Department Directory
Department Chair Craig D. Sandgren
Graduate Coordinator Daâd A. Saffarini
Director Electron Microscope Laboratory Heather A. Owen
Greenhouse/Facilities Manager and Building Chair Thomas P. Schuck
Conservation and Environmental Science Advisor Glen G. Fredlund
Graduate Coordinator Daâd A. Saffarini
Graduate Program Assistant Phyllis Shaw
Under Graduate Coordinator Sara HootUndergraduate Program Assistant Cynthia M Bias
Department Administrator Kim M. QuartemontDepartment Financial Specialist Brandon Garland
Department University Services Program Associate Alnita L. Allen
Department University Services Associate Lisa Engel
Biotechnology Instrumentation Specialist Raymond HoveyDepartment University Services Program Associate Alnita L. Allen
Department University Services Associate Lisa Engel
Director Electron Microscope Laboratory Heather A. Owen
Greenhouse/Facilities Manager and Building Chair Thomas P. Schuck
Conservation and Environmental Science Advisor Glen G. Fredlund
Faculty
Bardy, Sonia L.; Assistant Professor
Microbiology
Berges, John A.; Associate ProfessorPhytoplankton and Zooplankton Ecophysiology and Biochemistry
Bergtrom, Gerald; ProfessorCell and Molecular Biology
Buntin, John D.; ProfessorBehavioral Neuroendocrinology
Cheng, Yi-Qiang (Eric); Assistant Professor
Biochemistry, Genetic Engineering and Functional Genomics
Coggins, James R.; Associate Professor
Parasitology
Collins, Mary Lynne Perille; ProfessorMicrobial Physiology
Dey, Madhusudan; Assistant ProfessorMolecular Biology
Dunn, Peter O.; Associate ProfessorBehavioral Ecology
Ehlinger, Timothy; Associate ProfessorAquatic Ecology, Stream Restoration and Sustainable Development
Fink, Charles; Assistant ProfessorCellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Forst, Steven; ProfessorMolecular Microbiology
Heathcote, R. David; ProfessorDevelopmental Neurobiology
Höbel, Gerlinde; Adjunct Assistant Professor / LecturerBehavioral Ecology, Acoustic Communication
Hoot, Sara B.; ProfessorMolecular Plant Systematics
Hutz, Reinhold; ProfessorFemale Reproductive Biology
Karron, Jeffery; Associate ProfessorPlant Evolutionary Ecology
Kaster, Jerry; Associate ProfessorAquatic Invertebrate Biology
Kuchin, Sergei; Assistant ProfessorYeast Molecular Biology
Latch, Emily K.; Assistant ProfessorPopulation Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology
McBride, Mark; Professor
Microbiology and Molecular Biology
Oliver, Julie A.; Assistant ProfessorMammalian Cell Biology
Owen, Heather A.; Associate Scientist,Director Electron Microscope Laboratory
Plant Cell Biology
Petto, Andrew J.; Senior LecturerAnatomy and Physiolgy
Prasad, Gyaneshwar; Assistant ProfessorMicrobiology and Molecular Biology
Quinn, Christopher C.; Assistant ProfessorCell Biology, Developmental Genetics and Neuroscience
Rodríguez, Rafael L.; Assistant ProfessorBehavioral Ecology
Saffarini, Daâd A.; Associate ProfessorEnvironmental and Molecular Microbiology
Sandgren, Craig D.; Associate Professor, Department ChairPlankton Ecology and Phycology
Schnitzer, Stefan; Assistant ProfessorPlant Community Ecology
Steeber, Douglas A.; Associate ProfessorImmunology
Strickler, J. Rudi; Shaw Distinguished ProfessorZooplankton
Udvadia, Ava; Assistant ProfessorCellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Ulijasz, Andrew T. ; Assistant ProfessorMicrobiology
Wejksnora, Peter; Associate ProfessorEukaryotic Molecular Biology
Whittingham, Linda A.; ProfessorBehavioral Ecology
Wimpee, Charles; Associate ProfessorMolecular Biology and Evolution
Witten, Jane; Associate ProfessorCellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Yang, Ching-Hong; Associate ProfessorGenomics, Functional Genomics and Host-Microbe Interactions
Young, Erica; Assistant ProfessorPlant and Algal Ecophysiology
Zhao, Dazhong; Assistant ProfessorPlant Molecular Genetics and Signal Transduction
Adjunct Faculty
Aguilar, Carmen, Associate Scientist, Great Lakes WATER Institute
Teaching Staff
Biogeochemistry, freshwater and marine environments
Anapol, Fred; Professor, Department of AnthropologyDirector, Center for Forensic Science
Neuromuscular Biology of Feeding and Locomotion
Anderson, Robert C.; Professor of Biology Assistant Dean of Faculty Development, Wisconsin Lutheran CollegeLake and stream ecology
Bootsma, Harvey A., Associate ScientistAssistant Scientist Great Lakes WATER Institute
Carvan, Michael J., Assistant ProfessorTropical ecology, nutrient dynamics, trophic dynamics, algal ecology
Assistant Scientist Great Lakes WATER Institute
Goetz, Frederick (Rick); Senior Scientist Great Lakes WATER InstituteMolecular mechanisms of toxicity, biomonitoring
Regulation of ovarian and immune systems in fish
Goirdano, Mario; ProfessorDipartimento di Scienze del Mare, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Ecophysiology of Aquatic Plants
Helmstetter, Fred J., Professor, UWM Department of PsychologyEcophysiology of Aquatic Plants
Behavioral/Systems Neuroscience
Hirschmugl, Carol, Professor, UWM Physics DepartmentSurface Studies: Pico-Ampere LEED and IR Surface Spectroscopy
Janssen, John; Senior Scientist Great Lakes WATER InstituteFisheries biology, Great Lakes fishery
Klaper, Rebecca D.; Shaw Assistant Scientist Great Lakes WATER InstituteDevelopment of genomic indicators of ecological and environmental health
Klemer, David P.: Associate Professor, UWM College of Engineering & Applied ScienceEngineering and medicine
Klump, J. Val; Senior Scientist, Great Lakes WATER InstituteBiogeochemistry, nutrient cycling, radiochemistry
McKinnon, Jeffery S.; Professor of Biological Sciences, UW-WhitewaterEvolution of Reproductive Isolation through Divergent Ecological Selection
McLellan, Sandra L.; Assistant Scientist Great Lakes WATER InstituteUnderstanding connections between environmental processes and human health.
Meyer, Gretchen A.; Associate Scientist, Manager, UWM Field StationPlant-animal interactions and conservation biology.
Mitchell Randall, J., Professor of Biology, University of AkronPollination biology
Moyer, James R., Associate Professor Professor, UWM Department of PsychologyCellular Mechanisms of Neuronal Aging, Neurobiological Mechanisms of Temporal Encoding.
Muehlenbein, Michael P.; Assistant Professor, UWM Department of AnthropologyReproductive Ecology, Evolutionary Physiology, Developmental Endocrinology, Ecological Parasitology
Raicu, Valerica ; Assistant Professor, UWM Department of PhysicsBiophysics, Photonics, Biological and Medical Physics
Reinartz, James A.; Senior Scientist, Director, UWM Field StationPlant Ecology
Shepard, Brian: Lead Scientist USDA/WATEREndocrinology and Physiology
Swain, Rodney, A.; Associate Professor, Associate Dean, Social Sciences, UWM Department of PsychologyBehavioral Neuroscience/Psychobiology; Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Brain Injury and Recovery
Tomasiewicz, Henry G., Assistant Scientist, Niehs Core Center/WATERDevelopmental neurobiology and environmental toxicology
Urven, Lance;Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science,Marian University Fond du Lac, WI.
Developmental Genetics and Cell Biology
Waples James, T.; Shaw Associate Scientist Great Lakes WATER InstituteDevelopmental Genetics and Cell Biology
Biogeochemistry, Carbon Cycling, Radiochemistry
Emeriti Faculty
Ficken, Millicent S.; Professor Emerita
Mortimer, Clifford.; Professor Emeritus
Phillips, Ruth.; Professor Emerita
Sommer, Cynthia; Associate Professor Emerita
Behavioral Ecology and Ornithology
Kennedy, Geoffrey; Associate Professor EmeritusMortimer, Clifford.; Professor Emeritus
Phillips, Ruth.; Professor Emerita
Genetics
Remsen, Charles; Professor Emeritus and Senior Scientist
UWS/UWM Great Lakes WATER Institute
Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry
Salamun, Peter.; Professor EmeritusAquatic Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry
Sommer, Cynthia; Associate Professor Emerita
Comparative Immunology
Van Wynsberghe, Donna; Professor EmeritaCardiovascular Physiology
