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Research Interests

As a learner centered and discovery driven institution, Western Michigan University values the research of its faculty. The following lists the research interests of faculty members in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Faculty

• Todd Barkman, Ph.D. - Plant Systematics/Genetics
• Bruce Bejcek, Ph.D. - Cancer/Cell Biology/Signal Transduction
• Christine Byrd-Jacobs, Ph.D. - Cellular Neurobiology
• Bill Cobern, Ph.D. - Cultural Study of Science Teaching & Learning

• Kathryn Docherty, Ph.D. - Microbiology/Ecology

• Alexander Enyedi, Ph.D. - Plant Pathology and Physiology
• Karim Essani, Ph.D. - Virology/Immunology
• Robert Eversole, Ph.D. - Investigative Pathology/Eosinophil and Host Parasite Relationships
• John Geiser, Ph.D. - Microbiology/Molecular Biology
• Sharon Gill, Ph.D. - Behavioral Ecology and Endocrinology
• Leonard Ginsberg, Ph.D. - Cell Biology/Toxicology
• Pam Hoppe, Ph.D. - C.elegans Developmental Biology
• Charles Ide, Ph.D. - Director/Environmental Research Institute - Gene Expression/Environmental Risk Assessment
• John Jellies, Ph.D. - Neurobiology
• Donald Kane, Ph.D. - Dev. Genetics
• David Karowe, Ph.D. - Global Change Ecology
• Steven L. Kohler, Ph.D. - Population and Community Ecology/Aquatic Ecology
• Cindy Linn, Ph.D. - Neurophysiology
• Yan Lu, Ph.D. - Plant Cell Biology
• Stephen B. Malcolm, Ph.D - Ecology/Chemical Ecology
• Kathleen Onderlinde, M.Ed. - BIOS 191, 240, 211
• Christopher Pearl, Ph.D. - Mammalian Reproductive Physiology
  
• Silvia Rossbach, Ph.D. - Microbiology
• David Rudge, Ph.D. - Science Education
• Renee Schwartz, Ph.D. - Nature of Science/Science Education
• John Spitsbergen, Ph.D. (Chair) - Neurobiology/Physiology
• Brian Tripp, Ph.D. - Enzymology/Protein Engineering
• Maarten Vonhof, Ph.D. - Ecology/Vertebrate Biology

Joint appointment

• David Reinhold, Ph.D. - Biochemistry/Cancer Biology
• Susan Stapleton, Ph.D. - Biochemistry/Metabolism

Adjuncts

• Allen Buhl, Ph.D. - Pharmacology
• Nicholas Duesbery, Ph.D. - Cancer Biology
• Katrin Epplemann, Ph.D. - Biochemistry
• Ake Elhammer, Ph.D. - Pharmacology
• Chris Fisher, Ph.D. - Antiviral Research
• Neal Goodwin, Ph.D. - Microbiology
• Rolf Kletzien, Ph.D. - Cell and Molecular Biology
• David Linn, Ph.D. - Neurophysiology
• Charles Mackenzie, Ph.D. - Tropical Disease
• James Mobley, Ph.D. - Cancer Research
• Gregory Reichard, Ph.D. - Pharmacology and Chemistry
• Ivan Richards, Ph.D. - Pharmacology
• Jerry Slightom, Ph.D. - Molecular Biology
• Torsten Stachelhaus, Ph.D. - Biochemistry
• Richard VanEnk, Ph.D. - Microbiology
• John Vrbanac, Ph.D. - Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery

Emeriti

• David Cowan, Ph.D. - Evolution/Behavioral Ecology
• Richard Brewer, Ph.D. - Ecology
• Leonard Beuving, Ph.D. - Pathology/Imaging
• Joe Engemann Ph.D. - Zoology
• Robert Eisenberg Ph.D. - Microbiology