Biology at University of Alabama at Birmingham

20 faculty and 39 courses in Biology at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Faculty

• Trygve Tollefsbol, Distinguished Professor h-index 69
  Notable: “Epigenetic diet: impact on the epigenome and cancer” (2011) · 393 citations
• Steven N. Austad, Distinguished Professor, Protective Life Endowed Chair in Healthy Aging Research h-index 66
  Notable: “Why do we age?” (2000) · 1,773 citations
• Stephen Andrew Watts, Professor h-index 37
  Notable: “Lysosome-Rich Enterocytes Mediate Protein Absorption in the Vertebrate Gut” (2019) · 129 citations
• Thane Wibbels, Professor, Undergraduate Honors Program Director h-index 32
  Notable: “Chronology and morphology of temperature‐dependent sex determination” (1991) · 230 citations
• Nicole C. Riddle, Professor; Associate Chair for Research and Facilities h-index 30
  Notable: “Identification of Functional Elements and Regulatory Circuits by Drosophila modENCODE” (2010) · 1,306 citations
• Thomas Desvignes, Assistant Professor h-index 29
  Notable: “The spotted gar genome illuminates vertebrate evolution and facilitates human-teleost comparisons” (2016) · 674 citations
• Liou Y. Sun, Associate Professor h-index 24
  Notable: “Life-Span Extension in Mice by Preweaning Food Restriction and by Methionine Restriction in Middle Age” (2009) · 290 citations
• Dustin W. Kemp, Associate Professor h-index 24
  Notable: “Multi-year, seasonal genotypic surveys of coral-algal symbioses reveal prevalent stability or post-bleaching reversion” (2005) · 419 citations
• Jeffrey Morris, Associate Professor h-index 21
  Notable: “The Black Queen Hypothesis: Evolution of Dependencies through Adaptive Gene Loss” (2012) · 1,257 citations
• Kenneth Chiou, Assistant Professor h-index 20
  Notable: “Explosive Pleistocene range expansion leads to widespread Amazonian sympatry between robust and gracile capuchin monkeys” (2011) · 299 citations
• Jason L. Heaton, Assistant Professor of Anatomy h-index 20
  Notable: “First Partial Skeleton of a 1.34-Million-Year-Old Paranthropus boisei from Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania” (2013) · 177 citations
• Mickie Lynn Powell, Associate Professor; Undergraduate Program Director h-index 19
  Notable: “The gut microbiome of the sea urchin,Lytechinus variegatus, from its natural habitat demonstrates selective attributes of microbial taxa and predictive metabolic profiles” (2016) · 121 citations
• Melissa L. Harris, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director h-index 13
  Notable: “Stripes and belly-spots—A review of pigment cell morphogenesis in vertebrates” (2008) · 212 citations
• Greer Dolby, Assistant Professor h-index 13
  Notable: “Assessing the Geological and Climatic Forcing of Biodiversity and Evolution Surrounding the Gulf of California” (2015) · 94 citations
• Minako Vickery, Instructor h-index 8
  Notable: “Regeneration in echinoderm larvae” (2001) · 37 citations
• Benjamin Turner, Instructor
• Christopher S. Brown, Vice President for Research; Professor
• Cynthia Tant, Assistant Professor
• Megan Gibbons, Assistant Professor
• Sophia York, Assistant Professor

Courses

• Topics in Contemporary Biology BY 101
• Topics Contemporary Biology Laboratory BY 102
• Oceans and You BY 103
• Oceans and You - Laboratory BY 103L
• Introduction to Environmental Science BY 108
• Laboratory in Environmental Science BY 109
• Biology's Guide to Surviving Stress BY 110
• Extended Topics in Contemporary Biology BY 111
• Ext Topics Contemporary Biology Laboratory BY 112
• Human Anatomy BY 115
• Human Anatomy Laboratory BY 115L
• Introductory Human Physiology BY 116
• Introductory Human Physiology Laboratory BY 116L
• Living Biology at UAB and Beyond - Seminar BY 120
• BioExcel: Excelling in Biology through Strategic Study Skills BY 121
• Introductory Biology I BY 123
• Introductory Biology I Laboratory BY 123L
• Introductory Biology II BY 124
• Introductory Biology II Laboratory BY 124L
• Biology of Sex BY 170
• Discoveries in Natural Science - A Journey Through Time BY 175
• Introduction to Mycology: How to Grow Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms BY 180
• CAC: Climate Change and the Environment BY 201
• CAC: Aging: From Cells to Society BY 203
• Genetics BY 210
• Genetics Laboratory BY 210L
• Genetics for Honors BY 211
• Genetics for Biomedical Engineers BY 212
• Genetics for Biomedical Engineers - Laboratory BY 212L
• Introduction to Genomics BY 215
• Pathophysiology BY 216
• CLOne: Chromatin Laboratory 1 BY 220
• Contemporary Issues in Science Policy BY 225
• Biological Data Interpretation and Analysis BY 245
• Evolutionary and Behavioral Ecology BY 250
• Invertebrate Zoology BY 255
• Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory BY 255L
• Vertebrate Zoology BY 256
• Vertebrate Zoology Laboratory BY 256L

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.