Department of Natural Sciences Faculty
Radwan
Abu-Issa,
Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine
Research Interests: Heart tube development in the chick; morphological and functional
dissection of a new model of heart tube development in the chick carried out
by 3D reconstruction and vital dye labeling.
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Richard
Adler, Associate Professor of Microbiology; Ph.D. Pennsylvania State
University
Research Interests: Coronavirus infection and replication; History of Science.
Microbiology Chair and Concentration Advisor
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Larry
D. Alexander, Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D. Meharry Medical
College
Research Interests: Signal transduction in renal
epithelial cells, G protein mediated transactivating tyrosine kinase receptors.
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Angela
Allen, Lecturer in Chemistry; M.S. Wayne State University
Research Interests: Development
and evaluation of laboratory experiments for use in organic chemistry.
Chemistry/ Instructional Track Advisor
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Krisanu
Bandyopadhyay, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D. University
of Calcutta
Research Interests: Preparation and characterization
of structurally well-defined organic monolayers on solid surfaces by self assembly.
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Ali
Bazzi, Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D. Wayne State University
Research Interests: Trace metal speciation in natural waters
with electrochemical techniques. Analytical methods development with chromatographic,
spectrometric and voltammetric techniques applicable to environmental and biological
samples.
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Donald
J. Bord, Professor of Physics; Ph.D. Dartmouth College
Research Interests: Stellar
spectroscopy of chemically peculiar stars, ultraviolet observations of stars,
photometric measurements of long-period variable stars.
Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs 2008-09
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Anne
Danielson-Francois,
Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D.University of Arizona
Research Interests: Evolution of mating behavior
in the orb-weaving spiders
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Mark
DeCamp, Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D. Princeton University
Research Interests: Investigation of organic reaction
mechanisms by deuterium labeling; organic synthesis
Preprofessional Advisor
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Yiwei
Deng, Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D. Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology (ETH) and Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science
and Technology (EAWAG)
Research Interests: Development
of analytical methods for environmental and food applications and the study
of pathways, mechanisms and kinetics of chemical and photochemical reactions.
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John
F. Devlin, Associate Professor of Physics; Ph.D. Michigan State University
Research Interests: Theoretical solid state physics,
especially structural properties of metals.
Physics Concentration Advisor
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Craig
J. Donahue, Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D. University of
Massachusetts
Research Interests: The
study of eight-coordinate early transition metal complexes. Study of the
chelating ability of 2-selenopyridine and related heterocyclic ligands.
Chemistry Concentration Co-Advisor
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Orin
Gelderloos, Professor of Biology and Environmental Science; Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Research Interests: Watershed Analysis, Ecology and
Science Education. Floodplain Forest Ecology; Migration, Orientation and Navigation
of Birds.
Director of Natural Areas and Environmental Studies Concentration Advisor
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James
M. Hetrick, Lecturer in Physics and Coordinator of Physics Laboratories;
Ph.D. University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana
Research Interests: Physics instruction and computers
in introductory physics laboratories.
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William
P. Kovalak, Lecturer in Biology; Ph.D. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Research Interests: Freshwater biology and fisheries.
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Bette
Kreuz, Lecturer in Chemistry; M.S. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Research Interests: Development
and incorporation of instrumentation into the chemistry curriculum.
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Daniel
Lawson, Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D. Michigan State University
Research Interests: Computational
studies of the electronic structure and molecular properties of molecules
containing transition metal atoms.
Chemistry
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Simona
Marincean, Assistant Professor of Chemistry;
Ph.D. Michigan State University
Research Interests: Hydritic-to-protonic hydrogen bonding;
catalytic chemistry for tomorrow's biomass refineries: mechanistic insights from
glycerol hydrogenolysis to propylene glycol.
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David
C. Matzke, Lecturer in Physics; M.S. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Research Interests: Studies of Jupiter's magnetic fields
at radiofrequencies, quasi-stellar objects, Seyfert galaxies, non-solar X-ray
and gamma ray astronomy.
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Donald
Miller, Senior Lecturer in Biology; M.S. University of Michigan-Ann
Arbor
Research Interests: Botany.
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M. Kazem
Mostafapour, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry; Ph.D.
Wayne State University
Research Interests: Cell surface glycoproteins, sialyltransferases and lens structural
proteins.
Biochemistry Concentration Co-Advisor
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Kent
S. Murray, Professor of Earth Science and Environmental
Science; Ph.D. University of California-Davis
Research interests: Sources of pollution to the Great Lakes; land use impacts
on groundwater and surface water quality; contaminant hydrogeology and investigation
of hazardous waste sites; brownfield site assessment and redevelopment.
Geology/Earth Science Concentration Advisor
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Vaman
Naik, Professor of Physics; Ph.D. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Research Interests: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
and Biophysics.
Chair, Department of Natural Sciences
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Jacob
Napieralski, Assistant
Professor of Earth Science/Geology; Ph.D. Purdue University-West
Lafayette
Research interests: Glacial geology and geomorphology; surface hydrology; Geographic
Information Systems.
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Judy
M. Nesmith, Senior Lecturer in Biology; M.S. Michigan State University
Research Interests: Benthic macroinvertebrate community
analysis. Activity patterns of terrestrial arthropods. Invertebrate zoology.
Science education.
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Charlotte
A. Otto, Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D. University of Illinois
Research Interests: Reform of science courses for pre-service
elementary education majors; science education.
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Marilee
Benore Parsons, Professor of Biology and Biochemistry and Professor
of Women and Gender Studies; Ph.D. University of Delaware
Research Interests: Characterization
of Riboflavin Binding Protein gene regulatory events and structure.
Biochemistry Program Chair and Concentration Co-Advisor
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Philip
Pokorski, Lecturer in Biology and Chemistry; Ph.D. Wayne State University
Research Interests: Heavy metal toxicology. Forensic science.
Biochemistry Concentration Co-Advisor
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Jeffrey
J. Prentis, Professor of Physics; Ph.D. University of Michigan-Ann
Arbor
Research Interests: Statistical physics, complexity,
fractals, physics history and education.
Physics Discipline Chair 2006-09
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John
F. Riebesell, Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D. The University
of Chicago
Research Interests: Population Biology and Plant Ecology.
Phyotosynthetic adaptations in plants. Effects of environmental modification
on community stability in model ecosystems.
Environmental Sciences Concentration Advisor
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Jean
M. Saillant, Lecturer in Biology; M.A. Indiana University
Research Interests: Brain amines and passage of drugs
across placental barrier.
Biology Concentration Advisor
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Robert
L. Simpson, Professor of Biology; Ph.D.
Cornell University
Research Interests: Ecology. Freshwater wetland ecology
and community and ecosystem dynamics.
Director of the MS in Environmental Science Program
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Sheila
R. Smith, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D. University of North
Carolina
Research Interests: Bioinorganic Chemistry. NOx reduction
by siderophore complexes. Copper binding to riboflavin binding protein. Electron
paramagnetic resonance of copper and iron in biological systems.
Chemistry Concentration Co-Advisor
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Ogie Stewart,
Lecturer in Chemistry; Ph.D. Wayne State University
Research Interests: Chemical vapor deposition of thin
films.
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David
J. Susko, Assistant Professor of Biology; Ph.D. University of Windsor,
Canada
Research Interests: Maternal effects of weed seed populations
and communities and plant classification based on patterns of ovule fate.
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Carrie
Swift, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Ph.D. University
of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Research Interests: Computational astrophysics, simulations
of emission, absorption and propagation of radiation through relativistic radio
jets.
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John
C. Thomas, Professor of Biology; Ph.D. University of Arizona
Research Interests: Plant Molecular Biology. Expression
of insecticidal and anti-viral genes for plant protection. Molecular basis
of responses to environmental stress and plant growth regulators.
Biology Discipline Chair
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Sonia
M. Tiquia, Associate Professor of Biology and Microbiology; Ph.D. The
University of Hong Kong
Research Interests: Waste processing biology and microbiology,
microbial community structure and dynamics in natural environments and the
use of genomic technology in environmental microbiology and microbial ecology.
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Paul W. Zitzewitz,
Professor of Physics, CASL, and Professor of Science Education, SOE; Ph.D.
Harvard University
Research Interests: Use of positrons and positronium
to test fundamental theories of physics. Physics education.
On Furlough leave 2008-09 academic year.
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Department of Natural Sciences Former and Emeriti Faculty, 2007
Frank
Garland,
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D. University of Maryland
Research Interests: The mechanism of myosin and actinomyosin
ATPase and its relationship to energy transduction in cardiac and skeletal muscle.
Judith
E. Heady, Emerita Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D. University
of Colorado.
Research interests: Embryology and Science Education.
Arunajallam
Nadasen,
Emeritus Professor of Physics; Ph.D. Indiana University
Research Interests: Experimental nuclear physics; elastic scattering, knowckout
reactions, heavy-ion collisions.
Richard
Norman,
Emeritus Associate Professor of Biology; Ph.D. University of
Michigan-Ann Arbor
Research Interests: Neurobiology. Invertebrate neurophysiology,
small neural systems, synaptic integration. Mathematical analysis and modeling
of physiological systems.
Gordon Parker, Former Senior Lecturer in Chemistry; Ph.D. Wayne State University
Richard
A. Potts,
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D. Northwestern University
Research Interests: Chemistry of mercury and gold with emphasis
on their less common +1 oxidation states.
Henry Povolny, Former Senior Lecturer in Physics; M.S. Ohio State University
Michael
J. Schneider,
Emeritus Professor of Biology; Ph.D. The University of
Chicago
Research Interests: Plant Physiology. Photmorphogenesis,
photosensory physiology, thermal sensory physiology. The actions of phytochrome
in the mediation of plant growth and development.
Elaine Stein, Former Senior Lecturer in Chemistry; M.S. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor