Anderson, Gary, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of South Carolina. 1974. Physiological ecology; biology of parasitic epicaridean isopods

Beckett, David C., Ph.D. University of Cincinnati. 1983. Freshwater biology; ecology of freshwater invertebrates; ecology of large rivers

Bellipanni, Lawrence, Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Mississippi State University. 1994. Biological and marine sciences; science education; curriculum and instruction

Biesiot, Patricia M., Ph.D. MIT/ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 1986. Physiological and biochemical adaptations of marine animals; development of nutrient supplements for aquaculture; genetic adaptation and differentiation of marine organisms

Curry, Kenneth J., Ph.D. University of Southern California. 1982. Mycology, botany, transmission electron microscopy, philosophy of biology

Davis, Micheal, Ph.D. Auburn University. 1999. Plant community response to stresses; plant physiology

Diehl, Robert, Ph.D. University of Illinois, 2003. Ecological and behavioral modeling; application of weather surveillance radar to study animal movement

Elasri, Mohamed O., Ph.D. Oklahoma State University. 1998. Molecular mechanisms of virulence in pathogenic bacteria

Ellender, R.D., Ph.D. Texas A & M University. 1969. Environmental microbiology (Microbial Source Tracking); Origins of Microbial Life on Earth

Fillmore, Rebecca., PhD University of South Alabama. 2001. Molecular mechanisms underlying disease states.

Griffis, Nick, MS. The University of Southern Mississippi. 1992. Science Education

Guo, Yanlin, Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin. 1996. Cell biology; cellular signaling transduction

Hairston, Rosalina, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin. 1973. Biology education - curriculum, teacher preparation and enhancement, and the assessment of teaching and learning; research on cognitive psychology and the teaching-learning of science

Herron, Sherry, Ph.D. The University of Southern Mississippi. 1999. Biology education, curriculum development, professional development of science teachers.

Howell, Fred G., Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Texas Tech University. 1972. Entomology; aquatic insect ecology

Jawor, Jodie, Ph.D. University of Dayton, 2002. Behavioral endocrinology; behavioral ecology; avian biology

Karim, Shahid., PhD. University of Ponjab, Pakistan. 1999. Molecular mechanisms of pathogen-tick-host intervention.

Kim, Jeong-Ho., Ph. D. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1997. Glucose signal transduction in yeast.

Kong, Yong., PhD. Washington University School of Medicine. 1997. Bioinformatics, proteomics, pharmacogeomics.

Kreiser, Brian R., Ph.D. University of Colorado. 1999. Ecological genetics; population biology

Kuehn, Kevin A., Ph.D. University of Alabama. 1997. Detrital processing and biogeochemical cycles in ecosystems; wetland ecology

Leal, Sandra. Ph.D. Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center. 1999. Neurobiology, developmental biology. Mechanisms underlying cellular organization, development and function of the Drosophila nervous system.

Lee, Aimée T., M.S. The University of Southern Mississippi, 2001. Spider behavior; science education

Littlejohn, Cynthia, MS. Jacksonville State Universtiy, 2002. Microbiology; science education

McLean, Tim., Ph.D. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. 2001. Microbial ecology, algal molecular ecology; use of functional genomics to understand dinoflagellate biology and eclogy.

Middlebrooks, Bobby L., Ph.D. Texas Health Science Center at Dallas (Southwestern Medical School). 1966. Immunology and pathogenesis of viral diseases of poikilotherms, including immunoassay, hybridoma, and monoclonal antibody applications

Moore, Frank R., Ph.D. Clemson University. 1978. animal behavior and behavioral ecology; behavior and ecology of animal migration and orientation

Pessoney, George F., Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Texas. 1968. Algal taxonomy and morphology; relationships between algae and water quality

Pirooznia, Mehdi, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ph.D. The University of Southern Mississippi, 2007, Bioinformatics, genomic resources, expressed sequence tags analysis and functional annotation

Qualls, Carl P., Ph.D. University of Sydney, Australia. 1995. Ecology, evolution, and conservation of reptiles and amphibians; reproductive ecology and life history evolution; thermal biology of ectotherms; phenotypic plasticity and the incubation environment

Ross, Stephen. Professor Emeritus. Ph.D.  University of South Florida. 1974. Fish behavior, and community ecology; conservation biology.

Rosso, Samuel, Associate Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Washington University. plant anatomy; taxonomy of local flora

Santangelo, George M., Ph.D. Yale University. 1984. Eukaryotic gene expression; yeast genetics and molecular biology

Schaefer, Jake, Ph.D. University of Oklahoma. 1999. Fish ecology; competitive interactions; modeling movement and dispersal; community structure; physiological ecology; hybridization

Scheetz, Raymond W., Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Delaware. 1969. Cell and organismic ultrastructure; developmental ultrastructure of myxomycetes

Shearer, Glen, Jr., Ph.D. Oklahoma University. 1983. Microbial physiology; molecular biology of pathogenic fungi

Turnbull, Robert M., M.S. Auburn University. 1986. Predator-prey relationships

Walker, Jennifer M., Ph.D., University of Alabama, 2003. Systematics and phylogenetics of mollusks

Wang, Shiao Y., Ph.D. Louisiana State University. 1986. Physiological ecology; molecular and biochemical indicators of physiological condition

Willis, Kristine, Research Associate. Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi, 2003. Functional genomics, regulation of cell growth

Yee, Donald., PhD. Illinois State University. 2006. Aquatic community ecology; entomology.