Russell Minton

• BIOL 122 Molecular and Cell Biology
• BIOL 123 Molecular and Cell Biology Lab
• BIOL 232 Human Genetics
• BIOL 290 Research Methods in Biology
• BIOL 373 Cell Biochemistry
• BIOL 374 Cell Biochemistry Lab

• University of Alabama, Ph.D. Biology (Ecology and Systematics), 2001.
• University of Wisconsin Parkside, M.S. Applied Molecular Biology, 1997.
• University of Wisconsin Parkside, B.S. Biology, 1994.

• Associate Professor of Biology, Gannon University, 2018-present.
• Associate Professor of Biology, University of Houston Clear Lake, 2014-2018.
• Associate Professor of Biology, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 2009-2014.
• Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 2003-2009.
• Post-doctoral researcher, Field Museum of Natural History, 2002-2003.

• Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society
• Pennsylvania Academy of Science
• Texas Academy of Science

Recent publications:

• Shepard BRE, Minton RL (2019) Environmental factors do not significantly contribute to shell shape in the Sprite Elimia, Elimia proxima (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae). Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences 93:1-12.
• Medellin AA, Minton RL (2019) Biology of the perforate dome snail, Ventridens demissus (Binney, 1843) (Gastropoda: Zonitidae) from Seabrook, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 71:1.
• Minton RL, Hart KC, Fiorillo RA, Brown CG (2018) Correlates of snail shell variation along a unidirectional freshwater gradient in Lithasia geniculata (Haldeman, 1840) (Caenogastropoda: Pleuroceridae) from the Duck River, Tennessee, USA. Folia Malacologica 26:95-102.
• Minton RL, Beasley RR, Lance SL, Perez KE (2017) Development, characterization, and utility of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Praticollela species from south Texas, USA. American Malacological Bulletin 35:158-162.
• Minton RL, McGregor BL, Hayes DM, Paight CJ, Inoue K (2017) Genetic structuring in the Pyramid Elimia, Elimia potosiensis (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae), with implications for pleurocerid conservation. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93:437-449.
• Perez KE, Ruiz E, Martinez Cruz M, Minton RL (2017) A new species of south Texas scrubsnail, Praticolella (von Martens, 1892) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Polygyridae). Nautilus 131:67-75.
• Minton RL, Harris PM, North E, Do VT (2017) Diversity and taxonomy of Vietnamese Pollicaria (Gastropoda, Pupinidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 93:95-104.

You can access copies of my publications using these links:

• Google Scholar
• Researchgate

My research deals broadly with questions of mollusk evolution and ecology, focused primarily on freshwater and land snails. I am especially interested in projects addressing taxonomy and systematics using morphological and molecular data. I am fortunate to have had the freedom to develop a diverse research program that allows my students, colleagues, and me to pursue a variety of interesting avenues. Projects that I am actively engaged in contain portions appropriate for undergraduate involvement. If you want to work with me, please let me know!