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Faculty and Staff
Our faculty and staff are the heart of our department. Use this page to find out who our faculty and staff are, how to contact them, and what courses and research they are involved with.
Interim Department Chair
Find Faculty & Staff:
- Botany & Mycology
- Microbiology
- Zoology
- Science Education
- Directors, Curators, and Faculty Student Advisors
- Staff
- Emeritus Faculty
Faculty (Arranged by Major Research Focus)
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Afitlhile, Meshack
Lipid biochemistry and jasmonates -
Jenkins, Sean E., Director, Kibbe Life Station
Landscape & fire ecology, forest & grassland ecology, plant ecology -
Hum-Musser, Sue
Plant-Insect pathogen interactions, molecular biology -
Meiers, Susan T.
Algal ecology & biogeography, algal systematics, animal behavior -
Porras-Alfaro, Andrea
Mycology, Microbial Molecular Ecology -
Ribbens, Eric, R.M. Myers Herbarium Curator
Plant ecology & taxonomy, distribution of native Illinois cacti -
Romano, Susan P.
Plant Ecology and Geographic Information Systems -
Vogel, Thomas V.
Plant genetics, human reproductive biology, science education
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Alton, Thomas H.
Molecular biology & antimicrobial activities of plants, biology of archea, global warming -
French, Wendell L.
Virology, immunology, the role of bacteriophages in disease transmission -
Holt, Scott M.
Industrial microbiology, classical mutagenesis, molecular biology & fermentation
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Alton, Althea K.
Biology of aging, women's health issues, genetics -
Anderson, Richard V.
Freshwater invertebrate ecology -
Bonnan, Matthew F., Curator of Vertebrate Osteology; FMEA Minor Advisor
Functional morphology, vertebrate paleobiology, geometric morphometrics -
Engel, Jeff E.
Neurobiology, behavior, biology of aging -
McCleery, Robert
Wildlife ecology and mammalogy -
McCravy, Ken, Curator of Invertebrates
Insect ecology, forest entomology, biogeography -
Meagher, Shawn
Parasitology, genetics, conservation biology, mammalogy -
Musser, Richard O.
Plant-herbivore interactions, molecular ecology, physiological ecology -
Peer, Brian D. Curator of Birds & Mammals
Ornithology, behavioral ecology, coevolution, molecular ecology -
Romano, Michael A.Curator of Reptiles a& Amphibians
Herpetology, molecular ecology and systematics of amphibians, reptiles, and birds -
Spier, Timothy W. Curator of Fishes
Ichthyology, fresh-water fish ecology and management, GIS -
Thomas, Jeanette A.*
Marine & terrestrial mammalogy, bioacoustics, zoo animal enrichment
*IMPORTANT: Those students wishing to conduct research with Dr. Thomas MUST live near the WIU-Quad Cities campus in Moline or near the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. NO students from the Main WIU Campus are advised by Dr. Thomas.
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Barden-Gabbei, Laura M.
Science learning, educational technology, discourse processes
Directors, Faculty Advisors, and Curators
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Bonnan, Matthew F.
Curator of Vertebrate Osteology -
Jenkins, Sean E.
Director, Kibbe Life Station -
Peer, Brian D.
Curator of Birds & Mammals -
Ribbens, Eric
R.M. Myers Herbarium Curator -
Spier, Timothy W.
Graduate Student Advisor
Curator of Fishes -
Viadero Jr., Roger C.
Director, Institute for Environmental Studies -
Romano, Michael A.
Curator of Reptiles & Amphibians
Staff
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Aanenson, David A.
Storekeeper -
Hillyer, Jeffrey L.
Greenhouse Manager -
Lamer, James T.
Alice L. Kibbe Field Station Manager -
Magelitz, Pearl M.
Administrative Assistant to Chair -
Smith, Roland H.
Animal Caretaker - Brown, Amy
Administrative Assistant -
Vicki Walters
Undergraduate Advisor
Emeritus Faculty
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Dunstan, Thomas C.
Field ornithology -
Edwards, H. Herbert
Fungal infection in plants, soybean rust disease -
Gessner, Robert V.
Mycology -
Jahn, Lawrence A.
Ichthyology -
Keudell, Kenneth C.
Virology -
Nielsen, James P.
Physiology & biology of aging
