WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY - Key Persons


Amaris Guardiola

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Associate Professor

Amy Jones

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Andrew Dacks

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Arnold, Christopher

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Ashok Bidwai

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Barrett, Craig

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Barry, Kevin

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Advising, Recruitment, and Retention
  • Teaching Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Advising, Recruitment, and Retention / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Becca Coltogirone

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience
  • Teaching Assistant Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience / Undergraduate Neuroscience Academic Advisor
Becca Coltogirone, Ph.D. Teaching Assistant Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience rebecca.coltogirone@mail.wvu.edu 4224 Life Sciences Building Undergraduate Neuroscience Academic Advisor

Bergeron, Sadie

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Binu Tripathi

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Researcher

Bishop, Clif

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus
  • Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Brzostek, Edward

Job Titles:
  • Co - Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

Christine Zawaski

Job Titles:
  • Service Assistant Professor

Christopher Arnold

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Clif Bishop

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Emeritus

Craig Barrett

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Crissa Cooey

Job Titles:
  • Academic Laboratory Manager II

Cumming, Jonathan

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology
  • Professor Emeritus

Daly, Kevin

Job Titles:
  • Eberly Family Distinguished Professor in Biology / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Donna Ford-Werntz

Job Titles:
  • Service Professor, Director of the Herbarium

Dr. Dana Huebert Lima

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Professor, Associate Chair
  • Teaching Professor, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, and Director of the Undergraduate Intercollegiate Biochemistry Program

Driscoll, Tim

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Elizabeth Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer Emerita

Elyse Stone

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Ember Morrissey

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Eric Horstick

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor and Co - Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
  • Co - Associate Chair of Graduate Studies

Farris, Sarah

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Flores, Jorge

Job Titles:
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology
  • Professor Emeritus

Ford-Werntz, Donna

Job Titles:
  • Service Professor, Director of the Herbarium / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Fowler, Zach

Job Titles:
  • Service Associate Professor, Director of the Arboretum
  • Service Associate Professor, Director of the Arboretum / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Gabriela Pacheco Sanchez

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor

Gallagher, Jennifer

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Gerald Lang

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus
Lang first joined WVU in 1976 as an assistant professor of biology. His career eventually took him into administration and he served as the assistant dean for Research and Graduate Studies and then dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, where he oversaw more than 300 full-time faculty and 18 academic programs. In 1995, Lang became provost and vice president for academic affairs and Research at WVU, overseeing successful reaccreditation in 2004, boosting enrollment by more than 7,000 students and establishing the Center for Writing Excellence, the Institute for Math Learning and the WVU Honors College. He was involved in the transition of both WVU Tech and Potomac State College to regional campuses and led an effort to link the three campuses into a single, fully integrated system. From 2014 to 2017, Lang served as the chair of the Department of Forensic and Investigative Sciences. He served interim president role at Tech in July of 2018.

Grace Savoy-Burke

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor

Greg Dunfee

Job Titles:
  • Senior Academic Advisor

Guardiola, Amaris

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Associate Professor
  • Teaching Associate Professor / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Hawkins, Jennifer

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair

J.R. Cumming

Seguel, A., J.R. Cumming, P. Cornejo, F. Borie. 2016. Aluminum tolerance of wheat cultivars and relation to arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in a non-limed and limed Andisol. Applied Soil Ecology 108: 228-237. Desai, S., D. Naik, and J.R. Cumming. 2014. The influence of phosphorus availability and Laccaria bicolor symbiosis on phosphate acquisition, antioxidant enzyme activity, and rhizospheric carbon flux in Populus tremuloides. Mycorrhiza 24: 369-382. DOI 10.1007/s00572-013-0548-1 Levy, M.A., and J.R. Cumming. 2014. Development of soils and communities of plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on West Virginia surface mines. Environmental Management 54: 1153-1162. DOI 10.1007/s00267-014-0365-0

Jacob Starkey

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

James McGraw

Job Titles:
  • Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of Biology Emeritus
  • Professor Emeritus, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of Biology Emeritus

Jasmine Freeman

Job Titles:
  • Academic Lab Manager II

Jennifer Gallagher

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Jennifer Hawkins

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair

Jennifer Kane

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Researcher

Jennifer Ripley

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Jennifer Stueckle


Jewett, Kathryn

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor
  • Teaching Assistant Professor / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

John Cottrell

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Clerk

John Hageter

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

John.Navaratnam

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Teaching Professor and Eberly College Assistant Dean for Curriculum & Assessment

Jonathan Cumming

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Professor Emeritus / Life Sciences Building

Jones, Amy

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician
  • Research Technician / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Jorge Flores

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Justin Mathias

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Kannenberg, Steven

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Kathryn Jewett

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor

Katrina Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Service Assistant Professor

Kayla Giorgi

Job Titles:
  • Student Success Coordinator

Kevin Barry

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Advising, Recruitment, and Retention

Kevin Daly

Job Titles:
  • Eberly Family Distinguished Professor in

Kevin Lee

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Kolten Peterson

Job Titles:
  • Academic Lab Manager II

Lang, Gerald

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus

Lee, Kevin

Job Titles:
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology
  • Professor Emeritus

Marsat, Gary

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Mathias, Justin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Mathilda Corbett

Job Titles:
  • Academic Lab Manger II

McGraw, James

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus
  • Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of Biology Emeritus

Melissa "Mickey" Scoles

Job Titles:
  • Building Manager
  • Office Administrator

Michael McKinstry

Job Titles:
  • Academic Lab Manager II

Morrissey, Ember

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Navaratnam, John

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Professor and Eberly College Assistant Dean for Curriculum & Assessment
  • Teaching Professor and Eberly College Assistant Dean for Curriculum & Assessment / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Peterjohn, William

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus
  • Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology
  • Professor Emeritus

Rachel Gandee

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Raef Lambertson

Job Titles:
  • Academic Laboratory Manager II

Richard B. Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Associate Provost for Graduate Academic Affairs

Rio, Rita

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
  • Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Rita Rio

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

Ryan Percifield

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate and Director of the Genomics and Bioinformatics Core Facility

Sarah Farris

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Savoy-Burke, Grace

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor
  • Teaching Assistant Professor / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Stephanie Young

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Professor and Eberly College Director of the Foundational STEM Collaborative

Steve DiFazio

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Steven Kannenberg

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Stewart, Katrina

Job Titles:
  • Service Assistant Professor
  • Service Assistant Professor / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Susan Raylman

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer

Thomas, Elizabeth

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus
  • Senior Lecturer Emerita / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Thomas, Richard

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Associate Provost for Graduate Academic Affairs
  • Professor, Associate Provost for Graduate Academic Affairs / Department of Biology Eberly College of Arts & Sciences / Department of Biology

Tim Driscoll

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Trenton Gum

Job Titles:
  • Professional Technologist II

William Peterjohn

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Zach Fowler

Job Titles:
  • Service Associate Professor, Director of the Arboretum