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Tracy Galarowicz
Department Chairperson
Fisheries Ecology
Biosciences
2100
galar1tl@cmich.edu
989.774.3227
Galarowicz Lab Website
David M. Alm
Complexity and Systems Thinking, Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation, Domain-Specific Programming Languages
Brooks 127
alm1dm@cmich.edu
Elizabeth W. Alm
Microbial Ecology and Environmental and Public Health Microbiology
Biosciences 3407
elizabeth.w.alm@cmich.edu
989.774.7228
Alm Lab Website
Hunter Carrick
Aquatic Ecology, Biogeochemistry
Biosciences 2400
hunter.carrick@cmich.edu
989.774.3348
Gregory M. Colores
Microbiology, Environmental Contaminants, Bacteria
Biosciences
3108
greg.colores@cmich.edu
989.774.3412
Colores Lab Website
Cynthia K. Damer
Cell Signaling, Cytoskeleton, Membrane Trafficking
Biosciences
3106
damer1ck@cmich.edu
989.774.3455
Joanne M. Dannenhoffer
Botany, Plant Cell Biology
Biosciences
3408
joanne.m.dannenhoffer@cmich.edu
989.774.2509
Dannenhoffer Lab Website
Peter D. Dijkstra
Behavioral Ecology, Endocrinology, Comparative Physiology, Evolutionary Biology
Biosciences
4105
dijks1p@cmich.edu
989.774.2918
Dijkstra Lab Website
Thomas M. Gehring
Mammalogy, Wildlife and Landscape Ecology
Biosciences
2402
tom.gehring@cmich.edu
989.774.2484
Gehring Lab Website
Steven W. Gorsich
Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology, Epigenetics, Alternative Energy
Biosciences
3103
steven.gorsich@cmich.edu
989.774.1865
Philip L. Hertzler
Developmental Biology
Biosciences 3406
Philip.l.hertzler@cmich.edu
989.774.2393
Stephen J. Juris
Biochemistry, Molecular Mechanisms, Microbial Pathogenesis
Biosciences 3104
stephen.j.juris@cmich.edu
989.774.2393
Xantha Karp
Genetics, Cell Biology
Biosciences 3405
karp1x@cmich.edu
989.774.1267
Karp Lab Website
Jonathan Kelty
Ecology Physiology
Biosciences 4408
jon.kelty@cmich.edu
989.774.1382
Peter S. Kourtev
Microbial Ecology, Community Assembly & Stability, Plant-Soil Microbiome
Biosciences 3107
p.kourtev@cmich.edu
989.774.2388
Kourtev Lab Website
Deric Learman
Geomicrobiology, Environmental Microbiology, Microbial Ecology
Biosciences 3111
deric.learman@cmich.edu
989.774.4409
Learman Lab Website
Debra Linton
Biology Education
Biosciences 3400
debra.linton@cmich.edu
989.774.3190
Eric W. Linton
Bioinformatics, Molecular Systematics and Phylogenetics, Phycology, Eukaryotic Microbiology
Biosciences 3401
eric.linton@cmich.edu
989.774.3969
Andrew Mahon
Molecular Ecology, Phylogeography, Molecular Systematics
Biosciences 3112
mahon2a@cmich.edu
989.774.1177
Mahon Lab Website
Scott McNaught
Zooplankton Ecology, Aquatic Food Webs, Limnology
Biosciences 2407
scott.mcnaught@cmich.edu
989.774.1335
McNaught Lab Website
Anna K. Monfils
Plant Systematics, Botany
Biosciences 2401
anna.monfils@cmich.edu
989.774.2492
Herbarium Website
Kirsten E. Nicholson
Ecology & Evolution, Herpetology, Zoology, Museum Studies
Biosciences 2104
Kirsten.nicholson@cmich.edu
989.774.3758
Nicholson Lab Website
Kevin Pangle
Phenotypic Plasticity, Great Lakes Food Webs
Biosciences 2406
pang1kl@cmich.edu
989.774.3185
Wiline Pangle
Behavioral Ecology, Science Education
Biosciences 2409
pangl1w@cmich.edu
989.774.2577
Lori Reyna
Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Molecular Pharmacology
Biosciences 3109
lori.reyna@cmich.edu
989.774.2648
Shasta Sabo
Neuronal Development, Fluorescence Imaging, Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms in Autism and Intellectual Disability, Synapses
Biosciences 4108
sabo1s@cmich.edu
989.774.2342
Nancy E. Seefelt
Avian Ecology, Evolution, Comparative Anatomy/Morphometrics
Biosciences 2403
nancy.e.seefelt@cmich.edu
989.774.2560
John I. Scheide
Ion Regulation in Freshwater Mussels
Biosciences 4104
john.iver.scheide@cmich.edu
989.774.3291
Scheide Lab Website
Jennifer Schisa
Genetics, Biotechnology
Biosciences 3404
schis1j@cmich.edu
989.774.2203
Schisa Research Lab Website
Michelle L. Steinhilb
Genetics, Biotechnology, Neuroscience
Biosciences 3105
michelle.steinhilb@cmich.edu
989.774.1866
Steinhilb Lab Website
Bradley J. Swanson
Conservation Genetics, Molecular Ecology, Evolution
Biosciences 2105
brad.swanson@cmich.edu
989.774.3377
Swanson Lab Website
Donald G. Uzarski
Ecosystems, Wetland and Great Lakes Ecology, Limnology, Conservation
Biosciences 2410
uzars1dg@cmich.edu
989.774.2504
CMUBS Website
Institute for Great Lakes Research Website
Rebecca L. Uzarski
Biosciences 4106
uzars2rl@cmich.edu
989.774.2485
Mallary Wacker
Immunology, Inflammation, Host-Pathogen Interactions,
S. aureus
Biosciences 4107
wacke1m@cmich.edu
989.774.1143
Daelyn Woolnough
Spatial, Conservation and Aquatic Ecology, GIS
Biosciences 2106
daelyn.a.woolnough@cmich.edu
989.774.2985
Woolnough Lab Website
David Zanatta
Conservation Biology, Molecular Ecology, Evolution, Aquatic Systems
Biosciences 2408
zanat1d@cmich.edu
989.774.7829
Zanatta Lab Website
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