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WKU Biology Faculty and Staff

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Lawrence Alice
PhD Univ. of Maine
Lawrence Alice Plant Systematics - Phylogeny and systematics of Rubus (blackberries, raspberries) and Rosaceae. Courses, Office Hours.
Richard Bowker
PhD N. Arizona Univ.
Richard Bowker Aspects of thermoregulation in lizards, managing chaos. Courses, Office Hours.
Ken Crawford
PhD Univ. of Michigan
Ken Crawford Cell Physiology of the Cornea, Comparative physiology. Courses, Office Hours.
Cheryl Davis
PhD Wake Forest Univ. 
Cheryl Davis Immunobiology of host/parasite relationships with an emphasis on Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas' disease. Courses, Office Hours.
Carl Dick
PhD texas Tech Univ..
Dr. Carl Dick Parasites and their mammal hosts. In particular, a specialized group of Diptera (true flies) called bat flies. Courses, Office Hours.
Pedro do Amaral
PhD Univ. of Oklahoma
Pedro do Amaral Ecophysiology of reptiles and amphibians, with emphasis on their thermal ecophysiology. Herpetology. Courses, Office Hours.
Kinchel Doerner
PhD Univ. of Illinois
Kinchel Doerner Anaerobic microbiology, molecular genetics and enzymology of Bile-Dehydroxylation enzymes. Courses, Office Hours.
Dean
Blaine Ferrell
PhD Louisiana St. Univ.
Blaine Ferrell Neuroanatomical mapping of the circadian system,
and behavior of birds. Courses, Office Hours.
Scott Grubbs
PhD Univ. of Pittsburg
 
Scott Grubbs Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology. Courses, Office Hours.
Steve Huskey
PhD Florida Institute of Tech.
Steve Huskey  Populational Studies of Vertebrate Form and Function. Courses, Office Hours.
Sigrid Jacobshagen
PhD Free Univ. of Berlin
Sigrid Jacobshagen Regulation of gene expression by the biological clock and other parameters. Courses, Office Hours.
Heather Johnson
PhD
Univ. of Alabama
  
Heather DeHart S. aureus endopeptidase resistance and peptidoglycan structure. Courses, Office Hours.
Rodney King
PhD Med. Coll. of Va, Virginia Commonwealth U.
Rodney King Microbial Genetics, Regulation of transcription. Courses, Office Hours.
Philip Lienesch
PhD Univ. of Oklahoma
Philip Lienesch Interactions between Fishes and Zooplankton. Courses, Office Hours.
Jeffrey Marcus
PhD Duke Univ.
Jeff Marcus  Genetics, Insect wing color patterns, crossveins, and cell-signalling. Research, Courses, Office Hours.
Wayne Mason
MS Western Ky. Univ
Wayne Mason Breeding bird and winter bird population studies. Courses, Office Hours.
Kerrie McDaniel
PhD Southern Illinois Univ.
Kerrie McDaniel Plant Molecular Biology. Courses, Office Hours
Doug McElroy
PhD Univ. of Maine
Doug McElroy Evolutionary perspectives on curricular change, Wildlife molecular forensics and population genetics, Statistical analysis of population genetic data Courses, Office Hours.
Albert Meier
PhD Univ. of Georgia
Albert Meier Ecology, Biodiversity, and Conservation Biology. Courses, Office Hours.
Keith Philips
PhD Ohio State Univ.
Keith Philips Entomology; Insect biodiversity (systematics), especially on the Coleoptera (beetles). Courses, Office Hours.
Nancy Rice
PhD Univ. of TN, Memphis
Nancy Rice Cell Biology, Signal Transduction, Gene Expression. Courses, Office Hours.
Claire A. Rinehart
PhD Univ. of Georgia   
Claire A. Rinehart Plant virology, antisense RNA inhibition of gene expression and computational analysis of protein function. Courses, Office Hours.
Shivendra Sahi
PhD NC State Univ. 
Shivendra Sahi Genetic transformation of plants; phytoremediation. Courses, Office Hours.
Dept. Head
Bruce Schulte

PhD State University of NY
Dr. Bruce Schulte Communication related to group dynamics and reproductive behavior in social mammals.
Nilesh Sharma
PhD Univ.of Bihar
Dr. Sharma Uptake Physiology and Plant Biotechnology Courses, Office Hours.
Michael Smith
PhD Univ. of Texas
Michael Stokes Effects of sound on hearing and physiology. Courses, Office Hours.
Michael Stokes
PhD Univ. of Kansas
Michael Stokes Population and community ecology of mammals. Computer applications in biology. Courses, Office Hours.
Robert Wyatt
PhD Univ. of Georgia 
Robert Wyatt Distance Learning, Web development, Molecular Biology. Courses, Office Hours.

Adjunct/Part-time/Retired faculty

John Andersland Ph.D. (adjunct faculty)
Courses
, Office Hours
Robert Hoyt Ph.D. (Retired faculty)
Margie Bowker Ph.D. (adjunct faculty)
Courses
, Office Hours
Ouida Meier Ph.D. (Adjunct faculty)
Julian Campbell Ph.D.(Adjunct faculty) Rudy Prins Ph.D. (Retired faculty)
Gary Dillard Ph.D. (Retired faculty) Alan Yungbluth Ph.D. (Retired faculty)
Larry Elliott PhD (Retired faculty) WKU Bio Pix

Staff

Mark Clauson M.S. (Instructor / Staff )
Courses, Office Hours
John Sorrell - Lab Coord., Biotech Center
Erin Cummings - Office Assistant Jessica Dunnegan - Office Coordinator
Cassandra Cantrell - Office Assistant Sharon Windham - Office Assistant
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