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Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Research interests: symbioses, especially in lichens and in plant galls.
Courses: a variety of ecology, evolution and plant classes.
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Lab Coordinator for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Safety Coordinator
M.S. Memorial University of NewFoundland
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Associate Professor
Ph.D., Duke University
Research Interests: genetic basis of the evolution of diversity, particularly in Mimulus.
Courses: Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Plant Physiology, Genetics.
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests: Mitochondria, Exercise, Cardiac Physiology, Sex Differences
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Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Washington University, Saint Louis
Research interests: bacterial interactions (cooperative and competitive), host-pathogen interactions, antimicrobial peptides
Courses: Microbiology and Immunology, Cell Biology, Human Microbiota
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Spencer F. Baird Professor of Biology, Director of the Anderson Herbarium (WCW), and Director of the Whitman teaching greenhouse
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: bee-flower ecology, pollen biology, pollination.
Courses: Biology 112, Plant Ecology, Plant Identification Lab, Plants and Peoples, Plant Biology, History and Ethnobiology of the Silk Roads (lecture course and field course), Crossroads: Pollination Biology in Sweden, Summer 2017.
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Research Specialist
M.S., University of Arizona
Research Interests: plant molecular biology, developmental genetics, functional genomics.
Courses: Genetics Labs.
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Associate Professor
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Currently serving as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
Research Interests: Various aspects of microbiology, including biofilms, antobiotic resistance, and phage therapy.
Courses: Microbiology, Cell Biology, Nutrition.
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Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies Co-Director
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Research Interests: phylogeography and population genetics; natural history of the Blue Mountains.
Courses: Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Natural History, Genetics.
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Associate Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University
Research Interests: African herpetology, evolution and systematics of snakes, snake venom-delivery systems.
Courses: Biology 112, Comparative Anatomy, Amphibians and Reptiles.
Learn more about Professor Jackson and her herpetology work in the Congo by watching this video.
On sabbatical for the Spring 2018 semester.
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Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington
Research Interests: cellular neurophysiology.
Courses: Cell Signaling, NeuroPhysiology, Human Physiology.
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Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington
Research Interests: Systems neurophysiology, visuomotor coordination and learning, mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Courses: BIOL111 Biological Principles, BIOL323 Neurophysiology, BIOL272 Human Anatomy and Physiology
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis
Research Interests: Plant hormone signaling pathways, cell signaling dynamics, synthetic biology
Courses: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology
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Department Chair and Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Research Interests: evolution and ecology, especially of birds.
Courses: Ecology, Natural History and Ecology, Introduction to Environmental Studies, Biodiversity.
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Lab and Imaging Coordinator for Cell and Molecular Biology
M.S., Washington State University
Courses: Biology 111 labs, Cell Biology labs.
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Arthur G. Rempel Professor of Biology, BBMB Program Director
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Research Interests: plant molecular biology, developmental genetics, functional genomics.
Courses: Molecular Biology, BBMB Senior Seminar, Genetics.
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Dr. Robert F. Welty Associate Professor.
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: neuroplasticity, neuron development.
Courses: Biology 111, Neurobiology.
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Senior Research Scientist
Ph.D., UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Research Interests: Earth system science and initiatives to foster interdisciplinary research and collegial networking related to climate change and impacts; see disccrs.org.
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Dr. Robert F. Welty Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: cellular processes involved in brain cell deveopment.
Courses: Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, Bio 111 lab.
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Professor and Carl E. Peterson Endowed Chair of Sciences Emeritus
Ph.D., UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Research Interests: deep-sea adaptations, coral osmotic balance and cryopreservation, mammalian kidney osmoregulation.