Department Directory
Administration
Department Chair Craig D. Sandgren
Graduate Coordinator Daâd A. Saffarini
Graduate Program Assistant Phyllis Shaw
Under Graduate Coordinator Sara Hoot
Undergraduate Program Assistant Cynthia M Bias
Department Administrator Kim M. Quartemont
Department Financial Specialist Brandon Garland
Department University Services Program Associate Alnita L. Allen
Department University Services Associate Lisa Engel
Biotechnology Instrumentation Specialist Raymond Hovey
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 Professor
Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Ecophysiology and Biochemistry
Bergtrom, Gerald; Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
Buntin, John D.; Professor
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Cheng, Yi-Qiang (Eric); Assistant Professor
Biochemistry, Genetic Engineering and Functional Genomics
Coggins, James R.; Associate Professor
Parasitology
Collins, Mary Lynne Perille; Professor
Microbial Physiology
Dey, Madhusudan; Assistant Professor
Molecular Biology
Dunn, Peter O.; Associate Professor
Behavioral Ecology
Ehlinger, Timothy; Associate Professor
Aquatic Ecology, Stream Restoration and Sustainable Development
Fink, Charles; Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Forst, Steven; Professor
Molecular Microbiology
Heathcote, R. David; Professor
Developmental Neurobiology
Höbel, Gerlinde; Adjunct Assistant Professor / Lecturer
Behavioral Ecology, Acoustic Communication
Hoot, Sara B.; Professor
Molecular Plant Systematics
Hutz, Reinhold; Professor
Female Reproductive Biology
Karron, Jeffery; Associate Professor
Plant Evolutionary Ecology
Kaster, Jerry; Associate Professor
Aquatic Invertebrate Biology
Kuchin, Sergei; Assistant 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.; Associate Professor
Environmental and Molecular Microbiology
Sandgren, Craig D.; Associate Professor, Department Chair
Plankton Ecology and Phycology
Schnitzer, Stefan; Assistant Professor
Plant Community Ecology
Steeber, Douglas A.; Associate Professor
Immunology
Strickler, J. Rudi; Shaw Distinguished Professor
Zooplankton
Udvadia, Ava; Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Ulijasz, Andrew T. ; Assistant Professor
Microbiology
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; Assistant Professor
Plant and Algal Ecophysiology
Zhao, Dazhong; Assistant Professor
Plant Molecular Genetics and Signal Transduction

Adjunct Faculty
Aguilar, Carmen, Associate Scientist, Great Lakes WATER Institute
Biogeochemistry, freshwater and marine environments
Anapol, Fred; Professor, Department of Anthropology
Neuromuscular Biology of Feeding and Locomotion
Anderson, Robert C.; Professor of Biology Assistant Dean of Faculty Development, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Lake and stream ecology
Bootsma, Harvey A., Associate Scientist
Assistant Scientist Great Lakes WATER Institute
Tropical ecology, nutrient dynamics, trophic dynamics, algal ecology
Carvan, Michael J., Assistant Professor
Assistant Scientist Great Lakes WATER Institute
Molecular mechanisms of toxicity, biomonitoring
Goetz, Frederick (Rick); Senior Scientist Great Lakes WATER Institute
Regulation of ovarian and immune systems in fish
Goirdano, Mario; Professor
Dipartimento di Scienze del Mare, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Ecophysiology of Aquatic Plants
Helmstetter, Fred J., Professor, UWM Department of Psychology
Behavioral/Systems Neuroscience
Hirschmugl, Carol, Professor, UWM Physics Department
Surface Studies: Pico-Ampere LEED and IR Surface Spectroscopy
Janssen, John; Senior Scientist Great Lakes WATER Institute
Fisheries biology, Great Lakes fishery
Klaper, Rebecca D.; Shaw Assistant Scientist Great Lakes WATER Institute
Development of genomic indicators of ecological and environmental health
Klemer, David P.: Associate Professor, UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science
Engineering and medicine
Klump, J. Val; Senior Scientist, Great Lakes WATER Institute
Biogeochemistry, nutrient cycling, radiochemistry
McKinnon, Jeffery S.; Professor of Biological Sciences, UW-Whitewater
Evolution of Reproductive Isolation through Divergent Ecological Selection 
McLellan, Sandra L.; Assistant Scientist Great Lakes WATER Institute
Understanding connections between environmental processes and human health.
Meyer, Gretchen A.; Associate Scientist, Manager, UWM Field Station
Plant-animal interactions and conservation biology.
Mitchell Randall, J., Professor of Biology, University of Akron
Pollination biology
Moyer, James R., Associate Professor Professor, UWM Department of Psychology
Cellular Mechanisms of Neuronal Aging, Neurobiological Mechanisms of Temporal Encoding.
Muehlenbein, Michael P.; Assistant Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology
Reproductive Ecology, Evolutionary Physiology, Developmental Endocrinology, Ecological Parasitology
Raicu, Valerica ; Assistant Professor, UWM Department of Physics
Biophysics, Photonics, Biological and Medical Physics
Reinartz, James A.; Senior Scientist, Director, UWM Field Station
Plant Ecology
Shepard, Brian: Lead Scientist USDA/WATER
Endocrinology and Physiology
Swain, Rodney, A.; Associate Professor, Associate Dean, Social Sciences, UWM Department of Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience/Psychobiology; Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Brain Injury and Recovery
Tomasiewicz, Henry G., Assistant Scientist, Niehs Core Center/WATER
Developmental 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 Institute
Biogeochemistry, Carbon Cycling, Radiochemistry


Teaching Staff
Clare, Robert, Lecturer
Plants in Today's World and Human Anatomy and Physiology

Emeriti Faculty
Brooks, Arthur S.; Professor and Senior Scientist Emeritus
Limnology and Aquatic Ecology
Ficken, Millicent S.; Professor Emerita
Behavioral Ecology and Ornithology
Kennedy, Geoffrey; Associate Professor Emeritus
Mortimer, 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 Emeritus
Sommer, Cynthia; Associate Professor Emerita
Comparative Immunology
Van Wynsberghe, Donna; Professor Emerita
Cardiovascular Physiology