Graduate Faculty
For the Graduate Program in Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences
Full Members of the Graduate Faculty
Tracy G. Anthony
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research: Cellular stress responses to amino acid deprivation
Carol A. Bagnell
Ph.D., Medical College of Georgia
Research: Reproductive endocrinology; Control of reproductive tissue growth; Maternal programming of development
Nicholas T. Bello
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
Research: Neural control of feeding and diet selection
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2026-2027
Miriam Bocarsly
Ph.D., Princeton University
Research: The molecules, cells, and circuits that underlie food intake, and the contributions to the development of disease states such as compulsive overeating, stress-induced eating, obesity and anorexia
Christoph Buettner
Ph.D., Ludwig Maximillians University
Research: Diabetes and obesity and the hypothalamic control of energy and glucose homeostasis
Wendie S. Cohick
Ph.D., Cornell
Research: Hormonal regulation of mammary gland biology and breast cancer
Meli'sa S. Crawford
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Research: Agriculture pollution and GI health
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2026-2027
Christy Gliniak
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Research: Adipose tissue biology and interorgan crosstalk during obesity and inflammatory bowel disease
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2026-2027
Devanshi Jain
Ph.D., University College London, UK
Research: Gametogenesis and genome integrity
Morgan James
Ph.D., University of Newcastle
Research: Treating psychiatric illnesses with advanced neuroscience approaches
Bridget Matikainen-Ankney
Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Research: Longitudinal changes in brain circuits driving maladaptive behavior
Kenneth H. McKeever
Ph.D., Arizona
Research: Equine exercise and environmental physiology; neuroendocrine control of cardio-renal function
Zhiping Pang
M.D. Fourth Military Medical University, China
Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Research: Neural basis of the regulation of feeding, satiety, metabolism and obesity
Loredana Quadro
Ph.D., University of Naples, Italy
Research: Understanding the relationship between nutrients and human health, at different stages of the life cycle, through the use of genetically modified animal models
Troy A. Roepke
Ph.D., University of California at Davis
Research: The interactions of hormones, diets, endocrine disruptors, and maternal influences on the hypothalamic control of energy homeostasis, reproduction, and thermoregulation
Mark A. Rossi
Ph.D., Duke University
Research: how distributed neural circuits regulate reward, feeding, and motivated behavior
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2026-2027
Dipak K. Sarkar
Ph.D., Calcutta; DPhil, Oxford
Research: Alcoholism, stress biology and cancer
Karen A. Schindler
Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University
Research: Regulation of meiosis, female gamete (egg) formation and fertility
Possibly accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2026-2027 (grants pending)
Igor Shmarakov
Sc.D., Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Ukraine; Ph.D., Yuriy Fed'kovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
Research: Molecular and cellular physiology of retinoids in health and disease
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2026-2027
Elizabeth Snyder
Ph.D., Washington State University
Research: RNA biology, fertility, male contraceptives, novel RNAs, male germ cells
Accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2026-2027
Tess Stahl
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
Research: Prepartum ruminant nutrition; colostrum in beef cattle, sheep, and goats; byproduct feed utilization in ruminant and swine diets
Possibly accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2026-2027 (grants pending)
Phoebe A. Stapleton
Ph.D., West Virginia University
Research: Microvascular physiology adaptation to pregnancy, disease, and environmental exposures
Possibly accepting grad students for lab rotations during AY 2026-2027 (grants pending)
Mehmet Uzumcu
D.V.M. Ankara University ; Ph.D. Ohio State
Research: Testis and ovary development in mammals
Carey A. Williams
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Research: Equine nutrition and exercise; pasture management and metabolism of the grazing horse
Shuo Xiao
Ph.D., The University of Georgia
Research: Female reproductive toxicology, organ-on-a-chip, novel contraceptive development for women, endocrine disruptors
Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty
Aparna M. Zama
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Research: Epigenetic effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on female reproduction
Affiliate Members of the Graduate Faculty
Diana E. Roopchand
Ph.D., McGill University
Research: Plant-derived compounds and chronic diseases across the lifespan