Jim Armacost, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: jim.armacost@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

• Ecology and conservation of birds
• Sustainability

Appropriate majors:

• Biology and environmental science for ecology and conservation of birds
• Any for sustainability

Ana Beardsley Christensen, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: ana.christensen@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

• Invertebrate physiology 

Appropriate majors:

• Biology 

Matthew P. Hoch, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: matt.hoch@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

• Aquatic ecology
• Microbial ecology

Appropriate majors: 

• Biology
• Environmental Science
• Biochemistry
• Environmental Engineering  

Dr. Kole Kubicek

Department: Biology

Assisstant Professor

Email: kkubicek2@lamar.edu 

Research Interests:

• Morphology and Development of Fishes
• Ichthyology
• Comparative Anatomy

Ashwini Kucknoor, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: ashwini.kucknoor@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

• Micobial pathogenesis
• Mol microbiology 

Appropriate majors:

• Biology
• Biochemistry

Ian Lian, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: ian.lian@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

• Bioinformatics
• Stem cell
• Cancer biology

Appropriate majors:

• Biology
• Chemical Engineering
• Computer Science

Beth Silvy, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: esilvy@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

• Fisheries management
• Ichthyology
• Aquaculture

Appropriate majors: 

• Biology

Randall G. Terry, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: rgterry@lamar.edu 

Research interests:

• Phylogenetic relationships in plants
• Hybridization and population genetics 

Appropriate majors:

• Biology

H. Randall Yoder, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Email: hryoder@my.lamar.edu 

Research interests:

• Ecological parasitology 

Appropriate majors:

• Biology