The Biotechnology faculty
Ray Enke, Ph.D.
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Program Director, Biotech Program Associate Professor, |
Debbie Mohler, Ph.D.
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Major Advisor, Biotech Program Associate Professor, Chemistry |
Jonathan Monroe, Ph.D.
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Major Advisor, Biotech Program Professor, Biology |
Kimberly Slekar, Ph.D.
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First Year Advisor, Biotech Program Associate Professor, Biology |

Karen Barnard-Kubow
Genomics Research Director and Education Coordinator

Christopher Berndsen
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Enzymology

Tim Bloss
Associate Professor; Director, HHMI Inclusive Excellence Initiative at JMU

Shannon Conley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, ISAT

Steve Cresawn
Associate Professor

Janet Daniel
Associate Professor; Assistant Unit Head

Jaira Ferreira de Vasconcellos
Assistant Professor

Susan Halsell
Associate Professor

James Herrick
Associate Professor

Kristopher Kubow
Associate Professor; Director of Microscopy and Imaging

Chris Lantz
Professor

Gina MacDonald
Professor, Biophysics and Biochemistry

Nusrat Jahan
Professor, Statistics

Oleksandr Kokhan
Associate Professor, Biophysical Chemistry

Terrie Rife
Associate Professor

Kyle Seifert
Professor; Interim Academic Unit Head

Morgan Steffen
Associate Professor

Isaiah Sumner
Associate Professor, Computational Chemistry

Marquis Walker
Assistant Professor

Linette Watkins
Department Head; Professor, Biochemistry

Nathan Wright
Associate Professor, Biochemistry

Kristin Yoshimura
Assistant Professor

Samuel Morton, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor

Jacquelyn Nagel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Assistant Department Head

Bradley Striebig, Ph.D.
Professor, Academic Advisor

Amanda Sanson, Ph.D.
Professor, ISAT; Program Director, ISAT