Biology Faculty & Staff

Department Chairs  

• Craig Laufer, Ph.D.
  Professor of Biology
• Oney P. Smith, Ph.D.
  Professor of Biology

Faculty

• Eric Annis, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Biology
• April Boulton, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Biology, Dean of the Graduate School
• James M. Cherry, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Biology
• Drew Ferrier, Ph.D.
  Professor of Biology
  Director of the Coastal Studies Program 
• Robert Kambic, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Biology
• Daehwan Kim, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Biology
  The Hodson/Maryland Endowed Chair in Advanced Bioproducts Research and Education 
• Eric Kindahl, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Biology
  Program Director, Environmental Science & Policy
• Pushpa Rekha Konkalmatt, Ph.D. 
  Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology 
• Jen Krishnaswamy, Ph.D.
  Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
• Cherry Liu, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Biology 
• Jeffrey Lombardo, Ph.D. 
  Assistant Professor of Biology
• Meredith Yeager, Ph.D. 
  Assistant Profesor of Biology
  Program Director, Biomedical Science 

Faculty Emeriti

• Betsy Estilow
• Kathy Falkenstein 
• Ricky Hirschhorn 
• Jeffrey Rossio

Staff

• Emma Barr
  Department Assistant
  Email: barr@hood.edu
  Phone: 301-696-3649
  Office: Hodson Science & Technology Center, Room 143 
• Jennifer Carpenter
  Frederick Food Security Greenhouse Manager 
  Email: jc32@hood.edu
  Office: FFSN Greenhouses 
• Catherine Gaudlip
  Field Technician 
  Email: gaudlip@hood.edu
  Phone: 301-696-3540
  Office: Hodson Science & Technology Center, Room 308F
• Katie Huy
  Center for Coastal & Watershed Studies Program Coordinator 
  Email: huy@hood.edu
  Phone: 301-696-3318
  Office: Hodson Science & Technology Center, Room 308F
• Christina Orcutt
  Biology Lab Supervisor & Chemical Safety Officer
  Email: orcutt@hood.edu
  Phone: 301-696-3647
  Office: Hodson Science & Technology Center, Room 152