Faculty & Staff

Faculty | Department Staff | Emeritus Faculty | Research Faculty and Postdocs

Faculty

Faculty	Contact	Teaching and/or Research Interests
Daniel Ballhorn Professor	ballhorn@pdx.edu	Plant defenses and interactions
Michael Bartlett Associate Professor	micb@pdx.edu	Cellular and molecular biology
Kim Brown Associate Professor	kibr2@pdx.edu	Fish genetics
Bradley Buckley Associate Professor	bbuckley@pdx.edu	Physiology and adaptation to extreme environments
Justin Courcelle Professor	justc@pdx.edu	DNA repair, DNA replication, genome stability
Mitch Cruzan Professor	cruzan@pdx.edu	Plant ecology, evolutionary biology
Deborah Duffield Professor	duffield@pdx.edu	Marine Mammals, Marine Biology
Sarah Eppley Professor	eppley@pdx.edu	Plant Ecology
Thomas Hancock Assistant Professor	thancock@pdx.edu	Human Anatomy and Physiology
Stefanie Kautz Teaching Associate Professor	skautz@pdx.edu	Plant biology and defenses
Susan Masta Associate Professor	smasta@pdx.edu	Biodiversity, evolution, arthropods
Radhika Reddy Teaching Associate Professor	rreddy@pdx.edu	Principles of Biology, Neurophysiology, Sensory Physiology
Luis Ruedas Professor and Chair	ruedas@pdx.edu	Vertebrate taxonomy, systematics, evolution, and ecology
Jeffrey Singer Professor	jsinger@pdx.edu	Ubiquitin signaling
Ken Stedman Professor	kstedman@pdx.edu	Extreme viruses, astrovirology, vaccine stabilization
Anne Thompson Assistant Professor	awt@pdx.edu	Microbial ecology of the oceans

Department Support Staff

Staff	Contact
Sarah Bartlett Department Manager	sbart2@pdx.edu
Bailey Butts Office Coordinator	dbb2@pdx.edu
Isabella Connelly Office Coordinator	isab26@pdx.edu
Belgin Inan Academic Services Coordinator	belgin@pdx.edu
Monica Ito Office Coordinator	monito@pdx.edu
Megan Meyers Biology Teaching Lab Manager	memeyers@pdx.edu
Brooke Snyder Biology Teaching Lab Manager	bsc@pdx.edu
Reina Tan Financial Manager	reina2@pdx.edu
Leah Tuor Manager - Undergraduate Academic & Student Services	leaht@pdx.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Faculty	Contact	Research Interests
Clyde Calvin	calvinc@pdx.edu	Vascular plant anatomy
Larry Crawshaw	crawshawl@pdx.edu	Comparative physiology of temperature regulation
Stan Hillman	hillmans@pdx.edu	Amphibian physiology
Ed Lippert	algae@frontier.com	Algology, mycology
Rob Millette	peregrine@rof.net	Molecular virology
Michael Murphy	murphym@pdx.edu	Birds and ecology
Lester Newman	newmanl@pdx.edu	Genetics
Anna-Louise Reysenbach	bwar@pdx.edu	Microbial ecology of high temperature ecosystems
Leonard Simpson	simpsol@pdx.edu	Invertebrate structure and function
Robert Tinnin	dbtinnin@gmail.com	Ecology
Randy Zelick	zelickr@pdx.edu	Neurobiology

Research Faculty, Staff, and Postdocs

Position	Contact	Research Interests
Charmain Tan Courcelle Adjunct Research Assistant Professor	charmc@pdx.edu	DNA replication, DNA repair, genome maintenance and stability
Ignacio “Nacho” de la Higuera Research Associate in Stedman Lab	ide@pdx.edu	Virus Origins, Structure and Evolution
Amie Romney Interim Director, Center for Life in Extreme Environments	arom2@pdx.edu	Cell and Developmental Biology, Environmental Interactions on Developmental Phenotype
Kelly Rosch Post doctoral scholar in Thompson Lab	krosch@pdx.edu	Microbial ecology, Symbiosis, Host-microbe interactions
Emily St. John Research Assistant in Reysenbach Lab	em9@pdx.edu	Microbial Ecology
Camille Wendlandt Adjunct Research Associate in Thompson Lab	camillew@pdx.edu	Microbial ecology, Symbiosis, Host-microbe interactions