Faculty and Staff

Faculty and Staff

 

Biology Contact

Department Chair:

Dr. James T. Dawson

Contact Person:
Kelly Borden

Phone: 620-235-4732
Fax: 620-235-4194

Address:
Heckert-Wells Hall 223
Pittsburg State University
1701 S. Broadway
Pittsburg, KS 66762-7552
 

Faculty

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Joseph A. Arruda, Professor of Biology. [Ph.D., Kansas State University]

  • Specialties: limnology, water quality and biological monitoring and assessment, land snails

  • Advising Areas: environment, ecology, marine biology, pre-pt, pre-med

  • Heckert Wells 323 / voice: (620)235-4738 / e-mail Dr. Arruda

  • web site


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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

  • Advising Areas: pre-medical, pre-pt, microbiology

  • Heckert Wells 303 / voice: (620)235-4736 / e-mail Dr. Chung


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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


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Cynthia S. Ford, 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


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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


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David Gordon, Associate Professor of Biology. [Ph.D., University of California at Davis]


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Phillip Harries, Assistant Professor of Biology. [Ph.D. WashingtonUniversity]

  • Specialties: plant viruses, cellular and molecular biology of plants

  • Advising Areas: pre-health, cell and molecular biology  

  • Heckert Wells 205 / voice: (620)235-4864 / e-mail Dr. Harries


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Mandy Peak, Assistant Professor of Biology. [Ph.D., Oklahoma Health Sciences Center]

  • Specialties: molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry

  • Advising Areas:pre-health, cell and molecular biology

  • HW 203 / voice: (620)235-6541 / e-mail Dr. Peak


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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


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Neal Schmidt, Instructor. [D. Pharmacy, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center]

  • Specialties: anatomy and physiology

  • Advising Areas: pre-physical therapy, pre-medical 

  • Heckert Wells 304 / voice: (620)235-4737 / e-mail Dr. Schmidt


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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


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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


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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


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Xiaolu Wu, Assistant Professor of Biology. [Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago]

  • Specialties: cell and molecular biology, virology

  • Advising Areas: pre-medical, microbiology

  • Heckert Wells 322 / voice: 620.235.4036 / e-mail Dr. Wu


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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


Staff

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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


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Donna Lair, Storekeeper

  • Specialties: chemical stores, inventory, ordering;

  • Heckert Wells 312 / voice: (620)235-4742 / e-mail Donna Lair


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Delia Lister, Director, Nature Reach

  • Specialties: natural history education

  • Heckert Wells 329 / voice:(620)235-4727 / e-mail Delia Lister


e-mail contacts: [Biology Department] [webmaster]