Faculty Research Interests

All of our faculty carry on research projects in their laboratories.  Below are listed the names of our faculty, a brief summary of their interest and a link to their website.

Dr. Greg Adler:  Tropical ecology

Dr. Stephen Bentivenga:  Mycology

Dr. Sheldon Cooper:  Animal ecological physiology, avian thermoregulation and energetics

Dr. David Dilkes:  Vertebrate paleontology, specifically the early evolutionary history of amphibians and reptiles.

Dr. Lisa Dorn:  Plant genetics and evolution

Dr. 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

Dr. Greg Kleinheinz:  Public health microbiology, environmental microbiology

Dr. Todd Kostman:  Calcium regulation in plants

Dr. Tom Lammers:  Classification and evolution of the flowering plant family Campanulaceae

Dr. Colleen McDermott:  Microbial contamination of beaches, source tracking of microbial contamination, cyanobacterial toxins

Dr. Elsbeth "Misty" McPhee:  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

Dr. Shelly Michalski:  Tick-borne disease in WI, wildlife reservoir of Neosporosis in WI, maturation of Brugia malayi microfilariae

Dr. Sabrina Mueller-Spitz

Dr. Bob Pillsbury:  Wetland ecology, freshwater algae

Dr. Walter Rainboth:  Systematics and taxonomy of Asian cyprinid fishe

Dr. Teri Shors:  Virology, poxviruses and environmental virology

Dr. Bob Stelzer:  Nutrient flux and cycling in streams, roles of species in freshwater ecosystems, lake and stream food webs

Dr. Dana Vaughan:  Physiology and cell biology of vertebrate CNS/retina in health and disease

Dr. Bob Wise:  Plant stress physiology and ultrastructure