Current Research Faculty

Mark Q. Martindale, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology, Director Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience


Research Area: Evolutionary Development


Martindale Laboratory Page

David Duffy, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Genomics and Rising Star Condron Family Endowed Assistant Professor


Research Area: Wildlife Genomic Medicine and One Health

Duffy Laboratory

Leonardo Ibarra-Castro, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatic Sciences


Research Area: Fish Aquaculture

Ibarra-Castro Laboratory

James C. Liao, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology


Research Area: Biomechanics and Neuroscience of Fish Behavior


Liao Laboratory Page

Sandra Loesgen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Chemistry


Research Area: Natural Products Chemistry

Loesgen Laboratory Page

Leonid Moroz, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Genetics, Biology and Chemistry


Research Area: Genomics, Memory and Neuronal Evolution


Moroz Laboratory Page

Todd Z. Osborne, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biogeochemistry


Research Area: Wetland Biogeochemistry


Osborne Laboratory Page


Joseph Ryan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology


Research Area: Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Biology


Ryan Laboratory Page



Christine E. Schnitzler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology


Research Area: Evolutionary and Functional Genomics


Schnitzler Laboratory Page

Elaine Seaver, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology


Research Area: Development and Evolution of Marine Invertebrates

Seaver Laboratory Page

James Strother, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biology


Research Area: Neurobiology and Physiology

Strother Laboratory Page