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
Derek A. Applewhite - Website
Cellular biology, cytoskeletal dynamics, cell motility, and morphogenesis
Kara Cerveny - Website
Developmental biology, growth control, and the visual system
Jeremy Coate - Website
Plant evolutionary biology; polyploidy; genomics
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
Behavioral biology; genomic analysis of animal behavior
Anna Ritz - Website
(on sabbatical 2018-19)
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
(on sabbatical 2018-19)
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
Cynthia O'Rourke
Departmental Associate
Presence O'Neal - Email
Science Outreach Coordinator
Post-doctoral & Visiting Researchers
Charlotte Barkan
Postdoctoral Researcher (Zornik Lab)
Emily Bellis
Postdoctoral Researcher (Schaack Lab)
Maia Benner
Postdoctoral Researcher (Schaack Lab)
Bioinformatics; transcriptomics & genomics
Kayla Hardwick
Postdoctoral Researcher (Schaack Lab)
Heidi Liere - Website
Visiting Scientist (Karoly Lab)
Insect Ecology; Agroecology & Biodiversity Conservation
Ibrahim Youssef
Postdoctoral Researcher (Ritz Lab)
Past Colleagues
You can find additional history of the Biology Department here.
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