Faculty
The faculty of the Biology Department are dedicated to enhancing their students' understanding of the living world. They teach a wide variety of Biology courses, mentor students in field and lab research and serve as academic advisors. The Benedictine value of hospitality is seen in the open door policy -- if you need to talk with a professor, consider an open door an invitation to drop in for a chat.
Click on the names of the faculty members below for more information about their interests or to find out how to contact them.
- Dr. Rachel Bergerson: microbiology, immunology and cancer biology
- Dr. Gordon Brown: terrestrial ecology, plant-animal interactions
- Dr. Manuel Campos: signal transduction in cells and its relation to disease
- Dr. Philip Chu: ornithology, systematics
- Dr Brett Cornell: neurobiology
- Dr. Clark Cotton: animal physiology, hibernation biology
- Dr. Katherine Furniss: genetics, cell cycle checkpoints
- Ms Savannah Horning
- Ms. Carol Jansky: coordinator of introductory laboratories
- Dr. Ellen Jensen: virology, biology of fungi, immunology
- Dr. William Lamberts [Department Chair]: aquatic ecology, phycology
- Dr. Demelza Larson: cell biology of corneal cell types, quantitative genetics of complex traits
- Dr Katherine Leehy: teleomeres of plants and animals
- Dr. Jeanne Marie Lust OSB: amphibian deformities, hematology
- Dr. Barb May [currently serving as Associate Dean]: immunology, microbiology, cell and molecular biology
- Dr. David Mitchell: protein structure, biochemistry
- Dr. Michael Reagan: molecular biology, DNA repair mechanisms
- Dr. Stephen Saupe: plant taxonomy, secondary metabolism of plants and fungi
- Dr. Jennifer Schaefer: neuroscience, motor control, electrophysiology
- Ms. Kristina Timmerman: wildife ecology, conservation biology, plant-animal interactions
- Dr. Marcus Webster: physiological ecology, energetics of birds
Emeritus professors
