15 faculty and 30 courses in Biology at Sewanee: The University of the South.
- Chris Shelley, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 24
Notable: “TNF‐α converting enzyme (TACE) is inhibited by TIMP‐3” (1998) · 607 citations
- Katie E. McGhee, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 18
All of this research involves enthusiastic undergraduates Are you excited about doing science? Do you want to get involved in research? Do you like fish and watching behavior? Come join the fun in the McGhee lab How do paren
Notable: “MECHANISMS OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AMONG SYMPATRIC BROADCAST-SPAWNING CORALS OF THE MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS SPECIES COMPLEX” (2004) · 233 citations
- Kirk Zigler, Professor of Biology h-index 17
Notable: “SEA URCHIN BINDIN DIVERGENCE PREDICTS GAMETE COMPATIBILITY” (2005) · 131 citations
- Kristen Cecala, Professor and Co-Chair of Biology h-index 15
Notable: “Effects of Urbanization on Occupancy of Stream Salamanders” (2010) · 77 citations
- Elise A. Kikis, Professor of Biology and Co-Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship h-index 13
Notable: “A Novel Molecular Recognition Motif Necessary for Targeting Photoactivated Phytochrome Signaling to Specific Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors[W]” (2004) · 362 citations
- Deborah A. McGrath, Professor of Biology and Assistant Dean for the Environment h-index 9
Notable: “Effects of Land-Use Change on Soil Nutrient Dynamics in Amazônia” (2001) · 277 citations
- Alyssa Summers, Associate Professor of Biology, Director of Office of Medical and Health Programs h-index 4
Notable: “HDAC3 is essential for DNA replication in hematopoietic progenitor cells” (2013) · 89 citations
- Bikash Choudhary, Assistant Professor of Biology
The broad goal of the lab is to understand how neurons communicate with one another through synapses. Neuronal synapses are the fundamental units of communication in the nervous system. We are particularly interested in how synapses are for
- Clint Smith, Associate Professor of Biology
- Cynthia G. Gray, Instructor of Biology, Associate Director of the Office of Medical and Health Programs
- Grady Wells, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Jon Evans, Professor of Biology, Director of the Sewanee Herbarium
- Kevin Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Biology
- Matt Schrader, Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Biology
Biological families create opportunities for cooperative interactions but are also fraught with conflict. My research seeks to understand how cooperation and conflict among family members affect evolutionary change. I am especially interest
- Pepe Iriarte-Diaz, Associate Professor 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.