Lindsey Walters, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor
Office: SC 204E
Lab: SC 361
Phone: (859) 572-6390
Email: waltersl3@nku.edu
Our faculty make a global and community impact through:
Lindsey Walters, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor
Office: SC 204E
Lab: SC 361
Phone: (859) 572-6390
Email: waltersl3@nku.edu
Emily Shifley, Ph.D.
Assistant Chair and Associate Professor
Lynn Crane, M.S.
Academic Advising Specialist and Associate Teaching Professor
Office: SC 203A
Phone: (859) 572-5306
Email: cranel1@nku.edu
Heleen Giesbers, Ph.D.
Academic Advising Specialist and Associate Teaching Professor
Office: SC 203B
Phone: (859) 572-5549
Email: giesbersh1@nku.edu
Kristy Hopfensperger, Ph.D.
Director, Environmental Science and Professor
Office: SC 247
Lab: SC 228
Phone: (859) 572-5305
Email: hopfenspek1@nku.edu
Christine Curran, Ph.D.
Director, Neuroscience and Professor
Richard Durtsche, Ph.D.
Director, Research and Education Field Station (REFS) and Professor
Maggie Whitson, Ph.D.
Director, Herbarium and Associate Professor
Office: SC 101B
Lab: SC 101
Phone: (859) 572-1411
Email: whitsonma@nku.edu
Emily Dobbs, M.S.
Lab Manager
Office: SC 222A
Phone: (859) 572-5304
Email: dobbse1@nku.edu
David Hils
Academic Coordinator
Office: SC 204D
Phone: (859) 572-5307
Email: hilsd1@nku.edu
Vickie Hugo
Administrative Secretary
Office: SC 204C
Phone: (859) 572-5110
Email: hugov@nku.edu
Charles Acosta, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: SC 245
Lab: SC 161
Phone: (859) 572-5300
Email: acostac@nku.edu
Jay Avenido, M.D.
Associate Teaching Professor
Office: SC 242
Phone: (859) 572-6446
Email: avenidoa1@nku.edu
Sam Bauer
Laboratory Technician
Office: SC 222
Phone: (859) 572-1326
Email: bauers3@nku.edu
Bethany Bowling, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
Office: SL 412
Phone: (859) 572-5415
Email: bowlingb2@nku.edu
Rick Boyce, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: SC 150
Lab: SC 166
Phone: (859) 572-1407
Email: boycer@nku.edu
Dan Carson, Ph.D.
Part-time Faculty
Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: carsond4@nku.edu
Joshua Cooper, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: SC 346
Phone: (859) 572-1965
Email: cooperjo@nku.edu
Lynn Crane, M.S.
Academic Advising Specialist and Associate Teaching Professor
Office: SC 203A
Phone: (859) 572-5306
Email: cranel1@nku.edu
Christine Curran, Ph.D.
Director, Neuroscience and Professor
Beris Dizdar
Laboratory Technician
Office: SC 327
Phone: (859) 572-5607
Email: dizdarb1@nku.edu
Emily Dobbs, M.S.
Laboratory Manager
Office: SC 222A
Phone: (859) 572-5304
Email: dobbse1@nku.edu
Richard Durtsche, Ph.D.
Director, Research and Education Field Station (REFS) and Professor
Heleen Giesbers, Ph.D.
Academic Advising Specialist and Associate Teaching Professor
Office: SC 203B
Phone: (859) 572-5549
Email: giesbersh1@nku.edu
Qing Goh, Ph.D.
Part-time Faculty
Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: gohq1@nku.edu
Daisy Grove, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Email: divitad1@nku.edu
Ryan Hallman, M.S.
Part-time Faculty
Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: hallmand1@nku.edu
Christian Hay, D.C.
Part-time Faculty
Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: hayc3@nku.edu
Kristy Hopfensperger, Ph.D.
Director, Environmental Science and Professor
Vickie Hugo
Administrative Secretary
Office: SC 204C
Phone: (859) 572-1443
Email: hugov@nku.edu
Patricia Kappesser, M.A.
Associate Teaching Professor
Office: SC 249
Phone: (859) 572-5689
Email: kappesserp@nku.edu
Samantha Kircher
Lab Animal Care Technician
Office: FH 152A
Email: kirchers1@nku.edu
Joe Krumm, M.A.T.
Part-time Faculty
Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: krummj2@nku.edu
Bridget Ledford Waters, Ph.D.
Part-time Faculty
Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: ledfordwab1@nku.edu
Joseph Mester, Ph.D.
Professor
Sydney Oluoch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Allison Parker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: SC 254
Lab: SC 228
Phone: (859) 572-6674
Email: parkera10@nku.edu
Michael Quinones, M.S.
Part-Time Faculty
Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: quinonesm1@nku.edu
Denice Robertson, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Teaching & Learning and Teaching Professor
Office: FH 359D
Phone: (859) 572-5188
Email: robertsonde@nku.edu
Cassie Rusche, M.S.
Part-time Faculty
Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: ruschec1@nku.edu
Brad Sarchet, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor
Office: SC 354
Phone: (859) 572-5303
Email: sarchetb1@nku.edu
Mary Schilling, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor
Office: SC 241
Phone: (859) 572-6587
Email: schillingm2@nku.edu
Patrick Schultheis, Ph.D.
Professor
Emily Shifley, Ph.D.
Assistant Chair and Associate Professor
Office: SC 347
Lab: SC 324
Phone: (859) 572-1409
Email: shifleye1@nku.edu
Erin Strome, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: SC 101A
Lab: SC 328
Phone: (859) 572-6635
Email: stromee1@nku.edu
David Thompson, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: SC 246
Lab: SC 361
Phone: (859) 572-5301
Email: thompsone1@nku.edu
Erinn Torbeck Harter, D.M.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Office: SC 151
Email: torbecke1@nku.edu
Lindsey Walters, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor
Office: SC 204E
Lab: SC 361
Phone: (859) 572-6390
Email: waltersl3@nku.edu
Jaclyn Wehrle, M.S.
Part-time Faculty
Email: wehrlej1@nku.edu
Maggie Whitson, Ph.D.
Director, Herbarium and Associate Professor
Lauren Williamson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: FH 359F
Lab: FH 275
Phone: (859) 572-1949
Email: williamsol6@nku.edu
Allison Worthy
Laboratory Technician
Office: SC 327
Phone: (859) 572-5607
Email: worthya1@nku.edu
Yingying Xie, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Office: SC 342
Lab: SC 102
Phone: (859) 572-1412
Email: xiey2@nku.edu
Nancy Zwick, M.Ed.
Part-time Faculty
Office: SC 110
Phone: (859) 572-1413
Email: zwickn@nku.edu
Hildegard Baldridge, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Emeritus
Email: baldridgeh@nku.edu
Jerry Carpenter, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Email: carpenter@nku.edu
Gregory Dahlem, Ph.D.
Teaching Professor, Emeritus
Email: dahlem@nku.edu
Larry Giesmann, Ph.D. (1943-2025)
Professor, Emeritus
Frank Sinton Milburn Outstanding Professor - 1991
Jon Hastings, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Email: hastings@nku.edu
Robert Kues, M.Ed. (1966-2020)
Lecturer II, Emeritus
Debra K. Pearce, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Elinor Rambo
Lecturer II, Emeritus
Thomas Rambo, Ph.D. (1940-2020)
Professor, Emeritus
Mike Scola, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Emeritus
Email: scolam@nku.edu
Miriam Steinitz-Kannan, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Jerry Warner, Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Department of Biological Sciences
Dorothy Westerman Herrmann Science Center (SC), Room 204C
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