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Listed at bottom of page: Adjunct Faculty, Emeritus Faculty and Research Associates
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Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez
Teaching Interests: Marine biology and science education. Research Interests: The role of marine mammals in their environment and their interactions with
humans. Phone: 360-650-3653 |
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Rebecca Rashid Achterman Teaching Interests: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Microbiology, Microbiology for Health Sciences. Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms of microbial pathogens. Current research focuses on developing tools to identify virulence factors of dermatophytes, fungal pathogens that are the causative agent of athlete's foot and ringworm. Phone: 360-650-4671 |
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Roger A. Anderson Teaching Interests: Vertebrate physiology and ecology. Research Interests: Lizard energetics, ecology, and evolution. Phone: 360-650-3992 |
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Marion Brodhagen
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 |
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Georgianne Connell
Teaching Interests: General biology for non-science majors Phone: 360-650-6796 |
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Eric DeChaine
Teaching Interests: Botany, biogeography and evolution. Research Interests: Evolution and ecology of alpine and arctic flora, quaternary biogeography. Phone: 360-650-6575 |
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Deborah Donovan Teaching interests: Invertebrate physiology, marine biology and science education. Research: Energetics and biomechanics of marine invertebrates. Phone: 360-650-7251 |
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David Hooper (on professional leave Winter & Spring 2012) Teaching Interests: Plant and ecosystem ecology. Research: Effects of plant diversity and functional characteristics on ecosystem processes, nitrogen cycling, carbon cycling. Phone: 360-650-3649 |
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Janice M. Lapsansky
Teaching Interests: Human anatomy and physiology, and organismal biology Research: Prehospital methods to improve survival and preserve function for patients who suffer serious cardiac emergencies. The ResQ Trial investigates new methods of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to improve survival and to protect brain health for patients who receive CPR by emergency medical personnel during a cardiac arrest. The IMMEDIATE Trial is testing whether intervention with intravenous Glucose, Insulin and Potassium (GIK vs. placebo) initiated pre-hospital can help minimize heart muscle damage during a heart attack that might otherwise lead to death or long-term heart failure. Phone: 360-650-7337 |
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David S. Leaf Teaching Interests: Cell and developmental biology. Research: Evolution of pattern formation in insect embryos. Phone: 360-650-3632 |
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Benjamin Miner
Teaching Interests: Ecology and evolution. Research Interests: Evolution and ecology of phenotypic plasticity and marine invertebrates Phone: 360-650-3640 |
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Craig L. Moyer Teaching Interests: Microbial evolution and molecular phylogeny. Research: Marine microbiology and geomicrobiology focusing on molecular approaches for exploring microbial diversity, community structure and ecology. Phone: 360-650-7935 |
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Brady Olson
Phone: 360-650-7400 |
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Joann J. Otto Teaching Interests: Cell biology. Research Interests: Actin-based cell motility and cytoskeleton. Phone: 360-650-4044 |
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Merrill Peterson Teaching Interests: Insect ecology. Research: Population ecology, community ecology, and evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects. Phone: 360-650-3636 |
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Lynn J. Pillitteri Teaching Interests: Molecular Biology. Research Interests: Plant Development and the molecular mechanisms underlying final plant form. My lab studies the mechanisms which control the balance between cell proliferation and differentiation during development. I use the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana to investigate this broad fundamental biological question. Phone: 360-650-6599 |
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Sandra Schulze Teaching Interests: Molecular and general genetics. Research Interests: Chromatin structure and nuclear organization in Drosophila Phone: 360-650-7267 |
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Carrie Schwarz Teaching Interests: Ecology, Evolution, Population Dynamics Phone: 360-650-4523 |
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Dietmar Schwarz Teaching Interests: Evolutionary and ecological genetics. Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics, genomics, and ecology. Hybridization and speciation in host-specific insects. Phone: 360-650-3641 |
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José Serrano-Moreno Teaching Interests: Cell 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 |
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Anu Singh-Cundy Teaching Interests: Plant growth and development, plant physiology and molecular biology. Research: Cell-cell interactions during reproductive and vegetative development in plants, self-incompatibility, graft formation. Phone: 360-650-7473 |
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Peter Trenham
Teaching Interests: Ecology, evolution, conservation biology, herpetology Research: Amphibian biology, especially landscape ecology and population management Phone: 360-650-6795 |
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Carol Trent Teaching Interests: Genetics and molecular biology. Research: Molecular genetics of haplo-diploid sex determination. Phone: 360-650-2869 |
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Jeff Young
Teaching Interests: Plant biology, genetics and functional genomics. Research: Plant Functional Genomics. Phone: 360-650-3638 |
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Adjunct Faculty
John Bower Interest: Animal Behavior, Animal Communication, Northwest Natural History and Ecology, Evolution, Music, Ornithology, Marine Bird Ecology, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Issues in Biology and Society. Email: John.Bower@wwu.edu |
Gisele Muller-Parker Research: Algal symbiosis in cnidarians (sea anemones, corals), with emphasis on the photosynthetic performance of the algae (zooxanthellae, zoochlorellae). Email: Gisele.Muller-Parker@wwu.edu |
Jennifer Purcell Research: Trophic importance, population dynamics, and behavior of gelatinous zooplankton, especially cnidarians and ctenophores Phone: 360-650-7400
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Suzanne Strom Research: Marine cyanobacterial genus Synechococcus as a model organism for exploring morphological, behavioral, and chemical resistance strategies of microbial prey against protozoan grazers. Phone: 360-650-7400 |
Stephen Sulkin Research: Physiology and ecology of marine invertebrate larvae Phone: 360-650-7400 |
Kathy Van Alstyne Research: Chemical ecology of marine algae and invertebrates, ecology and physiology of marine algae Phone: 360-650-7400
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Emeritus Faculty
Herbert A. Brown
Charles J. Flora
Richard W. Fonda
Hubertus E. Kohn
Jal S. Parakh
Mary Anne Pultz
June R. Ross
Donald Schwemmin
David W. Schneider
Clyde Senger
Irwin Slesnick
Don Williams
Research Associates
David L. Alles Melissa Miner |
Mary Anne Pultz |
