Faculty

Michelle E. Afkhami

Michelle E. Afkhami

Associate Professor

(305) 284-1796
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My lab studies the ecology, evolution, and genomics of species interactions at scales ranging from genes to communities using a combination of long term field and greenhouse experiments, mathematical modeling, and laboratory-based molecular methods. While our research spans all types of interactions, we are especially interested in positive...
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Christian Agatemor

Christian Agatemor

Asst. Professor
Secondary Faculty in Biology

(305) 284-8480
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Research at the Agatemor Lab interfaces between chemistry and cell biology. Specifically, the lab develops chemistry-based tools to study and regulate biological systems. These tools include bioorthogonal chemical reporters, bespoke glycans and glycan ligands, redox-active biomaterials, and deep eutectic solvents. The overarching goal is to use...
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James D Baker

James D Baker

Research Associate Professor

(305) 284-9055
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I study the mechanisms that regulate and underlie ciliary development in animals (Drosophila in particular).  While cilia are ubiquitous on animal cells and intriguing for their fantastic ultrastructure, they have only recently been recognized as having fundamental roles in development and human disease.  In my lab we...
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Winter A. Beckles

Winter A. Beckles

Lecturer

(305) 284-9506
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I am interested in the mechanisms that drive evolution among wild populations introduced to new habitats. In particular, I am interested in how animal signals evolve to maintain efficacy in novel signaling environments, and how these changes can in turn influence important behaviors associated with mate choice, competition, and predator evasion....
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Oliver Bracko

Oliver Bracko

Asst. Professor

(305) 284-6885
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My research focuses on elucidating common mechanisms of cognitive decline in neurodegenerative disease. We employ high resolution in vivo multiphoton imaging and animal behavior in mouse models to identify novel mechanisms connecting neurodegenerative diseases. This approach allows us to follow complex physiological processes on both cellular...
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William E Browne

William E Browne

Associate Professor

(305) 284-3319
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Research in my lab is focused on investigating patterns of change underlying animal diversity.  We employ a wide range of experimental approaches to explore the molecular genetic relationship between genotype and phenotype from both developmental and evolutionary perspectives. Current work in the lab primarily use cultures of the lobate...
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Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva

Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva

Professor
Chair of Geography and Sustainable Development
Director of Graduate Studies
Secondary Faculty in Biology

(305) 284-6890
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A native of Belém, Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, Dr. José Maria Cardoso da Silva is a biogeographer who studies the relationships between biodiversity conservation and development in tropical regions. Supported by more than 20 years of field experience studying different tropical socio-ecological systems, his research...
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Kevin M Collins

Kevin M Collins

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-9058
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Our fundamental goal is to understand how neurons communicate in circuits to establish an appropriate level of activity that produces a robust, stable behavior. Our approach is to analyze in detail a model neural circuit that controls egg-laying behavior in the nematode C. elegans. We are taking advantage of the optical clarity and powerful...
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Julia Dallman

Julia Dallman

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-3954
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Determining the mechanisms by which genes influence behavior is the central goal of my research program. The genome-sequencing revolution has identified thousands of genetic mutations that cause neurological disorders that impact human behavior. For any given disorder, mutations in hundreds of different genes can similarly affect behavior, and...
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‌Don DeAngelis

‌Don DeAngelis

Research Professor

(305) 284-1690
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Kenneth Feeley

Kenneth Feeley

Professor

(305) 284-5748
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I study the ecology and biogeography of tropical forests. Specifically, my research is focused on how the structure, dynamics, composition, and geographic distribution of tropical forests (and their constituent tree species) are affected by large-scale anthropogenic disturbances such as climate change, deforestation, and habitat fragmentation....
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Michael Stephen Gaines

Michael Stephen Gaines

Professor

(305) 284-5058
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Michael Gaines is assistant provost of undergraduate research and community outreach. Dr. Gaines is director of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Education Program. The major goal of the program is to increase the number of disadvantaged students in biomedical research careers. He also directs an NIH Bridge Program between the...
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Paul Andrew Groff

Paul Andrew Groff

Senior Lecturer

(305) 284-3031
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I'm interested in the interface between plant evolution, systematics, and ecology. The species that have been recognized by biologists sometimes turn out to have surprising relationships in evolutionary history, and DNA sequence data reveal "cryptic species" that had previously been overlooked. I'm also interested in the...
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Giovanni Hanna

Giovanni Hanna

Lecturer

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Dr. Giovanni Hanna is an enthusiastic lecturer with a passion for evolution, genetics, biotechnology,  and history of science. He has taught for more than three years on four campuses in San Diego, including at UC San Diego, San Diego State University, and at Grossmont and Palomar Colleges. After receiving his PhD in the study of...
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Mason Klein

Mason Klein

Assoc. Professor
Secondary Faculty in Biology

(305) 284-7129
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What do animals do, and how exactly do their actions arise?  My lab's research is in biophysics and neuroscience.  We use insect model systems to better understand the transformation from sensory input to motor output, a fundamental goal of systems neuroscience.  This input-output path travels from the molecular...
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Dana M Krempels

Dana M Krempels

Senior Lecturer

(305) 284-3977
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As a senior lecturer, I strive to teach students to think critically and skeptically, to educate themselves thoroughly via multiple, reliable sources, and to think for themselves.  Evolutionary theory provides the basis for this enterprise, as it allows me to show students how to recognize the differences between science, pseudoscience,...
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Antoni Luque Santolaria

Antoni Luque Santolaria

Assoc. Professor
Secondary Faculty in Physics

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Dr. Luque is a biophysicist who studies the molecular structure and dynamics of viruses using biophysical modeling, artificial intelligence, and bioinformatics. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Barcelona and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at New York University. Dr. Luque joined the U in 2023 as an Associate Professor in the Department of...
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Zhongmin Lu

Zhongmin Lu

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-5048
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I am interested in sensory neurobiology with the primary focus on the sense of hearing. My Previous work emphasized on central auditory processing, sound localization, and ultrasonic detection in fish. The current research of my lab is to use the zebrafish (Danio rerio) to model hearing disorders in humans. The zebrafish has become an...
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Charles H. Mallery

Charles H. Mallery

Assoc. Professor
Associate Dean for Graduate and Administrative Services

(305) 284-3188
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I have served as a technical swim official to the National Governing Body of Swimming in the United States, U.S.A. Swimming and to the NCAA , where I have been the referee for over 25 National Championships, 4 U.S. Olympic Festivals, and 4 Olympic Trials. I Worked as a technical swim official on the pool deck...
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Kevin McCracken

Kevin McCracken

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-9058
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AREAS OF FOCUS Evolutionary Biology Tropical Ecology
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Vivek Nagendra Prakash

Vivek Nagendra Prakash

Asst. Professor
SECONDARY FACULTY IN BIOLOGY

(305) 284-7121
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The Prakash Lab at the University of Miami is a multidisciplinary Organismal Biomechanics Lab, working at the interface of Physics, Engineering and Biology. Our work is driven by a sense of curiosity, fascination and discovery. Organismal behavior results from emergent properties of a large number of physical and biological processes occurring...
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Juan Pablo Quimbayo

Juan Pablo Quimbayo

Asst. Professor

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Sandra Rieger

Sandra Rieger

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-9935
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I completed my undergraduate degree in Germany and pursued a PhD at the Helmholtz Center Munich, in collaboration with the Technical University Munich. My PhD research focused on investigating the role of cell-cell adhesion molecules in cerebellar development, utilizing advanced in vivo time-lapse imaging technologies. Subsequently, I conducted...
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Neil Rosser

Neil Rosser

Asst. Professor

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Odelia Schwartz

Odelia Schwartz

Assoc. Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Computer Science
Secondary Faculty in Biology

(305) 284-2268
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Home Page: https://www.odeliaschwartz.com
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Christopher A Searcy

Christopher A Searcy

Associate Professor

(305) 284-5412
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My lab is engaged in conservation ecology, the use of ecological principles to answer questions related to basic ecological theory, while also informing conservation practices and management of threatened or endangered species. We are particularly interested in utilizing the most up-to-date mathematical models and statistical methods to inform...
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Delia S Shelton

Delia S Shelton

Asst. Professor

(305) 284-2494
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My research passion lies in using basic research to translate science into practical solutions while cultivating a diverse talent pool. In accordance with these goals, my research balances basic science, translational research, and industry needs while involving people from marginalized groups. My research program focuses on...
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Cynthia Silveira

Cynthia Silveira

Asst. Professor

(305) 284-6220
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My lab studies a long-known but poorly appreciated member of all microbiomes: bacteriophages. Phages, for short, are viruses that infect bacteria and are the most abundant and diverse biological entities on the planet. Yet, we have only scratched the surface of their biological significance: 50 to 90 % of phages genomes sequenced to date have no...
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Sheyum Syed

Sheyum Syed

Assoc. Professor
Secondary Faculty in Biology
Director of Graduate Studies

(305) 284-7122
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My research area is biological physics with the aim of understanding complex behavior as it arises in the natural world. The complex behaviors we are interested in include locomotion, sleep, feeding, and collective phenomena that may arise from interaction among multiple individuals. We focus on the model organism Drosophila melanogaster to...
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Nikki Traylor-Knowles

Nikki Traylor-Knowles

Associate Professor
Secondary Faculty in Biology

(410) 905-5107
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Secondary Faculty in the Department of Biology Nikki Traylor-Knowles is an Associate Professor in Marine Biology and Ecology at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. She is a cell biologist that studies the evolution of immunity, wound healing, and regeneration. Her lab uses cell biology, genomics,...
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J. David Van Dyken

J. David Van Dyken

Senior Lecturer

(305) 284-9054
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My lab is interested in understanding how genetics, cell physiology, ecology and evolution interact across spatial scales ranging from molecules to ecosystems to shape patterns of biocomplexity, biodiversity, and organismal design. We take an integrative, systems-based approach combining high-throughput experiments in the model eukaryote,...
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Yunqiu Wang

Yunqiu Wang

Senior Lecturer

(305) 284-4181
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My current research has been concentrating on the characterization of genetic structure of small mammal and South Florida slash pine populations in South Florida. A series of modern molecular techniques, such as DNA sequencing, PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction), genotyping, etc. are applied in this project. The purpose of thess studies are to...
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Zheng Wang

Zheng Wang

Associate Professor
Secondary Faculty in Biology

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Dr. Zheng Wang is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Miami. 
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Barbara Whitlock

Barbara Whitlock

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-3512
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The primary goal of my research is to understand the origins of plant diversity. I use phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequence data in combination with information from morphology, anatomy, and ecology to understand the timing and direction of changes in floral and vegetative traits, geographic distribution, and diversification rates. My students...
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Athula H Wikramanayake

Athula H Wikramanayake, Ph.D.

Professor

(305) 284-4134
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I am an evolutionary developmental biologist and my laboratory uses embryological, molecular, genomic and phylogenetic approaches to investigate the evolution of pattern formation in metazoan embryos. A major focus of my laboratory is to investigate the molecular basis for the evolution, specification and patterning of the animal-vegetal (AV)...
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Alexandra C C Wilson

Alexandra C C Wilson

Interim Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs
Professor

(305) 284-2003
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Alex C. C. Wilson serves as Interim Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at the University of Miami. An evolutionary biologist, Dr. Wilson is a professor in the Department of Biology, where she has served as both associate chair of biology (2021-2023) and director of Graduate Studies in biology (2015-2019).In 2006, Dr. Wilson was recruited to the...
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Stefan Wuchty

Stefan Wuchty

Professor
Secondary Faculty in Biology
Member CCS, SCC

(305) 284-4189
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Home Page: https://www.cs.miami.edu/home/wuchtys/Home.html
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Amy E Zanne

Amy E Zanne

Professor

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A large focus of my work is to examine how biotic interactions impact biogeochemical cycles. Specifically, I explore how plant traits and environmental conditions regulate decay agents (microbes, termites, solar radiation) to impact deadwood and ecosystem scale carbon cycling under current and future climates. I also study global macroevolution...
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