Faculty and Staff
Thomas Lauer, Professor of Biology,
Director of the Aquatic Biology and Fisheries Center
Personal Web site
General Interests: Aquatic ecology, limnology, fisheries, exotic species, the Great lake
Specific Interests:
- Yellow perch management
- Community fisheries of the Wabash River
- Warm water pond and lake management
- Competitive interaction among sessile invertebrates with emphasis on the zebra mussel
- Sponges and bryozoans
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Mark Pyron, Associate Professor of Biology
Personal Web site
General Interests: Aquatic Biology
Specific Interests:
- Ecology of aquatic communities
- Population ecology of aquatic species
- Behavioral ecology (sexual selection)
- Conservation of aquatic resources
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Melody Bernot, Assistant Professor of Biology
Personal Website
General Interests: Aquatic Ecology; Ecosystem Ecology
Specific Interests:
- Nutrient recycling
- Aquatic Biology
- Biogeochemistry
- Microbial Ecology
- Land-use influence on water quality
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Randy Bernot, Assistant Professor of Biology
Personal Web site
General Interests: Community ecology, ecotoxicology, disease ecology
Specific Interests:
- Parasite impacts on ecosystems
- Ecotoxicology of man=made chemicals on aquatic organisms, communities, and ecosystems
- Chemical cue effects on animals
- Invertebrate diversity
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Department of Biology
Ball State University
Cooper Life Science Building, CL 121
Muncie, IN 47306
Phone: 765-285-8820
Fax: 765-285-8804