Lower Division Instruction
The Lower Division Instruction Program provides first and second year biology courses designed for life science majors, as well as for the “core science” requirements for Texas A&M University. Housed on the 3rd floor of Heldenfels Hall, the Lower Division Instruction Program is dedicated to fulfilling the educational needs of its students and has recently been awarded a 3-star sustainability rating from the Office of Sustainability.
CONTACT
Office
HOURS: Monday – Friday 8 am to 5 pm
LOCATION: 315 Heldenfels
PHONE: (979) 845-4651 ***Our phone lines are down due to building construction, please email us for assistance***
FAX: (979) 458-2030
E-MAIL: introbio@bio.tamu.edu
Biology Help Desk:
Students needing help with material presented in one of the 100 level biology courses can get one-on-one help from a Teaching Assistant.
LOCATION: HELD 317A
PHONE: (979) 845-4653
E-MAIL: introbio@bio.tamu.edu
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), does not permit faculty or staff to report grades by phone or e-mail. Please use the forms linked in the menu above to request grade checks or exam challenges.
Name | Title | Office | |
Lower Division Office | 845-4651 | introbio@bio.tamu.edu | |
Dr. Andy Tag | Director | 845-1994 | atag@bio.tamu.edu |
Camy Sturdivant | Associate Director | 845-4605 | csturdivant@bio.tamu.edu |
Chris Lee | Teaching Coordinator | 458-3399 | clee@bio.tamu.edu |
Bethany Willett | Technical Laboratory Coordinator | 845-8650 | bwalker@bio.tamu.edu |
Urania Wells | Administrative Assistant | 845-6225 | uwells@bio.tamu.edu |
Tylesha Ramirez | Senior Office Assistant | 845-4651 | tramirez@bio.tamu.edu |
Elaina Curtis | Technician II | 845-4679 | ecurtis@bio.tamu.edu |
Brittany White | Technician II | 845-4679 | bawhite@bio.tamu.edu |
Brittany Cornell | Technician I | 845-4679 | bcornell@bio.tamu.edu |
Faculty
Phone numbers & email addresses
Name | Title | Office | Course | |
Adams, Amanda | Lecturer | HELD 319 | Biology 111, 112 | aadams@bio.tamu.edu |
Fletcher, Samantha | Lecturer | HELD 307 | Biology 111, 112 | sfletcher@bio.tamu.edu |
Lee, Christopher | Lecturer | HELD 315, 458-3399 |
Biology 107, 112 | clee@bio.tamu.edu |
Erickson, James | Associate Professor | BSBW 348C | Biology 111, 112 | jerickson@bio.tamu.edu |
Hawkins, Angela | Lecturer | HELD 320C, 862-7707 |
Biology 111 | ahawkins@bio.tamu.edu |
MacKenzie, Duncan | Associate Professor | BSBE 306E | Biology 112 Honors | duncan@bio.tamu.edu |
Rao, Asha | Instructional Assistant Professor | HELD 320A, 845-7766 |
Biology 111, 113 | arao@bio.tamu.edu |
Ryan, Kathy | Instructional Assistant Professor | BSBW 435D | Biology 111, 112 | kryan@bio.tamu.edu |
Tag, Andrew | Director of Lower Division, Instructiobal Assistant Professor | HELD 320D, 845-1944 |
Biology 111, 112 | atag@bio.tamu.edu |
Spring 2021
Teaching Assistants & Lab Instructors
Phone numbers & email addresses
Students should use the information below to contact their Teaching Assistant, Lab Instructor or Lecturer. If unable to do so, please call 845-4651 or e-mail the Introductory Biology Program Office at introbio@bio.tamu.edu to leave your message.
Name | Sections | |
Bukola Adaramola | 517, 523, 537 | adaramolaba@exchange.tamu.edu |
Mohammad Ali | 520, 530, 550 | |
Ananya Dasgupta | 542, 544 | adasgupta@bio.tamu.edu |
Bolaji Durodola | 504, 505, 506, 508, 509 , 513 | bdurodola@bio.tamu.edu |
Olalekan Faromiki | 503, 510 | lazenger2001@tamu.edu |
Jimmy Goncalves | 507, 534 | jgoncalves@bio.tamu.edu |
Lacie LaMonica | 502, 540 | fatlacie@tamu.edu |
Chris Marbaniang | 501, 518, 536 | chrisvmarbaniang_26@tamu.edu |
Erin Nguyen | 528 | e.nguyen@tamu.edu |
Alanna Noland | 511, 514 | anoland@bio.tamu.edu |
Ifeoluwa Oginni | 521, 533, 541 | loveleen@exchange.tamu.edu |
Wisdom Osisioma | 515, 524, 525 | osisiomaw@exchange.tamu.edu |
Breann Richey | 522, 532 | brichey@tamu.edu |
Mercy Udeh | 527, 538, 539 | mercyudehc@exchange.tamu.edu |
Yufeng Wan | 512, 519 | ywan@bio.tamu.edu |
Runshi Xie | 536, 535, 543 | rxie@bio.tamu.edu |
Yudan Zhu | 529, 531 | yzhu@bio.tamu.edu |
Name | Sections | |
Ben Alexander | 529, 532, 533, 538, 542, 546 | malexander@bio.tamu.edu |
Te An Chen | 536, 540 | tchen@bio.tamu.edu |
Daniel De Jesus | 518, 523 | danieljdejesus@tamu.edu |
Sharon Epps | 502, 505, 511, 513, 528, 531 | sepps@bio.tamu.edu |
Tamika Harford | 535 | tharford@bio.tamu.edu |
Yuhan Huang | 504, 506 | yhuang@bio.tamu.edu |
Laura Jerpseth | 526, 527 | ljerpseth@bio.tamu.edu |
Young-Ho Jung | 539, 547 | yjung@bio.tamu.edu |
Bridgette Kerr | 516, 517 | bkerr@bio.tamu.edu |
Miranda Leal | 544, 549 | mleal@bio.tamu.edu |
Jacob Lyons | 545, 548, 551, 552, 553, 554 | jlyons@bio.tamu.edu |
Jorge Medina | 525, 537 | jorgemedinad@tamu.edu |
Lydia Morley | 509 | lmorley@tamu.edu |
Griffin Nicholson | 501, 503 | gnicholson@bio.tamu.edu |
Xinyu Nie | 512, 514 | xnie@bio.tamu.edu |
Josh Pettibon | 510, 530 | jpettibon@bio.tamu.edu |
Jordan Salomon | 522 | jordansaloman@tamu.edu |
Kelley Sampeck | 507, 550 | ksampeck@cvm.tamu.edu |
Javier Sanchez | 515, 541 | jsanchez@bio.tamu.edu |
Lunda Shen | 521, 534 | lshen@bio.tamu.edu |
Dinuki Siriwardana | 519, 520 | dsiriwardana@bio.tamu.edu |
Tori Spencer | 543 | tspencer@bio.tamu.edu |
McKinley Williams | 508, 524 | mwilliams@bio.tamu.edu |
Name | Sections | |
Melanie Florkowski | 502, 503 | mflorkow@tamu.edu |
Simon Kiacz | 506, 510 | skiacz@cvm.tamu.edu |
Joshua Lerner | 507, 509 | jlerner@bio.tamu.edu |
Terrence Sylvester | 501, 505 | tsylvester@bio.tamu.edu |
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