Faculty
Angela McKinney-Williams
Education:
Ph.D. in Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of Tennessee
M.S. in Biotechnology, University of Tennessee
B.A. in Biology, Taylor University
Research Interests:
My current research project focuses on studying Quorum Sensing, a bacterial communication system, in Mycobacteria.
Courses:
I teach Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Biomedical Ethics, Genetics, and General Biology.
Education:
Ph.D. in Biology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
B.S. in Zoology, Oklahoma State University
Research Interests:
Animal behavior and more specifically Behavioral ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology.
Courses:
Perspectives in Biological Science, Liberal Arts Seminar, Biology of Animals, Animal Behavior, Evolution, Conservation Biology, Field Ornithology, and Tropical Ecology (Costa Rica Trip over winter term).
Education:
Ph.D. in Botany, Northern Arizona University
M.S. & B.S. in Biology, Angelo State University
A.S. in Biology, South Plains College.
Research Interests:
Include aerobiology studies, speciation and evolution of plants, especially ferns; reproductive biology of plants; pollination ecology; fern gametophyte development and breeding systems studies; floristics
Courses:
Biology of Plants, Introduction to Environmental Science, Plant Taxonomy, Liberal Arts Seminar, Perspectives in Biological Science.
Education:
Ph.D. in Botany, Arizona State University
M.S. in Botany, Arizona State University
B.S. in Biology, Western Michigan University
Research Interests:
My current research interests include topics related to plant taxonomy and plant disease. Projects currently under way include: AshY phytoplasmas, revision of the North American species of Descurainia, a cladistic analysis of the Elaeocarpaceae: Morphological evidence.
Other areas of research activity that I am currently involved in are: 1) DNA analysis of Pyrrocoma insecticruris using the ITS-1 (nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer) and ITS-2 loci, and, 2) an ITS analysis of the genus Oönopsis (Asteraceae).
Courses:
Biology of Plants, Ecology, Liberal Arts Seminar, Tropical Biology of Belize, Principles of Marine Biology, Applied Marine Biology.
Cindy Marolf
Education:
M.S. in Veterinary Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
B.S. in Animal Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Research Interests:
Courses:
Human Anatomy and Physiology, Perspectives in Biological Science, Human and Comparative Physiology
Jeff Isaacson
Education:
Ph.D. in Immunobiology, Iowa State University
D.V.M., Kansas State University
B.S. in Biology, Nebraska Wesleyan University
Research Interests:
The effects of bovine leukemia virus on the host immune system
Courses:
Microbiology, Immunology, Cell Biology Laboratory, Liberal Arts Seminar
Garry Duncan
Education:
Ph.D. in Genetics, University of Arizona
M.S. in Zoology, Arizona State University
B.S. in Zoology, Arizona State University
Research Interests:
Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction and DNA nucleotide sequencing in studying genetic variation in natural populations of black flies and nematodes. Use of microarray technology in the analysis of genetic expression profiles of the virus PBCV-1.
Courses:
Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Evolution
Glen Dappen
Education:
Ph.D.
B.S.
Research Interests:
Nematology
Courses:
Histology, Comparative Anatomy, Biology of Animals
Jackie Canterbury
Education:
Ph.D. in Physiology, University of NE-Lincoln
M.S. in Avian Physiology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
B.A. University of Washington
Research Interests:
Ornithology and conservation biology
Courses:
Perspectives in Biological Science, Human Anatomy and Physiology
Terry McGinn
Education:
B.S. in Microbiology, University of Minnesota
Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Research Interests:
Toll-like receptor signaling in respiratory epithelial cells.
Courses:
Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Microbiology
