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Associate Professor, Chair
More InformationPh.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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Spencer F. Baird Professor of Biology, Director of the Anderson Herbarium (WCW) & Director of the Whitman teaching greenhouse
More InformationPh.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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Professor of Biology
More InformationPh.D., Harvard University
Research Interests: Herpetology (especially of Africa), comparative anatomy (especially of snakes), evolution and systematics of snakes, snake venom-delivery systems, snakebite as a global public health crisis.
Courses: The Biological World (Biol 112), Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (Biol 315), Transformations in Vertebrate Evolution (Biol 316), Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (Biol 327), Herpetology Lab (Biol 337).
Learn more about Professor Jackson and her herpetology work in the Congo by watching this video.
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Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies (Sabbatical 2022-23 Academic Year)
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Arthur G. Rempel Professor of Biology
More InformationPh.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 Professor of Biology
More InformationPh.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
More InformationPh.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: cellular processes involved in brain cell development.
Courses: Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, Bio 111 lab.
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Associate Professor of Biology
More InformationPh.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Research Interests: Various aspects of microbiology, including biofilms, antibiotic resistance, and phage therapy.
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Associate Professor of Biology
More InformationPh.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
More InformationPh.D., University of Washington
Research Interests: cellular neurophysiology.
Courses: Cell Signaling, NeuroPhysiology, Human Physiology.
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Associate Professor
More InformationPh.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 Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
More InformationPh.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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Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Senior Lecturer
More InformationPh.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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Adjunct Instructor of Biology
More InformationM.S., University of Arizona
Research Interests: plant molecular biology, developmental genetics, functional genomics.
Courses: Genetics Labs.
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Lab Coordinator for Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Environmental Studies
Hall of Science 208More InformationB.S., University of Idaho
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Lab and Imaging Coordinator for Cell and Molecular Biology
More InformationM.S., Washington State University
Courses: Biology 111 labs, Cell Biology labs.
Retired
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Rempel Professor of Biology, Emeritus
509-529-7589More InformationPh.D. and M.S. University of Arizona, B.S. University of DenverResearch Interests: Diving behavior, ecology, physiology and anatomy of penguins and marine mammals. -
Professor and Carl E. Peterson Endowed Chair of Sciences Emeritus
More InformationPh.D., UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Research Interests: deep-sea adaptations, coral osmotic balance and cryopreservation, mammalian kidney osmoregulation.
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Senior Research Scientist
More InformationPh.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.