| Professors |
| Ronald H. Benner, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1984 |
| Franklin G. Berger, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1974, George H. Bunch Professor of Science |
| Erin L. Connolly, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1997, Associate Chair |
| Berten E. Ely III, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1973, Director of Science Education Center |
| Michael R. Felder, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1970 |
| Madilyn Fletcher, Ph.D., University College of North Wales, 1974, Director of School of the Environment |
| Brian S. Helmuth, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1997 |
| Thomas J. Hilbish, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1984 |
| Austin L. Hughes, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1984 |
| Stephen Kresovich, Ph.D. Ohio State University, 1982, Vice President of Research and Graduate Education |
| Beth A. Krizek, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1993 |
| Charles R. Lovell, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1984, Chair of the Department |
| László Márton, Ph.D., Jozsef Attila University, 1976 |
| James T. Morris, Ph.D., Yale University, 1979, Director of Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences |
Timothy A. Mousseau, Ph.D., McGill University, 1988, Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Education, and Dean of the Graduate School
Sciences |
| Joseph M. Quattro, Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1991 |
| David Reisman, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1986 |
| Roger H. Sawyer, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1970, Carolina Distinguished Professor; Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences |
| Vicki Vance, Ph.D., Washington University, 1983, Wade T. Batson Professor of Botany |
| Richard G. Vogt, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1988, Graduate Director |
| Alan S. Waldman, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1985 |
| David S. Wethey, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1979 |
| Sarah A. Woodin, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1972, Carolina Distinguished Professor |
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| Associate Professors |
| Franklyn F. Bolander Jr., M.D./Ph.D., Duke University, 1977 |
| Lewis H. Bowman, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1979 |
| Dan A. Dixon, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1994 |
| Robert P. Lawther, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1974, Undergraduate Director |
| Rekha C. Patel, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Sciences, 1987 |
| James L. Pinckney, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1992 |
| Richard M. Showman, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1979 |
| Deanna S. Smith, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1994 |
| Johannes W. Stratmann, Ph.D., University of Regensburg, 1994 |
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| Assistant Professors |
| Hexin Chen, Ph.D. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2000 |
| Jeffry Dudycha, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1999 |
| Robert Friedman, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2002 |
| Blaine D. Griffen, Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 2007 |
| Richard A. Long, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2001 |
| Xiongbin Lu, Ph.D. Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, 1998 |
| Lydia E. Matesic, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2000 |
| Sean P. Place, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005 |
| Tammi L. Richardson, Ph.D., Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada, 1996 |
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| Research Associate Professors |
| Loren W. Knapp, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1980, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and Advising, College of Arts and Sciences |
| Gail Pruss, Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 1977 |
| Briana Crotwell Timmerman, Ph.D., Curtin University, 2008, Associate Dean, South Carolina Honors College |
| Barbara C. Waldman, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1985 |
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| Research Assistant Professors |
| Soumitra Ghoshroy, Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 1993 |
| Kevin Higgins, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1997 |
| Maria Marjorette O. Pena, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 1995 |
| Gabor Szalai, Ph.D. Technical University of Budapest/University of Bern, 1995, Associate Director of Peromyscus Stock Center |
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| Research Professor |
| Yung-Pin Chen, Ph.D., Murdock University, 1986 |
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| Instructors |
| Susan M. Carstensen, M.S., Emory University, 1991 |
| Margaret Cirtain, Ph.D, University of Memphis |
| Charles F. Duggins, Ph.D., Florida State University, 1980 |
| Kirk A. Stowe, Ph.D., University of Missouri, St. Louis, 1997 |
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| Distinguished Professors Emeriti |
| Wade T. Batson Jr., Ph.D., Duke University, 1952 |
| B. Theodore Cole, Ph.D., Duke University, 1954 |
| Wallace D. Dawson, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1962 |
| John Mark Dean, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1962 |
| Patricia J. DeCoursey, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1959 |
| Robert J. Feller, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1977 |
| John M. Herr Jr., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1957 |
| David E. Lincoln, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1978 |
| David H. Rembert Jr., Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1967 |
| Duane L. Rohlfing, Ph.D., Florida State University, 1964 |
| Stephen E. Stancyk, Ph.D., University of Florida, 1974 |
| Norimitsu Watabe, D.Sc., Tohoku University, 1960 |
| F. John Vernberg, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1951 |
| Richard G. Zingmark, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1969 |
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| Professors Emeriti |
| David L. Claybrook, Ph.D., University of Texas, 1960 |
| Gerard T. Cowley, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1962 |
| Duane Yoch, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1968 |
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