Faculty

James Biardi, Assistant Professor. BS, University of California (Irvine); Ph.D., University of California (Davis) - Environmental Toxicology - Determination of the molecular mechanisms of mammalian resistance to snake venoms; Evolutionary patterns and ecological consequences of venom resistance.

Phyllis Braun, Professor. BS, Fairfield University; Ph.D., Georgetown University - Molecular Biology - Presence of fibrillar mannoproteins determines the hydrophilic nature of Candida albicans. Using these cells, we investigate how the different hydrophobic and hydrophilic cell wall surfaces influenced the transport of various nutrients into the cell.

Diane Brousseau, Professor. Ph.D., University of Massachusetts - Marine Biology - Epizootiology of parasitic pathogens of marine bivalves and the effects of introduced species on the population biology of commercially-important bivalves such as oysters and clams.

Ashley Byun McKay, Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Victoria - Evolutionary Biology - Evolution of novel gene functions and the evolutionary consequence for adaptation.

Olivia Harriott, Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of Connecticut - Microbiology/ Molecular Biology - Research interests:  plant - bacterial associations and marine microbial diversity.

Jennifer Klug, Associate Professor. BS, Indiana University; MS, University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Zoology - Study of how organisms are directly affected by changes in the environment and how the interactions among organisms affect overall community responses to environmental change.

Tod Osier, Associate Professor. BS, Binghamton University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Entomology - Ecology of plant-insect interactions; How plant chemistry affects the distribution and abundance of herbivorous insects on plants in relation to plant defense theory.

Shelley Phelan, Associate Professor. BS Wellesley College; Ph.D., Harvard University - Cell Biology - Using molecular and cell biology approaches in mammalian tissue and cell culture to investigate the role of a newly described antioxidant in atherosclerosis and the stress response.

Ray Poincelot, Professor. BA, Southern Connecticut State University; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University - Plant Biochemistry - Treatment of plants with various biostimulants and the measurement of subsequent growth and development to determine what natural resources can reduce fertilizer needs and still produce acceptable quality plants.

Donald Ross, Professor Emeritus. Ph.D., Fordham University. My office is located in Bannow 252. I may be reached at extension 2034. In fall semesters, I teach BI 213, Endocrinology. The Webliography was created as a resource for this course. Nutrition and Metabolism is taught in the spring semesters.

Glenn Sauer, Associate Professor and Department Chair. Ph.D., University of South Carolina - Cell Biochemistry - Cellular processing of metal ions in bone-forming cells and how biological macromolecules control metal metabolism; Understanding ways in which metal ions influence cell development and function.

Brian Walker, Assistant Professor. BA, Drake University; MS, Dalhousie University; Ph.D., University of Washington - Animal Physiology - The study of how the physiology of animals, using primarily endocrine measurements, is affected and/or modified in human disturbed environments and the correlation between behavioral and physioligical adaptations to disturbances.

Joanne Choly, MSC, BS, MA, CAS. Lab Coordinator