Curricula Vitae in BFT Biology

Name	Personal Focus	Summary
Beda E Alvarez Senior Instructor	development of new classes of inhibitor enzyme drug-targets for Neglected Tropical Diseases	Beda (Butch) E. Alvarez, Jr., MD is a Senior Instructor in the Natural Sciences Department who specializes in the Biological Sciences for the pre-med/pre-nursing/pre-professional courses such as Microbiology and Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II. He earned my Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences at Xavier University and his Medical Doctor at Cebu Doctors’ College of Medicine.
Dr. Edward Lawrence D'Antonio Professor	Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Medicinal Chemistry	Our work has been centered on finding new inhibitors to target the glucose kinases in the protozoa of Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania by structure-based drug design and high-throughput screening.
Dr. Joseph L. Staton Professor	Marine Biology, Genetics, Invertebrate systematics	My research has focused on the ecology and evolution of marine invertebrates, specifically in understanding how larval development and dispersal impact these populations over time. I have also published in the areas of genomic structure of mitochondria, evolutionary development of marine invertebrates, and their evolutionary systematics.
Heather Thornton Instructor		Heather Thornton, MS earned a bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology from the University of North Carolina – Wilmington, an MS in Zoology from Clemson University, and an MEd in Higher Education from Georgia Southern University. At USCB she teaches various major and non-major courses including Biological Principles I & II, Human Anatomy and Physiology I & II, Introduction to Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution, and Oceans and Society.
Miss Emily Morgan Webb Assistant Professor