Our People
Leadership Team

Paul Cobine
Biological Sciences Chair

Mary Mendonca
Biological Sciences Vice Chair

Aaron M. Rashotte
Graduate Program Officer

Adriana Avila-Flores
Undergraduate Program Officer
Faculty Directory
Jonathan W. Armbruster
Professor and Director of the Auburn University Museum of Natural History and Curator of Fishes
Office:
131 Biodiversity Learning Center
Phone:
(334) 844-9261
Email:
armbrjw@auburn.edu
Professor and Director of the Auburn University Museum of Natural History and Curator of Fishes
Office:
131 Biodiversity Learning Center
Phone:
(334) 844-9261
Email:
armbrjw@auburn.edu
Adriana Avila-Flores
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Officer
Office:
026 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1634
Email:
adriana.avila@auburn.edu
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Officer
Office:
026 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1634
Email:
adriana.avila@auburn.edu
Ron Bassar
Assistant Professor
Office:
144 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-1638
Email:
rdb0057@auburn.edu
Assistant Professor
Office:
144 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-1638
Email:
rdb0057@auburn.edu
Robert S. Boyd
Professor and Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness
Office:
249 Science Center Classrooms
Phone:
(334) 844-1626
Email:
boydrob@auburn.edu
Professor and Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness
Office:
249 Science Center Classrooms
Phone:
(334) 844-1626
Email:
boydrob@auburn.edu
Katherine M. Buckley
Associate Professor
Office:
326 Rouse Life Science Building
Phone:
(334) 844-1666
Email:
kbuckley@auburn.edu
Associate Professor
Office:
326 Rouse Life Science Building
Phone:
(334) 844-1666
Email:
kbuckley@auburn.edu
Paul A. Cobine
Lawrence C. Wit Professor and Chair
Office:
101E Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1661
Email:
pac0006@auburn.edu
Lawrence C. Wit Professor and Chair
Office:
101E Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1661
Email:
pac0006@auburn.edu
Priscila Falagan Lotsch
Assistant Professor
Office:
030 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1746
Email:
pflotsch@auburn.edu
Assistant Professor
Office:
030 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1746
Email:
pflotsch@auburn.edu
Shobnom Ferdous
Senior Lecturer
Office:
144 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-9285
Email:
ferdosh@auburn.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office:
144 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-9285
Email:
ferdosh@auburn.edu
Michelle Gibbs
Assistant Research Professor
Office:
307 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Email:
mrg0081@auburn.edu
Assistant Research Professor
Office:
307 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Email:
mrg0081@auburn.edu
Leslie R. Goertzen
Associate Professor and Director, John D. Freeman Herbarium, Auburn University Museum of Natural History
Office:
313 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1637
Email:
goertzen@auburn.edu
Associate Professor and Director, John D. Freeman Herbarium, Auburn University Museum of Natural History
Office:
313 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1637
Email:
goertzen@auburn.edu
Rita M. Graze
Associate Professor
Office:
305 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1687
Email:
rmg0022@auburn.edu
Associate Professor
Office:
305 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1687
Email:
rmg0022@auburn.edu
Geoffrey E. Hill
William P. Molette Professor and Curator of Birds
Office:
302 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-9269
Email:
hillgee@auburn.edu
William P. Molette Professor and Curator of Birds
Office:
302 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-9269
Email:
hillgee@auburn.edu
Wendy R. Hood
Professor
Office:
315 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-7437
Email:
wrhood@auburn.edu
Professor
Office:
315 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-7437
Email:
wrhood@auburn.edu
Mark R. Liles
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, COSAM
Office:
277 CASIC Building
Phone:
(334) 844-1656
Email:
lilesma@auburn.edu
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, COSAM
Office:
277 CASIC Building
Phone:
(334) 844-1656
Email:
lilesma@auburn.edu
Yohannes Mehari
Senior Lecturer
Office:
349 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-1667
Email:
ytm0001@auburn.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office:
349 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-1667
Email:
ytm0001@auburn.edu
Mary T. Mendonca
Professor and Vice Chair
Office:
319 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-9246
Email:
mendonca@auburn.edu
Professor and Vice Chair
Office:
319 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-9246
Email:
mendonca@auburn.edu
Michael E. Miller
Assistant Research Professor and Director of the Auburn University Instrumentation Facility
Office:
37 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1654
Email:
millem1@auburn.edu
Assistant Research Professor and Director of the Auburn University Instrumentation Facility
Office:
37 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1654
Email:
millem1@auburn.edu
Anthony G. Moss
Associate Professor and Marine Program Coordinator
Office:
152 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-9257
Email:
mossant@auburn.edu
Associate Professor and Marine Program Coordinator
Office:
152 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-9257
Email:
mossant@auburn.edu
Alexey Petrov
Associate Professor
Office:
024 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1676
Email:
petrov@auburn.edu
Associate Professor
Office:
024 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1676
Email:
petrov@auburn.edu
Ryan Range
Associate Professor
Office:
128 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-8713
Email:
range@auburn.edu
Associate Professor
Office:
128 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-8713
Email:
range@auburn.edu
Aaron M. Rashotte
Professor and Graduate Program Officer
Office:
327 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1625
Email:
rashotte@auburn.edu
Professor and Graduate Program Officer
Office:
327 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1625
Email:
rashotte@auburn.edu
Elizabeth H. Schwartz
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Biomedical Sciences
Office:
127 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1631
Email:
ehs0009@auburn.edu
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Biomedical Sciences
Office:
127 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1631
Email:
ehs0009@auburn.edu
Tonia S. Schwartz
Associate Professor
Office:
306 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Email:
tss0019@auburn.edu
Associate Professor
Office:
306 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Email:
tss0019@auburn.edu
Laurie S. Stevison
Associate Professor and Coordinator for Graduate Certificate in Computational Biology
Office:
317 Rouse Life Sciences
Phone:
(334) 844-1636
Email:
lstevison@auburn.edu
Associate Professor and Coordinator for Graduate Certificate in Computational Biology
Office:
317 Rouse Life Sciences
Phone:
(334) 844-1636
Email:
lstevison@auburn.edu
Rodney Tollerson II
Assistant Professor
Office:
328 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Email:
tollerson@auburn.edu
Assistant Professor
Office:
328 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Email:
tollerson@auburn.edu
Jason W. Upton
Associate Professor
Office:
350 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-1691
Email:
jwu0003@auburn.edu
Associate Professor
Office:
350 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-1691
Email:
jwu0003@auburn.edu
Haruka Wada
Associate Professor
Office:
314 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1338
Email:
hzw0024@auburn.edu
Associate Professor
Office:
314 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-1338
Email:
hzw0024@auburn.edu
Daniel A. Warner
Associate Professor
Office:
307 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-4999
Email:
daw0036@auburn.edu
Associate Professor
Office:
307 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone:
(334) 844-4999
Email:
daw0036@auburn.edu
Matthew E. Wolak
Associate Professor
Office:
306 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-9242
Email:
terps@auburn.edu
Associate Professor
Office:
306 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-9242
Email:
terps@auburn.edu
James W. “Djibo” Zanzot
Senior Lecturer
Office:
146 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-7838
Email:
djibo@auburn.edu
Senior Lecturer
Office:
146 Funchess Hall
Phone:
(334) 844-7838
Email:
djibo@auburn.edu