Faculty

The Department of Biology is one of the premier teaching and research units on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. Our faculty, post-docs and graduate students conduct internationally recognized research in a wide range of sub-disciplines and specialties. Explore faculty below by research area or title.

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Jack P. Hayes

Professor and Department Chair

(775) 784-6076

jhayes@unr.edu

FA 258

Julie Allen

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-9381

jallen1@unr.edu

SFB 206

Amy Altick

Teaching Assistant Professor

(775) 784-6679

aaltick@unr.edu

SFB 208

David Alvarez-Ponce

Associate Professor

(775) 682-5735

dap@unr.edu

FA 140B

Jeffrey G. Baguley

Teaching Associate Professor

(775) 784-4928

baguley@unr.edu

SFB 114A

Jessi Brown

Research Assistant Professor

Kevin Carman

Executive Vice President and Provost, Professor

Sudeep Chandra

Associate Professor

(775) 784-6221

sudeep@unr.edu

FA 227A

Lee Dyer

Professor and Director of the Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology graduate program he, him, his

(775) 784-1360

ldyer@unr.edu

FA 141

Chris Feldman

Associate Professor

(775) 784-4053

ophis@unr.edu

FA 134

Matt Forister

Trevor J. McMinn Research Professor of Biology, Foundation Professor

(775) 784-6770

mforister@unr.edu

FA 257

Zeb Hogan

Research Assistant Professor

(530) 219-0942

zhogan@unr.edu

FA 227B

Jennifer Hollander

Teaching Associate Professor

(775) 784-1793

jhollander@unr.edu

FA 134

Jennifer Hoy

Assistant Professor

(775)-784-6049

jhoy@unr.edu

Emily Jackson

Teaching Assistant Professor

(775) 784-6071

eejackson@unr.edu

SFB 108

Thomas Kidd

Professor

(775) 784-6669

tkidd@unr.edu

FA 311F

Jung Hwan Kim

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-4483

jungkim@unr.edu

FA 311G

Minkyung Kim

Research Assistant Professor

(775) 784-6356

minkim@unr.edu

Jesse Krause

Assistant Teaching Professor

(775) 682-9382

jskrause@unr.edu

SFB 109

Elizabeth Leger

Professor, Director of the Museum of Natural History

775-784-7582

lelizabeth@unr.edu

FA 130

Anne Leonard

Associate Professor

(775) 784-1932

anneleonard@unr.edu

FA 311A

Mike Logan

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-1391

michaellogan@unr.edu

FA 311E

Grant Mastick

Professor and Co-Director of Neuroscience BS Program

(775) 784-6168

gmastick@unr.edu

FA 311D; Lab 309

Dennis Mathew

Associate Professor, Co-director of Integrative Neuroscience Graduate Program

(775) 784-6052

dennismathew@unr.edu

FA 311C

Pedro Miura

Associate Professor he, him, his

(775) 682-7004

pmiura@unr.edu

FA 140C

Jenny Ouyang

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-6089

jouyang@unr.edu

SFB 212A

Thomas Parchman

Associate Professor

(775) 784-1302

tparchman@unr.edu

FA 140D

Mary Peacock

Professor

(775) 784-1958

mpeacock@unr.edu

FA 134A

Simon Pieraut

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-6083

spieraut@unr.edu

FA 319

Vladimir Pravosudov

Foundation Professor

(775) 784-1271

vpravosu@unr.edu

FA 257

Elena Pravosudova

Teaching Professor She/her/hers

(775) 784-1704

epravosudova@unr.edu

SFB 202

Elizabeth G. Pringle, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor She/her/hers

(775) 784-6081

epringle@unr.edu

FA 227D

Lora Richards

Assistant Professor

(775) 784-6141

lorar@unr.edu

SFB 102

Pamela Sandstrom

Teaching Associate Professor

(775) 784-6681

psandstrom@unr.edu

SFB 207

Angela Smilanich

Associate Professor she/her/hers

(775) 682-7756

asmilanich@unr.edu

FA 148

Josh Stevenson

Teaching Associate Professor

jstevenson@unr.edu

SFB 211

Flavia Tromboni

Research Assistant Professor

(775) 420-7335

tromboni@unr.edu

Alexander van der Linden

Associate Professor

(775) 784-6080

avanderlinden@unr.edu

FA 339

Steve Vander Wall

Professor

(775) 784-6583

sv@unr.edu

FA 147B

Jamie Voyles

Associate Professor

(720) 883-2341

jvoyles@unr.edu

SFB

Wei Yan, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

(775) 784-7765

wyan@med.unr.edu

Amanda Yonan

Teaching Assistant Professor

(775) 784-6029

amandayonan@unr.edu

SFB 105

David Zeh

Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Dean of the Graduate School he, him

(775) 784-6869

zehd@unr.edu

FSSB 0225

Jeanne Zeh

Associate Professor

(775) 784-1648

jaz@unr.edu

FA 326

Yong Zhang

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-7896

yongzhang@unr.edu

FA 140E

Postdoctoral associates and fellows

Agusto Luzuriaga Neria

aluzuriaga@unr.edu
Principal Investigator: David Alvarez-Ponce

Anthony Vaudo

Principal Investigator: Anne Leonard

Casey Philbin

cphilbin@nevada.unr.edu
Principal Investigator: Lora Richards

Davide Baldan

dbaldan@unr.edu
Principal Investigator: Vladimir Pravosudov

Edward Krynak

Principal Investigator: Sudeep Chandra

Eryn Slankster

eslankster@unr.edu
Principal Investigator: Dennis Mathew

Facundo Scordo

Principal Investigator: Sudeep Chandra

Sapana Lohani

Principal Investigator: Zeb Hogan

Sarah Richman

srichman@unr.edu
Principal Investigator: Anne Leonard

Stanislav Kolencik

skolencik@unr.edu
Principal Investigator: Julie Allen

Suzanne Kelson

skelson@unr.edu
Principal Investigator: Sudeep Chandra

Ting Feng

tfeng@unr.edu
Principal Investigator: Simon Pieraut

Virginia Heinen

vheinen@unr.edu
Principal Investigator: Vladimir Pravosudov

Zhiping Zhang

zhipingz@unr.edu
Principal Investigator: Pedro Miura

Meet our faculty

Postdoctoral associates and fellows

Agusto Luzuriaga Neria

Anthony Vaudo

Casey Philbin

Davide Baldan

Edward Krynak

Eryn Slankster

Facundo Scordo

Joshua Jahner

Kelly Klinger

Nicole Procacci

Sapana Lohani

Sarah Richman

Stanislav Kolencik

Suzanne Kelson

Ting Feng

Virginia Heinen

Zhiping Zhang