Department:
Biology
College:
College of
Arts and Sciences
E-mail:
Chair:
Dr. James T. Dawson
Location:
HW 223
1706 South Joplin Street
Administrative
Specialist:
Ms. Kelly Borden
Joseph A. Arruda, Professor
of Biology. [Ph.D., Kansas State University]
Specialties: limnology, water quality and biological monitoring,
environmental science
Advising Areas: environmental management, ecology, marine biology
Heckert Wells 323
/ voice: (620)235-4738 / e-mail Dr. Arruda
web site
Nancy L. Brooker, Professor of Genetics. [Ph.D., University of
Nebraska-Lincoln]
Specialties: molecular genetics, plant pathology, fungal taxonomy, mycology
Advising Areas: pre-physical therapy, genetics, mortuary science
Heckert Wells 203
/ voice: (620)235-4744 / e-mail Dr. Brooker
Peter
Chung, Assistant Professor of Microbiology. [Ph.D., Kansas State University]
Specialties: microbiology,
microbiology, molecular biology (nucleic acid manipulation and protein
expression systems in microbes and coccidia), tissue culture
Heckert Wells 303
/ Advising Areas: pre-medical,
microbiology
voice: (620)235-4736 / e-mail Dr. Chung
James T. Dawson, Professor of Botany, Chairperson . [Ph.D., University of Kentucky]
Specialties: algology, plant
physiology, medical mycology
Advising Areas: pre-dental,
pre-medical, botany
Heckert Wells 223
/ voice: (620)235-4734 / e-mail Dr. Dawson
Cynthia S. Ford, Associate Professor of
Biology. [Ph.D., Kansas State University]
Specialties: natural history, parasitology,
environmental education, biological illustration
Advising Areas: natural history, ecological restoration
Heckert Wells 321
/ voice:(620)235-4728 / e-mail Dr. Cindy Ford
Steven D. Ford, Professor of Zoology. [Ph.D., Purdue University]
Specialties: vertebrate zoology, mammalogy, ornithology, ecology, wildlife management, anatomy
Advising Areas: pre-wildlife, zoology, ecology
Heckert Wells 330
/ voice: (620)235-4745 / e-mail Dr. Steve Ford
David Gordon, Associate Professor of Biology. [Ph.D., University of California at Davis]
Virginia Rider, Professor of Zoology. [Ph.D., Arizona State University]
Specialties: gene regulation, reproductive physiology, implantation, mammalian oocyte maturation
Advising Areas: pre-medical, pre-veterinary medicine;
Heckert Wells 213
/ voice: (620)235-4739 / e-mail Dr. Rider
Neal Schmidt, Instructor. [D. Pharmacy, University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center]
Specialties:
anatomy and physiology
Advising Areas:
pre-physical therapy, pre-medical
Heckert Wells 324
/ voice:
(620)235-4737 / e-mail Dr. Schmidt
Dixie L. Smith, Associate Professor of Biology. [Ph.D., Kansas State University]
Specialties: soil ecology, grassland ecology, woodland expansion, science education
Advising Areas: secondary education
Heckert Wells 220
/ voice: (620)235-4741 / e-mail Dr. Smith
Stephen L. Timme, Professor of Botany, Director, T. M. Sperry Herbarium. [Ph.D., Mississippi State University]
Specialties: bryology, biosystematics, tropical biology;
Advising Areas: plant systematics, botany, plant ecology
Heckert Wells 302
/ voice: (620)235-4740 / e-mail Dr. Timme
web site
James R. Triplett, Professor of Zoology.. [Ph.D., University
of Kansas]
Specialties: ichthyology, limnology, fisheries management, aquaculture;
Advising Areas: pre-fisheries, aquaculture, marine biology
Heckert Wells 205
/ voice: (620)235-4730 / e-mail Dr. Triplett
Daniel Zurek,
Associate Professor of Biology. [Ph.D., University of California - San Diego]
Specialties: cellular and molecular biology, biotechnology, and plant molecular physiology.
Advising Areas:pre-medical,
cell and molecular, biotechnology
Heckert Wells 222
/ voice:(620)235-4746 / e-mail Dr. Zurek
Kelly Borden, Administrative Specialist
Specialties: budgets, purchasing, filing, fixing copier machines, phone, email, fax, everything
important
Heckert Wells 223
/ voice: (620)235-4731 / e-mail Kelly Borden
Donna Lair, Storekeeper
Specialties: chemical stores, inventory, ordering;
Heckert Wells 312
/ voice: (620)235-4742 / e-mail Donna Lair
Delia Lister, Director, Nature Reach
