Lindsey Walters, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 204E
Lab: SC 361
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-6390
Email: waltersl3@nku.edu
Our faculty make a global and community impact through:
Lindsey Walters, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 204E
Lab: SC 361
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-6390
Email: waltersl3@nku.edu
Emily Shifley, Ph.D.
Assistant Chair and Associate Professor
Lynn Crane, M.S.
Academic Advising Specialist and Associate Teaching Professor
Office:ÌýSC 203A
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5306
Email: cranel1@nku.edu
Heleen Giesbers, Ph.D.
Academic Advising Specialist and Associate Teaching Professor
Office: SC 203B
±Ê³ó´Ç²Ô±ð:Ìý(859) 572-5549
Email: giesbersh1@nku.edu
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Kristy Hopfensperger, Ph.D.
Director, Environmental Science and Professor
Office: LA 217F
Lab: SC 228
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5305
Email: hopfenspek1@nku.edu
Christine Curran, Ph.D.
Director, Neuroscience and Professor
Richard Durtsche, Ph.D.
Director, Research and Education Field Station (REFS) and Professor
Maggie Whitson, Ph.D.
Director, Herbarium and Associate Professor
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 101B
Lab: SC 101
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1411
Email: whitsonma@nku.edu
Emily Dobbs, M.S.
Lab Manager
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 222A
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5304
Email: dobbse1@nku.edu
David Hils
Academic Coordinator
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 204D
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5307
Email: hilsd1@nku.edu
Vickie Hugo
Administrative Secretary
Office:ÌýSC 204C
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5110
Email:Ìýhugov@nku.edu
Professor
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 245
Lab: SC 161
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5300
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýacostac@nku.edu
Jay Avenido, M.D.
Associate Teaching Professor
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýLA 240
Phone: (859)Ìý572-6446
Email: avenidoa1@nku.edu
Ìý
Sam Bauer
Laboratory Technician
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 222
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1326
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýbauers3@nku.edu
Bethany Bowling, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
Office: MP 405
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5415
Email: bowlingb2@nku.edu
Ìý
Rick Boyce, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: LA 217L
Lab:ÌýSC 166
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1407
Email: boycer@nku.edu
Dan Carson, Ph.D.
Part-time Faculty
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 110
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1413
Email:Ìýcarsond4@nku.edu
Joshua Cooper, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office:Ìý217K
Phone: (859) 572-1965
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýcooperjo@nku.edu
Lynn Crane, M.S.
Academic Advising Specialist and Associate Teaching Professor
Office:ÌýSC 203A
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5306
Email: cranel1@nku.edu
Christine Curran, Ph.D.
Director, Neuroscience and Professor
Beris Dizdar
Laboratory Technician
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 327
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5607
Email: dizdarb1@nku.edu
Emily Dobbs, M.S.
Laboratory Manager
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 222A
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5304
Email: dobbse1@nku.edu
Richard Durtsche, Ph.D.
Director, Research and Education Field Station (REFS) and Professor
Heleen Giesbers, Ph.D.
Academic Advising Specialist and Associate Teaching Professor
Office: SC 203B
±Ê³ó´Ç²Ô±ð:Ìý(859) 572-5549
Email: giesbersh1@nku.edu
Qing Goh, Ph.D.
Part-time Faculty
Office:ÌýSC 110
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1413
Email: gohq1@nku.edu
Daisy Grove, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Email: divitad1@nku.edu
Ryan Hallman, M.S.
Part-time Faculty
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 110
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1413
Email:Ìýhallmand1@nku.edu
Christian Hay, D.C.
Part-time Faculty
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 110
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1413
Email: hayc3@nku.edu
Kristy Hopfensperger, Ph.D.
Director, Environmental Science and Professor
Vickie Hugo
Administrative Secretary
Office:ÌýSC 204C
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1443
Email:Ìýhugov@nku.edu
Patricia Kappesser, M.A.
Associate Teaching Professor
Office: LA 238
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5689
Email: kappesserp@nku.edu
Samantha Kircher
Lab Animal Care Technician
Office: FH 152A
Email: kirchers1@nku.edu
Joe Krumm, M.A.T.
Part-time Faculty
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 110
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1413
Email: krummj2@nku.edu
Bridget Ledford Waters, Ph.D.
Part-time Faculty
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 110
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1413
Email: ledfordwab1@nku.edu
Joseph Mester, Ph.D.
Professor
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýLA 206C
Lab:ÌýSC 364
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5277
Email: mesterj1@nku.edu
Sydney Oluoch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Allison Parker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: LA 206E
Lab: SC 228
Phone: (859) 572-6674
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýparkera10@nku.edu
Ìý
Michael Quinones, M.S.
Part-Time Faculty
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 110
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1413
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýquinonesm1@nku.edu
Denice Robertson, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Teaching & Learning and Teaching Professor
Office:ÌýFH 359D
±Ê³ó´Ç²Ô±ð:Ìý(859) 572-5188
Email:Ìýrobertsonde@nku.edu
Cassie Rusche, M.S.
Part-time Faculty
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 110
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1413
Email:Ìýruschec1@nku.edu
Brad Sarchet, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor
Office: SC 354
Phone: (859) 572-5303
Email: sarchetb1@nku.edu
Mary Schilling, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor
Office: LA 232
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-6587
Email: schillingm2@nku.edu
Ìý
Patrick Schultheis, Ph.D.
Professor
Emily Shifley, Ph.D.
Assistant Chair and Associate Professor
Office: SC 347
Lab: SC 324
Phone: (859) 572-1409
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýshifleye1@nku.edu
Erin Strome, Ph.D.
Professor
Office:ÌýSC 101A
Lab: SC 328
Phone: (859) 572-6635
Email: stromee1@nku.edu
David Thompson, Ph.D.Ìý
Professor
Office: LA 206B
Lab: SC 361
±Ê³ó´Ç²Ô±ð:Ìý(859) 572-5301
Email: thompsone1@nku.edu
Erinn Torbeck Harter, D.M.D.Ìý
Assistant Teaching Professor
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýLA 217M
Email: torbecke1@nku.edu
Lindsey Walters, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 204E
Lab: SC 361
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-6390
Email: waltersl3@nku.edu
Jaclyn Wehrle, M.S.
Part-time Faculty
Email: wehrlej1@nku.edu
Maggie Whitson, Ph.D.
Director, Herbarium and Associate Professor
Lauren Williamson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: FH 359F
Lab: FH 275
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1949
Email: williamsol6@nku.edu
Allison Worthy
Laboratory Technician
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 327
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-5607
Email: worthya1@nku.edu
Assistant Professor
Office:ÌýSC 342
Lab: SC 102
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1412
Email: xiey2@nku.edu
Nancy Zwick, M.Ed.
Part-time Faculty
°¿´Ú´Ú¾±³¦±ð:ÌýSC 110
Phone:Ìý(859) 572-1413
Email: zwickn@nku.edu
Hildegard Baldridge, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Emeritus
Email: baldridgeh@nku.edu
Jerry Carpenter, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Email: carpenter@nku.edu
Teaching Professor, Emeritus
Email: dahlem@nku.edu
Larry Giesmann, Ph.D.Ìý(1943-2025)
Professor, Emeritus
Frank Sinton Milburn Outstanding Professor - 1991
Jon Hastings, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Email: hastings@nku.edu
Robert Kues, M.Ed.Ìý(1966-2020)
Lecturer II, Emeritus
Debra K. Pearce, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Elinor Rambo
Lecturer II, Emeritus
Thomas Rambo, Ph.D.Ìý(1940-2020)
Professor, Emeritus
Mike Scola, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Emeritus
Email: scolam@nku.edu
Miriam Steinitz-Kannan, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Jerry Warner, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Department of Biological Sciences
Dorothy Westerman Herrmann Science Center (SC), Room 204C
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