Faculty and Staff

Michelle Shafer
Lab Coordinator

Hall of Science 324
(509) 526-4798
shafermr@whitman.edu

Douglas H. Juers
Professor, BBMB & Physics

Hall of Science 244
(509)527-5229
juersdh@whitman.edu
Teaching/Research areas: Biophysics/X-ray crystallography to probe enzyme mechanisms and ligand binding; cryo-cooling of macromolecular crystals.

James E. Russo
Professor, BBMB 

Hall of Science 352
(509)527-5228
russo@whitman.edu
Teaching/Research areas:  Biochemistry/ Pharmacology and Anti-cancer Drug Design; Biochemical nutrition and Public Health; Infectious Disease.

Daniel M. Vernon
Professor, BBMB & Biology Hall of Science 311
(509)527-5326
vernondm@whitman.edu
Teaching/Research areas:  Molecular Biology/ Plant molecular biology; Genomics.

Other faculty serving as senior research advisors

Tim Machonkin     
Teaching/Research areas:  Inorganic chemistry; Metalloenzymes

Marion Gotz  (on sabbatical leave 2011-12)             
Teaching/Research areas: Organic chemistry; Bioorganic synthesis and drug design

Kendra Golden  (Science Division Chair)      
Teaching/Research areas: Microbiology; Cell Biology; Nutrition

Delbert Hutchison (Chair, Biology Dept)          
Teaching/Research areas: Genetics; Evolutionary biology 

Leena Knight (on sabbatical leave 2011-12)              
Teaching/Research areas:  Cell signalling & communication

Tom Knight (on sabbatical leave 2011-12_              
Teaching/Research areas: Behavioral physiology

Chris Wallace           
Teaching/Research areas:  Neurobiology

Ginger Withers          
Teaching/Research areas: Neurobiology

Paul Yancey             
Teaching/Research areas: Marine physiology