Graduate Programs in Biological Sciences
The Department of Biological Sciences offers a MSc program in Biological Sciences and participates in several interdeparmtental graduate programs listed below.
James P. Amon Conservation ecology, wetlands restoration.
Larry G. Arlian Immune response to the dust mite S. scabiei.
Scott E. Baird Genetics of reproductive isolation, morphological evolution, nematode natural history.
Huntting W. Brown Environmental Law, risk management and communication.
G. Allen Burton Identification of significant effects and stressors in aquatic systems where sediment and stormwater contamination is a concern, ecosystem risk assessment.
Wayne W. Carmichael Environmental Toxicology, Secondary metabolism in algae
Don Cipollini Physiology, ecology and evolution of plant defenses
David L. Goldstein Physiological responses to environmental stress, including the balance of salt and water, influence of diet composition, and effects of toxicants.
Keith A. Grasman Ecotoxicological effects of environmental contaminants on fish-eating birds.
Barbara E. Hull Biology of skin, wound healing, and cellular immunity.
Larry D. Isaacs Development of human motor skills and neuromuscular strength and power.
Susan Kirch Genetics of neural network formation.
Dan E. Krane Molecular evolution, evolution of SINEs, DNA forensics.
Mark D. Mamrack Calcium/calmodulin-dependent cell-cycle regulation. Calmodulin-dependent kinase II and calmodulin-dependent phosphatase (PP2B or calcineurin).
Mill W. Miller Effects of altered glycosylation upon microtubule function and protein nuclear transport, interaction between Rev, a regulatory HIV protein, and microtubules.
Phyllis Pacifico Director, Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Roberta L. Pohlman Excercise physiology.
James R. Runkle Woodland community and population ecology.
James Tomlin Science education.
Thomas Van't Hof Comparative physiology, endocrinology, physiological ecology and chronobiology.
Marcia Wendeln Instructor, freshman laboratory coordinator.
Michele G. Wheatly Comparative physiology, cellular mechanisms of calcium transport.
Timothy S. Wood Invertebrate ecology, bryozoology.