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faculty |
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PLU Biology Department faculty are trained across
the total spectrum of modern biology from molecular
biology to population biology, and have professional
teaching and research expertise with a full range
of organisms: viruses, bacteria, protista, fungi,
plants, and animals (including humans). |
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Angelia
Alexander, Professor and Dean of Natural Sciences |
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Office:
RSC 155
Phone: (253) 535-7545
alexanag@plu.edu
Course Involvement: BIOL 161, 448
Education: Ph.D., University of Washington
Research: microbiology,
epidemiology, antigen analysis
Personal Interests: reading, music, family,
and quilt-making |
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Ann
J. Auman, Assistant Professor |
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Office:
RSC 154
Phone: (253) 535-8485
aumanaj@plu.edu
Course Involvement: BIOL 201,
328
Education: Ph.D., University of Washington
Research: microbial communities in tree canopy
soils
Personal Interests: knitting |
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Michael
Behrens, Assistant Professor |
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Office:
RSC 144
Phone: (253) 535-7565 behrenmd@plu.edu
Course Involvement: BIOL 323, 425, 475
Education: Ph. D., University of
California, Santa Barbara
Research: biogeography, marine community
ecology, evolutionary biology
Personal Interests: family, hiking, fishing,
and beachcombing |
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Michelle
Behrens, Visiting Instructor |
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Office:
RSC
Phone: (253) 538-6182 behrenmr@plu.edu
Course Involvement: BIOL 205, 206
Education: M.S. Biological Sciences
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Personal Interests: hiking, backpacking,
outdoor adventures, scrapbooking, family time, eating
at Panera! |
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John
Carlson, Professor |
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Office:
RSC 155
Phone: (253) 535-7549
carlson@plu.edu
Course Involvement: BIOL 161, 162, 205, 403
Education: Ph. D., University of Minnesota
Research: Current
Research
Personal Interests: walking, baking,
reading, crossword puzzles, and pencil drawing |
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Michele
Crayton, Professor |
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Office:
RSC 151
Phone: (253) 535-7547
craytoma@plu.edu
Course Involvement: BIOL 161, 348,
364
Education: Ph.D., Oregon State University
Research: toxic freshwater cyanobacteria
Personal Interests: flying, gardening,
fishing, and hiking |
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Patty
Dolan, Clinical Assistant Professor |
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Office:
RSC 254
Phone: (253) 535-8287
dolanpl@plu.edu
Course Involvement: BIOL 205,206;
NURS 280, 580
Education: Ph.D., Kent State University
Research: Physiological Topics
Personal Interests: family, movies,
coaching soccer, garage exercise |
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Jacob
Egge, Assistant Professor |
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Office:
RSC 146
Phone: (253) 535-7569
eggejj@plu.edu
Course Involvement: BIOL 162, 324, 475
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Research: evolutionary biology, ichthyology,
systematics
Personal Interests: hiking, backpacking,
fishing, and history |
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Mary
Ellard-Ivey, Associate Professor
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Office:
RSC 147
Phone: (253) 535-7357
ellardma@plu.edu
Course
Involvement: BIOL 332,
407,
499
Education: Ph.D., University of British
Columbia
Research: Plant responses to the
environment. Calcium-based signaling in plants.
Personal Interests: family, irish
dancing and cooking. |
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Gregory
A Johnson, Visiting Assistant Professor |
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Office:
RSC 151
Phone: (253) 535-7561
johnsoga@plu.edu
Course
Involvement:BIOL111
and BIOL 499
Education: Ph.D. Plant Biology,
Arizona State University, 2003
Personal Interests: travel,
family, cooking and downhill skiing
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Jerrold
Lerum, Professor
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Office:
RSC 152
Phone: (253) 535-7566
lerumje@plu.edu
Course
Involvement: BIOL 205, 361, 411, 499.
Education: Ph. D., Northwestern University
Research: reproductive biology, physiology,
and anatomy
Personal Interests: art, travel,
sports, and history |
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Office:
RSC 148
Phone: (253) 535-7567
mainjl@plu.edu
Course
Involvement: BIOL 112, 323,
340,
345, 365,
490
Education: Ph.D., University of Washington
Research: mycorrhizae enchanced nutrient
uptake, stress physiology in herbaceous plants, and
fungal tissue culture techniques
Personal Interests: canoeing,
hiking, and photography |
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Julie
M. Smith, Assistant Professor |
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Office:
RSC 150
Phone: (253) 535-7307
smith@plu.edu
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Involvement: BIOL 326 116,
162, 324, 326, 327
Education: Ph.D., New Mexico State University
Research: vertebrate ecology, behavioral
ecology and evolutionary ecology
Personal Interests: cooking, climbing,
cross-country skiing, and hiking |
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Matt
Smith,
Associate Professor and Chair
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Office:
RSC 155
Phone: (253) 535-7550
smithmf@plu.edu
Course
Involvement: BIOL 441, 206, 162
Research: neural control of ovulation and
aging of the central nervous system
Education: Ph. D., University of
Connecticut
Personal Interests: hiking, and time
with family |
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Amy
Siegesmund, Visiting Assistant Professor |
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Office:
RSC 153
Phone: (253) 535-7496
siegesam@plu.edu
Course Involvement: BIOL 201, BIOL 348
Education: Ph.D., Washington State
University
Research: molecular mechanisms of
bacterial pathogenesis
Personal Interests: backpacking, hiking,
snow sports, reading, movies |
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William
R. Teska, Professor |
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Office:
RSC 143
Phone: (253) 535-7128
teska@plu.edu
Course
Involvement: BIOL 111, 116, 333, 162, INTC
Education: Ph.D., Michigan State
University
Research: conservation & sustainable
development; population ecology of small mammals,
reptiles and amphibians; ecology of high Andean habitats
Personal Interests: gardening; historic architecture;
and arts and crafts of Latin America |
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Audrey North,
Biology Lab Manager |
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Office:
RSC
Phone: (253) 538-6181
northal@plu.edu
Education:
B.S. Pacific Lutheran University. Major:
Biology, Minor : Chemistry
Personal
Interests: Sustainability, Hiking (just
being outdoors in general), Women's Studies
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