Biology Faculty

                                      

Dr. Sherell Byrd, Chair
(970) 247-7667
790 Berndt Hall

Interests include cell and molecular
physiology, and specifically with the
role of signal transduction scaffolding
in cellular differentiation, pre-health advising.
Dr. Byrd's web page

 

 Dr. John Condie
(970) 247-7145
753 Berndt Hall

Interests include genetics and cell biology,
especially the regualtion of gene expression,
history and philosophy of science.

 

Dr. Cynthia Dott
(970) 247-7322
752 Berndt Hall

Interests include plant ecology,
with special focus on riparian
(stream) vegetation and disturbance.
Dr. Dott's web page

 
Dr. Cathy Hartney
(970) 247-7373
720 Berndt Hall.
A practicing veterinarian, interests
 include animal and human anatomy,
physiology, and disease and pedagogy
in the sciences
.   

Dr. Ginny Hutchins
(970) 247-7327
792 Berndt Hall

Interests include cell communication
and cancer biology using budding/baker's
yeast as a model to study cell signaling pathways
which may relate to cancer in humans.
Dr. Hutchin's web page

Dr. Deborah Kendall
(970) 247-7318
793 Berndt Hall

Interests include pollination biology, entomolgy,
 and biological control.
Dr. Kendall's web page

 
Dr. Julie Korb
(970) 382-6905
752 Berndt Hall

Interests include forest restoration ecology, fire
ecology, and plant community control.
Dr. Korb's web page



Dr. Erin Lehmer
(970)247-7024
972A Berndt Hall
Interests include physiological ecology
with emphasis on wildlife disease and
hibernation/over-winter physiology.


Dr. Page Lindsey
(970)247-7446 (messages only)
751 Berndt Hall

Interests include taxonomy and ecology
of wood-rotting basidiomycete fungi, economic
botany, and microbiology.
Dr. Lindsey's web page

 

Dr. Ross McCauley
(970) 247-7338
773 Berndt Hall

Interests include vascular plant systematics, particularly
in understanding phylogenetic and phylogeographic
patterns in plant evolution. Also interested in plant
population biology, conservation genetics, and floristics.

Dr. Joseph Ortega
(970) 247-7450
791 Berndt Hall

Interests include ecology and behavior of birds
and mammals, avian reproductive success
according to habitat and different grazing
intensities, and the inital effects of the 2002
Missionary Ridge Fire on avian populations.

 

Dr. Tom Sluss
(970) 247-7450
750 Berndt Hall

Interests include entomology, especially taxonomy
and ecology of insects, and biological control.

 

STAFF

Theresa Radke, Lab Coordinator
(970) 247-7213
238 Chemistry Hall



Barbara Rosten, Department Secretary
(970) 247-7446
711 Berndt Hall

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