Faculty & Staff
(2018 Biology Faculty, left to right, Anna Ritz, Aaron Ramirez, Sam Fey, Suzy Renn, Erik Zornik, Sarah Schaack, Janis Shampay, Kara Cerveny, Jay Mellies, Derek Applewhite, Keith Karoly, David Dalton, Jeremy Coate).
Faculty
Andrew Anderson
Behavioral biology
Derek A. Applewhite - Website
Cellular biology, cytoskeletal dynamics, cell motility, and morphogenesis
Kara Cerveny - Website
(on sabbatical 2019-20)
Developmental biology, growth control, and the visual system
David A. Dalton - Website
Plant physiology; biological nitrogen fixation; forest ecophysiology
Sam Fey - Website
Population ecology; species interactions; global change ecology
Keith Karoly - Website
Plant evolution; evolution of plant mating systems
Jay Mellies - Website
Microbiology; pathogenesis
Aaron Ramirez - Website
Translational ecology, fire and drought, socio-ecological systems
Suzy Renn - Website
(on sabbatical 2019-20)
Behavioral biology; genomic analysis of animal behavior
Anna Ritz - Website
Computational biology; genome structural variation; signaling pathways
Sarah Schaack - Website
Genetics/genomics; transposable elements; mutation
Janis Shampay, Chair - Website
Molecular biology; chromosome structure and function
Erik Zornik - Website
Neurobiology, neural basis of behavior
Emeritus Faculty
Steven D. Black - Website
Developmental biology
Bert G. Brehm
Plant evolutionary biology
Robert H. Kaplan - Website
Evolutionary ecology; population biology; conservation biology
Maryanne C. McClellan - Website
Cellular biology; hormonal regulation of growth and differentiation
Laurens N. Ruben - Website
Immunology
Peter J. Russell - Website
Molecular genetics: RNA virus gene expression in yeast
Staff
Carey Booth - Details
Departmental Associate
Greta Glover - Email
Instrumentation Biologist
(503) 517-7623
Kristy Gonyer - Email
Administrative Coordinator
Kristine Hayes
Lab & Biology Stockroom Manager
Ned Knight - Details
Departmental Associate
Presence O'Neal - Email
Science Outreach Coordinator
Research Associates & Visiting Researchers
Charlotte Barkan
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Zornik Lab)
Josh Faber-Hammond
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Renn Lab)
Erin Howell
Research Associate (Cerveny Lab)
Jeehoon Jung
Research Associate (Applewhite Lab)
Tamara Layden
Research Associate (Fey Lab)
Amy Platenkamp
Resesarch Associate (Applewhite Lab)
Hannah Prather
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ramirez Lab)
Theresa Steele
Research Associate (Zornik Lab)
Ibrahim Youssef
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ritz Lab)
Past Colleagues
You can find additional history of the Biology Department here.
Jeremy Coate - Website
(Visiting Professor 2017-2019, Now a senior research associate in the Schaack Lab)
Plant evolutionary biology; polyploidy; genomics
Todd Schlenke - Website
(Visiting Professor 2014-2016, Now teaching at University of Arizona)
Evolutionary genetics, host-parasite interactions.
(Reed Biology 1972-2012)
Regulatory biology; neurochemistry, cellular neurophysiology
G. Frank Gwilliam, 1925-2016, In memoriam
(Reed Biology 1957-1996)
Neurobiology; invertebrate zoology; marine biology
Lewis H. Kleinholz, 1910-2001, In memoriam
(Reed Biology 1946-1980)
Invertebrate and vertebrate endocrinology
(Reed Biology 1957-1996)
Plant biochemistry
2008 Phytochemistry Pioneer Award
Stafford Bequest
Stafford Award