Welcome to the Faculty Page

Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez (2002)
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Texas A&M University
Teaching Interests: Marine Biology, Science Education.
Research Interests: Behavior and ecology of marine mammals and seabirds, and their role in the design and implementation of marine protected areas.
Phone: 360-650-3653
Office: BI309
E-mail: acevedo@biol.wwu.edu

Roger A. Anderson (1994) Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Teaching Interests: Vertebrate physiology and ecology
Research Interests: Lizard energetics, ecology and evolution.
Phone: 360-650-3992
Office: BI 311
E-mail: Roger.Anderson@wwu.edu

Herbert A. Brown (1967) Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Irvine
Teaching Interests: Morphology, ecology and evolution of vertebrates
Research: Development, comparative morphology and reproductive biology of amphibians and reptiles
Phone: 360-650-3633
Office: BI 331
E-mail: brown@biol.wwu.edu

Deborah Donovan (1998) Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of British Columbia
Biological Speciailization: Marine Biology
Research: Energetics and biomechanics of marine invertebrates
Phone: 360-650-7251
Office: BI 310
E-mail: donovan@biol.wwu.edu

David Hooper (1998) Associate Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University
Teaching Interests: Plant Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology
Research: Effects of plant diversity and functional characteristics on ecosystem processes, nitrogen cycling, carbon cycling
Phone: 360-650-3649
Office: BI 307
E-mail: hooper@biol.wwu.edu

Janice M. Lapsansky (1990) Instructor
M.S. Western Washington University
Teaching Interests: Human Anatomy and Physiology, Pathophysiology, General Biology, and Zoology
Current Projects at WWU: Teaching and Learning Academy (General Education Reform project); FIG Faculty (First-year Interest Group); Faculty Fellow, Center for Instructional Innovation
Phone: 360-650-7337
Office: BI 305
E-mail: lapsansky@biol.wwu.edu

David S. Leaf (1991) Associate Professor
Ph.D. Indiana University
Teaching Interests: Cell and developmental biology
Research: Evolution of pattern formation in insect embryos
Phone: 360-650-3632
Office: BI 413
E-mail: leaf@biol.wwu.edu

Craig L. Moyer (1997) Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Hawaii
Teaching Interests: Microbial evolution and molecular phylogeny
Research: Natural history of prokaryotes and single cell eukaryotes; molecular approaches in exploring microbial diversity, community structure and ecology.
Phone: 360-650-7935
Office: BI 409
E-mail: cmoyer@hydro.biol.wwu.edu

Gisele Muller-Parker (1990) Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Teaching Interests: Biological oceanography
Research: Phytoplankton ecology, water quality and nutrient dynamics, algal-invertebrate symbiosis
Phone: 360-650-4885
Office: BI 306
E-mail: gmullerp@nsf.gov 

Unavailable - On leave at the National Science Foundation until Fall 2006.

Joann J Otto (2004) Professor and Chair
Ph.D. University of California, Irvine 
Teaching Interests: Cell Biology 
Research Interests: Actin-based cell motility
and cytoskeleton 
Phone: 360-650-4044
Office: BI 314
E-mail: Joann.Otto@wwu.edu

Merrill Peterson (1997) Associate Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Teaching Interests: Insect Ecology
Research: Population ecology, community ecology, and evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects.
Phone: 360-650-3636
Office: BI 312
E-mail: peterson@biol.wwu.edu

Mary Anne Pultz (1993) Associate Professor
Ph.D. Indiana University
Teaching Interests: Developmental and molecular genetics
Research: Comparative study of developmental regulatory gene function in flies and wasps.
Phone: 360-650-3640
Office: BI 413
E-mail: pultz@biol.wwu.edu

Fred Rhoades Part-time Instructor and Research Associate
Ph.D. University of Oregon, Eugene
Teaching Interests: mycology (including lichenology), cryptogamic botany, botany, mushroom identification, evolutionary diversity
Biological Specialization: ecological mycology and lichenology
Research: lichen and mushroom identification and inventories; using lichens as biomonitors of air quality; 3-D photography of cryptogams
Phone: 360-650-2016
Office: BI 161
E-mail: fredr@cc.wwu.edu

June R.P. Ross (1967) Emeritus Professor
Ph.D. D.Sc. University of Sydney
Teaching Interests: Lower marine invertebrates; evolutionary theory
Research: Patterns of dispersal and migration; evolution of communities, evolution of ectoproct Bryozoa
Phone: 360-650-3634
Office: BI 137
E-mail: ross@biol.wwu.edu 

Anu Singh-Cundy (1996) Associate Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Teaching Interests: Plant Growth and development, plant physiology, plant molecular biology
Research: Cell-cell interactions during reproductive and vegetative development in plants, self-incompatibility, graft formation
Phone: 360-650-7473
Office: BI 308
E-mail: anu@biol.wwu.edu

Carol Trent (1989) Associate Professor
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaching Interests: Genetics and molecular biology
Research: Molecular genetics of haplo-diploid sex determination.
Phone: 360-650-2869
Office: BI 408
E-mail: trent@biol.wwu.edu

Don C. Williams (1968) Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Davis.
Teaching Interests: Biochemistry
Research: Isolation and characterization of enzymes; digestive physiology and biochemistry in invertebrates, neurochemistry.
Phone: 360-650-3641
Office: BI 411
E-mail: williams@biol.wwu.edu

Jeff Young (1999) Associate Professor
Ph.D. Ohio State University
Teaching Interests: Plant Biology, Genetics and Functional Genomics
Research: Plant Functional Genomics.
Phone: 360-650-3638
Office: BI 412
E-mail: young@biol.wwu.edu

Stephen Sulkin
Ph.D. Professor and Director, Shannon Point Marine Center
Research: Physiology and ecology of marine invertebrate larvae