Primary Faculty
Karen Abbott, Professor, Associate Chair
Focus: Theoretical Ecology
Lab Site: https://abbottlab480702554.wordpress.com/
Clapp Hall rm 305C
karen.abbott@case.edu
216.368.3561
Kerianne Armelli, Instructor
Focus: Forensic anthropology, skeletal biology, and the ethics of body donation
Millis Hall rm 509
Radhika Atit, Professor
Focus: Skin and bone development and disease
Lab Site: http://caslabs.case.edu/atitlab
Millis Hall rm 316, 318
radhika.atit@case.edu
216.368.8819
Sarah Bagby, Associate Professor
Focus: Environmental microbiology; microbial evolution; bioinformatics; and ecoinformatics
Lab Site: https://bagby-lab.github.io/
Millis Hall rm 109
sarah.bagby@case.edu
216.368.3213
Michael Benard, Professor, Department Chair
Focus: Evolutionary and population ecology
Lab Site: https://sites.google.com/a/case.edu/benard-lab/
DeGrace Hall rm 205A, Millis Hall rm 126
michael.benard@case.edu
216.368.3557
Rebecca Benard, Senior Instructor, Associate Dean for Curriculum & Special Projects
Focus: Student centered pedagogies, Anatomy and Physiology
Crawford Hall rm 743
rebecca.benard@case.edu
216.368.8585
Susan Burden-Gulley, Senior Instructor
Focus: Cell biology, Anatomy and Physiology
Millis Hall rm 506A
susan.burden-gulley@case.edu
216.368.1979
Jean Burns, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Focus: Community assembly and invasion
Lab Site: https://sites.google.com/a/case.edu/jean-h-burns-ecology-lab/
DeGrace Hall rm 307
jbm122@case.edu
216.368.4288
Leena Chakravarty, Instructor
Focus: Molecular biology and Biotechnology
Dental Research Building rm G72B
leena.chakravarty@case.edu
216.368.5257
Hillel Chiel, Professor
Focus: Soft tissue biomechanics, neural modeling, and soft robots
Lab Site: https://case.edu/artsci/biology/chiellab/
DeGrace Hall 304, 301
hillel.chiel@case.edu
216.368.3846
Nicole Crown, Associate Professor
Focus: Molecular genetics of meiosis
Lab Site: http://www.crownlab.science/
Millis Hall rm 112
knc38@case.edu
216.368.2206
Christopher Cullis, Francis Hobart Herrick Professor of Biology
Focus: Plant genomes and crop improvement
Millis Hall rm 111, 127
christopher.cullis@case.edu
216.368.5110
Andrew Dacks, Professor
Focus: Sensory neuroscience, neuronal plasticity, comparative neurobiology
Lab Site: https://www.dacksneuroscience.com/
Millis Hall rm 322A
amd358@case.edu
216.368.3458
Sarah Diamond, Associate Professor
Focus: Evolutionary ecology
Lab Site: http://www.diamond-lab.org/
Millis Hall rm 125
sarah.diamond@case.edu
216.368.1073
Nancy DiIulio, Senior Instructor
Focus: Scientific teaching and learning, Biochemistry, Cell biology, and Genetics
Millis Hall rm 326D
nad3@case.edu
216.368.2973
Angela Dixon, Assistant Professor
Focus: Modeling of neurological diseases
Lab Site: https://sites.google.com/case.edu/dixon-lab
Clapp Hall rm 403, DeGrace Hall rm 224
ard174@case.edu
216.368.6707
Rich Drushel, Senior Instructor
Focus: Vertebrate anatomy and physiology
Clapp Hall rm 402
richard.drushel@case.edu
216.368.4804
Yolanda Fortenberry, Associate Professor
Focus: Blood disorders, regulation, and mechanism
Millis Hall rm. 123
ymf4@case.edu
216.368.6070
Jess Fox, Professor
Focus: Neurobiology, sensory systems, insect behavior
Lab Site: https://sites.google.com/site/cwrufoxlab/home
DeGrace Hall rm 110
jessica.l.fox@case.edu
216.368.3700
Elliot Gardner, Assistant Professor
Focus: Plant Biology
Lab Site: https://sites.google.com/view/elliotgardner/home
Millis Hall rm 324B
elliot.gardner@case.edu
216.368.6530
Abdel Halloway, Assistant Professor
Focus: Coevolution in Ecological Communities
Lab Site: https://e-co-evo.com/
Clapp Hall rm 305D
abdel.halloway@case.edu
216.368.1323
Stephen Haynesworth, Associate Professor, Director of the Nord Family Emerging Scholars Program
Focus: Mesenchymal stem cells and adipocyte cell fate
Millis Hall rm 506B
stephen.haynesworth@case.edu
216.368.5544
Valerie Haywood, Senior Instructor
Focus: Undergraduate biology education and Plant biology
Millis Hall rm 506C
valerie.haywood@case.edu
216.368.8853
Kathleen Hershberger, Instructor
Focus: CURE Laboratories; Cell and Molecular Biology
Millis Hall rm 326C
kathleen.hershberger@case.edu
216.368.0442
Emmitt R. Jolly, Professor
Focus: Gene regulation in the parasitic schistosome worm
Lab Site: http://caslabs.case.edu/jolly/
Millis 327
emmitt.jolly@case.edu
216.368.2721
Barbara Kuemerle, Senior Instructor
Focus: Learning retention
Millis Hall rm 508
barbara.kuemerle@case.edu
216.368.8617
Ryan Martin, Associate Professor
Focus: Evolutionary ecology
Lab Site: http://www.martinevolutionaryecologylab.com/
Millis Hall rm 331
ryan.a.martin@case.edu
216.368.2765
Claudia Mieko Mizutani, Associate Professor
Focus: Genetic Mechanisms of body axis patterning
Millis Hall rm 124
claudia.mizutani@case.edu
216.368.1913
Fritz Petersen, Instructor
Focus: Environmental microbiology
Millis Hall rm 326A
fritz.petersen@case.edu
216.368.2898
Robin Snyder, Professor
Focus: Theoretical ecology, stochastic dynamics
Lab Site: https://snyderlab.weebly.com/
Clapp rm 305A
robin.snyder@case.edu
216.368.8838
Yash Sondhi, Assistant Professor
Focus: Sensory evolution; neuroethology; insect vision and olfaction; light pollution.
Lab Site: http://www.yashsondhi.com/
Millis rm 320A
yashsondhi@case.edu
216.368.6527
Rob Ward, Professor
Focus: Regulation of tissue growth and morphogenesis
Millis Hall rm 203
rew130@case.edu
216.368.0422
Joy K. Ward, Professor, Provost and Executive Vice President of Case Western Reserve University
Gabriella Wolff, Assistant Professor
Focus: Neuroethology; evolutionary and comparative neurobiology; olfaction; learning and memory
Lab Site: https://www.wolfflaboratory.com/
DeGrace Hall rm 220
ghw23@case.edu
216.368.1956
Other Appointments
Deborah Harris, Full-time Lecturer
Dental Research Building G72A
deborah.vallance@case.edu
216.368.8584
Rodrigo Somoza Palacios, Research Associate Professor
Skeletal Research Center
Millis Hall rm 114A
ras286@case.edu
216.368.0244
Jean Welter, Research Associate Professor
Skeletal Research Center
Millis Hall rm 114B
jean.welter@case.edu
216.368.1333
Adjunct Faculty
Holden Arboretum
9500 Sperry Road
Kirtland, OH 44094
(440) 946-4400
David Burke, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Scientist and Chair
Samantha Worthy, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
4200 Wildlife Way
Cleveland, OH 44109
Pam Dennis, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Noah Dunham, Adjunct Assistant Professor
ntd@clevelandmetroparks.com
216.635.2527
Diana Koester, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Curator of Research
dck@clevelandmetroparks.com
dck71@case.edu
216.635.2522
Christopher Kuhar, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Director
Kristen Lukas, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Curator of Conservation and Science
Other Institutions
Nicole Gunter, Scientist and Curator of Entomology, Biodiversity, and Geoscience program
Queensland Museum
Secondary Faculty
Gina Lewin, Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
School of Medicine
grl48@case.edu
216.368.1650
Timothy Mead, Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
tjm192@case.edu
216.368.2350
Brian McDermott, Assistant Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
School of Medicine
brian.m.mcdermott@case.edu
216.844.6036
Brian Taylor, Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
School of Engineering
bkt2@case.edu
216.368.5787
Peter Thomas, Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
College of Arts and Sciences
peter.j.thomas@case.edu
216.368.3623
Peter Zimmerman, Professor
Department of Global Health and Disease
School of Medicine
peter.zimmerman@case.edu
216.368.0508
Emeriti
| Morris Burke |
| Joseph Koonce |
| Roy Ritzmann |
| Marty Rosenberg |
| Joanne Westin |
| Mark Willis |
Staff
Business Manager, position open
DeGrace Hall rm 202
Makenzie Hopkins, Teaching Lab Coordinator
Dental Research Building G56
mah403@case.edu
216.368.3897
Owen Lockhart, Facility, Equipment, and Safety Manager
Millis Hall rm 329, Dental Research Building G56
owen.lockhart@case.edu
216.368.0506
