Northern Illinois University
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

| B | C | D | G | J | K | L | M | N | O | S | Y | Z | Emeriti Faculty | Instructors | Joint Appts.

B

Heather Bergan-Roller
Biology Education Research
(815) 753-7421
hroller@niu.edu

Neil W. Blackstone
Ecology and Evolution
(815) 753-7899
neilb@niu.edu

Barrie P. Bode
Cancer Biology and Molecular Physiology
(815) 753-1753
bodebp@niu.edu

Jozef J. Bujarski
Microbiology/Plant Sciences
(815) 753-0601
jbujarski@niu.edu

C

Ana Calvo
Microbiology, Molecular Mycology
(815) 753-0451
amcalvo@niu.edu

D

Olivier Devergne
Cell and Developmental Biology, Epithelial Cell Polarity
(815) 753-7446
odevergne@niu.edu

Melvin R. Duvall
Plant Sciences
(815) 753-7806
mel-duvall@niu.edu

J

Holly Jones
(Joint appt ISESE)
Conservation biology; restoration ecology
(815) 753-7527
hjones@niu.edu

K

Bethia H. King
Ecology and Evolution
(815) 753-8460
bking@niu.edu

Richard B. King
Ecololgy and Evolution
(815) 753-7833
rbking@niu.edu

Jennifer Koop
Evolutionary Biology, Invasion Biology, Population Genetics, Conservation Biology
(815) 753-4215
jkoop@niu.edu

M

Jon S. Miller
Cell Biology
(815) 753-7830
jsmiller@niu.edu

N

Virginia L. Naples
Ecology and Evolution
Office: (815) 753-7819
vlnaples@niu.edu

S

Karen E. Samonds
Anatomy and Paleontology
Office (815) 753-3201
ksamonds@niu.edu

Pallavi Singh
Human/animal microbiome, Bacterial pathogens, Comparative Genomics, One health, Food Safety
(815) 753-7839
                               psingh1@niu.edu

Y

Linda S. Yasui

Z

Shengde Zhou
Microbial genetics, molecular biology, metabolic engineering, biotechnology
Office: (815) 753-7842
szhou@niu.edu 

Emeriti Faculty

Richard R. Hahin
hahin@niu.edu

Gabriel P. Holbrook
gholbrook@niu.edu 

R. Meganathan
RMeganathan@niu.edu

Peter L. Meserve
pmeserve@uidaho.edu 

Paul D. Sorensen
psorensen@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

Teaching Faculty/Instructors

W. Scott Grayburn
Molecular Core Lab
(815) 753-0368

Moira Jenkins
Human Anatomical Sciences
(815) 753-6295
mjenkins7@niu.edu

Mary McGinn
Anatomy
Office: (815) 753-1753
mmcginn3@niu.edu

Daniel Olson
Anatomy
Office: (815) 753-3108
drolson@niu.edu

Joint Appointments

Beth Gaillard
(Primary appt.
Chem/Biochem)
(815) 753-6908
gaillard@niu.edu

Daniel Gebo
(Primary appt. Anthropology)

Mitchell Irwin
(Primary appt. Department of Anthropology)
mirwin@niu.edu

Melissa Lenczewski
Geology / Environmental Geosciences
(815) 753-7937
lenczewski@niu.edu

Reed Scherer
Geology Environmental
Geosciences ,
Office: (815) 753-7951
reed@niu.edu