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Graduate Faculty


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Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez (2002) Associate 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 picture 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
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Marion Brodhagen, (2006), Assistant Professor
Ph.D.  Oregon State University
Teaching interests:  Microbiology, molecular biology, and chemical ecology
Research interests: Secondary metabolites of plant-associated microbes; chemical ecology; plant-microbe interactions
Phone:  360-650-2920
Office: BI 407

E-mail:  Marion.Brodhagen@wwu.edu

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Eric DeChaine (2006) Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder
Teaching Interests: Botany, Biogeography, Evolution
Research Interests: Evolution and ecology of alpine and arctic flora, Quaternary biogeography

 

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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

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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
David Leaf photo David S. Leaf (1991) 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
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Benjamin Miner (2006) Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Florida
Teaching Interests: Ecology and evolution
Research Interests: Evolution and ecology of phenotypic plasticity and marine invertebrates
Phone: 360-650-3640
Office: BI 410
E-mail: Benjamin.miner(at)wwu.edu

 

Craig picture Craig L. Moyer (1997) Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Hawaii
Teaching Interests: Microbial evolution and molecular phylogeny
Research: Marine microbiology of Bacteria, Archaea and single cell
Eucarya: Molecular approaches in exploring microbial diversity, community structure and ecology.
Phone: 360-650-7935
Office: BI 406
E-mail: cmoyer@hydro.biol.wwu.edu
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Gisele Muller-Parker (1990) Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Teaching Interests: Algae, Symbiosis, Marine Biology
Research: Marine algal ecology and symbiosis
Phone: 360-650-4885
Office: BI 306
E-mail: Gisele.Muller-Parker@wwu.edu

Joann picture 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 picture Merrill Peterson (1997) 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
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Sandra Schulze (2006) Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Simon Fraser University (B.C. Canada)
Teaching Interests: Molecular and general genetics
Research Interests: Chromatin structure and nuclear organization in Drosophila
Phone: 360-650-7267
Office: BI 409
E-mail: Sandra.Schulze@wwu.edu

José Serrano-Moreno (2007) Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University
Teaching Interests: Cellular Biology, Neurophysiology, Organismal Biology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology.
Research Interests: Study of the molecular mechanisms of biological membrane transport and structure and function of ion channels and transporters.  Cellular mechanisms of ionic homeostasis.
Phone: 360-650-3633
Office: BI 331
Email:
Jose.Serrano-Moreno@wwu.edu

Contact Information Pending 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
Contact Information Pending
Trent picture Carol Trent (1989) 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
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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 picture 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
  Lecturers
Kim picture Kim Kolb Ayre, Lecturer
Ph.D. University of Utah
Phone: 650-6599
Office: BI 407
Email: kim.kolb@wwu.edu
Georgianne picture Georgianne Connell, Lecturer
M.S Western Washington University
Phone: 650-2016
Office: BI 406
Email: Georgianne.Connell@wwu.edu
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Yamini Dalal, Lecturer
Ph.D. Purdue University (2003)
Research Affiliate: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (2007)
Research Interests: Chromosome Structure and Function, Chromatin and Epigenetics, Centromeres
Teaching Interests: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chromatin and Epigenetics
Web: http://myprofile.cos.com/ydalal

Janice picture Janice M. Lapsansky (1990) Lecturer
M.S. Western Washington University
Teaching Interests: Human Anatomy and Physiology, Organismal and Cell Biology; General Biology for non-majors
Research: New methods of CPR to improve survival and protect brain health for victims of cardiac arrest in the pre-hospital setting
Phone: 360-650-7337
Office: BI 305
E-mail: lapsansky@biol.wwu.edu
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Fred Rhoades, Lecturer and Research Associate
Ph.D. University of Oregon, Eugene
Teaching Interests: mycology (including lichenology), cryptogamic botany, botany, mushroom identification, evolutionary diversity
Phone: 360-650-2016
Office: BI 161
E-mail: fredr@cc.wwu.edu
Affiliated Graduate Faculty
  Jennifer Purcell
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara. Biological Sciences
Research: Trophic importance, population dynamics, and behavior of gelatinous zooplankton, especially cnidarians and ctenophores
Phone: 360-650-7400
E-mail: purcellj@cc.wwu.edu
  Stephen Sulkin
Ph.D. Professor and Director, Shannon Point Marine Center
Research: Physiology and ecology of marine invertebrate larvae
 
Kathy Van Alstyne, Marine Scientist,  
Shannon Point Marine Center
Ph.D. University of Washington
Research:  Chemical ecology of marine algae and invertebrates,  
 ecology and physiology of marine algae
Phone: 360-650-7400
Research Associates
  George Czerlinski
Ph.D. University of Gottingen
Pultz picture Mary Anne Pultz (1993) Emeritus 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: 650-3632
Office: BI 413
E-mail: pultz@biol.wwu.edu
Fred Rhoades photo 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
Emeritus Faculty
  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