All of our faculty conduct research projects in a subdiscipline of biology. Below are listed the names of our faculty, a brief summary of their interests, and (where available) links to their websites.

Faculty

• Greg Adler: Tropical ecology.
• Stephen Bentivenga: Mycology.
• Sheldon Cooper: Animal ecological physiology, avian thermoregulation and energetics. Co-chairman of the department.
• David Dilkes: Vertebrate paleontology, specifically the early evolutionary history of amphibians and reptiles.
• Lisa Dorn: Plant genetics and evolution.
• Beatrice Holton: Control of tension in epithelial sheets such as the chorioamniotic membrane of avian embryos.
• Toivo Kallas: Molecular genetics and biochemistry of electron transport mechanisms, redox-signaling, and oxygen radicals in microalgae.
• Greg Kleinheinz: Public health microbiology, environmental microbiology.
• Todd Kostman: Calcium regulation in plants. Co-chairman of the department.
• Courtney Kurtz: Immunology, digestive physiology, hibernation physiology.
• Thomas Lammers: Classification and evolution of the flowering plant family Campanulaceae. Curator of the herbarium.
• Eric Matson: Microbial Ecology.
• Colleen McDermott: Microbial contamination of beaches, source tracking of microbial contamination, cyanobacterial toxins.  Associate Dean of Letters & Science for the Math and Science Division.
• Elsbeth "Misty" McPhee: Also a faculty member in the environmental studies program. Effects of captivity on behavior and morphology; effects of captive breeding on the success of reintroduction programs for endangered wildlife; behavioral response to novel environments
• Dana Merriman: Physiology and cell biology of vertebrate CNS/retina in health and disease; hibernation physiology. Curator of the Squirrel Colony.
• Michelle "Shelly" Michalski: Tick-borne disease in WI, wildlife reservoir of Neosporosis in WI, maturation of Brugia malayi microfilariae
• Sabrina Mueller-Spitz: Undergraduate Microbiology Internship Coordinator.
• Robert Pillsbury: Wetland ecology, freshwater algae
• Walter Rainboth: Systematics and taxonomy of Asian cyprinid fishes.
• Teri Shors: Virology, poxviruses and environmental virology.
• Robert Stelzer: Nutrient flux and cycling in streams, roles of species in freshwater ecosystems, lake and stream food webs. Graduate Coordinator. Undergraduate Biology Internship Coordinator.
• Robert Wise: Plant stress physiology and ultrastructure.