Biology at Rhodes College

19 faculty and 7 courses in Biology at Rhodes College.

Faculty

• John S. Olsen, Professor Emeritus h-index 61
  Notable: “Host adapted serotypes of Salmonella enterica” (2000) · 462 citations
• Qian Shen, Associate Professor h-index 28
  Notable: “Is Excess PbI2 Beneficial for Perovskite Solar Cell Performance?” (2016) · 417 citations
• Kelly A. Dougherty, Associate Professor h-index 21
  Notable: “Studies on the lipid composition of developing soybeans” (1973) · 172 citations
• Liam Hunt, Assistant Professor h-index 20
  Notable: “A Key Role for the Ubiquitin Ligase UBR4 in Myofiber Hypertrophy in Drosophila and Mice” (2019) · 99 citations
• Michael D. Collins, Professor h-index 17
  Notable: “Plant Genotypic Diversity Predicts Community Structure and Governs an Ecosystem Process” (2006) · 905 citations
• Elaine R. Frawley, Associate Professor h-index 16
  Notable: “Bacterial Stress Responses during Host Infection” (2016) · 327 citations
• Terry W. Hill, Professor h-index 13
  Notable: “Improved protocols for Aspergillus minimal medium: trace element and minimal medium salt stock solutions” (2001) · 347 citations
• James Tumulty, Assistant Professor h-index 12
  Notable: “The biparental care hypothesis for the evolution of monogamy: experimental evidence in an amphibian” (2013) · 56 citations
• Mary E. Miller, Professor h-index 11
  Notable: “Testing a Mathematical Model of the Yeast Cell Cycle” (2002) · 264 citations
• Bayly S. Wheeler, Associate Professor h-index 10
  Notable: “Condensin-driven remodelling of X chromosome topology during dosage compensation” (2015) · 1,137 citations
• Carolyn R. Jaslow, Professor Emerita h-index 10
  Notable: “Diagnostic factors identified in 1020 women with two versus three or more recurrent pregnancy losses” (2009) · 381 citations
• Gary Lindquester, Professor Emeritus h-index 10
  Notable: “Properties of the human herpesvirus 6 strain Z29 genome: G + C content, length, and presence of variable-length directly repeated terminal sequence elements” (1991) · 80 citations
• Jonathan Fitz Gerald, Associate Professor h-index 9
  Notable: “Maternal Control of Integument Cell Elongation and Zygotic Control of Endosperm Growth Are Coordinated to Determine Seed Size in Arabidopsis” (2004) · 366 citations
• Tanushree Pandit, Assistant Professor h-index 6
  Notable: “A balance of FGF and BMP signals regulates cell cycle exit andEquarinexpression in lens cells” (2012) · 42 citations
• Bobby R. Jones, Professor Emeritus h-index 2
  Notable: “Distribution and probable physiological role of esterases in reproductive, digestive, and fat-body tissues of the adult cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boh” (1986) · 16 citations
• Evan Kingsley, Assistant Professor
• Kathryn A. LeCroy, Assistant Professor
• Kelly Diamond, Assistant Professor
• M. Cameron Ogg, Assistant Professor

Courses

• Biology I BIOL 130
• Biology II BIOL 140
• Evolution with Lab BIOL 300
• Microbiology with Lab BIOL 301
• Genetics BIOL 303
• Ecology with Lab BIOL 315
• Molecular Biology with Lab BIOL 325

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.