Biology
Faculty



Phone: 616-331-2470
Biology dept
Biodept@gvsu.edu

212 Henry Hall
1 Campus Dr.
Allendale, MI 49401

Faculty


 Todd Aschenbach
Assistant Professor

 Restoration Ecology, Plant Community Ecology

Sheila Blackman                 
Associate Professor

Plant cell & developmental biology
Stephen Burton                  
Associate Professor

Science education; conservation biology; herpetology; animal behavior/ecology
Margaret Dietrich                
Assistant Professor

Plant Physiology and Development
Christopher Dobson         
Associate Professor

Introductory Biology; Science Education

James Dunn                       
Professor

Entomology; Plant responses to herbivory


Tim Evans                             
Assistan Professor

Plant Systematics

 

Noor Ghiasvand
Assistant Professor

Genetics, Human Gentics, Biomedical Ethics
Gary Greer                           
Associate Professor

Biodiversity, Invasive species, Reproductive biology

Carol Griffin                      
Associate Professor

Natural resource policy


  Michael Henshaw
Assistant Professor

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Robert Hollister                 
Assistant Professor

Ecology, Plant Biology, Wetland Ecology, Global Change Biology
Jodee Hunt                         
Professor

Zoology; vertebrate behavior & ecology
Joseph Jacquot                 
Assistant Chair
Associate Professor

Zoology; mammalogy

Jann Joseph                       
Associate Professor
Associate Dean, CLAS

Curriculum development; science education


 

 

 

Paul Keenlance
Assistant Professor

Wildlife habitat and resource selection
Carnivore ecology
International resource management

Michael Lombardo            
Professor

Zoology; avian biology; evolution

Mark Luttenton                
Graduate Program Coordinator
Professor

Aquatic biology; ecology
Neil MacDonald                  
Biology Department Chair
Professor

Forest soils & ecology; watersheds
Patricia Matthews
Assistant Professor

Human genetics; general biology

Regina McClinton
Associate Professor

Plant Cell Biology, Plant Developmental Biology

Shaily Menon                     
Associate Professor

Conservation biology, landscape ecology, GIS and remote sensing
Roderick Morgan            
Associate Professor

Microbiology; molecular biology
Alexey Nikitin                          
Associate Professor

Human Genetics; Archeogenetics; Population Genetics; Life History Evolution; Molecular Evolution
Erik Nordman                    
Assistant Professor

GIS and Remote Sensing; Natural Resources Policy; Environmental and Resource Economics
Melvin Northup                  
Professor

Soils; climate; systems modeling

Bruce Ostrow                    
Associate Professor

Developmental biology


Osman Patel                          
Assistant Professor

Animal Developmental Biology, Genomics
Joe Peters                        
(non-resident faculty)

Environmental Education, Ethics, Policy & Science
Heather Rueth                    
Assistant Professor

Terrestrial ecosystem ecology, Biogeochemical cycles, Environment change ecology, Ecosystem models

 


Amy Russell                            
Assistant Professor

Biogeography, Molecular Ecology, Genetic Demography

Georgette Sass                     
Assistant Professor

Molecular and Developmental Genetics
Nancy Shontz                     
Professor

Genetics; cancer; development
Eric Snyder                            
Associate professor

Aquatic biology
Mark Staves                        
Associate Professor

Plant physiology; plant cell biology
Patrick Thorpe                   
Professor

Microbiology; molecular biology; evolution
Terry Trier                           
Associate Professor

Zoology; physiology; ecology
Janet Vigna                 
Associate Professor

Microbiology; Genetics; Secondary Education
 
  Last Modified Date: July 13, 2009
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