Biology 2012-2013
Faculty
Joseph Angleson
Associate professor and chair
PhD, Biochemistry
Baylor College of Medicine
Cell Physiology: intracellular signaling and vesicle transport
Scott Barbee
Assistant professor
PhD, Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Developmental Neurobiology: mRNPS in neurons
Todd Blankenship
Assistant professor
PhD, Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Developmental Biology: epithelial tissue architecture
Phillip Danielson
Professor
PhD, Biology
University of Denver
Molecular Biology: forensic science
Robert Dores
Professor
PhD, Zoology
University of Minnesota
Neuroendocrinology: hormone/receptor interactions and hormone biosynthesis
James Fogleman
Professor
PhD, Genetics
Cornell University
Genetics: neurodegenerative disorders and forensic science
John Kinnamon
Professor
PhD, Biology
University of Georgia
Neuroscience: sensory system neurobiology
Daniel Linseman
Assistant professor
PhD, Pharmacology
University of Michigan
Neuroscience: oxidative stress and apoptosis in neurodegeneration
Nancy Lorenzon
Assistant professor
PhD, Anatomy and NeurobiologyUniversity of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Neuroscience: Calcium Channel signaling in muscles and neurons
Shannon Murphy McCaskill
Assistant professor
PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Cornell University
Ecology and Evolution: plant/ insect interactions
Scott Nichols
Assistant professor
PhD, Integrative Biology UC Berkeley
Molecular Biology and Evolution: evolution of multicellular life
David Patterson
Professor
PhD, Microbiology
Brandeis University
Neuroscience: metabolomics, Down Syndrome, aging and neurodegenerative disorders
James Platt
Professor
PhD, Biology
University of Colorado at Boulder
Martin Quigley
Associate professor
PhD, Botany
Louisiana State University
Ecology: landscape ecology, restoration and urban ecology
Thomas Quinn
Professor
PhD, Biology
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Molecular Biology: conservation genetics and transposable elements in the avian genome
Susan Sadler
Associate professor
PhD, Pharmacology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Cell Biology: meiotic cell division, membrane fluidity and membrane domains
Anna Sher
Associate professor
PhD, Biological Sciences
University of New Mexico
Ecology: plant conservation biology
Judy Snyder
Professor
PhD, Botany
University of California, Berkeley
Cell Biology: mitotic cell division and spindle formation and function
