The Biological Sciences Faculty and Staff

and Their Areas of Concentration

Below is a list of the current Biological Sciences Department faculty and staff and their areas of concentration.  If you would like more detailed information about any one of them, including where they received their degrees, the courses they teach and their scholarly activities, select their names.

Timothy J. Baroni, Distinguished Professor

• Botany (specialty - Cryptogamic Botany)
• Mycology (specialty - systematics of mushrooms and boletes)
• Field Mycology
• Light and Scanning Electron Microscopy  

Steven B. Broyles, Professor

• Botany
• Field Biology

Kimberly Cameron, Lecturer

• Cell Biology Laboratories
• Genetics Laboratories

Christa Chatfield, Assistant Professor

• Microbiology
• Microbiology and Human Disease

Patricia Conklin, Associate Professor

• Genetics
• Human Genetics

Alaa Craddock, Lecturer

• Integrated Earth Science and Biology

Theresa Curtis, Assistant Professor

• Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• Mammalian Physiology

Peter K. Ducey, Professor and Department Chair

• Evolutionary Biology
• Vertebrate Zoology
• Herpetology

Terrence D. Fitzgerald, Distinguished Professor

• Ecology
• Entomology
• Animal Behavior

Andrew Funk, Instructional Support Technician

• Ordering and Maintaining Supplies and Equipment
• Supervision of Greenhouses and Student Workers

Louis A. Gatto, Professor

• Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• Histology

Carie George, Lecturer

• Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratories
• Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratories

Joyce Green, Lecturer

• Principles of Biology I Laboratories
• Principles of Biology II Laboratories

Janet Huie, Lecturer

• Principles of Biology I Laboratories
• Anatomy & Physiology I Laboratories

Michael Hough, Lecturer

• Principles of Biology I Laboratories
• Principles of Biology II Laboratories
• Biological Sciences I Laboratories
  
  
  

Gary Isaacs, Lecturer

• Principles of Biology I Laboratories
• Principles of Biology II Laboratories
• Biological Sciences II Laboratories
  
  
  

Rena C. Janke, Coordinator of Adolescence Education

• Teaching Science in the Middle and Secondary Schools
• Student Teaching Supervision

R. Lawrence Klotz, Distinguished Teaching Professor

• Freshwater Ecology
• Conservation Biology
• Botany

Byron Norelius, Lecturer

• Principles of Biology I Laboratories

Patricia Ondrako, Departmental Secretary

• Secretary for the Chairperson and Biology faculty and staff
• Secretary for the Building Administrator
• Student Records

Angela M. Pagano, Assistant Professor of Adolescence Education

• Teaching Science in the Middle and Secondary Schools
• Student Teaching Supervision

Brian R. Rivest, Professor

• Biological Sciences II
• Invertebrate Zoology
• Marine Biology

John M. Sternfeld, Professor

• Cellular Biology
• Developmental Biology

John E. Straneva, Associate Professor

• Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• Mammalian Anatomy

Mary Beth Voltura, Assistant Professor

• Principles of Biology I 
• Ecology 
• Physiological Ecology 

Emeritus Professors

Dr. Barry Batzing
Dr. Ronald Doney
Dr. John Gustafson
Dr. Elliott Mason
Dr. Willis Newman
Dr. Alexander Spence
Dr. Eugene Waldbauer