Biology Faculty
Page Menu: Full-time faculty | Part-time and Emeritus faculty
Full-time faculty
| Name and contact information | Research areas | Teaching areas |
Professor Graduate faculty Ross 1540 970-351-2057 (Tel) rick.adams@unco.edu |
Population and community dynamics of Rocky Mountain bats in xeric environments; ontogeny and ecomorphology of flight and flight development in bats. | General biology; Life science concepts; Ecology; Coevolution |
Assistant Professor Graduate faculty Ross 2546 970-351-3364 (Tel) lauryn.benedict@unco.edu |
Animal communication and social behavior | Animal Behavior; Organismal Biology |
Assistant Professor Graduate faculty Ross 1516 970-351-2695 (Tel) patrick.burns@unco.edu |
Prostaglandin metabolism in reproductive tissues. | Endocrinology; Cell physiology; Anatomy & Physiology |
Associate Professor Graduate faculty Ross 2516 970-351-2493 (Tel) gregory.dekrey@unco.edu |
Drug and chemical toxicology; Immune regulation and disease resistance | Pharmacology; Immunology; Cell biology |
Instructor MBS Program Coordinator Ross 1526 970-351-2210 (Tel) ginger.fisher@unco.edu |
Marine biology | General biology; Scientific writing |
Associate Professor Graduate faculty Ross 1510 970-351-2650 (Tel) scott.franklin@unco.edu |
Plant community responses to environmental disturbance; Flood and fire ecology. | Ecology; Organismal biology; Scientific writing |
Professor Graduate faculty Ross 2536 970-351-1843 (Tel) catherine.gardiner@unco.edu |
Reproductive Toxicology; Pre-implantation embryo development; Oxidative stress. | General biology; Genetics; Cell physiology; Reproductive & developmental biol. |
Assistant Professor Graduate faculty Ross 1550 970-351-2555 (Tel) susana.gomez@unco.edu |
Plant biology including genomics, physiology, plant-insect interactions, and mycorrhizal symbiosis. | Plant physiology. |
Instructor Ross 1546 970-351-2716 (Tel) james.haughian@unco.edu |
General biology. | |
Instructor Ross 1530 970-351-1176 (Tel) ann.hawkinson@unco.edu |
General biology; Physiology; Microbiology |
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Assistant Professor Graduate faculty Ross 2526 970-351-2617 (Tel) teresa.higgins@unco.edu |
Elementary Science and Biology Education | Elementary science methods; Principles of scientific inquiry; K-12 science curriculum |
Associate Professor Graduate faculty Ross 2480 970-351-2220 (Tel) richard.jurin@unco.edu |
Bio-education; Environmental Affairs. | General biology; Biological education; Environmental studies |
Assistant Professor Graduate faculty Ross 2510 970-351-2453 (Tel) judith.leatherman@unco.edu |
Molecular mechanisms of stem cell regulation | Genetics |
Associate Professor, School Director Graduate faculty Ross 2480c 970-351-2510 (Tel) susan.keenan@unco.edu |
Computational methodologies applied to the discovery of novel antimalarial and antiviral compounds | Bioinformatics; Molecular genetics; Cell physiology |
Professor Graduate faculty Ross 2540 970-351-2429 (Tel) stephen.mackessy@unco.edu |
Herpetology; Gland Histology; Venom biochemistry; Biological role of venom; Population ecology/genetics of the Massasauga. | Herpetology; Parasitology; Mammalogy; Comp. vertebrate morphology |
Assistant Professor Graduate faculty Ross 1560 970-351-2139 (Tel) Mitchell.McGlaughlin@unco.edu |
Plant phylogeography on the California Channel Islands; Adaptive evolution in the Hawaiian silversword alliance; Conservation Genetics; Plant Speciation. | Population Genetics; Plant systematics Evolution Species and speciation |
Assistant Professor Graduate faculty Ross 1536 970-351-3076 (Tel) robert.reinsvold@unco.edu |
Mycology/fungal ecology, botanical education, teacher preparation. | Biological education; Ecology; Evolution; Organismal biology; Morphology of Algae & Fungi |
Associate Professor Graduate faculty Ross 1556 970-351-2923 (Tel) william.schountz@unco.edu |
Rodent-borne and emerging infectious diseases; immunopathogenesis; mechanisms of immune evasion | Microbiology; Pathogenic microbiology; Virology |
Associate Professor Graduate faculty Ross 2530 970-351-2329 (Tel) mark.thomas@unco.edu |
Neurobiology of brain dopamine systems; schizophrenia; Parkinson's disease. | Anatomy & Physiology; Mammalian physiology; Neurophysiology; |
Part-time and Emeritus faculty
Part-time faculty |
Emeritus faculty |
| John Doherty Lecturer john.doherty@unco.edu |
warren.buss@unco.edu Expertise: Plant physiology |
| Donald Hazlett Lecturer donald.hazlett@unco.edu |
margaret.heimbrook@unco.edu Expertise: Microbiology |
| Kate Williamson Lecturer kate.williamson@unco.edu |
kathleen.jones@unco.edu Expertise: Anatomy & physiology |
charles.olmsted@unco.edu Expertise: Environmental studies |
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gerald.saunders@unco.edu Expertise: Biological education |

