Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences Faculty & Staff:

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Faculty

Robert Barber Robert D. Barber, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997
Associate Professor
Office: 355 Greenquist
Lab: 375 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2419
Research Interest: Microbial energy production; Evolution in protein superfamilies
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David Higgs

David Higgs, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1994
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Office: 301 Greenquist
Lab: 377 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2786
Research Interest:   Molecular mechanisms that control plant gene expression
Award: Excellence in Research and Creative Activity
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Jason Kowalski

Jason Kowalski, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, 2010
Lecturer
Office: 324 Greenquist
Phone (262) 595-2459
Specialty: Biophysics, metalloprotein electron paramagnetic (spin) resonance, focusing on proteins that bind copper
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Traci Lee Traci Lee, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999
Assistant Professor
Office: 351 Greenquist
Lab: 106 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2641
Research Interest: Regulation of yeast gene expression in response to extracellular cues.
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Bryan Lewis Bryan Lewis, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997
Assistant to the Dean
Pre-Health Advisor
Office: 343 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2330
Award: Advising Excellence Award
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Gregory Mayer Gregory C. Mayer, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1989
Associate Professor
Office: 340 Greenquist
Lab: 374 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2074
Research Interests: Ecology and evolution of West Indian vertebrates; island biogeography; Molecular systematics of vertebrates
Awards: Faculty Distinguished Service Award
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Catherine Mossman Catherine Mossman, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1999
Assistant Department Chair
Lecturer
Office: 302 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2676
Specialty:  Animal behavior; dispersal and molecular ecology of mammalian systems
Award: Stella C. Gray Teaching Excellence Award
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Christopher Noto

Christopher R. Noto, Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2009
Assistant Professor
Office: 321 Greenquist
Lab: 104 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2213
Research Interests: Evolutionary ecology of Mesozoic tetrapods, especially dinosaurs; Functional morphology; experimental taphonomy
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Sarah Perdue

Sarah A. Perdue, Ph.D., Cornell University, 2011
Lecturer
Office: 360 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2174
Specialty: Regulation of E. coli RNA Polymerase
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Daphne Pham Daphne Pham, Ph.D., University of California-Riverside, 1992
Associate Professor
Office: 357 Greenquist
Lab: D136 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2172
Research Interest:  Transcriptional regulation of the iron storage protein, ferritin, in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti.
Award: Excellence in Research and Creative Activity
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Fabian Preuss

Fabian Preuss, Ph.D., University of Missouri - Kansas City, 2006
Assistant Professor
Office: 334 Greenquist
Lab: 114 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2124
Research Interests: Biological Rhythms and Sleep
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Thomas Roelke Thomas V. Roelke, M.N.S., University of Oklahoma-Norman, 1973
Lecturer
Office: 202 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2588
Specialty:  General Biology laboratories
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David Rogers

David Rogers, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006
Assistant Professor
Office: 323 Greenquist
Lab: 117 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2071
Research Interest: Midwestern Plant Communities, Historical ecology, Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology; Population genetics with an eye toward ecology
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Carmel Ruffolo Carmel Ruffolo, Ph.D., Monash University, 1997
Director, JUMP Economic Development Program
(JUMP = Joint UW-Milwaukee and UW-Parkside)
UW-P Office: 3215 Wyllie
UW-P Phone: (262) 595-2022
UWM Office: 345 Chapman
UWM Phone: (262) 229-1171
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Scott Thompson Scott Thomson, Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1986
Associate Professor
Office: 353 Greenquist
Lab: 110 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2547
Research Interest:  Genetics of reproductive incompatibility in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum
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Edward Wallen Edward P. Wallen, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1972
Professor
Office: 361 Greenquist
Lab: 105 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2446
Research Interests:  Circadian rhythms and aging
Award: Pre-health Lifetime Achievement Award
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Esther Wilson Esther K. Wilson, M.S., Emporia State University, 1982
Assistant Dean
Senior Lecturer
Office: 213 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2442
Specialty:  General Biology laboratories
Award: Stella C. Gray Teaching Excellence Award
UW-System Regents Teaching Excellence Award
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Staff  
Katy Aiello Katy Aiello
Biological Sciences Program Assistant
Office: 344 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2744
Mary Beuscher Mary Beuscher, M.S., Cardinal Stritch University, 2005
Pre-Health Advisor
Office: 346 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2084
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Lisa Lee
Pre-Health Program Assistant
Office: 345 Greenquist
Phone: (262)595-2327
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Vincent Schaff Vincent Shaff
Electronics Technician
Office: D201 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2012
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Mirjana Trifunovic, M.S., University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 2008
Laboratory Manager
Office: 324 Greenquist
Phone: (262)595-2459
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Emeritus Faculty and Staff
  Joseph Balsano
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  Chong-Maw Chen
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  Surinder P. Datta
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  Robert E. Esser (deceased)
  Eugene C. Gasiorkiewicz
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  Eugene M. Goodman
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Ross G Ross Gundersen, Ph.D., University of Champaign-Urbana, 1977
Research Interest: Mollusk Systematics
Award: Stella C. Gray Teaching Excellence Award
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Randy McKee

Randall M. McKee, M.S., Kansas State University, 1969
Specialty:  Human anatomy and physiology
Awards: Pre-health Lifetime Achievement Award
Parkside Adult Student Association (PASA) Teaching Award
Stella C. Gray Teaching Excellence Award
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  Anna Maria Williams
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