Department of
Biological Sciences
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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.
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)
- Edwards, H. Herbert
Fungal infection in plants, soybean rust disease - Jenkins, Sean E., Director, Kibbe Life Station
Landscape & fire ecology, forest & grassland ecology, plant ecology - Meiers, Susan T.
Algal ecology & biogeography, algal systematics, animal behavior - Ribbens, Eric, R.M. Myers Herbarium Curator
Plant ecology & taxonomy, distribution of native Illinois cacti - Romano, Susan P.
Large river vegetation & landscape ecology, forest & wetland management, GIS - Vogel, Thomas V.
Plant genetics, human reproductive biology, science education
- 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 - Gonzalez, Fernando [more information soon]; F-Gonzalez@wiu.edu
Molecular biology - Holt, Scott M.
Industrial microbiology, classical mutagenesis, molecular biology & fermentation
- Alton, Althea K.
Biology of aging, women's health issues, genetics - Anderson, Richard V.
Freshwater invertebrate ecology - Bonnan, Matthew F., Curator of Vertebrate Osteology
Functional morphology, vertebrate paleobiology, geometric morphometrics - Engel, Jeff E.
Neurobiology, behavior, biology of aging - Hum-Musser, Sue
Plant-Insect pathogen interactions, molecular biology - 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
- Barden-Gabbei, Laura M.
Science learning, educational technology, discourse processes
Directors, Faculty Advisors, and Curators
- 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
- 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 - Turke, Lisa
Administrative Assistant - Vicki Walters
Undergraduate Advisor
- Dunstan, Thomas C.
Field ornithology - Gessner, Robert V.
Mycology - Jahn, Lawrence A.
Ichthyology - Keudell, Kenneth C.
Virology - Nielsen, James P.
Physiology & biology of aging
Department of Biological Sciences
Waggoner Hall
372 • 1 University Circle
Macomb, Illinois 61455
Phone: 309/298-1546 Fax: 309/298-2270 • E-mail (Secretary): LA-Turke@wiu.edu