Faculty and Staff

Col. Anne B. Alerding. Ph.D.

Professor
Ph.D. - Pennsylvania State University
Specialty: Plant Biology
301F Maury-Brooke Hall
540-464-7654
alerdingab@vmi.edu

Dr. Tracy A. Bell

Instructor
D.V.M. - University of Florida
214 Maury-Brooke Hall
540-464-7432
bellta@vmi.edu

Col. Wade E. Bell, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Head of Biology
Health Professions Advisor
Director and Secretary to VMI Research Labs
CBMB Faculty
Ph.D. - University of Vermont
Specialty: Eukaryotic Microbiology
303F Maury-Brooke Hall
540-464-7432
bellwe@vmi.edu

Maj. Alison K. Burke, Ph.D.

Instructor
Ph.D. - Virginia Tech
Specialty: Molecular Microbiology
301C Maury-Brooke Hall
540-464-7928
burkeak@vmi.edu

Dr. Heather L. Ghosheh

Instructor
M.D. - UACA School of Medicine, Costa Rica
303F Maury Brooke Hall
540-464-7932
ghoshehhl@vmi.edu

Sarah Hatcher

Administrative Assistant
303 E Maury Brooke Hall
540-464-7247
hatchersj@vmi.edu

Eileen T. Hinks, Ph.D.

Instructor
Ph.D. - Temple University
Specialty: Biochemistry
405B Maury-Brooke Hall
540-464-7427
hinkset@vmi.edu

Maj. Molly J. Kent, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign
Specialty: Neuroscience
301D Maury-Brooke Hall
540-464-7567
kentmh@vmi.edu

Col. Emily L. Lilly, Ph.D.

Professor
Director CBMC
Ph.D. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Specialty: Genetics and Molecular Biology
303D Maury-Brooke Hall
540-464-7423
lillyel10@vmi.edu

Maj. Mary Beth Manjerovic, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University of Central Florida
Specialty: Disease Ecology
301C Maury Brooke Hall
540-464-7931
manjerovicme@vmi.edu

Col. Paul R. Moosman, Jr. '98, Ph.D.

Professor
Ph.D. - Auburn University
Specialty: Field Biology
303C Maury-Brooke Hall
540-464-7433
moosmanpr@vmi.edu

Dr. Billy J. Parson

Instructor
M.D. - University of Louisville
Specialty: Introductory Biology
303F Maury Brooke Hall
540-464-7932
parsonbj@vmi.edu

Col. Richard A. Rowe, Ph.D.

Professor
Director of Research, VMI Research Labs
Ph.D. - Michigan State University
Specialty: Vertebrate Biology
301E Maury-Brooke Hall
540-464-7434
rowera@vmi.edu

Lt. Col. Ashleigh B. Smythe, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Ph.D. - University of California, Davis
Specialty: Invertebrate Zoology & Parasitology
301B Maury-Brooke Hall
540-464-7934
smytheab@vmi.edu

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