Biology 
Faculty and Staff
 

John D. Shepherd
Professor of Biology
B.S., College of William and Mary; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
(478)301-2713
shepherd_jd@mercer.edu

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

Mary Kot
  
Associate Professor and Chair of Biology 
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

Linda L. Hensel

Associate Professor of Biology and Director of Scientific Inquiry
B.S., University of Washington; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison 
(478) 301-2707
hensel_ll@mercer.edu

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

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

Heather Bowman-Cutway

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

David Aiello
  
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., Western Oregon State University; Ph.D., The University of Alabama at Birmingham
(478) 301-2577
aiello_dp@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

Carol Bokros
  
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
(478) 301-2250
bokros_c@mercer.edu

Vernice Thomas

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

Anne Sanders

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

Allan Rene de Cotret

Assistant Lab Coordinator 
(478) 301-2235
decotret_ar@mercer.edu

Dr. Heather Bowman Cutway, assistant 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, associate 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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