Faculty

Our faculty's diverse teaching and research interests encompass many areas of cell, developmental, and molecular biology as well as immunology, microbiology, and plant physiology.

All faculty members participate in classroom instruction, and many are involved in research projects at the state, national, and international level.

Heather Bruns
Molecular immunology

Clare Chatot
Developmental biology, teratology

Susan McDowell
Molecular toxicology

John McKillip
Pathogen detection in foods

Jennifer Metzler
Immunology

James K. Mitchell
Applied microbiology

James Olesen
Molecular, cancer biology

Donald Ruch
Plant physiology and mycology

Carolyn Vann
Molecular biology, DNA fingerprinting