James Sikes
Associate Professor
Full-Time Faculty
Biography
Professor Sikes is interested in the evolution and development of regeneration and asexual reproduction in invertebrates, particularly marine and freshwater flatworms. Current research focuses on understanding developmental mechanisms that allow some flatworms to regenerate and the molecular developmental processes that lead to diversification of asexual reproductive strategies.
Research Areas
- Evolution and development of regeneration and asexual reproduction in invertebrates
- Developmental mechanisms that allow some flatworms to regenerate and the molecular developmental processes that lead to diversification of asexual reproductive strategies
Appointments
- Department Chair, Biology
Education
- PhD, University of Maryland
- BS, Furman University