Our people
Department Chair
Associate Professor
3020 Cowley Hall
mabler@uwlax.edu
608.785.6962
Associate Chair
Associate Professor
4033 Cowley Hall
asanderfoot@uwlax.edu
608.785.8240
Academic Department Associate
Academic Department Associate
3005 Cowley Hall
lsmith@uwlax.edu
608.785.8238
Lynne Smith's office hours
Department people
Associate Professor
3020 Cowley Hall
mabler@uwlax.edu
608.785.6962
Laboratory Manager I
4037A Prairie Springs Science Center
sanguiano-zarate@uwlax.edu
608.785.6912
Specialty areas:
Clinical and Translational Science
Virology and Gene Therapy
Associate Professor
4031 Cowley Hall
scolavito@uwlax.edu
608.785.6998
Specialty areas:
Genetics of Breast Cancer Stem-like Cells
Please contact me if you have interest in graduate studies in my laboratory.
Professor
3022 Cowley Hall
scooper@uwlax.edu
608.785.6983
Specialty areas:
Effects of hibernation on blood clotting in 13-lined ground squirrels.
Associate Professor
4032 Cowley Hall
adavelos@uwlax.edu
608.785.8239
Senior Lecturer
343 Cowley Hall
fellis@uwlax.edu
608.785.5066
Specialty areas:
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Associate Lecturer
2036 Cowley Hall
jfreund@uwlax.edu
608.785.6455
Specialty areas:
Stream Ecology, Fisheries Ecology, Trout Stream Habitat Management, Interactions of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Jason Freund's office hours
Associate Professor
3025 Cowley Hall
agalbraith@uwlax.edu
608.785.8246
Specialty areas:
Genetics, genetic disorders, genetics, molecular biology, genetics, baker's yeast, genetics
Professor
3014 Cowley Hall
rgillis@uwlax.edu
608.785.8253
Specialty areas:
I am a broadly trained zoologist and evolutionary ecologist with an interest in the ecology of whole organisms, particularly amphibians and reptiles.
Lecturer
0019 Health Science Center
kgreany@uwlax.edu
608.785.6544
Laboratory Manager I
350 Cowley Hall
kgrunwald@uwlax.edu
608.785.6458
Specialty areas:
Equipment Manager and Radiation Safety OfficerAssociate Lecturer
3012 Cowley Hall
whaviland@uwlax.edu
608.785.6454
Professor
3028 Cowley Hall
tking-heiden@uwlax.edu
608.785.6463
Specialty areas:
Reproductive physiology & toxicology; developmental toxicology
Associate Professor
3021 Cowley Hall
bklein@uwlax.edu
608.785.6995
Specialty areas:
Animal behavior, entomology, social insect biology, sleep biology, scientific visualization, intersection of entomology and art, cultural entomology (how insects affect human culture)
Associate Professor
3015 Cowley Hall
jklein@uwlax.edu
608.785.8251
Specialty areas:
molecular biophysics, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, mathematical biology
Associate Professor
3009 Cowley Hall
mlitster@uwlax.edu
608.785.8252
Specialty areas:
Biology Education
Megan Litster's office hours
Professor
0040 Health Science Center
sliu@uwlax.edu
608.785.6971
Specialty areas:
Gastrointestinal Physiology; Enteric Nervous System
Sumei Liu's office hours
Professor
3016 Cowley Hall
mmaher@uwlax.edu
608.785.6967
Specialty areas:
Nutrition and EndocrinologyAssociate Lecturer
234 Cartwright Center
mmika@uwlax.edu
608.785.5270
Specialty areas:
Breeding ecology, life history, phylogeography, and evolution in birds
Markus Mika's office hours
Intro Biology Coordinator
341 Cowley Hall
tmika@uwlax.edu
608.785.8249
Professor
3018 Cowley Hall
jmiskowski@uwlax.edu
608.785.6456
Associate Professor
3034 Cowley Hall
tosmundson@uwlax.edu
608.785.6975
Specialty areas:
Mycology (Fungal Biology), Biodiversity & conservation, Biogeography, Bioinformatics, DNA barcoding, Metagenomics, Molecular phylogenetics, Population genetics, Systematics. Please contact me if you have any interest in undergraduate or graduate (MS) research in these topics.
Todd Osmundson's office hours
Laboratory Manager I
343 Cowley Hall
epaluch@uwlax.edu
608.785.5071
Senior Lecturer
236 Cartwright Center
rredman@uwlax.edu
608.785.6963
Associate Professor
4033 Cowley Hall
asanderfoot@uwlax.edu
608.785.8240
Specialty areas:
Plant cell biology, protein secretion, genetic screens, molecular biology, microscopy
Please contact me if you have any interest in undergraduate or graduate (MS) research!
Also contact me with any questions about use of the Microscopes in the Howard Imaging Center on campus.
Anton Sanderfoot's office hours
Professor
2032 Cowley Hall
gsandland@uwlax.edu
608.785.6982
Specialty areas:
Host-parasite interactions, life-history evolution, disease ecology, invasive species dynamics, mathematical biology, toxicology
Assistant Professor
2034 Cowley Hall
dschumann@uwlax.edu
608.785.8242
Specialty areas:
Fisheries ecology and management, interactions among species, conservation biology, movement ecology.
Contact me if you have any interest in undergraduate or graduate (MS) research in these fields!
David Schumann's office hours
Assistant Professor
0023 Health Science Center
cschwartz@uwlax.edu
608.785.6974
Specialty areas:
Neuroscience, Physiology, Hibernation biology
Associate Professor
0042 Health Science Center
bseebach@uwlax.edu
608.785.6964
Specialty areas:
Neurophysiology, Human Anatomy & Physiology; advising Biomedical Science Concentrators
Bradley Seebach's office hours
Professor
2033 Cowley Hall
estrauss@uwlax.edu
608.785.8262
Specialty areas:
Limnology, Ecosystem Ecology, Water Quality
Dean-Grad. & Extended Learning
205C Morris Hall
mthomsen@uwlax.edu
608.785.8245
Assistant Professor
3032 Cowley Hall
rvandervorste@uwlax.edu
608.785.6978
Specialty areas:
aquatic invertebrates, freshwater ecology, disturbance ecology, community ecology, conservation biology
Ross Vander Vorste's office hours
Professor
3024 Cowley Hall
tvolk@uwlax.edu
608.785.6972
Specialty areas:
Mycology, Plant Pathology, especially Forest Pathology
Associate Lecturer
233 Cartwright Center
rwerren@uwlax.edu
608.785.8250
Assistant Professor
3031 Cowley Hall
jwisinski@uwlax.edu
608.785.6973
Specialty areas:
Platelets prevent blood loss from the vasculature and changes in the abundance and/or function of platelet compromises their ability to execute that function. Too many (thrombocythemia) or too few (thrombocytopenia) circulating platelet increase risk of thrombosis and hemorrhage, respectively. The primary goal of my research is to understand what regulates platelet production by megakaryocytes.
Jaclyn Wisinski's office hours
Assistant Professor
2028 Cowley Hall
ayu@uwlax.edu
608.785.6988
Specialty areas:
I study circadian rhythms and the health effects of disrupting these daily rhythms, using fruit flies as a model system. I am particularly interested in the effect of circadian rhythm disruption on metabolism and DNA damage repair. I am currently accepting M.S. and undergraduate research students.
Assistant Professor
3016 Cowley Hall
mzimmerman@uwlax.edu
608.785.8237
Specialty areas:
Cancer Biology; Mitochondrial Dysfunction
Mary Zimmerman's office hours
Emeritus Faculty & Academic Staff
NAME EMAIL ADDRESS |
YEARS | PRINCIPAL AREAS OF INSTRUCTION | STATUS |
---|---|---|---|
A. Glenn Brice | 1988-2017 | Human Physiology | Retired |
LaVerne Buldhaupt | 1961-1996 | Parasitology, Vertebrate Zoology | Deceased |
Robert Burns | 1968-1998 | Microbiology | Retired |
Thomas O. Claflin | 1966-2001 | Limnology, River Studies | Retired |
Jerry Davis sivadjam@mhtc.net |
1968-2002 | Plant Biology, General Biology | Retired |
Richard A. Fletcher | 1968-1994 | Endocrinology, Human Anatomy & Physiology | Retired |
Richard T. Hartley | 1950-1971 | Embryology | Deceased |
John W. Held | 1967-1997 | Fisheries Biology, Vertebrate Zoology | Deceased |
David Howard | 1999-2015 | Cell Biology | Deceased |
Rudy G. Koch | 1980-1990 | General Biology; Plant Taxonomy | Deceased |
Stuart McIlraith | 1962-1995 | Invertebrate Zoology, Human Biology | Deceased |
Rodney C. Mowbray | 1972-2006 | Developmental Biology, Radiation Biology | Retired |
Allen C. Nelson | 1964-1996 | Mycology | Deceased |
Deon Nontelle dnontelle@hargray.com |
1973-2005 | General Biology | Retired |
Richard P. Nord | 1966-1999 | General Biology | Retired |
James E. Parry jeppwp@aol.com |
1967-1998 | Genetics, Vertebrate Zoology | Retired |
Ronald G. Rada rrada@uwlax.edu |
1975-1998 | Limnology, River Studies | Administration |
Jean C. Ruhser prairiegenes@gmail.com |
1975-2001 | General Biology, Ornithology | Retired |
Laura A. Schuh | 1957-1983 | Entomology | Deceased |
Grace M. Smith | 1971-1996 | Medical Technology | Retired |
Daniel Sutherland | 1994-2006 | Parasitology, Organismal Biology | Deceased |
Eileen G. Temte | 1967-1994 | General Biology | Retired |
Rob Tyser | 1978 - 2015 | Ecology and Ornithology | Retired |
Larraine M. Unbehaun junbehaun@fflax.net |
1969-1999 | Cell Biology | Retired |
James H. Warner | 1963-1996 | Plant Ecology | Deceased |
A. Vincent Weber | 1956-1989 | Plant Morphology | Retired |
Thomas F. Weeks | 1970-2001 | Cell Biology, Radiation Biology | Retired |
Howard F. Young | 1955-1984 | Ornithology | Deceased |