Staff

Office Staff

Ethel White

Office Manager
(252) 744-2678
E-mail: whitee@ecu.edu

Brenda Smith

Administrative Associate
(252) 744-2675
E-mail: smithbre@ecu.edu

Professional Research Staff

Tamatha Baxley

• Born and raised in Fayetteville, NC
• Double B.S. from East Carolina University in Biochemistry and Biology
• Research Focus: Regulation of Striated and Smooth Muscle Contraction (Dr. Chalovich's Lab)

Kristen Hall

• Born and raised in Kinston, NC.
• Received a BS in Biology from East Carolina University.
• Research Focus: (Dr. Schwalbe's Lab)

Mitch Harris

• Born and raised in Goldsboro, NC
• B.S. Biology and a minor in Chemistry from UNC-Chapel Hill
• Works: Dr. Shaikh's Lab
• Future Plans: Dental School in the next year or two

Kristen Register Carraway

• Grew up in Kinston, NC but moved to Winterville from Swansboro, NC.
• Campbell University for Biology and ECU for Teaching
• Research Focus: (Dr. Mansfield's Lab)

Holly Jefferson

• Born and raised in Elizabeth City, NC
• M.S. in Cell Biology from East Carolina University (2004)
• B.S. in Biology from East Carolina University (1999)
• Research Focus: Regulation of growth hormone expression and GH receptor signal transduction and the effects of growth hormone on tumorigensis (Dr. Shewchuk's Lab)

Mark Metcalf

• Born and raised in Western NC
• M.S. in Molecular Biology/ Biochemistry, East Carolina University (2010) & B.S. in Biology, Wake Forest University (2007)
• Research Focus: Gene regulation and fat metabolism (Dr. Phillip Pekala's Lab)

Patti Shaver

• Born Columbia, SC
• B.S. in English with a minor in Biology from East Carolina University
• Research Focus: Examining the Catalytic Mechanisms of Proteins Related to Type II Diabetes

Mark Strausbauch

• Born and raised in Greenville, NC
• B.S. in Marine Biology from UNC at Wilmington (2000) & NC Teaching Certificate for 9th-12th grade science from UNC at Wilmington (2002)
• Research Focus: Mechanisms of Intiation and elongation/translocation & Molecular Mechanism for the Fidelity of Transcription as Catalyzed by E. coli RNA polymerase (Dr. Johnson's Lab)

Jianming Chen