Biology Faculty & Staff

Department Chairs  

• Drew Ferrier, Ph.D.
  Professor of Biology
  Program Director, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies
  Program Director, Sustainability Studies
• Craig Laufer, Ph.D.
  Professor of Biology

Faculty

• Eric Annis, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Biology
  Program Director, Environmental Biology
• April Boulton, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Biology, Dean of the Graduate School
• Mark Chee, Ph.D. 
  Assistant Professor of Biology
• James M. Cherry, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Biology
• Yanting Guo, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Biology
• Robert Kambic, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Biology
• Daehwan Kim, Ph.D.
  Associate 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
• Cherry Liu, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Biology 
• Chia-Hua Lue, Ph.D. 
  Assistant Professor of Biology
• Sean Sharp, Ph.D. 
  Assistant Professor of Biology 
• Oney P. Smith, Ph.D.
  Professor of Biology
• Meredith Yeager, Ph.D. 
  Assistant Professor of Biology
  Program Director, Biomedical Science 

Faculty Emeriti

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

Staff

• María Elena Silva
  Department Assistant
  Email: msilva@hood.edu
  Phone: 301-696-3649
  Office: Hodson Science & Technology Center, Room 134 
• Catherine Gaudlip
  Academic Program Manager, Coastal Studies 
  Email: gaudlip@hood.edu
  Phone: 301-696-3540
  Office: Hodson Science & Technology Center, Room 308F
• Haroun Hallack 
  Frederick Food Security Network Manager
  Email: hallack@hood.edu
  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