John P. Munson
- 1898-1928 (Deceased)
- B.A. Milton College, University of Wisconsin, and Yale
- Ph.D. University of Chicago
- Specialization: Biology
Alexia M. Reuter
- 1923-1925 (Left CWU, Deceased)
- Education Unknown
- Specialization: Biology
Harold W. Quigley
- 1925-1954 (Emeritus, Deceased)
- B.S. University of Oregon
- M.A. University of Chicago
- Specialization: Zoology
Thomas M. Christison
- 1945-1947 (Emeritus, Deceased)
- B.S. University of Oregon
- M.A. University of Chicago
- Specialization: Zoology
Marshall W. Mayberry
- 1948-1971 (Emeritus, Deceased, 1997)
- B.A. Washburn University
- Ph.D. University of Kansas
- Specialization: Botany
Janet M. Lowe
- 1949-1987 (Emeritus, Deceased, 1999)
- B.S. University of Washington
- M.S. University of Chicago
- Specialization: Vertebrate Embryology
Bernard E. Michals
- 1951-1958 (Left CWU)
- Education Unknown
- Specialization: Science Education
Curt A. Wiberg
- 1956-1991 (Emeritus, Deceased)
- B.S. University of Wisconsin
- M.S. University of Oregon
- Specialization: Science Education
John S. Shrader
- 1957-1984 (Deceased, 2000)
- B.S. M.A. and Ed.D. University of Washington
- Specialization: Science Education / Biology
Don H. Baepler
- 1960-1968 (Deceased, 2008)
- B.A. Carleton College
- M.S. and Ph.D. University of Oklahoma
- Specialization: Ornithology
Edward P. Klucking
- 1960-1994 (Emeritus, Deceased, 2013)
- B.A. Macalester
- M.A. and Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley
- Specialization: Botany and Paleo Botany
Daniel L. Wilson
- 1961-1968 (Left CWU)
- B.S. and M.A. Kansas State University
- Ph.D. University of Oklahoma
- Specialization: Botany
James A. Sandoval
- 1963-1965 (Left CWU)
- Education Unknown
- Specialization: Botany / Plant Physiology
Glen W. Clark
- 1964-1998 (Emeritus, Deceased, 2010)
- B.S. Ricks College
- M.S. Utah State
- Ph.D. University of California at Davis
- Specialization: Invertebrate / Parasitology
Curt G. Carlbom
- 1965-1966 (Left CWU)
- Education Unknown
- Specialization: Botany
Jared Verner
- 1965-1974 (Left CWU)
- B.S. Washington State University
- M.S. Louisiana State University
- Ph.D. University of Washington
Phillip C. Dumas
- 1965-1989 (Emeritus, Deceased, 1992)
- B.S. M.S. and Ph.D. Oregon State University
- Specialization: Herpetology / Anatomy
Virginia P. Harden
- 1965-1968 (Left CWU)
- B.S. Central State College (Oklahoma)
- M.S. University of Oklahoma
- Ph.D. Kansas State
- Specialization: Microbiology
William W. Barker
- 1966-1995 (Emeritus, Deceased, 2003)
- B.S. Baldwin-Wallace College
- M.S. University of Michigan
- Ph.D. University of Washington
- Specialization: Plant Taxonomy
Sheldon R. Johnson
- 1966-2004 (Emeritus, Deceased, 2022)
- B.A. Occidental College
- M.S. UCLA
- Ph.D. Oregon State University
- Specialization: Animal Physiology / Mammalogy
Richard Neve
- 1966-1970 (Left CWU)
- B.S. Loyola University
- M.S. University of San Francisco
- Ph.D. University of Oregon
- Specialization: Graduate Dean
Robert H. Brown
- 1967-1997 (Emeritus, Deceased, 2019)
- B.S.(Ed) M.S. and Ph.D. University of Arizona, 1965
- Specialization: Vertebrate Anatomy
Jack A. Peary
- 1968-1973 (Left CWU)
- B.S. City College of N.Y.
- M.S. and Ph.D. University of Oregon
- Specialization: Plant Physiology / Algology
Stamford D. Smith
- 1968-2001 (Emeritus)
- B.A. San Jose State
- M.S. and Ph.D. University of Idaho
- Specialization: Entomology / Ecology
Ronald J. Boles
- 1968-1993 (Emeritus, Deceased, 2001)
- B.S. Kansas State University
- M.A. Stanford University
- Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
- Specialization: Science Education / Biology
Helen M. Wolfsehr-Wise
- 1968-1969 (Retired, Deceased, 2016)
- B.A. Linfield College
- M.S. work at CWU
- Specialization: General Biology
Robert E. Pacha
- 1969-1997 (Emeritus, Deceased, 2016)
- B.S. M.S. and Ph.D. University of Washington
- Specialization: Microbiology
David R. Hosford
- 1969-2003 (Emeritus)
- B.A. Portland State University
- Ph.D. University of Washington
- Specialization: Mycology / Algology
Edward J. Harrington
- 1970-1989 (Emeritus, Deceased, 2009)
- B.S. and M.S. Tufts University
- Ph.D. Cornell University
- Specialization: Academic Vice President
Thomas H. Thelen
- 1970-1999 (Emeritus, Deceased, 2015)
- B.S. St. Johns University
- Ph.D. University of Minnesota
- Specialization: Genetics
John E. Carr
- 1972-2000 (Deceased, 2000)
- B.S. and M.A. University of Missouri
- Ph.D. Oregon State University
- Specialization: Plant Physiology
Alice Lindahl
- 1972-1972
- Education Unknown
- Specialization: General Biology
Robert F. Lapen
- 1973-1998 (Emeritus, Deceased, 2013)
- B.S. Wagner College
- M.S. Idaho State University
- Ph.D. Washington State University
- Specialization: Virology / Immunology
Roland S. Shook
- 1973-1978 (Left CWU)
- B.S. and M.S. Colorado State University
- Ph.D. Arizona State University
- Specialization: Ornithology / Ecology
Leland (Lee) S. Jahnke
- 1974-1976 (Two Year Biotech Grant, Left CWU)
- B.A. M.S. and Ph.D. University of Minnesota
- Specialization: Plant Physiology
Dennis Swanger
- 1974-1976 (Two Year Biotech Grant, Left CWU)
- B.S. and M.A. University of Utah
- Specialization: Microbiology
Thomas Trask
- 1974—1975 (One Year Biotech Grant, Left CWU)
- Education Unkown
- Specialization: Invertebrate Zoology
David M. Darda
- 1987-2021 (Emeritus)
- B.S. University of Illinois
- Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley
- Specialization: Vertebrate Morphology / Herpetology
Phillip W. Mattocks
- 1989-2005 (Left CWU)
- B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M.S. and Ph.D. University of Washington
- Specialization: Ornithology
Paul W. James
- 1990-Present
- B.S. University of Kansas
- M.S. Southwest Missouri State
- Ph.D. Oklahoma State University
- Specialization: Ichthyology/Ecology
Michael L. Gleason
- 1992-1999 (Left CWU)
- B.S. Pittsburg State University (Kansas)
- Ph.D. Oklahoma State University
- Specialization: Cell / Molecular Biology
Kristina A. Ernest
- 1994-Present
- B.S. Cornell
- M.S. University of Oklahoma
- Ph.D. University of New Mexico
- Specialization: Community Ecology
Louise M. Baxter
- 1995-2001 (Left CWU)
- B.S. Washington State University
- M.Ed. University of Washington
- Ph.D. University of Northern Colorado
- Specialization: Science Education / Biology
Linda A. Raubeson
- 1995-Present
- B.S. University of Puget Sound
- M.S. University of North Carolina
- Ph.D. Yale University
- Specialization: Plant Evolution / Genetics
Douglas N. Reynolds
- 1996-1998 (Left CWU)
- B.S. Yale University
- Ph.D. Duke University
- Specialization: Plant Ecology
Daniel D. Beck
- 1996-2022 (Emeritus)
- B.S. and M.S. Utah State University
- Ph.D. University of Arizona
- Specialization: Physiological Ecology and Herpetology
Lixing Sun
- 1996-Present
- B.S. and M.S. East China Normal
- Ph.D. State University of New York
- Specialization: Animal Behavior
Holly B. Pinkart
- 1998-Present
- B.S. Cal State Long Beach
- Ph.D. University of Tennessee
- Specialization: Microbial Ecology
John L. Ninnemann
- 1998-2000 (Left CWU)
- B.A. Saint Olaf College (MN)
- M.S. North Dakota State
- Ph.D. Colorado State University
- Specialization: Dean of Science, Immunology
Patrick J. Bryan
- 1998-2004 (Left CWU)
- B.S. University of Penn, Bloomsburg
- Ph.D. Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
- Specialization: Developmental and Invertebrate Biology
Steven D. Verhey
- 1999-2006 (Left CWU)
- B.A. Reed College
- M.S. University of Washington
- Ph.D. Oregon State University
- Specialization: Cell / Molecular Biology
Tom R. Cottrell
- 2000-2015 (Emeritus)
- B.A. University of Colorado
- M.S. and Ph.D. Colorado State University
- Specialization: Plant Ecology
Lucy Bottcher
- 2000-2022 (Retired)
- B.S. University of California, Davis
- M.S. Central Washington University
- Ph.D. Northern Arizona University
- Specialization: Ecology and Zoology
David L. Soltz
- 2001-2007 (Left CWU)
- B.A. University of California at Berkeley
- Ph.D. UCLA
- Specialization: Ichthyology
Roberta Soltz
- 2001-2007 (Left CWU)
- B.A. University of California, Los Angeles
- M.S. California State University, Los Angeles
- Ph.D. University of California, Irvine
- Specialization: Ecology and Resource Management
R. Steven Wagner
- 2001-2009 (Left CWU)
- B.S. Central Washington University
- Ph.D. Oregon State University
- Specialization: Genetics / Conservation Biology
Candace R. Winstead
- 2002-2005 (Left CWU)
- B.A. Augustana College
- Ph.D. Loyola University of Chicago
- Specialization: Immunology / Virology
Ian J. Quitadamo
- 2002-Present
- B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., Washington State University
- Specialization: Biology / Science Education
Mary E. Poulson
- 2003-Present
- B.S. University of Wyoming
- M.S. and Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana
- Specialization: Plant Physiology
James E. Johnson
- 2004-Present
- B.A. and M.S. Eastern Illinois
- Ph.D. University of Tennessee
- Specialization: Mycology and Systematics
Jason T. Irwin
- 2005-Present
- B.S. University of Victoria
- M.S. and Ph.D. Miami University of Ohio
- Specialization: Animal Physiology / Entomology
Daniel J. Selski
- 2006-2014 (Left CWU)
- B.A. Berea College
- M.S. and Ph.D. University of Rochester (New York)
- Specialization: Neurobiology and Anatomy
Lucinda Carnell
- 2006-Present
- B.S. California State University, Long Beach
- Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
- Specialization: Molecular and Cell Biology
Gabrielle Stryker
- 2007-Present
- B.S. University of New Mexico
- Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
- Specialization: Immunology, Parasitology, and Microbiology
Blaise Dondji
- 2008-Present
- B.Sc., M.Sc. and M.Phil. University of Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Ph.D. University of Jos, Nigeria
- Specialization: Human Physiology, Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology
Jennifer M. Dechaine
- 2010-2022 (CWU School of Education Director / CEPS Associate Dean, 2022)
- B.A. Luther College
- Ph.D. University of Minnesota
- Specialization: Plant Evolutionary Genetics and Ecology / Science Education
Alison Scoville, 2010-Present
- B.A. Carleton College
- Ph.D. Utah State University
- Specialization: Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics
Wayne Quirk
- Professor of Biological Sciences (2012-Emeritus)
- Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Life (2008-2011)
- Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research (2003-2008)
- Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology and Physiology) – 1988, Washington State University
- M.S. (Industrial Relations) – 1982, Iowa State University
- B.S. (Psychology) – 1980, University of Northern Iowa
- Specialization: Sensory Physiology
Fabiola S. Serra Fuertes, 2013-Present
- B.S. Universidad Alas Peruanas
- D.V.M. Universidad Alas Peruanas
- Specialization: Animal Biology, Human Biology, Sustainable Agriculture
April Binder, 2014-Present
- B.A. University of Redlands
- Ph.D. Washington State University
- Specialization: Molecular Developmental Biology
Eric A. Graham, 2015-2023 (Left CWU)
- B.S. University of Washington (Zoology)
- Ph.D. UCLA (Biology)
- Specialization: Plant Ecology and Craft Brewing
Sarah Oppelt, 2020-Present
- B.A. Hartwick College
- Ph.D., Boston University
- Genetics, Advanced Cell Biology, Techniques in Biotechnology