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., Johns Hopkins University

Research Interests: Mitochondria, Exercise, Cardiac Physiology, Sex Differences
Courses: Physiology, Exercise Physiology, Bioenergetics

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: 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.

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.