Biology Faculty
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Robert Belton
Associate Professor
rbelton@nmu.edu 906-227-1582Office Location:
2107 Weston Hall
Advising: Physiology, Pre-Physical Therapy, General Biology
Research Interests: Developmental biology, cancer biology, intercellular communication
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John G. Bruggink
Professor
jbruggin@nmu.edu 906-227-2342Office Location:
2117 Weston Hall
Advising: Wildlife Biology, Ecology, Mammalogy & General Biology
Research Interests: Wildlife ecology and management, population ecology
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Heng-Hsuan Chu
Assistant Professor
hchu@nmu.edu 906-227-2343Office Location:
2003 Weston Hall
Teaching: Introductory Biology, Plant Kingdom, Plant Physiology
Research Interests: Plant nutrition & abiotic stress, effects of mineral deficiencies and toxic metals on plants
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Neil Cumberlidge
Professor
ncumberl@nmu.edu 906-227-2215Office Location:
2009 Weston Hall
Advising: Ecology, Physiology, Zoology
Research Interests: Taxonomy, phylogenetic systematics, evolution, physiology, parasitology, conservation, ecology, and biogeography of the freshwater crabs of Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Central and South America
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Kurt Galbreath
Professor
kgalbrea@nmu.edu 906-227-1586Office Location:
2119 Weston Hall
Advising: Zoology, Parasitology, Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Historical biogeography of Holarctic mammals and their parasites, host-parasite co-evolution
![Dr. Sylvain Giroud](/biology/sites/biology/files/styles/profile_image_large/public/2023-08/Sylvain%20Giroud%205x7s%20083123.jpg.webp?itok=VyEuIP20)
Sylvain Giroud
Assistant Professor
sgiroud@nmu.edu 906-227-2145Office Location:
2114 Weston Hall
Advising: Anatomy, Physiology
Research Interests: Ecological animal physiology, physiological responses to climate change
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Brent Graves
Professor
bgraves@nmu.edu 906-227-1812Office Location:
3015 Weston Hall
Advising: General Biology, Ecology, Zoology
Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, life history evolution, herpetology
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Diana Lafferty
Associate Professor
dlaffert@nmu.edu 906-227-2227Office Location:
2011 Weston Hall
Advising: Fisheries and Wildlife Management, Ecology
Research Interests: Wildlife responses to global environmental change, large landscape conservation, human-wildlife conflict mitigation
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Danny LeBert
Assistant Professor
dlebert@nmu.edu 906-227-2207Office Location:
2007 Weston Hall
Advising: General Biology, Pre-Med, Pre-PA, Pre-PT/AT, careers in laboratory research, and graduate school
Research Interests: Role of early wound signaling in regulating wound healing outcome
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Jill B. K. Leonard
Professor and Department Head
jileonar@nmu.edu 906-227-1619Office Location:
2001a Weston Hall
Advising: Fisheries & Wildlife Management, Marine Biology, Physiological Ecology
Research Interests: Fish biology, physiological ecology, migration
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Alec R. Lindsay
Professor
alindsay@nmu.edu 906-227-1834Office Location:
2115 Weston Hall
Advising: Ecology, General Biology, Zoology
Research Interests: Conservation genetics, ornithology, animal behavior, evolution
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Donna Maki
Professor
donmaki@nmu.edu 906-227-2443Office Location:
2013 Weston Hall
Advising: Botany, General Biology, Microbiology
Research Interests: Plant-microbe interactions and ecology, plant-microbe applications in agriculture
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Liz Mandeville
Assistant Professor
lmandevi@nmu.edu 906-227-2133Office Location:
2113 Weston Hall
Advising: Fish biology, Conservation genetics
Research Interests: Fisheries genetics and conservation biology
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Angela Mohrman
Instructor
angstewa@nmu.edu 906-227-2319Office Location:
2112 Weston Hall
Advising: Biology, cellular & molecular biology, and biomedical sciences
Research Interests: STEM education pedagogy
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Erich Ottem
Associate Professor
eottem@nmu.edu 906-227-1072Office Location:
2109 Weston Hall
Advising: Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Maintenance of neuromuscular junctions and motorneuron dendritic morphology, physiological functioning of sexually dimorphic nuclei in the endocrine hypothalamus
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Alan J. Rebertus
Professor
arebertu@nmu.edu 906-227-2351Office Location:
2005 Weston Hall
Advising: Ecology, General Biology, Botany
Research Interests: Ecology of endangered plant flora, roles of disturbances (fire, wind) and large mammals on community and landscape dynamics
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Josh S. Sharp
Associate Professor
jsharp@nmu.edu 906-227-2380Office Location:
2111 Weston Hall
Advising: Microbiology, Medically-related Professional Fields, General Biology
Research Interests: Gene regulation in bacteria, medical microbiology, RNA degradation, regulators of bacterial virulence gene expression, toxin secretion systems
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Roger (Mac) Strand
Professor
rostrand@nmu.edu 906-227-2365Office Location:
2121 Weston Hall
Advising: Invertebrate Zoology, Ecology, General Biology
Research Interests: Stream ecology, ecohydrology, aquatic invertebrate community ecology and bioenergetics, ecology of Lake Superior, Upper Peninsula stream conservation
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Katherine C. Teeter
Associate Professor
kteeter@nmu.edu 906-227-2177Office Location:
2015 Weston Hall
Advising: Biology, Zoology, Genetics
Research Interests: Population and evolutionary genetics
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James VanOrman
Instructor
jvanorma@nmu.edu 906-227-2762Office Location:
2615 The Science Building
James coordinates laboratories for BI 100, BI 111, and BI 112, and teaches labs for Biology courses as needed.
Biology Staff
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Lauren Anargyros
Student Success Specialist
lanargyr@nmu.edu 906-227-2381Office Location:
2203C Weston Hall
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Jose' Garcia
Student Success Specialist
jogarcia@nmu.edu 906-227-2916Office Location:
3701 The Science Building
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Past Faculty
- Jennifer Jezylo
- John Rebers
- Jackie Bird
- Pat Brown
- Thomas Froiland
- Frank Verley
- Ronald Parejko
- Phil Doepke
- Lowell Neudeck
- Lew Peters
- William Robinson
- Martin Kopenski
- Don Snitgen
- Warren VanDeBerg
- Maynard Bowers
- Gordan Gill
Former Lab Technician
- Duane King
Former Secretaries
- Patricia Wagner
- Susie Piziali