Faculty & Professional Staff
Faculty
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Kirk Miller
B. F. Fackenthal, Jr. Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Physiology; Ecological Physiology. Respiration, metabolism, and growth of amphibians and reptiles; epidemiology of pregnancy outcomes.
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Kathleen Triman
Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Molecular Genetics. Molecular biology of ribosomal RNA; bioinformatics of ribosomal mutations.
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Daniel R. Ardia
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Evolution, Ecology and Heredity. Evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology; life history evolution of birds and insects.
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Peter A. Fields
Department Chair, Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Biochemistry; Marine Biology. Biochemical and physiological adaptations to extreme environments.
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Janet M. Fischer
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Ecology. Dynamics of freshwater zooplankton communities; effects of UV radiation on aquatic ecosystems; ecology of alpine lakes.
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Robert N. Jinks
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Neuroscience, molecular genetics, and cell biology of inherited diseases of the sensory systems and central nervous system in Old-Order Amish and Mennonite children.
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Clara S. Moore
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Developmental Biology. Molecular genetics of development; effects of trisomy on heart development and defects in mice.
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Mark H. Olson
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Ecology. Effects of UV radiation on aquatic organisms.
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Timothy W. Sipe
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Plant Ecology. Plant physiological and community ecology in temperate forests; spatial-temporal microenvironmental dynamics.
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Joe Thompson
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Physiology. Physics of jet locomotion; physiology of obliquely striated muscles; Ontongeny of skeletal support systems.
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Jaime E. Blair
Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Molecular Genetics and Bioinformatics. Molecular evolution of plant pathogens.
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Beckley Davis
Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Immunology and Inflammation; Cell Biology. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of innate immunity and inflammation-driven carcinogenesis.
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Sybil G. Gotsch
Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Plant Ecophysiology, Water Relations of Tropical Trees and Epiphytes, Drought Stress, Tropical Biology, Ecohydrology, Water Cycling, Ecosystem Ecology, Climate and Land Use Change
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Pablo D. Jenik
Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Developmental Genetics; Development of the embryo in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
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David Roberts
Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Cell Biology; Cancer Biology. Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction using colon cancer cell lines and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
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Jorge I. Mena-Ali
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Ecology, Evolution, Heredity. Evolution/Ecology of plant reproductive strategies/pathogen interactions; Evol. Biology of disease dynamics.
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Professional Staff
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Debra W. Frielle
Biosafety Officer and Senior Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
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Ellie Rice
Assistant Program Director, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant
Biology
Summary: Science outreach, Population genetics.
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Kirk Miller
B. F. Fackenthal, Jr. Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Physiology; Ecological Physiology. Respiration, metabolism, and growth of amphibians and reptiles; epidemiology of pregnancy outcomes.
Kathleen Triman
Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Molecular Genetics. Molecular biology of ribosomal RNA; bioinformatics of ribosomal mutations.
Daniel R. Ardia
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Evolution, Ecology and Heredity. Evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology; life history evolution of birds and insects.
Peter A. Fields
Department Chair, Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Biochemistry; Marine Biology. Biochemical and physiological adaptations to extreme environments.
Janet M. Fischer
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Ecology. Dynamics of freshwater zooplankton communities; effects of UV radiation on aquatic ecosystems; ecology of alpine lakes.
Robert N. Jinks
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Neuroscience, molecular genetics, and cell biology of inherited diseases of the sensory systems and central nervous system in Old-Order Amish and Mennonite children.
Clara S. Moore
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Developmental Biology. Molecular genetics of development; effects of trisomy on heart development and defects in mice.
Mark H. Olson
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Ecology. Effects of UV radiation on aquatic organisms.
Timothy W. Sipe
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Plant Ecology. Plant physiological and community ecology in temperate forests; spatial-temporal microenvironmental dynamics.
Joe Thompson
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Physiology. Physics of jet locomotion; physiology of obliquely striated muscles; Ontongeny of skeletal support systems.
Jaime E. Blair
Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Molecular Genetics and Bioinformatics. Molecular evolution of plant pathogens.
Beckley Davis
Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Immunology and Inflammation; Cell Biology. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of innate immunity and inflammation-driven carcinogenesis.
Sybil G. Gotsch
Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Plant Ecophysiology, Water Relations of Tropical Trees and Epiphytes, Drought Stress, Tropical Biology, Ecohydrology, Water Cycling, Ecosystem Ecology, Climate and Land Use Change
Pablo D. Jenik
Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Developmental Genetics; Development of the embryo in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
David Roberts
Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Cell Biology; Cancer Biology. Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction using colon cancer cell lines and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
Jorge I. Mena-Ali
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Biology
Summary: Ecology, Evolution, Heredity. Evolution/Ecology of plant reproductive strategies/pathogen interactions; Evol. Biology of disease dynamics.
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Debra W. Frielle
Biosafety Officer and Senior Adjunct Assistant Professor of BiologyBiology -
Ellie Rice
Assistant Program Director, Howard Hughes Medical Institute GrantBiologySummary: Science outreach, Population genetics.
