Biology Faculty

Department of Biological Sciences
Science Bldg., Room 3300
Phone: 618-650-3927 Fax: 618-650-3174
Dr. Steven McCommas, Chair

Biology Faculty
A-B | C-F | K-R | S-W

Instructors

Staff

Emeritus Faculty

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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. Annette Baich: Interests: Cell regulation, macular degeneration in the eye; Recent Publications; Phone: 618-650-2338; Email: abaich@siue.edu
Dr. Mark Bolyard: Interests: Fibrinogen expression, plant tissue culture and genetic engineering, peptide amidation; Recent Publications; Phone: 618-650-2307; Email: mbolyar@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

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Dr. John Cawly: Interests: Molecular interactions between microbes and host plants: disease resistance genes, their associated avirulence genes, and their interactions which contribute to plant defenses against pathogens including the hypersensitive response and system acquired resistance.; Recent Publications; Email: jcawly@siue.edu; Phone: 618-650-2508
Dr. David Duvernell: Interests: Population genetics, conservation genetics, retrotransposable elements; Recent Publications; Phone: 618-650-3468; Email: dduvern@siue.edu
Dr. Douglas Eder: Interests: Neuroendocrinology, neuropharmacology, circadian rhythms, electrophysiology, bioethics; Phone: 618-650-2640; Email: deder@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: Anatomy and physiology; Phone: 618-650-2338; Email: ressner@siue.edu
Dr. Tom Fowler: Interests: Genetics; Phone: 618-650-5231; Email: tfowler@siue.edu

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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:; 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. 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. Peter Minchin: Interests: Conservation biology; plant community ecology; development of techniques to describe, model and predict changes in ecological communities in response to environmental variation.; 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

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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; 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. Laurita Stellyes: Phone: 618-650-3495; Email: lstelly@siue.edu; Email: stellyes@apci.net
Dr. Chris Theodorakis: Interests: Environmental science; 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
Dr. Christina Wilson: Interests: Microbial pathogenesis, immunology, health professions advising; Phone: 618-650-2509; Email: cbwilso@siue.edu; Email: weft@swbell.net

Emeritus Faculty

Dr Richard Keating
Dr. Frank Kulfinski: Email: fkulfin@siue.edu
Dr. Shankar Nair
Dr. Nancy Parker: Email: njrparker@charter.net
Dr. Jamie E. Thomerson: Email: jthomerson@austin.rr.com
Dr. Gertraude Wittig: Email: Gertraude_C._Wittig@edwpub.com
Dr. Arthur Zahalsky: Email: azahals@siue.edu

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Instructors

Dorothy Burford, M.S.: Email: dburfor@siue.edu
Teresa Cochran, M.S.: Email: tcochra@siue.edu
Sheila St. Amour, M.S.: Email:

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Staff

Doug Conley, 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
Mary Rast, Laboratory Manager: Email: mrast@siue.edu
Debbie Taylor, Secretary to the Chair of Biological Sciences: Email: debtayl@siue.edu

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