026-04-20T07:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:34:30","slug":"faculty-research-interests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/biology\/faculty-research-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Research Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below are Biological Sciences faculty members who are accepting students into their labs and who may have spots available. Please contact those whose work you find interesting to discuss potential positions.<\/p>\n

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\n\nBrian Antonsen
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\n\nDr. Antonsen\u2019s research interests include neurophysiology and neuroethology.<\/strong>
\nE-mail: antonsenb@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 398
\nPhone: 304-696-6496\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nAnne Axel
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\n\nDr. Axel\u2019s research interests include landscape ecology (especially of tropical dry forests), remote sensing and GIS analysis, and soundscape ecology.<\/strong>
\nE-mail: axel@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 260
\nPhone: 304-696-2426
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\n\nHolly Cyphert
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\n\nDr. Cyphert\u2019s research interests are focused on transcription factors and signaling cascades involved in metabolic disease.<\/strong>
\nE-mail: damron40@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 279B
\nPhone: 304-696-6467\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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Victor Fet<\/a>
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\n\nDr. Fet\u2019s research interests include evolution, and the biogeography and taxonomy of arthropods<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: fet@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 206
\nPhone: 304-696-3116
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\n\nPhilippe Georgel
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\n\nDr. Georgel\u2019s research interests include the regulation of gene expression and epigenetics<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: georgel@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: BBSC 241P
\nPhone: 304-696-3965\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nHansol Im
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\n\nDr. Im\u2019s research interests include how microbial responses to the environment impact bacterial behavior, community structure, and host outcomes during infectious disease<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: georgel@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: WAEC 2221
\nPhone: 304-696-3632\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nHerman Mays<\/a>
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\n\nDr. Mays\u2019 research interests include phylogeography, systematics, biogeography, behavior, genomics and molecular evolution especially in the birds of East Asia and North America<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: maysh@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 390
\nPhone: 304-696-6692
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\n\nNick Kathman<\/strong>\n

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\n\nDr. Kathman’s research\u00a0interests include the\u00a0neural basis of navigation, exploration, and decision-making in insects.<\/b>
\nE-mail: kathman@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: BBSC 241H
\nPhone: 304-696-3611\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nF. Robin O’Keefe
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\n\nDr. O\u2019Keefe\u2019s research interests include vertebrate paleobiology and macroevolution<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: okeefef@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 267
\nPhone: 304-696-2427
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\n\nKyle Palmquist
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\n\nDr. Palmquist\u2019s research interests include plant ecology, fire ecology, and climate change<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: palmquist@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 302
\nPhone: 304-696-3987
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\n\nPamela Puppo
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\n\nDr. Puppo\u2019s research interests include plant evolution, taxonomy, metabarcoding, and plant-pollinator interactions<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: pamela.puppo@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 364
\nPhone: 304-696-5145
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\n\nGary Schultz
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\n\nDr. Schultz\u2019s research interests include environmental metagenomics<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: schultzga@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 309
\nPhone: 304-696-7057\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nEugene Shakirov
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\n\nDr. Shakirov\u2019s research interests include chromosome biology and biologically active plant metabolites.<\/strong>
\nE-mail: shakirov@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: BBSC 241M
\nPhone: 304-696-8840\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nNadja Spitzer
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\n\nDr. Spitzer\u2019s research interests include modulation of neural stem cell differentiation<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: spitzern@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 315 (inside S311A)
\nPhone: 304-696-7147
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\n\nCheyenne Tait
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\n\nDr. Tait\u2019s research interests include neuroethology and evolution of neural circuits in sea slugs and fruit flies.<\/strong>
\nE-mail: tait@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: BBSC 241P
\nPhone: 304-696-2425\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nJagan Valluri
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\n\nDr. Valluri\u2019s research interests include the cell-based production of bioproducts<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: valluri@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 370
\nPhone: 304-696-2409
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\n\nJayme Waldron<\/a>
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\n\nDr. Waldron\u2019s research interests include conservation biology and herpetology<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: waldron3@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 326
\nPhone: 304-696-3361
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\n\nShane Welch
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\n\nDr. Welch\u2019s research interests include ecology, fisheries, and wildlife biology<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: welchsh@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 120
\nPhone: 304-696-6111\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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\n\nGuo-Zhang Zhu<\/a>
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\n\nDr. Zhu\u2019s research interests include mammalian fertilization<\/strong>.
\nE-mail: zhu4@marshall.edu<\/a>
\nOffice: Science 394
\nPhone: 304-696-2429\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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