Faculty and Staff

Kathryn Burleson, Senior Lecturer
*B.A. 1999, The College of St. Scholastica;
*Ph.D. 2004, University of Minnesota.
Teaching areas: human biology, biology of women, cancer biology, cell and molecular biology.

Research interests: ovarian cancer, oral biology

Office Location: Drew Science 208
Telephone: 651-523-2692
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Mike Farris, 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
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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
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Leif Hembre, Associate Professor (Acting Chair 2008-09)
*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
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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
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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
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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
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Bonnie Ploger, AssociateProfessor
*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
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