BIOLOGY B.A. - Key Persons


Alexandra Burlingame

Job Titles:
  • Director of Fiscal, Budget, and Business Affairs, Business Office

Amy Mishler

Job Titles:
  • Lab Research Assistant, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center

Andrew Zelhof

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Armin Moczek

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Department
  • Chairman, Biology / Professor, Biology

Beth Ivey

Job Titles:
  • Manager, IU Science Stores and Biology Purchasing

Braxton Larson

Job Titles:
  • Systems Administrator, Computing Support Office

Bryan Walters

Job Titles:
  • Director of Facilities and Laboratory Services

Cameron Steffensen

Job Titles:
  • Lab Research Assistant, Calvi Lab

Carlos Gonzalez

Job Titles:
  • Departmental Services Representative

Carol Sylvester

Job Titles:
  • Bldg. A511
  • Stockkeeper, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center

Charlie Miller

Job Titles:
  • Inventory Coordinator, IU Science Stores ( Biology Location )

Christine Lang

Job Titles:
  • Scheduling Specialist

Cynthia Craig

Job Titles:
  • Departmental Seminar Coordinator

Daniel Watts

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
Dr. Watts began his career as a natural products chemist in new antibiotics research for the Squibb Institute for Medical Research, in resource recovery research at the Princeton Research Laboratory of the American Can Company. He worked for 25 years at New Jersey Institute of Technology, retiring as the Panasonic Professor of Sustainability and the Executive Director of the Otto H. York Center for Environmental Engineering and Science. His research interests include environmental impacts of manufacturing, sustainability, and the interactions of science, technology, and public policy.

Dave Bollivar

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Senior Lecturer
  • Director, Biotechnology Master 's Degree Program

Dawnn Askren


Deborah Bryan

Job Titles:
  • Purchasing Representative for IU Science Stores Biology and Chemistry Locations

Demas Lab

Job Titles:
  • Fellow

Eric Fender

Job Titles:
  • Glassware Attendant

Gayle Rood

Job Titles:
  • Purchasing Representative

Gregory E. Demas

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Section Associate Chairs

H. Michael Shepard

Job Titles:
  • Member With the Department
Education Walter Winchell-Damon Runyon postdoctoral fellowship, Indiana University Department of Biology Ph.D., Indiana University Department of Biology, 1977 NOTE: Shepard is an adjunct faculty member with the Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington. He currently serves as a scientific advisor with Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals.

Heather A. Hundley

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Professor

Heather Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Professor, Biology / Director of Graduate Studies, Biology

Holland Summer

Job Titles:
  • Science

Irene Garcia Newton

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Jake McKinlay

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Professor, Biology / Director, Microbiology Graduate Program

James O'Donnell

Job Titles:
  • Facilities Coordinator, Facilities and Lab Services

Jason Tennessen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Chair for Research and Facilities

Jennifer Reeves

Job Titles:
  • Contracts and Grants Specialist

Jennifer Smith

Job Titles:
  • Purchasing Representative

Jennifer Tarter

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager, Assistant to the Chair

Jeremy Niemann

Job Titles:
  • Director of IT, Computing Support Office

Jessica Hooten

Job Titles:
  • Payroll Associate

John Leichter

Job Titles:
  • Supervisor, Greenhouse

Johnny Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Project Scientist, Drosophila Genomics Resource Center

Jose Briceno

Job Titles:
  • Student Services Coordinator for Undergraduate Advising Office

Justice Sessoms

Job Titles:
  • Glassware Attendant

Karen Whitworth

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Senior Lecturer
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies

Karl Culp

Job Titles:
  • Bldg. A511
  • Stockkeeper, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center

Kevin Gabbard

Job Titles:
  • Media Preparator, Media Kitchen

Kody Beaver

Job Titles:
  • Event Services Specialist

Laura Hurley

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Biology / Associate Chair for Teaching, Biology / Director, REU Program in Animal Behavior

Lori Parker

Job Titles:
  • Financial Administrative Specialist

Lulu Cheshire

Job Titles:
  • Bldg. A511
  • Stockkeeper, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center

Mary Ann Horrocks

Job Titles:
  • Bldg. A511
  • Stockkeeper, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center

Mason Lutes

Job Titles:
  • Technology and Computer Support Specialist, Computing Support Office

Matt Freeman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Supervisor, Greenhouse

Matthew Spartz

Job Titles:
  • Nursery Assistant / Gardener

Megan Dunn

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer
  • Lecturer Section Associate Chair

Nathan Fletcher

Job Titles:
  • Electronics Technician

Nefeli Stefanidou

Job Titles:
  • Lab Research Assistant, Danthi Lab

Neil Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Receiving / Delivery

Noah Farrell

Job Titles:
  • Bldg. A511
  • Stockkeeper, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center

Pat Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, Pikaard Lab

Rhonda Matteson

Job Titles:
  • Media Preparator

Richard Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Professor, Biology / Director, EEB Graduate Program / Science Director, Research and Teaching Preserve

Rolf Rockliff

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Officer, Center Genomics and Bioinformatics

Roxanne "Roxy" Bertsch


Ryan Salerno

Job Titles:
  • Financial Administration Coordinator, Business Office

Salisbury Cove

Job Titles:
  • Research Foundation Award, 2021

Sam Allen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Graduate Studies

Sam Sheffield

Job Titles:
  • Nursery Assistant / Gardener

Sarah McAdams

Job Titles:
  • Communications Assistant

Sasha Savytskyy

Job Titles:
  • Master Electronics Technician

Shana Wigington

Job Titles:
  • HR Business Partner, Business Office

Sierra McAlister

Job Titles:
  • Lab Research Assistant, Hurley Lab

Stephanie Golberg-Dugan

Job Titles:
  • Purchasing Representative

TJ Arnold

Job Titles:
  • Glassware Attendant