Department Directory
Administration
Department Chair Daâd Saffarini
Associate Chair & Undergraduate Coordinator David Heathcote
Graduate Coordinator Jane L. Witten
Graduate Program Assistant Phyllis Shaw
Department Administrator Kim Quartemont
Financial Specialist Antonio Paladino
University Services Program Associate Alnita Allen
University Services Associate Gotha Thao
University Services Associate Ana White
Biotechnology Instrumentation Specialist Marianna Orlova
Director Electron Microscope Laboratory Heather A. Owen
Facilities Manager Gregory Hathaway
Conservation and Environmental Science Advisor Glen G. Fredlund

Technical Staff
John H Idzikowski: Lab Prep Technician Senior
Elizabeth Muslin: Laboratory Manager I
Valeria Sitenkova: Laboratory Technician Senior
Ching-Liu Wu: Laboratory Manager II

Faculty
Alberto, Filipe; Assistant Professor
Population Genetics, Molecular Ecology, Biomathematics
Bardy, Sonia L.; Assistant Professor
Microbiology
Berges, John A.; Associate Professor
Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Ecophysiology and Biochemistry
Cheng, Yi-Qiang (Eric); Associate Professor
Biochemistry, Genetic Engineering and Functional Genomics
Coggins, James R.; Associate Professor
Parasitology
Dey, Madhusudan; Assistant Professor
Molecular Biology
Dunn, Peter O.; Professor
Behavioral Ecology
Ehlinger, Timothy; Associate Professor
Aquatic Ecology, Stream Restoration and Sustainable Development
Forst, Steven; Professor
Molecular Microbiology
Gutzman, Jennifer H.; Assistant Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology, Developmental Neurobiology
Heathcote, R. David; Professor
Developmental Neurobiology
Höbel, Gerlinde; Assistant Professor
Behavioral Ecology, Acoustic Communication
Hoot, Sara B.; Professor
Molecular Plant Systematics
Hutz, Reinhold; Professor
Female Reproductive Biology
Karron, Jeffery; Associate Professor
Plant Evolutionary Ecology
Kuchin, Sergei; Associate Professor
Yeast Molecular Biology
Latch, Emily K.; Assistant Professor
Population Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology
McBride, Mark; Professor
Microbiology and Molecular Biology
Oliver, Julie A.; Assistant Professor
Mammalian Cell Biology
Owen, Heather A.; Associate Scientist,
Director Electron Microscope Laboratory
Plant Cell Biology
Petto, Andrew J.; Senior Lecturer
Anatomy and Physiolgy
Prasad, Gyaneshwar; Assistant Professor
Microbiology and Molecular Biology
Quinn, Christopher C.; Assistant Professor
Cell Biology, Developmental Genetics and Neuroscience
Rodríguez, Rafael L.; Assistant Professor
Behavioral Ecology
Saffarini, Daâd A.; Professor, Departmant Chair
Environmental and Molecular Microbiology
Scanes, Colin G.; Professor
 Animal Physiology and Nutrtion
Schnitzer, Stefan; Professor
Plant Community Ecology
Steeber, Douglas A.; Associate Professor
Immunology
Strickler, J. Rudi; Shaw Distinguished Professor
Zooplankton Ecology
Udvadia, Ava; Associate Professor
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Wejksnora, Peter; Associate Professor
Eukaryotic Molecular Biology
Whittingham, Linda A.; Professor
Behavioral Ecology
Wimpee, Charles; Associate Professor
Molecular Biology and Evolution
Witten, Jane; Associate Professor
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Yang, Ching-Hong; Associate Professor
Genomics, Functional Genomics and Host-Microbe Interactions
Young, Erica; Associate Professor
Plant and Algal Ecophysiology
Zhao, Dazhong; Associate Professor
Plant Molecular Genetics and Signal Transduction

Adjunct Faculty
Aguilar, Carmen; Associate Scientist, UWM School of Freshwater Sciences
Effects of invasive species on food web interactions and ecophysiology
Carvan, Michael J.; Shaw Associate Scientist, UWM School of Freshwater Sciences
Toxicology, toxicogenomics, epigenetics, behavioral toxicology, gene-environment-disease/dysfunction interactions
Cuhel, Russell; Senior Scientist, UWM School of Freshwater Sciences
Microbiogeochemical ecophysiology, physical-chemical-biological coupling, time series analysis, hydrothermal vents, lithotrophy, undergraduate research opportunities
Goetz, Frederick (Rick); Professor, UWM School of Freshwater Sciences
Fish biology, aquaculture, fish innate immunology, phenotypic diversity
Giordano, Mario; Professor
Dipartimento di Scienze del Mare, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Ecophysiology of Aquatic Plants
Janssen, John; Professor, UWM School of Freshwater Sciences
Fisheries ecology, biological oceanography
Klaper, Rebecca D.; Associate Professor, UWM School of Freshwater Sciences
Genomics, emerging contaminants, pharmaceuticals, nanomaterials, toxicology, nanotoxicology, ecology, biomarkers, water policy
Meyer, Gretchen A.; Associate Scientist, Manager, UWM Field Station
Plant-animal interactions and conservation biology.
Moyer, James R.; Associate Professor Professor, UWM Department of Psychology
Cellular Mechanisms of Neuronal Aging, Neurobiological Mechanisms of Temporal Encoding.
Mueller, Devin; Assistant Professor Professor, UWM Department of Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience; Neurobiology of Learning and Memory; Neurobiology of Addiction; Psychopharmacology
Raicu, Valerica; Associate Professor, UWM Department of Physics
Biophysics, Photonics, Biological and Medical Physics
Reinartz, James A.; Senior Scientist, Director, UWM Field Station
Plant Ecology

Teaching Staff
Bott, Terry, Lecturer
Clare, Robert, Lecturer

Emeriti Faculty
Bergtrom, Gerald; Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
Brooks, Arthur S.; Professor and Senior Scientist Emeritus
Limnology and Aquatic Ecology
Buntin, John D.; Professor
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Collins, Mary Lynne Perille; Professor Emerita
Microbial Physiology
Ficken, Millicent S.; Professor Emerita
Behavioral Ecology and Ornithology
Kennedy, Geoffrey; Associate 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 Emeritus
Sommer, Cynthia; Associate Professor Emerita
Comparative Immunology
Van Wynsberghe, Donna; Professor Emerita
Cardiovascular Physiology
 
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