Faculty and Staff
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Mike Farris, Associate Professor *B.S. 1978, Miami University (Ohio); *M.S. 1981, Ohio State University; *Ph.D. 1985, University of Colorado. Teaching areas: ecology, plant ecophysiology, evolution, plant diversity. Research interests: evolutionary genetics, biostatistics, genetic variation in gas-exchange and water use characters in plants, analysis of natural selection, plant population biology, computer modeling.
Office Location: Drew Science 204 Telephone: 651-523-2294 E-mail
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Jodi Goldberg, Assistant Professor *B.A. 1989, Macalester College; *Ph.D. 1998, Stanford University. Teaching areas: cell biology, immunology. Research interests: human immunology, neuroimmunology, cell signaling, flow cytometry.
Office Location: Robbins Science 140A Telephone: 651-523-2330 E-mail |
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Leif Hembre, Assistant Professor *B.A. 1993, Saint Olaf College; *M.S. 1997, Ph.D. 2002, University of Minnesota. Teaching areas: plant and animal physiology, aquatic biology, invertebrate biology. Research interests: Ecological genetics, limnology, zooplankton ecology, evolutionary consequences of reproductive mode.
Office Location: Robbins Science 128 Telephone: 651-523-2254 E-mail
Irina Makarevitch, Assistant Professor *B.S. 2000, Novosibirsk State University (Russia); *M.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2005, University of Minnesota. Teaching areas: genetics, developmental biology. Research interests: plant genetics and development, gene expression, gene mapping and identification.
Office Location: Robbins Science 127 Telephone: 651-523-2341 E-mail
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Kathryn Malody, Lab Manager and Instructor *B.A.1982, Macalester College; *M.S. 1985, University of Minnesota. Teaching areas:ecology and evolution, plant and animal physiology labs. Research interests: Plant communities and lichens.
Office Location: Robbins Science 141B Telephone: 651-523-3026 E-mail |
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Betsy Martinez-Vaz, Assistant Professor *B.S. 1995, Universidad del Turabo *Ph.D. 2001, University of Minnesota Teaching areas: Biochemistry, microbiology. Research interests: Microbial genomics, environmental microbiology, microbial genetics and molecular biology, bacterial pathogenesis.
Office Location: Robbins Science 109 Telephone: 651-523-2493 E-mail |
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Bonnie Ploger, AssociateProfessor (Chair) *B.A. 1981, Mount Holyoke College; *M.S. 1985, University of Oklahoma; *Ph.D. 1992, University of Florida. Teaching areas: animal behavior, evolution, behavioral ecology, comparative anatomy. Research interests: ecological and evolutionary causes and consequences of sibling rivalry and parent-offspring conflict, antipredator behavior and chemical communication in amphibians, analysis of adaptiveness of behavioral characters.
Office Location: Robbins Science 21 Telephone: 651-523-2587 E-mail |
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