Faculty and Staff
Faculty and Staff
Morgan Churchill, Ph.D.
Mammalogist
Email: churchim@uwosh.edu
Office: HS159
Phone: (920) 424-4622
Research Interests: Evolution and ecology of marine mammals
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David Demezas, Ph.D.
Soil Microbial Ecologist
Email: demezasd@uwosh.edu
Office: S-226 Fond du Lac Campus
Phone: (920) 929-1171
Research Interests: Plant-microbe interactions and plant allelopathy
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Lisa Dorn, Ph.D.
Evolution and Genetics, Co-Chair of the Department
Email: dorn@uwosh.edu
Office: HS45
Phone: (920)424-3064
Research Interests: Plant genetics and evolution
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David Krause, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: krausedj@uwosh.edu
Office: HS252
Phone: (920) 424-7084
Research Interests: Microbiology, budding yeast, anaerobic growth
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Courtney Kurtz, Ph.D.
Gut Immunologist, Co-Chair of the Department
Email: kurtzc@uwosh.edu
Office: HS245/243
Phone: (920) 424-1076
Research Interests: Immunology, digestive physiology, hibernation physiology
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Laura Ladwig, Ph.D.
Plant Ecologist
Email: ladwigl@uwosh.edu
Office: HS 43
Research Interests: Plant community ecology, grassland ecology, temperate lianas
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Jessica Lucas, Ph.D.
Plant Cell & Molecular Biologist
Email: lucasjr@uwosh.edu
Office: HS254/15
Phone: (920) 424-7085
Research Interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms that underpin essential plant processes (growth, cell division, gas exchange). Main research tools are molecular genetics, biotechnology, and microscopy.
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Eric Matson, Ph.D.
Microbial Ecologist
Email: matsone@uwosh.edu
Office: Halsey 253
Phone: (920) 424-2077
Research Interests: Microbial Ecology
Elsbeth “Misty” McPhee, Ph.D.
Conservation Biology
Email: mcpheem@uwosh.edu
Office: 3448 Sage Hall
Phone: (920) 424-0644
Research Interests: Effects of captivity on behavior & morphology; effects of captive breeding on the success of reintroduction programs for endangered wildlife; behavioral response to novel environments
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Shelly Michalski, MS, Ph.D.
Parasitologist
Email: michalsk@uwosh.edu
Office: HS152
Phone: (920) 424-7082
Research Interests: Gene expression in filarial nematodes that cause neglected tropical diseases, vector borne disease
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Sabrina Mueller-Spitz, Ph.D.
Environmental Microbiologist
Email: muellesr@uwosh.edu
Office: HS151
Phone: (920) 424-1104
Research Interests: Microbial ecology, freshwater biofilms, nanotoxicology, quorum quenching
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Bob Pillsbury, Ph.D.
Aquatic Ecologist
Email: pillsbur@uwosh.edu
Office: HS41
Phone: (920) 424-3069
Research Interests: Wetland ecology, freshwater algae
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Teri Shors, Ph.D.
Virologist
Email: shors@uwosh.edu
Office: HS155
Phone: (920) 424-7083
Research Interests: Virology, poxviruses and environmental virology
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Bob Stelzer, Ph.D.
Aquatic Ecology
Email: stelzer@uwosh.edu
Office: HS150
Phone: (920) 424-0845
Research Interests: Nutrient flux and cycling in streams, roles of species in freshwater ecosystems, lake and stream food webs
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Department Staff
Christie Demosthenous
Department Assistant
Email: demosthe@uwosh.edu
Office: HS142
Phone: (920) 424-7064
Academic Staff
Nariman Hussein
Lecturer
Email: husseinn@uwosh.edu
Office: FOX-1033, Fox Cities Campus
Phone: (920) 832-2684
Emeritus Faculty
Greg Adler, Ph.D.
Ecologist
Email: adler@uwosh.edu
Office: HS45
Phone: (920) 424-3068
Research Interests: Tropical Ecology
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Sheldon Cooper, Ph.D.
Animal Physiologist
Email: cooper@uwosh.edu
Office: HS153
Phone: (920) 424-7091
Research Interest: Animal ecological physiology, avian thermoregulation and energetics
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Toivo Kallas, Ph.D.
Microbiologist and Protein Biochemist
Email: kallas@uwosh.edu
Research Interests: Molecular genetics and biochemistry of electron transport mechanisms, redox-signaling and oxygen radicals in microalgae
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Todd Kostman, Ph.D.
Plant Cell Biologist
Email: kostman@uwosh.edu
Office: HS156/142
Phone: (920) 424-1102
Research Interests: Calcium regulation in plants
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Dubear Kroening, Ph.D.
Professor
Email: kroenind@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 832-0117
Research Interests: Microbiology
Thomas Lammers, Ph.D.
Plant Taxonomist
Email: lammers@uwosh.edu
Office: HS9C
Phone: (920) 424-1002
Research Interests: Classification and evolution of the flowering plant family Campanulaceae
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Dana Merriman, Ph.D.
Neurophysiologist, Director of the Squirrel Colony
Email: merrimad@uwosh.edu
Office: HS249
Phone: (920) 424-3076
Research Interests: Physiology and cell biology of vertebrate CNS/retina in health and disease; hibernation physiology
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Colleen McDermott, DVM, Ph.D.
Medical Microbiologist
Email: mcdermot@uwosh.edu
Research Interests: Microbial contamination of beaches, source tracking of microbial contamination, cyanobacterial toxins
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Bob Wise, Ph.D.
Plant Physiologist
Email: wise@uwosh.edu
Office: HS16
Phone: (920) 424-3404
Research Interests: Plant stress physiology and ultrastructure
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