Biology

Biology Faculty

Clay Arango, Research Associate and Lecturer
Daniel D. Beck, Professor
Ecology, behavior, and physiology of reptiles in the Pacific NW, southwestern USA, and western Mexico
Lucinda Carnell, Associate Professor
Regulation of behavior in the nematode, C. elegans
Tom R. Cottrell, Associate Professor/Department Chair
Plant ecology in areas of fire disturbance, rare plant habitats
David M. Darda, Professor
Evolutionary vertebrate morphology, herpetology
Jennifer M. Dechaine, Assistant Professor
Plant evolutionary genetics
Blaise Dondji, Assistant Professor
Cellular immune responses to hookworm and Leishmania infections
Kristina A. Ernest, Professor
Community ecology, plant-herbivore interactions, ecology of small mammals
Jason T. Irwin, Associate Professor
Physiological and ecological aspects of cold tolerance in insects and amphibians
Paul W. James, Professor
Fish ecology, stream ecology
Jim Johnson, Associate Professor
Mycology, molecular systematics, molecular ecology and amphibian disease
Holly C. Pinkart, Professor
Microbial ecology and physiology, microbes of saline alkaline lakes
Mary Poulson, Associate Professor
Plant Physiology, photosynthesis, and photosynthetic responses to the environment
Ian J. Quitadamo, Associate Professor
Neuro-cognitive basis of critical thinking, assessment of science learning
Linda A. Raubeson, Professor
Phylogeny of conifers, chloroplast genome evolution, conservation and ecological genetics of local plants
Alison Scoville, Assistant Professor
Ecological and evolutionary genomics, rapid evolution and conservation biology
Daniel J. Selski, Assistant Professor
Development of the vertebrate nervous system, axon growth in the chick visual system
Gabrielle Stryker, Associate Professor
Protozoan parasites, paraflagellar rod proteins in kinetoplastids, cell motility, immunology
Lixing Sun, Professor
Ecology and evolution of animal behavior (especially communication systems), chemical ecology
R. Steven Wagner, Associate Professor
Amphibian decline, genetics, herpetology, conservation biology, road ecology, primate behavior