Faculty
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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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Professor & Carl E. Peterson Chair of Science
Research Interests: Structural biology & biophysicsCourses: Biophysics, Soft Condensed Matter, BBMB Seminar -
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Research Interests: Plant hormone signaling pathways, cell signaling dynamics, synthetic biology
Courses: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology
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Associate Professor, BBMB
Teaching/Research areas: Biochemistry / Pharmacology and Anti-cancer Drug Design / Biochemical nutrition and Public Health / Infectious Diseases
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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.
Other faculty serving as senior research advisors
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Chemistry Dalia Biswas joined Whitman’s chemistry department in fall 2011. She conducted her postdoctoral work in bioinorganic chemistry at Montana State University and her doctoral work in inorganic/organometallic chemistry at The University of Montana. Biswas’ current research interests are in biological systems that utilize metal atoms for their functions.
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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs / Associate Professor of Biology
Memorial 311Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Currently serving as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
Research Interests: Various aspects of microbiology, including biofilms, antibiotic resistance, and phage therapy.
Courses: Microbiology, Cell Biology, Nutrition.
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Chemistry Marion Götz joined the Department of Chemistry in 2007. She received her Ph.D. at Georgia Tech and performed postdoctoral research at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry in Munich, Germany. Götz's interest in organic and medicinal chemistry has led her to research involving drug design and synthesis, with a particular focus on potential treatments for Alzheimer's disease, sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease and multiple myeloma. She has received funding for this work from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies. She has several publications with Whitman students as co-authors.
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Associate Professor of Biology
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., 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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Associate Professor of Chemistry
Associate Professor of Chemistry Tim Machonkin was born in Rochester, New York to a two-chemist family. His interest in chemistry took off from there, and he attended college at the University of Michigan, where his love of transition metal-containing enzymes began. In 2006, he joined the chemistry faculty at Whitman. His research looks at the mutagenesis of metal-containing enzymes with possible applications in the remediation of pollutants.
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Dr. Robert F. Welty Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: neuroplasticity, neuron development.
Courses: Biology 111, Neurobiology.
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Dr. Robert F. Welty Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: cellular processes involved in brain cell development.
Courses: Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, Bio 111 lab.