Faculty

Edward D. Mills
Professor of Biology & Department Chair
     Wake Forest University, B.A.
     Appalachian State University, M.S.
     University of Alabama, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Bird migration, beaver ecology, animal ecology, turtle diversity and distribution

Alison Brown Dixon
Assistant Professor of Biology
     University of Tennessee, B.S., M.S., M.S.
     West Virginia University, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Reproductive physiology, endocrinology, mammalian embryonic and fetal development

E. Lee Hadden
Professor of Biology
     Muhlenburg College, B.S.
     Wake Forest University, M.A., Ph.D.
Research Interest: Physiological plant ecology

C. Brian Odom
Associate Professor of Biology
     Wofford College, B.S.
     Georgia Southern College, M.S.
     University of South Carolina, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Molecular genetics of fungicide resistance, genetic polymorphisms of populations, Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) population studies, parasitology, and biotechnology

Patricia Williams Plant
Professor of Biology
     University of Tennessee, B.S.
     Hunter College, M.A.
     City University of New York, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Molecular biology, regulation of gene expression, response of acute phase proteins to infection in poultry

CONTACT:
Dr. Ed Mills
Professor of Biology & Department Chair
emills@wingate.edu
704-233-8329