Faculty (Biology)

Name	Research Interests and Contact Information
Dr. Elaine Abusharbain	Interests: Environmental education, classroom environment, evaluation, in service 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 Recent Publications 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. Darron Luesse	Interests: Molecular processes behind plant gravitropism and other environmental responses, intracellular signal transduction, plant physiology Recent Publications Phone: 618-650-2153 Email: dluesse@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. Kurt Schulz	Interests: Forest canopy-understory interactions, phenotype plasticity, morphological integration, restoration ecology Recent Publications Phone: 618-650-3005 Email: kschulz@siue.edu Email: 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 Recent Publications 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