Faculty and Staff

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.

Ph.D., Duke University

Research Interests: genetic basis of the evolution of diversity, particularly in Mimulus.

Courses: Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Plant Physiology, Genetics.

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.

M.S., University of Arizona

Research Interests: plant molecular biology, developmental genetics, functional genomics.

Courses: Genetics Labs.

Ph.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.

B.S., Gonzaga University

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.

Ph.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.

Ph.D., University of Washington

Research Interests: cellular neurophysiology.

Courses: Cell Signaling, NeuroPhysiology, Human Physiology.

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

B.S., University of Idaho

Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis

Research Interests: Plant hormone signaling pathways, cell signaling dynamics, synthetic biology

Courses: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology

Ph.​D.​,  University of Guelph

Research Interests: Host-microbe interactions, the microbiome systems, machine learning and drug discovery.

Courses: Infection outbreaks, Microbiology and Immunology, Cell Biology.

Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Research Interests: evolution and ecology, especially of birds; sources of bias in empirical research.

Courses: Ecology, Natural History and Ecology, Introduction to Environmental Studies, Biodiversity.

M.S., Washington State University

Courses: Biology 111 labs, Cell Biology labs.

Ph.D., University of Arizona

Research Interests: plant molecular biology, developmental genetics, functional genomics.

Courses: Molecular Biology, BBMB Senior Seminar, Genetics.

Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Research Interests: neuroplasticity, neuron development.

Courses: Biology 111, Neurobiology.

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.

Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Research Interests: cellular processes involved in brain cell development.

Courses: Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, Bio 111 lab.

Ph.D., UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests: deep-sea adaptations, coral osmotic balance and cryopreservation, mammalian kidney osmoregulation.