Office Staff

Director

Julie Merkle

Dr. Julie Merkle

(she/her/hers)

Associate Professor/Biology
Director of the Eykamp Center for Teaching Excellence

Room 219, Koch Center for Engineering and Science
812-488-5026
jm757@evansville.edu

Specializations:
Developmental Biology, Genetics, Stem Cell Biology, Reproductive Biology

Co-Director

Jessica Snow

Dr. Jessica Snow

Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
Co-Director of the Eykamp Center for Teaching Excellence

Room 222, Graves Hall
812-488-2284
js1084@evansville.edu

Dr. Snow joined the UE School of Health Science faculty in 2023 after 9 years in a faculty position at New Mexico Highlands University. Dr. Snow’s research experience centers on understanding pulmonary hypertension, or high blood pressure in the lungs. She received her Ph.D. in 2009 from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and her B.S. in Biology from the University of Illinois in 2003.

At UE, Dr. Snow teaches Anatomy and Physiology, Cardiac Rehab, Nutrition and other related Exercise Science courses. Her current research interests lie in improving the teaching and learning of Anatomy and Physiology

Outside of academia she enjoys running, reading, watching her kids’ sports, cooking, tending to her chickens, and cheering for the Purple Aces. She and her husband Craig (UE Alum, class of 2001) have three kids- Adelynn (15), Beckett (12) and Alannah (3).