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Tenured and tenure-track faculty

Name and contact information	Current research	Areas of expertise
Rick Adams 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.	Biological education; Ecomorphology; Population ecology; Island biogeography
Chhandak Basu Assistant Professor -- Tenure Track Graduate faculty Ross 1546 970-351-2716 (Tel) chhandak.basu@unco.edu	Molecular and genomic aspects of plant stress response due to change in environment	Plant molecular physiology; Plant biotechnology; Plant genomics
Robert Bossard Lecturer Ross 2526 970-351-2210 (Tel) robert.bossard@unco.edu		Entomology
Patrick Burns Assistant Professor -- Term Graduate faculty Ross 2536 970-351-2695 (Tel) patrick.burns@unco.edu	Prostaglandin metabolism in reproductive tissues.	Endocrinology; Cell physiology; Physiology
Jennifer A. Clarke Professor Graduate faculty Ross 2510 970-351-2453 (Tel) jennifer.clarke@unco.edu	Animal communication; Animal learning; Effects of moonlight on animal behavior	Behavioral ecology; Animal behavior
Gregory DeKrey Associate Professor Graduate faculty Ross 2516 970-351-2493 (Tel) gregory.dekrey@unco.edu	Drug and chemical modulation of physiology and disease resistance at the molecular, cellular and organism level	Pharmacology; Toxicology Immunology; Cell biology
Scott Franklin Assistant Professor -- Tenure Track Graduate faculty Ross 1510 970-351-2650 (Tel) scott.franklin@unco.edu	Plant community responses to environmental disturbance; Flood and fire ecology.	Plant ecology Plant systematics
Catherine Gardiner Professor and School Director Graduate faculty Ross 2480c 970-351-1843 (Tel) catherine.gardiner@unco.edu	Reproductive Toxicology; Pre-implantation embryo development; Oxidative stress.	Oxidative stress; Toxicology; Reproduction Gene expression
Teresa Higgins Assistant Professor -- Term Graduate faculty Ross 1530 970-351-2617 (Tel) teresa.higgins@unco.edu	Elementary Science and Biology Education	Biology education
Richard Jurin Associate Professor Graduate faculty Ross 2480 970-351-2220 (Tel) richard.jurin@unco.edu	Bio-education; Environmental Affairs.	Biological education
Susan Keenan Assistant Professor -- Tenure Track Graduate faculty Ross 1526 970-351-2510 (Tel) susan.keenan@unco.edu	Computational methodologies applied to the discovery of novel antimalarial and antiviral compounds	Computational biology, bioinformatics and molecular biology
Stephen Mackessy Professor Graduate faculty Ross 2540 970-351-2429 (Tel) stephen.mackessy@unco.edu	Herpetology; Gland Histology; Venom biochemistry (i.e. proteolytic enzymes of rattlesnakes); Biological role of venom; Population ecology/genetics of the Massasauga.	Herpetology; Venom Chemistry
Mitchell McGlaughlin Assistant Professor -- Tenure Track 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; Phylogeography; Conservation Biology; Botany
Robert Reinsvold Assistant Professor -- Term Graduate faculty Ross 1536 970-351-3076 (Tel) robert.reinsvold@unco.edu	Mycology/fungal ecology, botanical education, teacher preparation.	Biological education
Mary-Anne Richards Lecturer Ross 2546 970-351-3364 (Tel) mary.richards@unco.edu	Differentiation of science curriculum and instruction. Science teacher preparation.	Neurobiology: age related brain development, and learning ability. Science education.
Tony Schountz 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	Infectious disease; Immunology; Microbiology
Frank Skufca Lab Coordinator Ross 1533 970-351-2469 (Tel) frank.skufca@unco.edu
Mark Thomas Assistant Professor -- Tenure Track Graduate faculty Ross 2530 970-351-2329 (Tel) mark.thomas@unco.edu	Neurobiology of brain dopamine systems; Role of dopamine regulation in schizophrenia; Role of oxidative stress in dopaminergic degeneration in Parkinson's disease.	Neurobiology; Electrophysiology; Neurophysiology; Neuroanatomy
Cindy L. White Lecturer Ross 1520 970-351-2644 (Tel) cindy.white@unco.edu		Genetics; Introductory biology; Transcriptional regulation

Part-time faculty

Name	Areas of expertise
John Doherty Lecturer john.doherty@unco.edu
Donald Hazlett Lecturer donald.hazlett@unco.edu
Kathleen Jones Lecturer kathleen.jones@unco.edu
Kate Williamson Lecturer kate.williamson@unco.edu

Professors Emeritus

Name	Areas of expertise
Warren Buss warren.buss@unco.edu	Plant physiology, seed germination, plant inhibitors, plant senescense, flowering physiology, and mineral nutrition
Margaret Heimbrook margaret.heimbrook@unco.edu	Environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, and microbiology education
Kathleen Jones kathleen.jones@unco.edu	Human anatomy and physiology
Charles Olmsted charles.olmsted@unco.edu	Environmental studies, resource conservation, plant-herbivore dynamics, and biological management of parks and reserves
Gerald Saunders gerald.saunders@unco.edu	Biological education, teacher preparation, aquatic ecology, and environmental education.