Our people
Meet the experts shaping science at U of I
Employees and students in the College of Science work together in learning, research and discovery. Alongside world-class facilities supporting a thriving research community, you’ll find a place where people know each other by their first name. Whether you are in the classroom, in the lab, on campus or hiking at nearby Moscow Mountain, chances are you will be greeted with a smile from classmates, friends and employees who know your name.
College of Science leadership
Ginger E. Carney
Grant Harley
Amy Kingston
Faculty and staff
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Faculty
Paul Hohenlohe
Professor and director of the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program
hohenlohe@uidaho.edu
Bert Baumgaertner
Associate professor
bbaum@uidaho.edu
208-885-5997
Erkan Buzbas
Associate professor
erkanb@uidaho.edu
Erik R. Coats, P.E.
Sorenson Family Endowed Professor
ecoats@uidaho.edu
208-885-7559
Courtney Conway
Professor and unit leader of the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
cconway@uidaho.edu
208-885-6176
Frank Gao
Professor
fuchang@uidaho.edu
208-885-5274
Chris Hamilton
Associate professor
hamiltonlab@uidaho.edu
208-885-1166
Luke J. Harmon
Professor
lukeh@uidaho.edu
208-885-0346
Esteban Hernandez-Vargas
Assistant professor
esteban@uidaho.edu
208-885-2188
Hasan Jamil
Associate professor
jamil@uidaho.edu
208-885-6594
Adam G. Jones
Professor
adamjones@uidaho.edu
Alexander Karasev
University Distinguished Professor
akarasev@uidaho.edu
208-885-2350
Christopher Marx
Professor
cmarx@uidaho.edu
Mark McGuire
Associate director of COBRE and University Distinguished Professor
mmcguire@uidaho.edu
Michelle (Shelley) McGuire
Director of COBRE and professor
smcguire@uidaho.edu
208-885-6546
Craig Miller
Assistant professor
crmiller@uidaho.edu
Brenda Murdoch
Professor
bmurdoch@uidaho.edu
208-885-2088
Scott L. Nuismer
Professor
snuismer@uidaho.edu
208-885-4096
Christine Parent
Associate professor
ceparent@uidaho.edu
208-885-4016
Matt Powell
Interim associate dean of research and director of Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station
mpowell@uidaho.edu
208-885-6681
Chris Remien
Associate professor
cremien@uidaho.edu
208-885-5901
Benjamin Ridenhour
Associate professor
bridenhour@uidaho.edu
208-885-7231
Barrie Robison
Professor and director of IIDS
brobison@uidaho.edu
Terry Soule
Professor
tsoule@uidaho.edu
208-885-7789
John "Jack" M. Sullivan
Professor
jacks@uidaho.edu
208-885-9049
Klas I. Udekwu
Assistant professor
kudekwu@uidaho.edu
208-885-1517
JT Van Leuven
Research assistant professor
jvanleuven@uidaho.edu
Andreas E. Vasdekis
Associate professor
andreasv@uidaho.edu
208-885-6099
Lisette Waits
University Distinguished Professor
lwaits@uidaho.edu
208-885-7823
Holly A. Wichman
University Distinguished Professor and director of IMCI
hwichman@uidaho.edu
208-885-7805
Min Xian
Associate professor
mxian@uidaho.edu
208-757-5425
Colin Xu
Assistant professor
colinxu@uidaho.edu
Tiantian Yang
Assistant professor
tyang@uidaho.edu
Fan Yi
Assistant professor
yifan@uidaho.edu
352-745-4977
Biological Sciences
Faculty
Tanya Miura
Professor and chair
tmiura@uidaho.edu
208-885-6280
Douglas G. Cole
Professor and associate chair
dcole@uidaho.edu
208-885-4071
Onesmo Balemba
Professor
obalemba@uidaho.edu
Lisa Bird
Senior instructor
lisah@uidaho.edu
Jim Bull
Professor
jbull@uidaho.edu
Elizabeth (Lee) Ann Fortunato
Professor
lfort@uidaho.edu
208-885-6966
Nicole Grieshaber
Research associate professor
ngrieshaber@uidaho.edu
208-885-0001
Scott Grieshaber
Professor
scottg@uidaho.edu
208-885-5068
Luke J. Harmon
Professor
lukeh@uidaho.edu
208-885-0346
Candi Heimgartner
Senior instructor
cheim@uidaho.edu
Jill L. Johnson
Professor
jilljohn@uidaho.edu
208-885-9767
Adam G. Jones
Professor
adamjones@uidaho.edu
Saraswoti Khadge
Instructor
skhadge@uidaho.edu
Shirley Luckhart
Professor and co-director of Institute for Health in the Human Ecosystem
sluckhart@uidaho.edu
208-885-1698
Christopher Marx
Professor
cmarx@uidaho.edu
Craig Miller
Assistant professor
crmiller@uidaho.edu
Diana Mitchell
Associate professor
dmitchell@uidaho.edu
208-885-0305
James J. Nagler
Professor and director of the Center for Research on Invasive Species
jamesn@uidaho.edu
208-885-2009
Scott L. Nuismer
Professor
snuismer@uidaho.edu
208-885-4096
Mary E. Oswald
Senior instructor
moswald@uidaho.edu
208-885-4095
Christine Parent
Associate professor
ceparent@uidaho.edu
208-885-4016
Barrie Robison
Professor and director of IIDS
brobison@uidaho.edu
Paul Andrew Rowley
Associate professor
prowley@uidaho.edu
Deborah L. Stenkamp
Professor
dstenkam@uidaho.edu
John "Jack" M. Sullivan
Professor
jacks@uidaho.edu
208-885-9049
Klas I. Udekwu
Assistant professor
kudekwu@uidaho.edu
208-885-1517
Holly A. Wichman
University Distinguished Professor and director of IMCI
hwichman@uidaho.edu
208-885-7805
Staff
Gina Tingley
Department coordinator
gtingley@uidaho.edu
208-885-2997
Kristi Accola
Administrative assistant
kristia@uidaho.edu
208-885-6280
Tim Steffens
Instructional laboratory manager
tims@uidaho.edu
208-885-8953
Jana Vrtelova Holbert
Instructional laboratory manager
janav@uidaho.edu
Chemistry
Faculty
Ray von Wandruszka
Department chair and professor
rvw@uidaho.edu
208-885-4672
Alina D. Andrasi
Academic faculty
aandrasi@uidaho.edu
208-885-9008
Eric B. Brauns
Associate professor
ebrauns@uidaho.edu
208-885-4349
I. Francis Cheng
Professor
ifcheng@uidaho.edu
208-885-6387
Jeff Cross
Academic faculty
jacross@uidaho.edu
208-885-5807
Patrick J. Hrdlicka
Professor
hrdlicka@uidaho.edu
Jean'ne M. Shreeve
University Distinguished Professor
jshreeve@uidaho.edu
208-885-6215
Sebastian Stoian
Assistant professor
sstoian@uidaho.edu
208-885-0966
Richard Thompson
Assistant professor
rthompson@uidaho.edu
208-885-6787
Kristopher Waynant
Associate professor
kwaynant@uidaho.edu
208-885-6768
Richard V. Williams
Professor
williams@uidaho.edu
Staff
Cindy Ball
Department manager
bogar@uidaho.edu
208-885-7697
Alexander Blumenfeld
Analytical instrumentation supervisor
blum@uidaho.edu
208-885-9235
Deb Cissell
Administrative assistant II
dcissell@uidaho.edu
208-885-0721
Jason Frank
Scientific instrumentation supervisor
jfrank@uidaho.edu
208-885-7093
David Sargent
ChemStores storekeeper
dsargent@uidaho.edu
208-885-7974
Adam Valaydon-Pillay
Lab services coordinator
adamv@uidaho.edu
208-885-9200
Earth and Spatial Sciences
Faculty
Alistair M.S. Smith
Professor and department chair
alistair@uidaho.edu
208-885-1009
Timothy Bartholomaus
Associate professor
tbartholomaus@uidaho.edu
208-885-6217
Elizabeth Cassel
Associate professor
ecassel@uidaho.edu
208-885-4289
Jerry P. Fairley
Professor
jfairley@uidaho.edu
208-885-9259
Grant Harley
Associate professor
gharley@uidaho.edu
208-885-0950
Jeffrey Hicke
Professor
jhicke@uidaho.edu
208-885-6240
Karen Humes
Professor
khumes@uidaho.edu
208-885-6506
Jeff Langman
Associate professor
jlangman@uidaho.edu
208-885-0310
Felix Liao
Associate professor
hliao@uidaho.edu
208-885-6452
Renee Love
Clinical assistant professor
rlove@uidaho.edu
Eric Mittelstaedt
Associate professor
emittelstaedt@uidaho.edu
208-885-2045
Erika Rader
Associate professor
erader@uidaho.edu
208-885-1142
Bradley Ritts
Senior associate vice president for research and economic development
ritts@uidaho.edu
208-885-1146
Jessica Stanley
Assistant professor
jessicastanley@uidaho.edu
208-885-4704
Thomas Williams
Clinical professor
tomw@uidaho.edu
208-885-6656
Meng Zhao
Assistant professor
mengz@uidaho.edu
208-885-7969
Staff
Renee Jensen-Hasfurther
Department manager
renee@uidaho.edu
208-885-6216
Mathematics and Statistical Science
Faculty
Timothy R. Johnson
Department chair and professor
trjohns@uidaho.edu
208-885-2928
Tim Boester
Clinical faculty and director of introductory mathematics
boester@uidaho.edu
208-885-2042
Hirotachi Abo
Professor
abo@uidaho.edu
208-885-6742
Theresa Allen
Senior instructor
tmallen@uidaho.edu
208-885-7709
Lyudmyla Barannyk
Associate professor
barannyk@uidaho.edu
208-885-6719
Erkan Buzbas
Associate professor
erkanb@uidaho.edu
Sarah Castle
Assistant professor
scastle@uidaho.edu
Suzanne Cazeau
Instructor
scazeau@uidaho.edu
208-885-1297
Somantika Datta
Professor
sdatta@uidaho.edu
208-885-6692
Rob Ely
Professor
ely@uidaho.edu
208-885-6740
Frank Gao
Professor
fuchang@uidaho.edu
208-885-5274
Jordan Hardy
Instructor
jghardy@uidaho.edu
Esteban Hernandez-Vargas
Assistant professor
esteban@uidaho.edu
208-885-2188
Jennifer Johnson-Leung
Professor
jenfns@uidaho.edu
Mike Love
Instructor
mlove@uidaho.edu
Mark J. Nielsen
Professor
markn@uidaho.edu
208-885-0293
Annelise Nielsen
Instructor
annelise@uidaho.edu
John Pawlina
Instructor
jpawlina@uidaho.edu
Chris Remien
Associate professor
cremien@uidaho.edu
208-885-5901
Benjamin Ridenhour
Associate professor
bridenhour@uidaho.edu
208-885-7231
Renae Shrum
Senior instructor
renaes@uidaho.edu
Molly Sutter
Instructor
msutter@uidaho.edu
Stefan Tohaneanu
Associate professor
tohaneanu@uidaho.edu
Hong Wang
Professor
hwang@uidaho.edu
208-885 6550
Manuel Welhan
Senior instructor
mwelhan@uidaho.edu
208-885-0528
Alexander Woo
Professor
awoo@uidaho.edu
208-885-6741
Tiantian Yang
Assistant professor
tyang@uidaho.edu
Fan Yi
Assistant professor
yifan@uidaho.edu
352-745-4977
Staff
Jana Joyce
Department manager
jjoyce@uidaho.edu
208-885-7795
Lana Unger
Office manager
lunger@uidaho.edu
208-885-7780
Roy Cruz
Academic specialist
rcruz@uidaho.edu
Physics
Faculty
Gwen Barnes
Research associate professor
gbarnes@uidaho.edu
208-885-6809
Jason W. Barnes
Professor
jwbarnes@uidaho.edu
208-885-7469
Leah Bergman
Professor
lbergman@uidaho.edu
208-885-7317
Sophia Chabysheva
Clinical assistant professor
schabysheva@uidaho.edu
208-885-6208
Zachariah Etienne
Associate professor
zetienne@uidaho.edu
208-885-1220
Matthew M. Hedman
Associate professor
mhedman@uidaho.edu
208-885-6389
You Qiang
Professor
youqiang@uidaho.edu
208-885-7558
Francesca Sammarruca
Professor
fsammarr@uidaho.edu
208-885-6317
Andreas E. Vasdekis
Associate professor
andreasv@uidaho.edu
208-885-6099
F. Marty Ytreberg
Professor
ytreberg@uidaho.edu
208-885-6383
Staff
Jessica DeWitt
Office manager
jdewitt@uidaho.edu
208-885-6380
Eric Foard
Director of physics laboratory education
efoard@uidaho.edu
208-885-2730
Reynaldo Carson
Scientific instrument maker
rcarson@uidaho.edu
208-885-0711
College of Science — Administrative staff
Lorrie Williams
Assistant to the dean
lorriew@uidaho.edu
208-885-5808
Eric Bennett
Director of development
ebennett@uidaho.edu
208-885-9106
Cindy Barnhart
Director of marketing and communications
cbarnhart@uidaho.edu
208-885-6355
Terry Evans
Administrative and fiscal operations director
tevans@uidaho.edu
208-885-6493
Message from the dean
Welcome to the College of Science. If you are alumni or a friend of the college, you're in good company. We have a legacy of producing leaders in academia, business and industry.
If you're a high school student thinking about a major, consider this: Graduates with a degree in a STEM field tend to earn 26% more than those with a degree in a non-STEM discipline. And it’s not only salary potential—STEM careers are expected to grow at a faster rate than other occupations.
As you think about where to get a STEM degree, keep in mind that the College of Science at University of Idaho offers world-class opportunities for undergraduates to get involved in research. We’re a Carnegie R1 research university with a faculty of outstanding research scientists – but we’re not too big. At UIdaho, you will get to know your professors and have an opportunity to work alongside them. That research experience can be the difference that sets you apart when you enter the job market.
If you are considering graduate studies in a science field, consider our distinct interdisciplinary options and nationally ranked programs. For example, we have an interdisciplinary group of biologists, mathematicians and statisticians conducting state of the art genomics research. We have chemists, physicists and biologists developing nanowires as sensors for explosives and as new approaches for drug delivery. We have geographers studying the potential effects of climate variability on regional water supplies. We have geologists investigating an array of geologic hazards such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. You’ll find an exciting array of options to study at University of Idaho.
For the latest on what is happening in the college, check out the College of Science on Facebook. We hope to see you on campus sometime soon.
Ginger E. Carney
Dean of the College of Science