Faculty

Renee Baran teaches genetic analysis, developmental biology, and introduction to cell and molecular biochemistry.

Elizabeth Braker teaches courses in conservation biology, animal behavior, and biodiversity.

Dr. McCormack uses museum specimens and genomes to study the evolutionary history of birds, focusing especially on how both ancient landscape changes and more recent human-caused environmental changes affect birds’ distributions, appearance, and DNA. As Director of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology and Curator of its bird and mammal collection, he is a champion of museum collections and their potential for understanding and reversing the biodiversity crisis.

Gretchen North investigates how plants cope with physically challenging conditions.

Cheryl Okumura teaches Public Health Biology, Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis.

Alexandria Pivovaroff is a global change biologist who specializes in plant water relations, hydraulics, and functional traits to understand how forests are responding to changes in the environment.

Roberta Pollock teaches immunology, molecular biology, introductory biology, and Gender and Science.

Dan Pondella teaches the biology of marine fishes, biodiversity of marine ecosystems, and biological oceanography.

Joseph Schulz teaches zoology, biochemistry, and vertebrate physiology. His research focuses on the activity and evolution of venom peptides in fish-hunting cone snails.

Amber Stubler teaches Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography.

Kerry Thompson teaches introduction to cell and molecular biochemistry, stem cell biology, and neurobiology.

Amanda Zellmer’s research focuses on the utility and development of computational methods for studying spatial ecological and evolutionary processes, particularly in the context of conservation biology.