Current Faculty Research Interests

Active student participation in research projects is strongly encouraged. We
value student research, and provide active mentoring and financial support.
Our students have presented their research results at meetings and employers,
graduate and professional schools value their Fredonia research experiences.
The Holmberg Foundation, Constantine Barker Memorial Fund, and the
Merck/AAAS Foundation provide summer stipends for student researchers.

Biology Faculty	Research Interests
Ms. Patricia Astry, Biology Chair: 673-3283 patricia.astry@fredonia.edu Contact for Medical Technology and Pre-allied health	Immunology/Microbiology – Immunodiagnostics – Diagnosing infectious disease through the detection of antibodies.
Dr. William Brown: 673-3620 william.brown@fredonia.edu Contact for Adolescence Education	Ecology and Evolution – Study of the ecology of cooperation and conflict in animal social groups and mating systems.
Dr. Roger Byrne: 673-3173 roger.byrne@fredonia.edu	Invertebrate Biology – How animals maintain physiological function in a variable environment.
Dr. Scott Ferguson: 673-4883 scott.ferguson@fredonia.edu Contact for Molecular Genetics	Molecular Biology – The use of genetic and cell biological approaches to further our understanding of the developmental factors that pattern the Drosophila oocyte.
Dr. Matthew Fountain: 673-3287 matthew.fountain@fredonia.edu Contact for Biochemistry	Biochemistry – The structural biology of RNA hairpin loops and the binding of regulator proteins to DNA.
Dr. Frederick Harrington: 673-4958 frederick.harrington@fredonia.edu	Physiology – The study of the growth of green algae in varying environmental conditions and the production of biofuel precursors.
Dr. Karry Kazial: 673-3284 karry.kazial@fredonia.edu Contact for Graduate Studies	Animal Behavior – Current research focuses on acoustic communication in bats and bat-insect interactions.
Dr. Theodore Lee: 673-3816 theodore.lee@fredonia.edu Contact for Pre -medicine, -dentistry, -optometry, -veterinary medicine	Molecular Biology – The molecular regulation of gene expression in bacteria. Identification of bacteria by analysis of 16S rRNA gene.
Dr. Scott Medler: 673-3360 scott.medler@fredonia.edu	Vertebrate Physiology – Skeletal muscle structure, function, and plasticity. Identification of skeletal muscle fiber types in relation to muscle function and plasticity.
Dr. Jonathan Titus: 673-3818 jonathan.titus@fredonia.edu	Plant Biology – Development of plant communities in primary succession.
Dr. Bruce Tomlinson: 673-3820 bruce.tomlinson@fredonia.edu	Developmental Biology – Genetic analysis of amphibian limb development; monoclonal antibodies.
Cell Biologist – Fall 2012 Search; anticipated to start Fall 2013	Cell Biology – Specific research interest TBD.