Biology at University of Richmond

29 faculty and 0 courses in Biology at University of Richmond.

Faculty

• John Vaughan, Senior Teaching Faculty of Biology h-index 40
  Notable: “Effect of Neuropeptides on Production of Inflammatory Cytokines by Human Monocytes” (1988) · 923 citations
• Todd Lookingbill, Professor of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability; Professor of Biology h-index 24
  Notable: “Mapping functional connectivity” (2008) · 273 citations
• Jonathan Richardson, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 23
  Notable: “Microgeographic adaptation and the spatial scale of evolution” (2014) · 561 citations
• Linda M. Boland, Professor of Biology h-index 22
  Notable: “AnkyrinG Is Required for Clustering of Voltage-gated Na Channels at Axon Initial Segments and for Normal Action Potential Firing” (1998) · 571 citations
• Omar Quintero-Carmona, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 21
  Notable: “Human Myo19 Is a Novel Myosin that Associates with Mitochondria” (2009) · 207 citations
• Kristine Grayson, Professor of Biology h-index 21
  Notable: “Sex Ratio Bias and Extinction Risk in an Isolated Population of Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)” (2014) · 103 citations
• Laura Runyen-Janecky, Professor of Biology h-index 19
  Notable: “Construction of improved Escherichia-Pseudomonas shuttle vectors derived from pUC18/19 and sequence of the region required for their replication in Pseudomonas aeruginosa” (1994) · 572 citations
• Peter Smallwood, Associate Professor of Biology, Chair h-index 18
  Notable: “Caching decisions by grey squirrels: a test of the handling time and perishability hypotheses” (1996) · 182 citations
• Eugene Wu, Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry h-index 17
  Notable: “The influence of adenovirus fiber structure and function on vector development for gene therapy” (2005) · 185 citations
• Amy Treonis, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 16
  Notable: “Identification of groups of metabolically-active rhizosphere microorganisms by stable isotope probing of PLFAs” (2003) · 251 citations
• Isaac Skromne, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 16
  Notable: “Interactions between Wnt and Vg1 signalling pathways initiate primitive streak formation in the chick embryo” (2001) · 158 citations
• Carrie Wu, Professor of Biology h-index 15
  Notable: “The strength and genetic basis of reproductive isolating barriers in flowering plants” (2008) · 506 citations
• Priscilla A. Erickson, Assistant Professor of Biology h-index 15
  Notable: “Quantitation of Doxorubicin Uptake, Efflux, and Modulation of Multidrug Resistance (MDR) in MDR Human Cancer Cells” (2007) · 264 citations
• Nathan Derstine, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology h-index 11
  Notable: “Distribution, Survival, and Development of Spotted Lanternfly on Host Plants Found in North America” (2020) · 62 citations
• John Warrick, Associate Professor of Biology, Assistant Chair h-index 10
  Notable: “Suppression of polyglutamine-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila by the molecular chaperone HSP70” (1999) · 833 citations
• Shannon Z. Jones, Senior Teaching Faculty of Biology h-index 10
  Notable: “Clap and fling mechanism with interacting porous wings in tiny insect flight” (2014) · 105 citations
• B. Daniel Pierce, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 8
  Notable: “Interaction of the Endocytic Scaffold Protein Pan1 with the Type I Myosins Contributes to the Late Stages of Endocytosis” (2007) · 42 citations
• Jennifer Sevin, Teaching Faculty of Biology h-index 6
  Notable: “Is the international frog legs trade a potential vector for deadly amphibian pathogens?” (2009) · 67 citations
• Allison Cornell, Assistant Professor of Biology h-index 6
  Notable: “Distribution, Survival, and Development of Spotted Lanternfly on Host Plants Found in North America” (2020) · 62 citations
• Jory Brinkerhoff, Professor of Biology h-index 5
  Notable: “Corridors affect plants, animals, and their interactions in fragmented landscapes” (2002) · 626 citations
• Eugene G. Maurakis, Visiting Research Scientist, Adjunct Professor h-index 5
  Notable: “Spawning Behaviors in the Bluehead Chub, Nocomis leptocephalus, River Chub, N. micropogon and Central Stoneroller, Campostoma anomalum” (2000) · 44 citations
• Emily Boone, Senior Teaching Faculty of Biology & Environmental Studies h-index 5
  Notable: “Functional, Phylogenetic and Host-Geographic Signatures of Labyrinthula spp. Provide for Putative Species Delimitation and a Global-Scale View of Seagrass Wasting Disease” (2016) · 56 citations
• Angie Hilliker, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 2
  Notable: “Teaching Data Viz and Communication as an Undergraduate Biology Course: Assignments and Projects” (2021) · 2 citations
• Colleen Carpenter-Swanson, Assistant Professor in Biology h-index 1
  Notable: “Validating the antiseizure effects of vitexin and related flavone glycosides in zebrafish” (2025) · 1 citations
• John Hayden, Professor of Biology
• John Peters, Assistant Professor of Biology
• Maren Reiner, Senior Teaching Faculty of Biology
• Michael Harwich, Adjunct Lecturer of Biology
• Tawny Chamberlain, Teaching Faculty of Biology

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.