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Biology 110


Dr. Mark Bergland, Chair
414 Agriculture Science
(715) 425-3591
Fax 425-0738

 

Faculty and Staff

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Mark Bergland, Chair

Education: B.S., Colorado State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Academic specialization: Development of molecular biology computer simulations for case-based learning in international biology curricula
Course responsibilities: Introduction to Biology, General Biology, Freshman Colloquium, General Zoology, Wildlife Biology, Ornithology
E-mail: mark.s.bergland@uwrf.edu

   

Scott Ballantyne

Education: B.S., University of Wisconsin-Parkside; M.S., University of California-San Diego; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Academic specialization: Regulation of mRNA translation during early animal development
Course responsibilities: Molecular Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics
E-mail: scott.m.ballantyne@uwrf.edu

   

John Ford

Education: M.S., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Academic specialization: Salmon ecology, species specific interactions within flowing systems, non-intrusive fish population assessments and winter ecology of coho salmon in Lake Superior tributaries
Course responsibilities: Introduction to Biology, General Biology, Field Research Experience, Ichthyology, Senior Seminar
E-mail: john.ford@uwrf.edu

   

Joseph Gathman

Education: B.S., University of Detroit; M.S., University of Minnesota; PhD., Michigan State University
Academic specialization: "Wetland and Aquatic
Ecology", Invertebrate Zoology, and Evolutionary Biology"
Course responsibilities: General Biology, Zoology, Entomology and Freshwater Biology

E-mail: joseph.gathman@uwrf.edu

 

 

Betsy Gerbec

Education: B.S., University of Dayton; Ph.D. Environmental Toxicology, Miami University (Ohio)
Academic specialization: Toxicology and Physiology
Course responsibilities: Comparative Anatomy, Zoology, Human Biology, Anatomy and Physiology II, Intro Classes for non-majors.

E-mail: betsy.gerbec@uwrf.edu

   

Cheng-Chen Huang

Education: Ph. D., Cell and Developmental Biology Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Academic specialization: Developmental Biology; Heart development in zebrafish
Course responsibilities: General Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology
E-mail: cheng-chen.huang@uwrf.edu

 

 

Jo Heuschele

Education: B.S. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, M.S. University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, PhD. University of Minnesota, expected 2011
Course responsibilities: Introduction to Biology
Academic specialization: Aquatic Ecology, Invasive Species Management
E-mail: deborah.heuschele@uwrf.edu

 

 

Karen Klyczek

Education: B.A., Augustana College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Academic specialization: Immunology, resistance to virus-induced diseases, regulation of gene expression
Course responsibilities: General Biology, Virology, Immunology
E-mail: karen.k.klyczek@uwrf.edu

 

 

Timothy Lyden

Education: B.S., University of Maine/Orono; Ph.D., University of Maine/Orono
Academic specialization: Human placental development, physiology and reproductive cell biology, villus endothelial and trophoblast differentiation
Course responsibilities: Human Biology, Anatomy and Physiology I/II, Biological Greek and Latin
E-mail: timothy.lyden@uwrf.edu

   

E. Katherine Miller

Education: B.A., University of California Santa Cruz; Ph.D., University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Academic specialization: Heat shock gene expression in mammalian brain and lung
Course responsibilities: Introduction to Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Histology, Biological Greek and Latin, Senior Colloquium
E-mail: e.katherine.miller@uwrf.edu

   

Bradley Mogen

Education: B.S., University of Minnesota; M.S., Ph.D., North Dakota State University
Academic specialization: Molecular detection and diagnostics of plant pathogens; plant molecular biology
Course responsibilities: Introduction to Biology, General Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Plant Pathology
E-mail: brad.d.mogen@uwrf.edu

   

Kim Mogen

Education: B.S., University of Minnesota; M.S., Ph.D., North Dakota State University
Academic specialization: Plant-microbe interactions.
Course responsibilities: Introduction to Biology, General Biology, General Botany, General Microbiology
E-mail: kim.l.mogen@uwrf.edu

   

Anna Strain

Education: PhD, Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Academic specialization: Host/pathogen interactions; Cryptococcus neoformans; the role of mating type in pathogenesis of cryptococcal infections; pheromones and pheromone signaling in fungi; virology; regulation of viral gene expression inherpes simplex virus
Course responsibilities: General Biology, Intro to Biology, Concepts in Biology
E-mail: anna.strain@uwrf.edu

 

 

John Wheeler

Education: B.A., M.A., California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D., Oregon State University
Academic specialization: bryophytes, plant ecology, plant systematics, biogeography and molecular phylogenetics
Course responsibilities: General Biology, General Botany, General Ecology, Identification of Plants
E-mail: john.wheeler@uwrf.edu

 

 

Rebecca Hunt, Laboratory Manager

Education: B.S., St Olaf College; M.S., Universisty of Minnesota
E-mail: rebecca.bronk@uwrf.edu

 

 

Ellen DeWolf, Academic Department Associate

E-mail: ellen.l.dewolf@uwrf.edu

   
 

 

Emeriti Faculty

 

Clarke Garry

Education: A.B., M.S., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

 

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