Biological Sciences

The Department of Biological Sciences offers a B.S. degree which can be used to prepare for graduate studies in the biological sciences and to gain licensure to teach general science and biology at the middle school and high school levels. It has been designed so students can conveniently obtain a minor in chemistry. A departmental honors program is available for outstanding students.

The department also offers a minor in biological sciences and several courses that can be used by non-majors toward fulfilling the science area requirement in the university’s general education program. In addition, courses offered by the department are required in several majors across the university and in the interdisciplinary minor in environmental studies. Students in preprofessional health-related programs are required to have course work in the biological sciences. Students interested in pursuing such careers should seek assistance early in their studies from a pre-professional advisor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. (See “Pre-professional Studies.”)

Biological Sciences Faculty

Garry Sunter, Ph.D., Imperial College, University of London, professor, chair
Heather Bergan-Roller, Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln, assistant professor
Neil W. Blackstone, Ph.D., Yale University, professor
Barrie P. Bode, Ph.D., University of Florida, professor
Jozef J. Bujarski, Ph.D., Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan, Poland), Distinguished Research Professor
Ana Calvo, Ph.D., University of Alcala (Madrid), Distinguished Teaching Professor
Olivier Devergne, Ph.D., Princeton University, assistant professor
Melvin Duvall, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, St. Paul, professor
Holly Jones, Ph.D., Yale University, associate professor
Bethia H. King, Ph.D., Purdue University, professor
Richard B. King, Ph.D., Purdue University, Distinguished Research Professor
Jon Miller, Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Presidential Engagement Professor
Virginia L. Naples, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, professor
Daniel R. Olson, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University, clinical associate professor
Karen Samonds, Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook, associate professor
Pallavi Singh, M.Sc., Ph.D., Michigan State University, assistant professor
Wes Swingley, Ph.D., Arizona State University, associate professor
Ronald Toth, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, adjunct professor
Linda Yasui, Ph.D., Florida State University, associate professor
Shengde Zhou, Ph.D., Auburn University, associate professor