SIUE Department of Biological Sciences

Department of Biological Sciences


Faculty Web Pages and Email Addresses


Faculty
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Instructors Staff Emeritus Faculty

 

Faculty


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Dr. Elaine Abusharbain
Interests:  Environmental education, classroom environment, evaluation, inservice teacher professional development
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-2453
Email:   eabusha@siue.edu
Dr. Ralph Axtell
Interests:  Evolutionary systematics and zoogeography, morphometric analysis of diversity among and within species, range limitation studies in amphibians and reptiles
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-3405
Email:   raxtell@siue.edu
Dr. Kelly Barry
Interests:  Biology education, Biology teacher professional development, plant tissue culture and plant conservation, biotechnology curriculum development.
Recent Publications
Phone:  618-650-5245
Email:   kbarry@siue.edu
Dr. Richard Brugam
Interests:  Paleoecology, diatom ecology, pollen analysis, human disturbance and the developmental history of lakes, impacts of mining on lakes
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-2377
Email:   rbrugam@siue.edu
Dr. Paul Brunkow
Interests:  Amphibian conservation ecology, effects of morphological variability on ecology
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-2976
Email:   pbrunko@siue.edu
Dr. David Duvernell
Interests:  Population genetics, conservation genetics, retrotransposable elements
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-3468
Email:   dduvern@siue.edu
Dr. Elizabeth Esselman
Interests:  Plant conservation genetics, plant systematics and taxonomy
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-5719
Email:   eesselm@siue.edu
Dr. Rick Essner
Interests:  Ecological and functional morphology
Phone:   618-650-2338
Email:   ressner@siue.edu
Dr. Tom Fowler
Interests:  Molecular genetics and cell signaling in fungi
Phone:   618-650-5231
Email:   tfowler@siue.edu
Dr. Dennis Kitz
Interests:  Host-pathogen interactions, effect of antibiotics and cytokines on host immune response
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-3004
Email:   dkitz@siue.edu
Dr. Luci Kohn
Interests:  Quantitative morphology; genetic and environmental influences on skeletal and dental morphology; evolution of morphology
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-2394
Email:   lkohn@siue.edu
Dr. Kevin Krajniak
Interests:  Physiology, distribution and effects of neuropeptides in freshwater molluscs and arthropods
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-3467
Email:   kkrajni@siue.edu
Dr. Faith Liebl
Interests:  Cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology
Phone:   618-650-2509
Email:   fliebl@siue.edu
Dr. Zhi-Qing Lin
Interests:  Developing phytoremediation technology for the cleanup of trace element contaminated water and soil, including the use of phytoextraction, phytostabilization, phytovolatilization, and constructed wetland treatment systems.
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-2650
Email:   zhlin@siue.edu
Dr. Steven McCommas
Interests:  Molecular genetics of insecticide resistance, molecular evolution, population genetics
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-3406
Email:   smccomm@siue.edu
Dr. Vance McCracken
Interests: Gastrointestinal microbiology and mucosal immunology, Helicobacter pylori, inflammatory bowel disease, molecular approaches to microbial ecology.
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-5246
Email:   vmccrac@siue.edu
Dr. Peter Minchin
Interests: Conservation biology, community ecology, restoration ecology, biostatistics
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-2975
Email:   pminchi@siue.edu
Dr. William Retzlaff
Interests:  Environmental modeling, physiology of forest tree growth, stable isotopes as environmental tracers
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-2728
Email:   wretzla@siue.edu
Dr. Sara Sawyer
Interests:  Cell adhesion and cytoskeletal dynamics, cellular responses of organisms to environmental stress, interactions within a symbiosis: coral bleaching
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-2962
Email:   sasawye@siue.edu
Dr. Kurt Schulz
Interests:  Forest canopy-understory interactions, phenotype plasticity, morphological integration, restoration ecology
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-3005
Email:   kschulz@siue.edu or docecology@aol.com
Dr. Marian Smith
Interests:  Photosynthetic pathways; plant adaptations to environmental stress; and the ecology, life history and physiology of rare and endangered plant species
Recent Publications
Phone:   618-650-3855
Email:   msmith@siue.edu
Dr. Chris Theodorakis
Interests:  Environmental science, ecotoxicology
Phone:   618-650-5235
Email:   ctheodo@siue.edu
Dr. Paul Wanda
Interests:  Animal virology, erythroid differentiation, cell signaling
Phone:   618-650-2336
Email:   pwanda@siue.edu

Emeritus and Retired Faculty


Dr Richard Keating
          Email:  rkeatin@siue.edu
Dr. Shankar Nair
Dr. Nancy Parker 
Dr. Jamie E. Thomerson
Email:   jthomerson@austin.rr.com
Dr. Christina (Wilson) Broderson
Email:   weft00@gmail.com
Dr. Gertraude Wittig
Email:   gwittig@empowering.com (in US)
Email:   gcwittig@aon.at (in Austria)
Dr. Arthur Zahalsky
Email:   azahals@siue.edu

Instructors and Term Faculty


Elizabeth Alton, M.S.
Email:   ealton@siue.edu, Phone: 650-2508
Tom Buettner, M.S.
Email:   tbuettn@siue.edu, Phone: 650-2307
Catherine Durbin, M.S.
Email:   cadurbi@siue.edu, Phone: 650-3942
Amy McBride, M.S.
Email:   amcbrid@siue.edu, Phone: 650-2508

Staff


Stacey (Bradford) Budke, M.A., LPC, Health Professions Advisor
Email:   stbradf@siue.edu, Phone: 650-5339
Doug Conley, M.S., Director of The Gardens at SIUE
Email:   doconle@siue.edu, Phone: 650-3788
Nancy Grover, Secretary for Department of Biological Sciences
Email:   ngrover@siue.edu, Phone: 650-3927
John O'Flaherty, Scientific Equipment Maintenance/Repair
Email:   joflahe@siue.edu, Phone: 650-3136
Mary Rast, Laboratory Manager
Email:   mrast@siue.edu, Phone: 650-2642
Connie Wayman, Chair Secretary, Biological Sciences
Email:   cwayman@siue.edu, Phone: 650-3928

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