Biology Faculty | Kenyon College

Chair

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Siobhan Fennessy Prof of Bio; Philip & Sheila Jordan Prof in Enviro Studies Areas of Expertise Wetland ecosystem ecology, plant community response to disturbance, climate change and wetland carbon cycles	Campus Address Higley Hall 205 Phone Number (740) 427-5455 Email fennessym@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Environmental Studies

Faculty

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Chris Bickford Associate Professor of Biology Areas of Expertise Plant ecophysiology	Campus Address Higley Hall 215 Phone Number (740) 427-5941 Email bickfordc@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Environmental Studies
Chris Gillen Professor of Biology Areas of Expertise Animal physiology, science writing, insect salt and water balance	Campus Address Higley Hall 310 Phone Number (740) 427-5399 Email gillenc@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Neuroscience
Kathy Gillen Assistant Professor of Biology Areas of Expertise Cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry	Campus Address Higley Hall 312 Phone Number (740) 427-5395 Email gillenk@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lauren Woodward Hartzler Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology	Campus Address Higley Hall 201 Phone Number (740) 427-5789 Email woodwardhartzler1@kenyon.edu	Biology
Ruth Heindel Dorothy & Thomas Jegla Assist Prof of Environmental Studies Areas of Expertise Polar environmental change, global dust cycle, soil science	Campus Address Higley Hall 301 Phone Number (740) 427-5610 Email heindel1@kenyon.edu	Environmental Studies
Karen Hicks Professor of Biology Areas of Expertise Plant molecular and developmental genetics.	Campus Address Fischman 102 Phone Number (740) 427-5379 Email hicksk@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Scientific Computing
Nathan Howell Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Areas of Expertise tRNA modification, RNA biochemistry, enzymology	Campus Address Higley Hall 121 Phone Number (740) 427-5384 Email howell1@kenyon.edu	Biology
Andrew Kerkhoff Associate Provost and Professor of Biology Areas of Expertise Scaling and macroecology, plant and insect herbivore communities	Campus Address Bailey House 201 Phone Number (740) 427-5310 Email kerkhoffa@kenyon.edu	Provost Mathematics & Statistics Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Environmental Studies Scientific Computing Biology
Iris Levin Assist Prof of Biology & Environmental Studies Areas of Expertise Behavioral ecology, evolutionary ecology, disease ecology.	Campus Address Higley Hall 305 Phone Number (740) 427-5640 Email levin1@kenyon.edu	Biology Environmental Studies
Jennifer McMahon Lead Instructor & Director of Introductory Labs in Biology Areas of Expertise Plant biochemistry, plant physiology	Campus Address Higley Hall 108 Phone Number (740) 427-5225 Email mcmahonj@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sarah Petersen Ashby Denoon Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Areas of Expertise Neurodevelopment, myelinating glia, synaptic plasticity	Campus Address Samuel Mather Hall 322 Phone Number (740) 427-5259 Email petersens@kenyon.edu	Neuroscience Biology
Wade Powell Professor of Biology Areas of Expertise Molecular biology, environmental toxicology.	Campus Address Fischman 202 Phone Number (740) 427-5396 Email powellw@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Environmental Studies
Joan Slonczewski Professor of Biology	Campus Address Higley Hall 302 Phone Number (740) 427-5397 Email slonczewski@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Environmental Studies
Arianna Smith Assistant Professor of Biology Areas of Expertise Reproductive biology, developmental biology and immunology	Campus Address Higley Hall 202 Phone Number (740) 427-5305 Email smithal@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry Molecular Biology
Toshi Tsunekage Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Areas of Expertise Evolutionary ecology, ornithology	Campus Address Higley Hall 107 Phone Number (740) 427-5973 Email tsunekage1@kenyon.edu	Biology
Natalie Wright Assistant Professor of Biology Areas of Expertise Morphological evolution, ornithology, evolutionary ecology, biomechanics	Campus Address Higley Hall 214 Phone Number (740) 427-5071 Email wright1@kenyon.edu	Biology

Emeriti

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Kathryn Edwards Professor Emerita of Biology Areas of Expertise Botany, cell physiology, women's and gender studies.	Campus Email edwardsr@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Women's & Gender Studies
Ray Heithaus Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science and Biology Naturalist, Brown Family Environmental Center Areas of Expertise Ecology, conservation biology, animal behavior	Campus Phone Number (740) 427-. Email heithaus@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Environmental Studies
Harry Itagaki Professor Emeritus of Biology Areas of Expertise Sensory neurobiology, neuroethology, size and scaling in organisms	Campus Address Higley Hall 204 Phone Number (740) 427-5394 Email itagaki@kenyon.edu	Biology Neuroscience Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Robert Mauck Professor Emeritus of Biology Areas of Expertise Animal behavior, physiological ecology	Campus Address Higley Hall 204 Phone Number (740) 427-5076 Email mauckr@kenyon.edu	Biology Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Environmental Studies

Tammy Konkler

Administrative Assistant in the Academic Division

Contact

Phone Number

Email Address

konkler1@kenyon.edu

Location

Higley 213