Zoology Faculty


Alphabetical Listing (see links at right for listings by research area)

OBS = Oklahoma Biological Survey; SNOMNH = Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History


Paul B. Bell Jr., Ph.D. (Yale University, 1975), Professor and Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Cellular biology; electron microscopy; cell motility and behavior
Elizabeth A. Bergey, Ph.D. (University of California-Berkeley, 1992), Associate Professor and Associate Heritage Biologist, OBS
Aquatic biology; stream ecology
Ari Berkowitz, Ph.D. (Washington University, St. Louis, 1993), Associate Professor
Neurobiology and control of movements
Richard E. Broughton, Ph.D. (Arizona State University, 1995), Associate Professor and Biologist, OBS
Molecular evolution and phylogenetics of fishes
Janalee P. Caldwell, Ph.D. (University of Kansas, 1974), Professor and Curator, SNOMNH
Herpetology, ecology, and behavior of amphibians
Ellen J. Censky, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh,1994), Professor and Director, SNOMNH
Life history and behavioral ecology; biodiversity and biotic inventory studies
Richard L. Cifelli, Ph.D., (Columbia University, 1983), Professor and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, SNOMNH
Mammalogy; systematics; evolutionary biology; comparative anatomy
David S. Durica, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut, 1977), Professor
Developmental genetics; gene organization and expression
Ola M. Fincke, Ph.D. (University of Iowa, 1983), Professor
Behavioral ecology of insects; tropical ecology
Douglas D. Gaffin, Ph.D. (Oregon State University, 1994), Associate Professor and Dean, University College
Invertebrate chemosensory physiology
J. Phil Gibson, Ph.D. (University of Colorado, 1995), Associate Professor
Evolutionary ecology, plant reproduction, plant-animal interactions
Cynthia Gordon, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma, 2003), Assistant Professor
Functional morphology, evolutionary ecology
K. David Hambright, Ph.D. (Cornell University, 1991), Associate Professor
Limnology, plankton ecology, fish ecology, paleolimnology
Randall S. Hewes, Ph.D. (University of Washington, 1993), Associate Professor
Cellular neurobiology and molecular genetics
Kenneth R. Hobson, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley, 1992), Assistant Professor
Insect ecology; forest entomology; chemical ecology; entomology
Mariëlle H. Hoefnagels, Ph.D. (Oregon State University, 1997), Assistant Professor
Soil microbiology; mycology; biology education
Penny M. Hopkins, Ph.D. (Tulane University, 1970), Professor
Endocrinology; hormonal control of molting and regeneration in Crustacea
Michael E. Kaspari, Ph.D. (University of Arizona, 1992), Associate Professor
Community ecology; biodiversity; entomology; macroecology
Jeffrey F. Kelly, Ph.D. (Colorado State University, 1996), Assistant Professor and Assistant Heritage Zoologist, OBS
Conservation biology, avian ecology; stable isotope applications in ecology; distribution and abundance of vertebrates in Oklahoma
Heather Ketchum, Ph.D. (Texas A&M, 2002), Assistant Professor
Medical-veterinary and forensic entomology
Rosemary Knapp, Ph.D. (Arizona State University, 1996), Associate Professor
Comparative neuroendocrinology and physiology; reproductive behavior
Michael A. Mares, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin, 1973), Presidential Professor and Research Curator of Mammals, SNOMNH
Evolutionary ecology; desert ecology; community development; biogeography; population ecology; mammalogy
Edith C. Marsh-Matthews, Ph.D. (University of Texas, 1980), Associate Professor and Associate Curator of Fishes, SNOMNH
Evolutionary ecology, community ecology, ichthyology
William J. Matthews, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma, 1977), Professor and Chair
Ichthyology; fish ecology
David McCauley, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin, 1997), Assistant Professor
Evolutionary developmental biology; basal vertebrate development
Douglas W. Mock, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, 1976), George Lynn Cross Research Professor
Social behavior of birds; evolution of behavior
Thomas S. Ray, Ph.D. (Harvard University, 1981), Professor
Evolutionary biology; ecology; tropical biology; digital evolution; pharmacology
Barbara Safiejko-Mroczka, Ph.D. (Medical Academy of Gdansk, 1987), Assistant Professor
Cellular biology; cytoskeleton and cell motility; wound healing
Ingo Schlupp, Ph.D. (Universität Hamburg, 1995), Assistant Professor
Gynogenetic mating systems; evolution and maintenance of sexual reproduction; sexual selection; population biology of amphibians and fishes
Gary D. Schnell, Ph.D. (University of Kansas, 1969), Professor and Curator of Birds, SNOMNH
Systematics; numerical systematics; evolutionary biology; ornithology
Patricia L. Schwagmeyer, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, 1979), Professor
Behavioral ecology of vertebrates; social behavior
William L. Shelton, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma, 1972), Professor
Fish culture; fisheries biology
Regina M. Sullivan, Ph.D. (City University of New York, Hunter, 1983), Presidential Professor
Behavioral neuroscience
James N. Thompson, jr., Ph.D. (University of Cambridge, 1973), David Ross Boyd Professor
Population genetics; quantitative variation; mutation
Caryn C. Vaughn, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma, 1984), Presidential Professor and Director, OBS
Stream ecology; conservation biology
Laurie J. Vitt, Ph.D. (Arizona State University, 1976), George Lynn Cross Research Professor and Curator, SNOMNH
Herpetology, ecology and life histories of reptiles
Han Wang, Ph. D. (Wayne State University, 1996), Assistant Professor
Zebrafish development, genetics, and genomics; evolution of development
Lawrence J. Weider, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, 1984), Professor and Director, OU Biological Station
Evolutionary ecology; aquatic ecology; ecological genetics of zooplankton
Gary A. Wellborn, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, 1993), Associate Professor
Population ecology; community ecology; evolutionary ecology; behavior
Donald A. Wilson, Ph.D. (McMaster University, 1983), Professor
Behavioral neuroscience; chemosensory physiology
Bing Zhang , Ph.D. (Cornell University, 1995), Assistant Professor
Molecular genetics of synaptic function and dysfunction in Drosophila



Zoology Faculty Emeritus

Joseph A. Bastian, Ph.D (University of Notre Dame, 1969), George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus

Comparative neurophysiology
Harley P. Brown, Ph.D. (Ohio State University, 1945), Professor Emeritus
Taxonomy, ecology and life history of Elmid and Psephenid beetles
Charles C. Carpenter, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, 1951), Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus of Herpetology, SNOMNH
Animal Behavior, Herpetology, Behavioral Ecology (Charles C. Carpenter Biography)
John N. Farmer, Ph.D. (Iowa State University, 1960), David Ross Boyd Professor Emeritus
Avian and murine host immunity during trypanosome and malarial infections.
Howard B. Haines, Ph.D. (University of Texas, 1961), Professor Emeritus
Comparative and environmental physiology
Loren G. Hill, Ph.D. (University of Louisville, 1966), Professor Emeritus
Ichthyology; fisheries biology
Cluff E. Hopla, Ph.D. (University of Kansas, 1950) George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus
Arthropod vectors of zoonotic disease
Victor H. Hutchison, Ph.D. (Duke University, 1959), George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus
Comparative endocrinology; physiological ecology; herpetology
Frank Seto, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin, 1953), Professor Emeritus
Avian developmental immunology
Frank J. Sonleitner, Ph.D. (University of Chicago, 1959), Associate Professor Emeritus
Population ecology; ecogenetics; entomology
Bedford M. Vestal, Ph.D. (Michigan State University, 1970), Associate Professor Emeritus
Social behavior; behavioral ecology; mammal behavior, mammalogy


 

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