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Faculty and Instructors

Name Email Phone Area
Heather Bergan‑Roller hroller@niu.edu N/A Biology education research
Barrie P. Bode bodebp@niu.edu 815-753-1753 Director of COVID-19 facilities, cancer biology and molecular physiology
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
Olivier Devergne odevergne@niu.edu 815-753-7446 Cell and developmental biology, epithelial cell polarity
W. Scott Grayburn sgrayburn@niu.edu 815-753-0368 Molecular Core Lab
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
Clare Kron ckron1@niu.edu N/A Genetics, molecular and cell 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

Joint Appointments

Name Email Primary Appointment
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 Email Lab Affiliation
Alba Nava Fereira anavafereira@niu.edu Sunter
Liza Mitchem lmitchem@niu.edu Bergan-Roller
Natalia Lucinda Pacheco Chaves natalia.lucindap@niu.edu Sunter

Staff

Name Title Email Phone
Sharon Farley Graduate Administrative Assistant sfarley@niu.edu 815-753-0437
Manjari Mishra Undergraduate Laboratory Coordinator mmishra1@niu.edu 815-753-3101
Patrick McCarthy Coordinator of Microbiology and Genetics Labs pmccarthy@niu.edu 815-753-7843
Kiley Meyer Office Manager kmeyer5@niu.edu 815-753-7099
Daksha Patel Business Manager dkpatel@niu.edu 815-753-3373
Craig Schultz Greenhouse Gardener cschultz2@niu.edu 815-753-7832
Linda Srygler Lab Safety Specialist lyates@niu.edu 815-753-0113
Audra Verchimak Laboratory Animal Care Supervisor awagner3@niu.edu 815-753-4724
Julie Jackson-Weindorf Laboratory Manager jpolz1@niu.edu 815-753-0113

Emeriti Faculty

Name Email
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

Contact Us

Department of Biological Sciences
Montgomery Hall 349
815-753-1753
815-753-0461 (fax)

General questions can be directed to kmeyer5@niu.edu.

Student enrollment questions can be directed to sfarley@niu.edu.

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