Faculty and Instructors
Faculty
Name | Phone | Area | |
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Heather Bergan‑Roller | hroller@niu.edu | N/A | Biology education research |
Neil W. Blackstone | neilb@niu.edu | 815‑753‑7899 | Ecology and evolution |
Barrie P. Bode | bodebp@niu.edu | 815‑753‑1753 | Director of COVID‑19 Facilities, cancer biology and molecular physiology |
Ana Calvo | amcalvo@niu.edu | 815‑753‑0451 | Microbiology, molecular mycology |
Olivier Devergne | odevergne@niu.edu | 815‑753‑7446 | Cell and developmental biology, epithelial cell polarity |
Michael Henson | mhenson@niu.edu | N/A | Aquatic microbiology |
Holly Jones | hjones@niu.edu | N/A | Conservation biology; restoration ecology (Joint appointment with Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy) |
Bethia H. King | bking@niu.edu | N/A | Ecology and evolution |
Jennifer Koop | jkoop@niu.edu | N/A | Evolutionary biology, invasion biology, population genetics, conservation biology |
Bill Martin | wmartin1@niu.edu | N/A | Biology education |
Virginia L. Naples | vlnaples@niu.edu | 815‑753‑7819 | Ecology and evolution |
Karen E. Samonds | ksamonds@niu.edu | 815‑753‑3201 | Anatomy and paleontology |
Pallavi Singh | psingh1@niu.edu | 815‑753‑7839 | Human/animal microbiome, bacterial pathogens, comparative genomics, one health, food safety |
Garry Sunter | gsunter@niu.edu | 815‑753‑1753 | Plant sciences |
Wesley Swingley | wswingley@niu.edu | N/A | Microbial ecology |
Linda S. Yasui | lyasui@niu.edu | 815‑753‑3521 | Cell biology |
Shengde Zhou | szhou@niu.edu | 815‑753‑7842 | Microbial genetics, molecular biology, metabolic engineering, and biotechnology |
Teaching Faculty/Instructors
Name | Phone | Area | |
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Christina Cline | ccline3@niu.edu | 815-753-1753 | Anatomy and physiology, histology, and anatomy education |
Kara Coffman-Rea | kcoffman1@niu.edu | 815-753-1753 | Anatomy, physiology, neurobiology |
W. Scott Grayburn | sgrayburn@niu.edu | 815-753-0368 | Molecular Core Lab |
Clare Kron | ckron1@niu.edu | N/A | Genetics, molecular and cell biology |
Joint Appointments
Name | Primary Appointment | |
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Beth Gaillard | gaillard@niu.edu | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Mitchell Irwin | mirwin@niu.edu | Anthropology |
Melissa Lenczewski | lenczewski@niu.edu | Earth, Atmosphere and Environment |
Reed Scherer | reed@niu.edu | Earth, Atmosphere and Environment |
Postdoctoral Researchers
Name | Lab Affiliation | |
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Alba Nava Fereira | anavafereira@niu.edu | Sunter |
Liza Mitchem | lmitchem@niu.edu | Bergan-Roller |
Natalia Lucinda Pacheco Chaves | natalia.lucindap@niu.edu | Sunter |
Emeriti Faculty
Name | |
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Jozef J. Bujarski | jbujarski@niu.edu |
Melvin R. Duvall | mel-duvall@niu.edu |
Richard R. Hahin | hahin@niu.edu |
Gabriel P. Holbrook | gholbrook@niu.edu |
Richard B. King | rbking@niu.edu |
R. Meganathan | rmeganathan@niu.edu |
Peter L. Meserve | pmeserve@uidaho.edu |
Jon S. Miller | jsmiller@niu.edu |
Paul D. Sorensen | psorensen@niu.edu |
Joel Stafstrom | stafstrom@niu.edu |
Ronald Toth | rtoth@niu.edu |
Patricia S. Vary | pvary@niu.edu |
Carl N. Von Ende | cvonende@niu.edu |
Jerrold H. Zar | jhzar@niu.edu |