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Office of Undergraduate Research

Biology

Faculty Mentors

Jim Armacost, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: jim.armacost@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Ecology and conservation of birds
  • Sustainability

Appropriate majors:

  • Biology and environmental science for ecology and conservation of birds
  • Any for sustainability

Ana Beardsley Christensen, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: ana.christensen@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Invertebrate physiology 

Appropriate majors:

  • Biology 

Matthew P. Hoch, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: matt.hoch@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Aquatic ecology
  • Microbial ecology

Appropriate majors: 

  • Biology
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry
  • Environmental Engineering  

Dr. Kole Kubicek

Department: Biology

Assisstant Professor

Email: kkubicek2@lamar.edu 

Research Interests:

  • Morphology and Development of Fishes
  • Ichthyology
  • Comparative Anatomy

Ashwini Kucknoor, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: ashwini.kucknoor@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Micobial pathogenesis
  • Mol microbiology 

Appropriate majors:

  • Biology
  • Biochemistry

Ian Lian, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: ian.lian@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Bioinformatics
  • Stem cell
  • Cancer biology

Appropriate majors:

  • Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Computer Science

Beth Silvy, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: esilvy@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Fisheries management
  • Ichthyology
  • Aquaculture

Appropriate majors: 

  • Biology

Randall G. Terry, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: rgterry@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Phylogenetic relationships in plants
  • Hybridization and population genetics 

Appropriate majors:

  • Biology

H. Randall Yoder, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: hryoder@my.lamar.edu 

Research interests:

  • Ecological parasitology 

Appropriate majors:

  • Biology