Biology Faculty
Dr. Sherri Bergsten
Associate Professor of Biology, Chairperson
Ph.D. Princeton University, Molecular Biology
FSC 144
(717) 477-3244
Research Interests: Genetic regulation, autophagy in cancer cells
Dr. Marcie Baer-Lehman
Professor of Biology Codirector of the Health Sciences
Ph.D. University of Maryland, Microbiology
FSC 237
(717) 477-1589
Research Interests: Identification of environmental and clinical pathogens, vector-borne microbial pathogens
Dr. Pablo Delis
Professor of Biology
Ph.D. University of South Florida, Biology
FSC 335
(717) 477-1092
Research Interests: Ecology, behavior, morphology, evolution, and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
Dr. Todd Hurd
Professor of Biology
Ph.D. State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
FSC 154
(717) 477-1751
Research Interests: Tracing sources of water, resources, and contaminants in ecosystems using fluorescence and isotopic techniques
Dr. Larry Klotz
Emeritus Professor of Biology
Ph.D.Cornell University, Biology
FSC128
(717) 477-1402
Dr. Emily Kramer
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore County, Molecular and Cell Biology
FSC 234
(717) 477-1593
Research Interests: Translation accuracy, tRNA maturation and subcellular dynamics
Dr. Theo Light
Professor of Biology
Ph.D. University of California, Davis, Ecology
FSC 233
(717) 477-1093
Research Interests: Aquatic ecology, conservation biology of fish and aquatic invertebrates, invasion ecology
Dr. David Long
Emeritus Professor of Biology
Director of the Health Sciences
Ph.D. Texas Tech University, Zoology
FSC 353
(717) 477-1762
Research Interests: Reproductive biology and captive husbandry of amphibians and reptiles, Comparative tongue histology of salamanders
Dr. Alison Luce-Fedrow
Associate Professor of Biology Codirector of the Health Sciences
Ph.D., Kansas State University, Microbiology
FSC 240
(717)477-1433
Research Interests: Surveillance, characterization, and immunology of Rickettsia and Orientia
Dr. Tim Maret
Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Arizona State University, Zoology
FSC 239
(717) 477-1170
Research Interests: Population Ecology, Conservation Biology, Wetland Ecology
Dr. Michael McNichols
Emeritus Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Virginia Tech, Biology
FSC 333
Dr. William Patrie
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Cornell University, Biochemistry
FSC 152
(717) 477-1400
Dr. Heather Sahli
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Michigan State University
FSC 139
(717) 477-1580
Research Interests: Pollination biology and pollinator diversity, evolutionary ecology, plant-animal interactions, plant conservation, sustainable agriculture
Dr. Richard Stewart
Professor of Biology
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Entomology
FSC 253
(717) 477-1095
Research Interests: Ticks and wildlife diseases
Dr. Nathan Thomas
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. University of South Dakota, Biology
FSC 254
(717) 477-1796
Research Interests: Ecological physiology of birds (habitat use, metabolic rate, plasma metabolites)
