Biological Sciences

M.S. Applied Molecular Biology Faculty & Staff:

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: 361 Greenquist
Lab: 377 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2786
Research Interest:   Molecular mechanisms that control plant gene expression
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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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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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Christopher Noto

Christopher R. Noto, Ph.D., Stony Brook University, 2009
Assistant Professor
Office: 334 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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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.
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Fabian Preuss

Fabian Preuss, Ph.D., University of Missouri - Kansas City, 2006
Assistant Professor
Office: 324 Greenquist
Lab: 114 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2124
Research Interests: Biological Rhythms and Sleep
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Greg Richards

Greg Richards, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008
Assistant Professor
Office: 358 Greenquist
Lab: 222 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2174
Research Interests: Physiology and regulation of bacterial stress responses
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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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Natalia Taft

Natalia Taft, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2009
Assistant Professor
Office: 346 Greenquist
Lab: 371/373 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2078
Research Interest: Evolutionary, functional and comparative morphology and biomechanics focusing on actinopterygian and tetrapodomorph fishes
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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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  Gary Wood, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986
Associate Professor-Chemistry
Office: 333 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2430
Research Interest: Structure and function of proteins involved in blood coagulation
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Staff

Katy Aiello Katy Aiello
Biological Sciences Program Assistant
Office: 344 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2744
Vincent Schaff Vincent Shaff
Electronics Technician
Office: D201 Greenquist
Phone: (262) 595-2012
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