Frank Fontanella, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology- B.S., University of Alabama,
- M.S., University of Alabama,
- Ph.D., City University of New York,
- BIOL-1011K (Introduction to Biology w/Lab)
- BIOL-1107 (Principles of Biology I)
- BIOL-1108 (Principles of Biology II)
- BIOL-1108L (Principles of Biology II Lab)
- BIOL-2108 (Prin of Bio II for Biol Majors)
- BIOL-2108L (Prin of Bio II Lab for Bio Maj)
- BIOL-3242 (Evolution)
- BIOL-3621 (Genetics)
- BIOL-4130 (Climate Change Biology)
- BIOL-4266 (Molecular Ecology)
- BIOL-4984 (Senior Biology Seminar)
- BIOL-4985 (Undergraduate Research I)
- BIOL-5266 (Molecular Ecology)
- BIOL-5985 (Climate Change Biology)
- BIOL-6981 (Turtle Ecology)
- BIOL-6983 (Graduate Research)
- BIOL-6984 (Graduate Biology Seminar)
- BIOL-6985 (Graduate Climate Biology)
- BIOL-6999 (Thesis Defense)
Fall 2024 Sections
- BIOL-1011K (Introduction to Biology w/Lab) Section: 1ZG eCore Courses External Resource
- BIOL-1108 (Principles of Biology II) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-3621 (Genetics) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4984 (Senior Biology Seminar) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2024 Sections
- BIOL-1108 (Principles of Biology II) Section: 01D external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-2108 (Prin of Bio II for Biol Majors) Section: 01D external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4130 (Climate Change Biology) Section: 1DW external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-5985 (Graduate Climate Biology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-6999 (Thesis) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2024 Sections
- BIOL-1011K (Introduction to Biology w/Lab) Section: 1VG eCore Courses External Resource
- BIOL-1108 (Principles of Biology II) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-3621 (Genetics) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4266 (Molecular Ecology) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-5266 (Molecular Ecology) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-6981 (Independent Research) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2023 Sections
- BIOL-1108 (Principles of Biology II) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-2108L (Prin of Bio II Lab for Bio Maj) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-3621 (Genetics) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4984 (Senior Biology Seminar) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-6981 (Turtle Ecology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-6983 (Graduate Research) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2023 Sections
- BIOL-1108 (Principles of Biology II) Section: 01D external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-2108 (Prin of Bio II for Biol Majors) Section: 01D external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-2108L (Prin of Bio II Lab for Bio Maj) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4985 (Climate Biology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-6985 (Graduate Climate Biology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2023 Sections
- BIOL-1108 (Principles of Biology II) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-1108L (Principles of Biology II Lab) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-1108L (Principles of Biology II Lab) Section: 05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-3621 (Genetics) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-6984 (Graduate Biology Seminar) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- BIOL-3621 (Genetics) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4266 (Molecular Ecology) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4984 (Senior Biology Seminar) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-5266 (Molecular Ecology) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2022 Sections
- BIOL-2108 (Prin of Bio II for Biol Majors) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4985 (Climate Change Biology) Section: 1DW external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-5985 (Grad-Climate Change Biology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- BIOL-3242 (Evolution) Section: 02W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-3621 (Genetics) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4984 (Senior Biology Seminar) Section: 04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- BIOL-3621 (Genetics) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4266 (Molecular Ecology) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4984 (Senior Biology Seminar) Section: 05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-5266 (Molecular Ecology) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- BIOL-2108 (Prin of Bio II for Biol Majors) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4985 (Climate Change Biology) Section: 1DW external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-5985 (Climate Change Biology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-6999 (Thesis Defense) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- BIOL-4984 (Senior Biology Seminar) Section: 04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- BIOL-1107 (Principles of Biology I) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-3621 (Genetics) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- BIOL-4985 (Undergraduate Research I) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Phylogeography and demographic expansion in the widely distributed horned passalus beetle, Odontotaenius disjunctus (coleoptera: [View Publication External Resource]
Lartiguen J R.; F. M. Fontanella and Cebrian, J. (2003). Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on the photosynthesis and palatability of Ulva lactuca. (1) 71-78.
Fontanella, F. M. and Hopkins T. S. (2001). Preliminary Phylogeny of Echinaster (Othilia) from the Gulf of Mexico based on Morphological Characters. Echinoderm Research 2001 (Feral and David eds.) pp 91-94
Hopkins, T. S., F. M. Fontanella, and C. R. R. Ventura. (2001). Morphological variation within and among Echinaster (Othilia) from South America. Echinoderm Research 2001 (Feral and David eds.) pp 95-104.
Fontanella FM, Victoriano PF, Sites JJ. 2017. Secondary contact, gene flow and clinal variation between two mtDNA lineages of the Northeastern ringneck snake Diadophis punctatus edwardsii (Colubroidea:Dipsadidae). [View Publication (PDF)]
Fontanella, F. M. (2015) Mitochondrial DNA panmixia in the little brown seastar Echinaster spinulosus suggests a recent population expansion. Mitochondrial DNA (Accepted)
Fontanella, F.M., Feltrin, N, Avila, L J., Sites, J. W., Morando. M. (2012)Early stages of divergence: phylogeography, climate modeling, and niche differentiation in the South American lizard Liolaemus petrophilus. Ecology and Evolution, 2, 792-808.
Vera-Escolona I, D’Elia, G, Gouin N, Fontanella, F.M., Sites, Jr. J.W., Victoriano, P.(2012) Lizards on ice: evidence for multiple refugia in Liolaemus pictus (Squamata; Liolaemidae) during the Last Glacial Maximum in the Southern Andean Beech forests. P
Fontanella, F.M. (2012) Beyond mtDNA, morphological and nuclear data suggests historical divergence and contemporary gene flow in the northeastern ringneck snake Diadophis punctatus edwardsii (Abstract)
Fontanella, F. M., Olave, M., Avila, L. J., Sites, J. W., Morando, M. (2011)Molecular dating and phylogenetic relationships of the lizard sub-genus Eulaemus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 164, 825-835.
Hanna, N., Brown, D., Morando, M, Avila, L. J., Sites, J. W., Fontanella, F. M. (2011) Characterization of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the South American lizard Liolaemus fitzingerii with cross-amplification in L. chehuachekenk. Con. Gen. Res.
Siddall, M. E., Min, G. S. Fontanella, F. M., Phillips, A.J. Watson, S. C. (2011) Bacterial symbiont and salivary peptide evolution in the context of leech phylogeny, 138, 1815¬1827.
Nunez, J., Koontz, N., Rabanal, F., Fontanella, F.M., Sites, J.W. (2011)Amphibian phylogeography in the Antipodes: refugia and postglacial colonization explain mitochondrial haplotype distribution in the Patagonian frog Eupsophus calcaratus
Fontanella, F.M. and Siddall, M.E. (2010). Development and characterization of 14 microsatellite loci in the ringneck snake Diadophis punctatus, 11, 1193-1195.
Fontanella, F.M. and Siddall, M.E. (2010). Evaluating Hypotheses on the Origin and Diversification of the Ringneck Snake, Diadophis punctatus, (Colubridae: Dipsadinae)., 158, 629-640.
Siddall, M.E., Fontanella, F.M., Watson, S.C., Kvist, S., and Erseus, C. (2009). Convergence to Metazoan Mitochondrial Primer Targets by Bacteria: Implications for Barcoding in a Marine Environment. 58 (4) 445-451.
Fontanella, F.M., Feldman, C.R., Siddall, M.E., Burbrink, F.T. (2008). Phylogeography of Diadophis punctatus: Extensive lineage diversity and repeated patterns of historical demography in a trans-continental snake.
Burbrink, F. T., Fontanella, F. M., Pyron, R. A., Guiher, T. J, and Jimenez, C. (2008). Phylogeography across a continent: The evolutionary and demographic history of the North American racer (Serpentes: Colubridae: Coluber constrictor).