Academic
Catalog August 2007 - August 2008 Undergraduate
and Graduate
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Name &Title |
Credentials |
Focus |
At NAU |
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Alison Adams, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
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(B.A., University of Dublin–Trinity College; Ph.D., University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 1984) |
Genetics, cell biology |
NAU 2004
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Gerard Allan, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor
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(B.A., California State University–Long Beach; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School 1998) |
Molecular systematics, molecular ecology |
NAU 2003
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W. Sylvester Allred Jr., Ph.D., Senior Lecturer
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(B.S., Wayland Baptist College; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1989) |
Ecology |
NAU 1990 |
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Tina Ayers, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
(B.A., Ph.D., University of Texas–Austin 1986) |
Plant systematics
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NAU 1990
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Stephen Beckstrom-Sternberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(B.S., M.S., University of California–Riverside; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School 1988) |
Bioinformatics |
NAU 2003
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Neil S. Cobb, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor |
(B.A., Oregon State University; M.S., Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1993) |
Ecology, Entomology
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NAU 1993
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Lee C. Drickamer, Ph.D., Regents' Professor |
(B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D. Michigan State University 1970)
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Animal behavior
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NAU 1998
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Cheryl A. Dyer, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor |
(B.A., Ph.D. University of California–San Diego 1986)
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Physiology of steroids, endocrinology
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NAU 1995
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Catherine Gehring, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(B.S., Colorado State University; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1991) |
Plant-mycorrhizal-herbivore ecology |
NAU 1987 |
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Alice Gibb, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(B.A., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., University of California–Irvine 1997) |
Comparative physiology and functional morphology |
NAU 1999 |
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Steven C. Hempleman, Ph.D., Professor, Director of Graduate Studies |
(B.S., Ph.D. University of California–Davis 1982) |
Comparative neural and respiratory physiology |
NAU 1996 |
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Paul R. Holmgren, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(B.S., Indiana University; M.S., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., North Texas State University 1969) |
Human anatomy and physiology instruction and assessment |
NAU 1969 |
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Bruce Hungate, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(B.A., B.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley 1995) |
Ecosystem ecology, soil nitrogen cycling |
NAU 1998 |
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Laura J. Huenneke, Ph.D., Professor, Dean of College of Engineering and Natural Sciences |
(B.A., University of Missouri–Columbia; Ph.D., Cornell University 1983) |
Plant ecology |
NAU 2003 |
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Nancy C. Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(B.S., University of Minnesota; M.S., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Minnesota 1991) |
Mycorrhizal and soil ecology |
NAU 1996 |
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Paul Keim, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor, E. Raymond and Ruth Reed Cowden Endowed Chair in Microbiology |
(B.S., Northern Arizona University; Ph.D., University of Kansas 1981) |
Molecular genetics of microbes, plants, and animals |
NAU 1989 |
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George Koch, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.Sc., Ph.D., Stanford University 1988) |
Plant ecophysiology |
NAU 1994 |
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Jeffery G. Leid, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
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(B.S., University of Puget Sound; Ph.D., Montana State University 2000) |
Microbiology, biofilms |
NAU 2002 |
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Stan L. Lindstedt, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor |
(B.S., University of Southern California; Ph.D., University of Arizona 1977) |
Comparative and environmental physiology |
NAU 1988 |
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Jane C. Marks, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(B.A., University of Michigan; M.S., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley 1995) |
Aquatic ecology |
NAU 1998 |
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Fernando P. Monroy, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(B.S., University of Mexico; master’s qualifying course, Ph.D., University of Queensland, Australia 1988) |
Parasitology, immunobiology |
NAU 2000
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W. Linn Montgomery, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.A., University of California–Berkeley; M.A., University of California–Los Angeles; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1979) |
Physiology and ecology of fishes |
NAU 1981 |
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Kiisa Nishikawa, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor
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(B.S., State University of New York–Albany; Ph.D., University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 1985) |
Ecology, evolution, and neural control of behavior in amphibians |
NAU 1989
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T. Lon Owen, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.A., University of California–Davis; M.A., California State University–Sacramento; Ph.D., University of California–Davis 1972) |
Anatomy and physiology, thermoregulation, advanced placement biology training |
NAU 1974 |
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David Pierotti, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Associate Chair
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(B.S., M.S., Northern Arizona University; M.S., Ph.D., University of California–Los Angeles 1992) |
Physiology of muscle and locomotion, comparative physiology |
NAU 1997 |
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Peggy E. Pollak, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer
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(B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1989) |
Plant reproductive development |
NAU 1994 |
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Richard Posner, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.A., State University of New York–Binghamton; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University 1990) |
Biochemistry, cell biology |
NAU 1993
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Catherine R. Propper, Ph.D., Professor
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(A.B., University of California–Berkeley; Ph.D., Oregon State University 1989) |
Endocrinology of water balance and reproduction in amphibians and reptiles |
NAU 1990 |
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Egbert Schwarz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
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(B.S., Michigan State University; M.S., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of California–Davis 1999) |
Microbial ecology |
NAU 2003 |
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Randall W. Scott, Ph.D., Lecturer
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(B.A., Denison University; Ph.D., University of Texas–Austin 1986) |
Plant systematics, phylogeny
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NAU 1993
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Philip Service, Ph.D., Professor
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(A.B., Pomona College; M.P.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina 1982) |
Population and evolutionary genetics |
NAU 1989
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Richard F. Shand, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., University of California–Davis; M.S., California State University–Long Beach; Ph.D., University of California–Davis 1986) |
Microbial genetics of extreme halophilic archaebacteria and microbiology |
NAU 1990 |
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Stephen M. Shuster, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., University of Michigan; M.S., University of New Mexico; Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley 1987) |
Invertebrate zoology, evolution of animal mating systems |
NAU 1990 |
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Constantine N. Slobodchikoff, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.S., Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley 1971) |
Behavioral ecology, communication and social behavior in prairie dogs |
NAU 1971 |
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Tad Theimer, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(B.S., University of the Pacific; M.S., Colorado State University; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1991) |
Vertebrate zoology, wildlife, tropical rain-forest ecology, conservation biology |
NAU 1997 |
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Catherine Ueckert, Ph.D., Associate Professor
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(B.S., Midland Lutheran College; M.S., University of Nebraska–Omaha; Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln 1994) |
Biology education, curriculum and instruction, science education standards |
NAU 1995 |
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Karen VanWinkle-Swift, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor |
(B.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Duke University 1976) |
Genetic and ultrastructural analysis of development in microbes |
NAU 1989 |
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Stephen J. Warburton, Ph.D., Associate Professor |
(B.S., University of Rhode Island; Ph.D., Brown University 1991) |
Developmental physiology |
NAU 2003 |
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Mary Elizabeth Watwood, Ph.D., Professor, Department Chair |
(B.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia–Athens 1987) |
Microbiology, biotechnology |
NAU 2003 |
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Thomas G. Whitham, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor
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(B.S., Iowa State University; M.S., Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Utah 1978) |
Plant and insect ecology |
NAU 1981
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Adjunct Faculty |
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R. Scott Anderson, Ph.D., |
(B.A., University of Colorado; M.S., University of Maine; Ph.D., University of Arizona 1987) |
Paleoecology, geology, environmental science
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NAU 1987
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Carole L. Banka, Ph.D.
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(B.S., Rollins College; M.S., Adelphi University; Ph.D., University of California–San Francisco 1982) |
Heart disease and estrogen |
NAU 1999 |
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Emma P. Benenati, Ph.D.
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(B.S., Wayne State University; M.S., Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1998) |
Ecology, aquatic biology, phycology |
NAU 2001 |
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Paul C. Begovac, Ph.D.
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(B.S., Northern Arizona University; Ph.D., University of Florida 1987) |
Biochemistry and molecular biology |
NAU 2003 |
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John A. Birdsell, Ph.D.
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(B.A., University of California–Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California–San Diego 1997) |
Genetics and evolutionary biology |
NAU 1998 |
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Edward H. Boyer, Ph.D.
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(B.S., Arizona State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1987) |
Intertidal community ecology |
NAU 1999 |
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Steven W. Carothers, Ph.D.
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(B.S., M.S., Northern Arizona University; Ph.D., University of Illinois 1974) |
Ecology |
NAU 1977 |
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Karen M. Clancy, Ph.D.
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(B.S., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1985) |
Entomology |
NAU 1991 |
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Kenneth Cole, Ph.D. |
(B.S., University of Southern California; M.S., California State University–Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Arizona) |
Research ecology
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NAU 2001
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Martha L. Crump, Ph.D.
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(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas–Lawrence 1974) |
Zoology and conservation ecology |
NAU 1991 |
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James David, Ed.D. |
(B.S., Arizona State Teachers College; M.A.T., Ed.D., Northern Arizona University) |
Curriculum and instruction, science
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NAU 1995
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Burt Ensley, Ph.D.
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(B.S., M.S., University of New Mexico; Ph.D., University of Georgia 1979) |
Microbial physiology and biotechnology |
NAU 2001 |
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Peter Feinsinger, Ph.D.
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(B.A., Colorado College; Ph.D., Cornell University 1974) |
Zoology and conservation ecology |
NAU 1991 |
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Owen Gorman, Ph.D. |
(B.S., University of Delaware; M.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Kansas) |
Systematics and ecology
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NAU 1997
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Paul J. Jackson, Ph.D.
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(B.S., University of Washington; Ph.D., University of Utah 1981) |
Environmental microbiology |
NAU 1992 |
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Michael J. C. Kearsley, Ph.D.
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(A.B., Dartmouth College; M.S., Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1992) |
Riparian plant ecology |
NAU 1994
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Delbert Kilgore, Ph.D. |
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas) |
Physiology, cell biology
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NAU 2004
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Diana Kimberling, Ph.D.
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(B.S., M.S., Oregon State University; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1991) |
Plant-herbivore interaction |
NAU 1994 |
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Cheryl R. Kuske, Ph.D.
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(B.S., M.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., University of California–Davis 1989) |
Plant pathology |
NAU 1994 |
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Joyce M. Maschinski, Ph.D.
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(B.S., M.Ed., University of Arizona; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1989) |
Botany |
NAU 1990 |
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David Mattson, Ph.D. |
(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Idaho) |
Fish and wildlife resources
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NAU 2004
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Vicky J. Meretsky, Ph.D. |
(University of Arizona 1995) |
Conservation biology, biometrics |
NAU 1996 |
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Nancy Morin, Ph.D. |
(A.B., Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley) |
Botany
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NAU 1999
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Nancy Muleady-Mecham, Ph.D. |
(B.A., University of California–Los Angeles; M.A., California State University–Fresno; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University) |
Biology
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NAU 2004
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Thomas O’Dell, Ph.D. |
(B.S., Evergreen State College; Ph.D., Oregon State University) |
Botany, plant pathology
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NAU 2003
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Arthur M. Phillips, Ph.D.
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(B.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., University of Arizona 1977) |
Botany |
NAU 1984 |
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Barbara G. Phillips, Ph.D.
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(B.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., University of Arizona 1976) |
Botany |
NAU 1984 |
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Gordon Rogowitz, Ph.D.
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(B.A., Boston University; M.S., State University of New York–Fredonia; Ph.D., Utah State University 1988) |
Comparative animal physiology |
NAU 2001 |
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Andrej Romanovskii, Ph.D. |
(M.D., I.P. Pavlov First Medical Institute; Ph.D., Belarusian Academy of Sciences) |
Physiology
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NAU 2001
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Peter G. Rowlands, Ph.D.
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(B.A., M.A., California State University–Fullerton; Ph.D., University of California–Riverside 1978) |
Plant synecology |
NAU 1992 |
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Christopher F. Sacchi, Ph.D.
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(B.S., Fairfield University; M.S., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1987) |
Reproductive ecology |
NAU 1996 |
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Joseph P. Shannon, Ph.D.
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(B.S., Roger Williams University; M.S., Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 2001) |
River ecosystems |
NAU 2001 |
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David H. Siemens, Ph.D.
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(B.A., University of California–Los Angeles; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1991) |
Ecology, plant-animal interactions |
NAU 1999 |
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Stefan A. Sommer, Ph.D.
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(B.S., University of California–Berkeley; M.S., University of Maryland–College Park; Ph.D., University of New Mexico 1993) |
Animal ecology, science education |
NAU 2003 |
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John Spence, Ph.D. |
(B.S., M.S., Utah State University; Ph.D., University of British Columbia) |
Botany
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NAU 2003
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Lawrence E. Stevens, Ph.D.
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(B.A., Prescott College; M.S., Ph.D., Northern Arizona University 1989) |
Ecology |
NAU 1990 |
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Michael R. Wagner, Ph.D.
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(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison 1980) |
Entomology |
NAU 1992 |
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Tom Weinert, Ph.D. |
(B.S., M.S., Washington State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona) |
Soil fertility
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NAU 2004
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Robert A. Winfree, Ph.D.
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(B.S., Iowa State University; M.S., Ph.D., Texas A&M University 1983) |
Natural resources management |
NAU 1997 |
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Faculty Emeriti |
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Glenn A. Anderson, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., M.A., Washington State University; Ph.D., Oregon State University) |
Parasitology |
NAU 1964 (retired 1987) |
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Walter P. Applegren, Ph.D. , Professor
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(B.S., Northwestern University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan) |
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NAU 1967 (retired 1990) |
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Russell P. Balda, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor
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(B.S., Wisconsin State University–Oshkosh; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois 1967) |
Avian ecology and behavior |
NAU 1966 (retired 2003) |
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Gary C. Bateman, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., California State University–Long Beach; Ph.D., University of Arizona 1967) |
Vertebrate ecology |
NAU 1967 (retired 1997)
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Richard S. Beal Jr., Ph.D., Professor |
(B.S., University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of California) |
Entomology
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NAU 1962 (retired 1982) |
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Dean W. Blinn, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor
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(B.A., Simpson College; M.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., University of British Columbia 1969) |
Phycology and aquatic ecology |
NAU 1971 (retired 2001) |
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Darrel S. English, Ph.D., Professor
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(A.B., Southwestern College; M.S., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., Iowa State University 1968) |
Mammalian cytogenetics |
NAU 1967 (retired 1997) |
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Frederick D. Funk, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University 1967) |
Medical microbiology, virology, microbial genetics |
NAU 1975 (retired 2002) |
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William S. Gaud, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., College of Charleston; Ph.D., University of North Carolina 1970) |
Ecology and quantitative biology |
NAU 1970 (retired 2000) |
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J. Norman Grim, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.A., University of California–Santa Barbara; M.A., University of California–Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California–Davis 1967) |
Protozoology, cell biology |
NAU 1967 (retired 1994) |
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Richard H. Hevly, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., University of Washington; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1964) |
Plant taxonomy, paleobotany, paleoecology |
NAU 1966 (retired 1997) |
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Oliver W. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.A., Fresno State College; M.S., Ph.D., Oregon State University) |
Herpetology |
NAU 1961 (retired 1989) |
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H. Lloyd Mogensen, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor
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(B.S., Utah State University; M.S., Ph.D., Iowa State University 1965) |
Sexual plant reproduction, quantitative three-dimensional ultrastructure |
NAU 1965 (retired 1999) |
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Gilbert C. Pogany, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.S., Belmont College; M.S., Ph.D., Tulane University 1966) |
Vertebrate embryology |
NAU 1969 (retired 1995) |
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Peter W. Price, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor
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(B.S., University of Wales; M.S., University of New Brunswick; Ph.D., Cornell University 1970) |
Ecology of insects, general ecology |
NAU 1980 (retired 2002) |
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James M. Rominger, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., Eastern Illinois University; M.S., University of New Mexico; Ph.D., University of Illinois) |
Agrostology |
NAU 1963 (retired 1990) |
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Jack S. States, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.A., M.S., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., University of Alberta 1969) |
Mycology, microbial ecology, plant pathology |
NAU 1970 (retired 1995) |
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Raymond P. Tamppari, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., Eastern Michigan University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan 1969) |
Biology education |
NAU 1969 (retired 1994) |
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Terry A. Vaughan, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Claremont Graduate School; Ph.D., University of Kansas) |
Mammalogy |
NAU 1967 (retired 1987) |
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James R. Wick, Ph.D., Professor
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(B.S., Iowa Wesleyan College; M.S., Kansas State University; Ph.D., Iowa State University) |
Entomology |
NAU 1959 (retired 1987) |
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Stanley N. Wilkes, Ph.D., Professor |
(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Oregon State University) |
Invertebrate zoology |
NAU 1966 (retired 1990) |