Faculty

Our cross-college program draws faculty members from various departments, including biology, plant biology, plant and soil science, and microbiology and molecular genetics to teach the BioCore courses, serving over 800 life science students each semester.

BioCore Faculty

Bryan Ballif

Professor

Signal transduction, proteomics, neuroscience

Bballif@uvm.edu (802) 656-1389

Eric Bishop von Wettberg

Chair of the Department of Animal and Veterinary Science • Director of VT Agricultural Experiment Station

Genetics, Genomics, Domestication, Crop Breeding, Evolution, Ecology, Legumes, Germplasm, Conservation

Eric.Bishop-Von-Wettberg@uvm.edu (802) 656-9117

Alison Brody

Professor • Department of Biology

Plant-animal interactions

Alison.Brody@uvm.edu (802) 656-0449

Sara Helms Cahan

Howard Professor of Natural History • Associate Vice-President for Research

Social Insect Ecology

Scahan@uvm.edu (802) 656-2962

Terrence P. Delaney

Associate Professor

Plant disease resistance signaling, plant-pathogen interactions, fungal biology, molecular genetics.

Terrence.Delaney@uvm.edu (802) 656-0416

Karsten Fatur

Lecturer

Ethnobotany, medicinal plants, psychoactive plants, field botany

Karsten.Fatur@uvm.edu

Nicholas Gotelli

Endowed Professor • Department of Biology

Organization of animal and plant communities

Nicholas.Gotelli@uvm.edu (802) 656-0450

Ryann Guayasamin

Lecturer

Molecular mechanisms of disease, oncolytic viruses, cancer biology and immunology, neurodegenerative disorders, and professional development and mentoring.

Ryann.Guayasamin@uvm.edu (802) 656-4585

Laura Hill

Senior Lecturer

Native Plant Ecology and Evolution
Nature-based Climate Solutions
Sustainability Across-the-curriculum
Contemplative Pedagogy
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

lhill@uvm.edu (802) 656-1134

Linden Elizabeth Higgins

Senior Lecturer

STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) for adults.

Linden.Higgins@uvm.edu (802) 656-9598

Stephen Keller

Associate Professor • Plant Biology

Ecological and population genomics, Landscape genetics, Molecular ecology and evolution, Plant population biology, Forest responses to climate change, Biological invasions, Applied conservation genetics

Stephen.Keller@uvm.edu (802) 656-5121