Biological Sciences Faculty and Staff, 2014

FACULTY MEMBERS

Clay Arango, Associate Professor

Stream ecosystem ecology, nitrogen cycling, human-ecosystem interactions

Daniel Beck, Professor

Ecology, behavior, and physiology of reptiles in the Pacific NW, southwestern USA, and western Mexico

April Binder, Assistant Professor

Reproductive biology focused on hormonal control of ovarian function and development

Lucy Bottcher, Senior Lecturer

Amphibians, management and preservation of tropical rainforests

Lucinda Carnell, Professor

Regulation of behavior in the nematode, C. elegans

Tom R. Cottrell, Professor Emeritus

Plant ecology in areas of fire disturbance, rare plant habitats

David Darda, Professor

Evolutionary vertebrate morphology, herpetology

Jennifer Dechaine, Associate Professor

Plant evolutionary genetics

Blaise Dondji, Associate Professor

Cellular immune responses to hookworm and Leishmania infections

Kristina Ernest, Professor

Terrestrial ecology: small mammals, species interactions, connectivity

Fabiola Serra Fuertes, Lecturer

Animal biology, physiology

Eric Graham, Lecturer

Plant ecology

Jason Irwin, Professor

Physiological and ecological aspects of cold tolerance in insects and amphibians

Paul James, Professor

Ecology & fisheries biology

Jim Johnson, Professor / Department Chair

Mycology, molecular systematics, molecular ecology and amphibian disease

Lindsay Millward, Lecturer

Holly Pinkart, Professor

Microbial ecology and physiology, microbes of saline alkaline lakes

Mary Poulson, Professor

Plant physiology, photosynthesis, and photosynthetic responses to the environment

Wayne Quirk, Professor

Sensory Physiology

Ian Quitadamo, Professor

Neuro-cognitive basis of critical thinking, assessment of science learning

Linda Raubeson, Professor   

**ON SABBATICAL 2018-2019**

Phylogeny of conifers, chloroplast genome evolution, conservation and ecological genetics of local plants

Alison Scoville, Associate Professor

Ecological and evolutionary genomics, rapid evolution and conservation biology

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), primatology

R. Steven Wagner, Professor 

**ON PROFESSIONAL LEAVE FROM CWU 2018-2019**

Amphibian decline, genetics, herpetology, conservation biology, road ecology, primate behavior