Faculty

Biology Faculty

Robert Winn

Robert Winn

Department Head and Professor
2111 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-2340
E-mail: rwinn@nmu.edu
Research Interests: Areas of reproductive endocrinology. Current research projects include examination of hormonal control of cervical softening prior to parturition.
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Donna Becker

Donna Becker

Associate Professor
2013 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-2443
E-mail: dbecker@nmu.edu
Research Interests: General research interests are in the area of plant-microbe interactions with the goal of improving plant growth and resistance to disease.
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Jacqueline Bird

Jacqueline Bird

Associate Professor
2119 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-1586
E-mail: jbird@nmu.edu
Research Interests: Interested in the epidemiology of parasite infections and evolutionary ecology of parasites.
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John Bruggink

John G. Bruggink

Associate Professor
2117 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-2342
E-mail: jbruggin@nmu.edu
Research Interests: Wildlife ecology and management, population ecology.
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Neil Cumberlidge

Neil Cumberlidge

Professor
2001 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-2215
E-mail: ncumberl@nmu.edu
Research Interests: Physiology, systematics, anatomy, and ecology.
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Thomas Froiland

Thomas G. Froiland

Professor
2107 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-1582
E-mail: tfoilan@nmu.edu
Research Interests: Ultrastructural studies of melanin pigmentation, Developmental and genetics studies of mice and lake trout, Copper metabolism in mice.
Brent Graves

Brent M. Graves

Professor
2007 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-2218
E-mail: bgraves@nmu.edu
Research Interests: Ecology, and behavior of amphibians and reptiles; Evolutionary theory, especially with regard to sexual selection.
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Jill Leonard

Jill Leonard

Associate Professor
2115 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-1619
E-mail: jileonar@nmu.edu
Research Interests: Fish Biology, Physiological Ecology, Migration.
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Alec Lindsay

Alec Lindsay

Assistant Professor
2113 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-1834
E-mail: alindsay@nmu.edu
Research Interests: Focused on studies of evolution, animal behavior and conservation, incorporating data gathered from molecular genetic methods and detailed field studies.
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John Rebers

John E. Rebers

Professor
2011 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-1585
E-mail: jrebers@nmu.edu
Research Interests: Gene regulation during development, Regulation of insect metamorphosis, Gene regulation by hormones.
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Alan Rebertus

Alan Rebertus

Professor
2113 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-2351
E-mail: arebertu@nmu.edu
Research Interests: Plant community and landscape ecology, boreal forest dynamics, disturbance regimes, succession, and interactions between large herbivores (e.g. beavers, caribou) and plant communities.
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Roger Strand

Roger Strand

Associate Professor
2121 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-2365
E-mail: rostrand@nmu.edu
Research Interests: Stream ecology, ecohydrology, aquatic invertebrate community ecology and bioenergetics, ecology of Lake Superior, upper peninsula stream conservation.
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Katherine Teeter

Katherine Teeter

Assistant Professor
2015 New Science Facility
Phone: 906-227-2177
E-mail: kteeter@nmu.edu
Research Interests:  Evolutionary and population genetics; speciation.
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