Faculty

Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez
(2002) Associate Professor
Ph.D. Texas A&M University

Teaching Interests: Marine Biology, Science Education.

Research Interests: Behavior and ecology of marine mammals and seabirds, and their role in the design and implementation of marine protected areas.

Phone: 360-650-3653
Office: BI309
E-mail: acevedo@biol.wwu.edu

Roger A. Anderson
(1994) Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Teaching Interests: Vertebrate physiology and ecology.

Research Interests: Lizard energetics, ecology and evolution.

Phone: 360-650-3992
Office: BI 311
E-mail: Roger.Anderson@wwu.edu

Marion Brodhagen
(2006) Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Oregon State University

Teaching interests: Microbiology, molecular biology, and chemical ecology.

Research interests: Secondary metabolites of plant-associated microbes; chemical ecology; plant-microbe interactions.

Phone: 360-650-2920
Office: BI 407
E-mail: Marion.Brodhagen@wwu.edu

Eric DeChaine
(2006) Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder

Teaching Interests: Botany, Biogeography, Evolution

Research Interests: Evolution and ecology of alpine and arctic flora, Quaternary biogeography.

Email: Eric.Dechaine@wwu.edu

Deborah Donovan
(1998) Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of British Columbia

Biological Speciailization: Marine Biology

Research: Energetics and biomechanics of marine invertebrates.

Phone: 360-650-7251
Office: BI 310
E-mail: donovan@biol.wwu.edu

David Hooper
(1998) Associate Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University

Teaching Interests: Plant Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology

Research: Effects of plant diversity and functional characteristics on ecosystem processes, nitrogen cycling, carbon cycling.

Phone: 360-650-3649
Office: BI 307
Email: hooper@biol.wwu.edu

David S. Leaf
(1991) Professor
Ph.D. Indiana University

Teaching Interests: Cell and developmental biology.

Research: Evolution of pattern formation in insect embryos.

Phone: 360-650-3632
Office: BI 413
E-mail: leaf@biol.wwu.edu

Benjamin Miner
(2006) Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Florida

Teaching Interests: Ecology and evolution

Research Interests: Evolution and ecology of phenotypic plasticity and marine invertebrates

Phone: 360-650-3640
Office: BI 410
Email: Benjamin.miner@wwu.edu

Craig L. Moyer
(1997) Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Hawaii

Teaching Interests: Microbial evolution and molecular phylogeny.

Research: Marine microbiology of Bacteria, Archaea and single cell. Eucarya: Molecular approaches in exploring microbial diversity, community structure and ecology.

Phone: 360-650-7935
Office: BI 406
E-mail: cmoyer@hydro.biol.wwu.edu

Gisele Muller-Parker
(1990) Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Teaching Interests: Algae, Symbiosis, Marine Biology

Research: Marine algal ecology and symbiosis

Phone: 360-650-4885
Office: BI 306
Email: Gisele.Muller-Parker@wwu.edu

Joann J. Otto
(2004) Professor and Chair
Ph.D. University of California, Irvine

Teaching Interests: Cell Biology

Research Interests: Actin-based cell motility and cytoskeleton.

Phone: 360-650-4044
Office: BI 314
E-mail: Joann.Otto@wwu.edu

Merrill Peterson
(1997) Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University

Teaching Interests: Insect Ecology

Research: Population ecology, community ecology, and evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects.

Phone: 360-650-3636
Office: BI 312
Email: peterson@biol.wwu.edu

Sandra Schulze
(2006) Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Simon Fraser University (B.C. Canada)

Teaching Interests: Molecular and general genetics

Research Interests: Chromatin structure and nuclear organization in Drosophila

Phone: 360-650-7267
Office: BI 409
E-mail: Sandra.Schulze@wwu.edu

José Serrano-Moreno
(2007) Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University

Teaching Interests: Cellular Biology, Neurophysiology, Organismal Biology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology.

Research Interests: Study of the molecular mechanisms of biological membrane transport and structure and function of ion channels and transporters. Cellular mechanisms of ionic homeostasis.

Phone: 360-650-3633
Office: BI 331
Email: Jose.Serrano-Moreno@wwu.edu

Anu Singh-Cundy
(1996) Associate Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University

Teaching Interests: Plant Growth and development, plant physiology, plant molecular biology

Research: Cell-cell interactions during reproductive and vegetative development in plants, self-incompatibility, graft formation.

Phone: Pending
Office: Pending
E-mail: anu@biol.wwu.edu

Carol Trent
(1989) Professor
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Teaching Interests: Genetics and molecular biology

Research: Molecular genetics of haplo-diploid sex determination.

Phone: 360-650-2869
Office: BI 408
Email: trent@biol.wwu.edu

Jeff Young
(1999) Associate Professor
Ph.D. Ohio State University

Teaching Interests: Plant Biology, Genetics and Functional Genomics

Research: Plant Functional Genomics.

Phone: 360-650-3638
Office: BI 412
Email: young@biol.wwu.edu

Kim Kolb Ayre
Lecturer
Ph.D. University of Utah

Phone: 650-6599
Office: BI 147
E-mail: kim.kolb@wwu.edu

Georgianne Connell
Lecturer
M.S. Western Washington University

Phone: 650-2016
Office: BI 161
E-mail: Georgianne.Connell@wwu.edu

Yamini Dalal
Visiting Lecturer
Ph.D. Purdue University (2003)

Research Affiliate: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (2007)

Research Interests: Chromosome Structure and Function, Chromatin and Epigenetics, Centromeres

Teaching Interests: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chromatin and Epigenetics

Phone: 360-650-6220
Office: BI 447A
E-mail: Yamini.Dalal@wwu.edu

Janice M. Lapsansky
(1990) Lecturer
M.S. Western Washington University

Teaching Interests: Human Anatomy and Physiology, Organismal and Cell Biology; General Biology for non-majors

Research: New methods of CPR to improve survival and protect brain health for victims of cardiac arrest in the pre-hospital setting.

Phone: 360-650-7337
Office: BI 305
Email: lapsansky@biol.wwu.edu

Fred Rhoades
Lecturer and Research Associate
Ph.D. University of Oregon, Eugene

Teaching Interests: mycology (including lichenology), cryptogamic botany, botany, mushroom identification, evolutionary diversity

Phone: 360-650-2016
Office: BI 161
E-mail: fredr@cc.wwu.edu

Mary Anne Pultz
(1993) Emeritus Associate Professor
Ph.D. Indiana University

Teaching Interests: Developmental and molecular genetics Research: Comparative study of developmental regulatory gene function in flies and wasps.

Phone: 650-3632
Office: BI 413
E-mail: pultz@biol.wwu.edu

Fred Rhoades
Part-time Instructor and Research Associate
Ph.D. University of Oregon, Eugene

Teaching Interests: mycology (including lichenology), cryptogamic botany, botany, mushroom identification, evolutionary diversity.

Research: lichen and mushroom identification and inventories; using lichens as biomonitors of air quality; 3-D photography of cryptogams.

Phone: 360-650-2016
Office: BI 161
E-mail: fredr@cc.wwu.edu

Jennifer Purcell
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara. Biological Sciences

Research: Trophic importance, population dynamics, and behavior of gelatinous zooplankton, especially cnidarians and ctenophores

Phone: 360-650-7400
E-mail: purcellj@cc.wwu.edu

Stephen Sulkin
Ph.D. Professor and Director, Shannon Point Marine Center

Research: Physiology and ecology of marine invertebrate larvae

Phone: 360-650-7400
E-mail: steve.sulkin@wwu.edu

Kathy Van Alstyne
Marine Scientist, Shannon Point Marine Center
Ph.D. University of Washington

Research: Chemical ecology of marine algae and invertebrates, ecology and physiology of marine algae

Phone: 360-650-7400
E-mail: kathy.vanalstyne@wwu.edu