Research
As a learner-centered and discovery-driven institution, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍøÖ±²¥ values the research of its faculty. The following lists the research interests of faculty members in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Faculty Research Areas
- Todd Barkman, Ph.D.—plant systematics, genetics
- Wendy Beane, Ph.D.—stem cells, regeneration
- Devin Bloom, Ph.D.—ecology evolution, macroevolution, systematics of fishes
- Christine Byrd-Jacobs, Ph.D.—cellular neurobiology
- Kathryn Docherty, Ph.D.—m¾±³¦°ù´Ç²ú¾±´Ç±ô´Ç²µ²â, ecology
- Jackie Eng, Ph.D.—Biological Anthropology
- Karim Essani, Ph.D.—virology, immunology
- John Geiser, Ph.D.—m¾±³¦°ù´Ç²ú¾±´Ç±ô´Ç²µ²â, molecular biology
- Sharon Gill, Ph.D.—behavioral ecology, sound ecology, ornithology
- Pam Hoppe, Ph.D.—C. elegans developmental biology
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- Donald Kane, Ph.D.—developmental genetics
- David Karowe, Ph.D.—global change ecology
- Benjamin Koestler, Ph.D.—m¾±³¦°ù´Ç²ú¾±´Ç±ô´Ç²µ²â, infectious deseases
- Cindy Linn, Ph.D.â€Â£±ð³Ü°ù´Ç±è³ó²â²õ¾±´Ç±ô´Ç²µ²â
- Yan Lu, Ph.D.—plant cell biology
- Silvia Rossbach, Ph.D.—m¾±³¦°ù´Ç²ú¾±´Ç±ô´Ç²µ²â
- David Rudge, Ph.D.—science education
- Tiffany Schriever, Ph.D.—freshwater ecology, community and ecosystem ecology, herpetology and aquatic entomology
- John Spitsbergen, Ph.D.â€Â£±ð³Ü°ù´Ç²ú¾±´Ç±ô´Ç²µ²â, physiology
- Brian Tripp, Ph.D.—enzymology, protein engineering
- Maarten Vonhof, Ph.D.—ecology, vertebrate biology
Adjunct Research Areas
- Nichol Holodick, Ph.D.—immunology
- Prentiss Jones, Ph. D.—toxicology
- Erik Larson, Ph.D.—molecular and cellular biology
- David Linn, Ph.D.â€Â£±ð³Ü°ù´Ç±è³ó²â²õ¾±´Ç±ô´Ç²µ²â
- Tom Rothstein, Ph.D.—immunology
- Gregory VandenHeuvel, Ph.D.—transcriptional regulation of kidney development
- Richard VanEnk, Ph.D.—m¾±³¦°ù´Ç²ú¾±´Ç±ô´Ç²µ²â
- Rachel Warga, Ph.D.—developmental biology
- Mark Webster, Ph.D.—molecular and cellular biotechnology
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Emeriti Research Areas
- Bruce Bejcek, Ph.D.—cancer biology
- Leonard Beuving, Ph.D.—pathology, imaging
- Richard Brewer, Ph.D.—ecology
- David Cowan, Ph.D.—evolution, behavioral ecology
- Joe Engemann, Ph.D.—zoology
- Robert Eversole, Ph.D.—investigative pathology, Eosinophil, host parasite relationships
- Leonard Ginsberg, Ph.D.—cell biology, toxicology
- Charles Ide, Ph.D.—gene expression, environmental risk assessment
- Steven L. Kohler, Ph.D.—population, community ecology, aquatic ecology
- Stephen B. Malcolm, Ph.D.—ecology, chemical ecology
- David Reinhold, Ph.D.—biochemistry, cancer biology
- Susan Stapleton, Ph.D.—biochemistry, metabolism