Biology 
Faculty and Staff
 

Linda L. Hensel
Professor of Biology and Chair of Biology
B.S., University of Washington; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison 
(478) 301-2707
hensel_ll@mercer.edu

Heather Bowman-Cutway
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Slippery Rock University; Ph.D., Rutgers University
(478) 301-2495 
cutway_hb@mercer.edu

Craig Byron
 
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., Indiana University; M.A., Kent State University; Ph.D., Medical College of Georgia
(478) 301-2163
byron_cd@mercer.edu

Kevin Drace
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Athens State University; Ph.D., University of Alabama
(478) 301-2646
drace_km@mercer.edu

Thomas A. Huber   
Professor of Biology
B.S., Westminister College; M.S., Ph.D., Ohio State University 
(478) 301-2714
huber_ta@mercer.edu

Mary Kot
  
Professor and Director of Global Health Studies
B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., Mississippi State University; M.S., Ph.D., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(478) 301-2709
kot_mc@mercer.edu

Michael K. Moore
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Humboldt State University; M.S., Louisiana State Univeristy; Ph.D., University of Louisiana 
(478) 301-2708
moore_mk@mercer.edu

Katharine Northcutt
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S.,  Emory University; Ph.D., Michigan State University (expected 2010)

Alan F. Smith  
Professor of Biology 
B.A., Millersville University; Ph.D., Rutgers University
(478) 301-2042
smith_af@mercer.edu

Amy Wiles
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Mississippi State; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee

Virginia Young
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Clemson University; Ph.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine
(478) 301-2577
young_va@mercer.edu

Anne Sanders
Senior Secretary 
(478) 301-2705
sanders_am@mercer.edu

Vernice Thomas
Biology Laboratory Coordinator
(478) 301-4138
thomas_rv@mercer.edu

Dr. Heather Bowman Cutway, associate professor of biology, presented a paper at the Ecological Society of America meeting in Memphis, Tenn. Her paper was titled “The Influence of Urban Land Use and Edge Permeability on Seed Dispersal and Wetland Invasibility.” She also participated in the Georgia Botanical Society Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage to Warm Springs, Ga., in May.
 
Dr. Alan Smith, professor of biology, had a review of Gordon Patterson’s text, The Mosquito Wars: A History of Mosquito Control in Florida, published in the September 2006 issue of Southeastern Biology, the official publication of The Association of Southeastern Biologists. He was also an invited speaker at a Festschrift honoring Dr. Michael Wells at the University of Arizona, Tuscon, Ariz., Oct. 25. The topic of the presentation was “The Manduca Project,” an educational outreach program that he co-developed with Wells and Diane Smith of Mary Persons High School, Forsyth. The Manduca Project has been in continuous operation for more than 15 years and has served more than 20,000 students.
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