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2010-11 Biological Sciences Back

Ackerly, David Dickinson
Associate Professor, Integrative Biology, University of California--Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Lecturing and Research: Climate, Climate Change and Plant Diversity: Linking Plant Traits, Phylogenetics and Community Ecology; Traits, Communities, and Phylogenies: A Workshop for Advanced Students
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
January 2011 - November 2011

Allison, Stuart Keating
Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Research: A Comparative Study of the Values and Practices of Ecological Restoration in North America and Europe
Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
September 2010 - June 2011

Callaham, Mac Aaron Jr.
Research Scientist, Southern Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Athens, GA
Research: Diversity, Distribution, and Ecology of Native and Introduced Earthworms in Pristine and Restored Mata Atlantica Forests of Southern Brazil
Embrapa Florestas, Colombo, Brazil
August 2010 - November 2010

Carter, Charles W., Jr.
Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Research: Maximum Likelihood Conformational Trajectories and the Coupling of Catalysis and Conformation
Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
September 2010 - February 2011

Cavender-Bares, Jeannine Marie
Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Saint Paul, MN
Lecturing and Research: Mexico: The Cradle of Diversity of the New World Oaks; Lessons for a Threatened Planet
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
January 2011 - June 2011

Chen, Z. Jeffrey
Professor, Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, Biological Sciences, University of Texas--Austin, Austin, TX
Research: Identification of Vigour and Lethality-Related Genes in Hybrids and Polyploids
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
January 2011 - April 2011

Czarnecka-Verner, Eva
Associate Research Scientist Graduate Faculty, Microbiology and Cell Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, FL
Lecturing: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Building Designer Plants, but Nobody Taught You
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
May 2011 - July 2011

de Bellard, Maria Elena
Assistant Professor, Biology, California State University--Northridge, Northridge, CA
Lecturing and Research: Evolution of Glial Cells
Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia
September 2010 - January 2011

Dhawale, Shree S.
Director and Associate Professor, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University--Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN
Lecturing: Biotechnology, Genetics and Society
Manipal University, Manipal, India
January 2011 - June 2011

Frolich, Larry M.
Faculty Member, Biology Department, Science and Math, Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ
Lecturing: Inter-Cultural Exchange in the Use of Digital Technologies for Teaching Environmental, Life and Health Sciences
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
August 2010 - November 2010

Gannon, James Edward
Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, Integrative Microbiology and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Montana--Missoula, Missoula, MT
Lecturing and Research: Food and Agricultural Industrial Microbiology
University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
January 2011 - June 2011

Gold, John Rush
Regents Professor, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University--College Station, College Station, TX
Lecturing and Research: Course in Molecular Population Genetics; Molecular Population- Genetic Studies of Chilean Fishes
University of Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
March 2011 - July 2011

Hamad, Sawsan W.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Lecturing and Research: Biocycles - Bioenergy and Renewable Material Technology
Birzeit University, Birzeit, West Bank
September 2010 - June 2011

Hodum, Peter John
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology Department, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Lecturing and Research: Training in Conservation of Islands: Determining the Status of, and Threats to, Endangered Seabird Communities
University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile
January 2011 - August 2011

Inouye, Brian David
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Science, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Research: Developing Methods for Linking Small-Scale Data and Large-Scale Pattern in Ecology
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
February 2011 - July 2011

Johnson-Groh, Cindy Lee
Professor and Executive Director, Department of Biology and Linnaeus Arboretum, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN
Lecturing and Research: Conservation Biology
African College of Wildlife Management, Moshi, Tanzania
August 2010 - June 2011

Jost, Manda Clair
Associate Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM
Lecturing: Reinforcing Evolutionary Principles and Research Methods in North Indian Life Science Curricula
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India
December 2010 - May 2011

Kennedy, Peter Gault
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
Research: Mycorrhizal symbioses in Mexican Alnus forests: a community study using root-based molecular methods
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
July 2010 - November 2010

Khudairi, Tala
Dean, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, Roxbury Community College, Roxbury Crossing, MA
Lecturing and Research: Cardiovascular Physiology, Rehabilitation and Targeting; Academic Outcomes Assessment
University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
September 2010 - June 2011

Kohnen, Paul Daniel
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL
Lecturing and Research: Plant Pathology for Agricultural Applications; Identifying Local Plant Viruses Using Light Microscopy
Mariano Marcos State University, Batac City, Philippines
June 2010 - December 2010

Mascarenhas, Julie Thayer
Postdoctoral Researcher, Berkeley, CA
Research: Food Web Ecology of a New Reef Species and Development of Marine Protected Areas in Brazil
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
August 2010 - November 2010

Maslov, Dmitri A.
Professor, Department of Biology, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of California--Riverside, Riverside, CA
Lecturing: Strengthening Collaboration Ties With the University of Southern Bohemia
University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
March 2011 - June 2011

McDowell, Nate G.
Senior Research Scientist, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Lecturing and Research: Climate Impacts on Forests in Slovenia
Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
September 2010 - May 2011

Mothé (Chapman), Bianca Romina
Associate Professor and Coordinator, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, California State University--San Marcos, San Marcos, CA
Research: The Characterization of Tuberculosis-Specific Cellular Immune Responses in Brazil
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
March 2010 - June 2010

Muchhala, Nathan
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto,
Research: Pollen Presentation and Pollinator Shifts in the Neotropical Genus Drymonia (Gesneriaceae)
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
September 2010 - December 2010

Muleady-Mecham, Nancy Eileen
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Arnold, CA, AZ
Lecturing: Sharing Knowledge in a Diverse Rural Community
Gorno-Altaisk State University, Gorno-Altaisk, Russia
September 2010 - November 2010

Ofulue, Esther Ngozi
Professor, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin--Platteville, Platteville, WI
Lecturing and Research: International and Cultural Teaching Experience in Molecular Biology; Activation of Stem Cell Differentiation Using Extracts From Indigenous Plant Ageratum Conyzoides
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
September 2010 - August 2011

Raynolds, Martha Kean
Research Scientist, Biology, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska--Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
Lecturing and Research: The Effects of Climate Change on Arctic Vegetation
Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Reykjavik, Iceland
January 2011 - May 2011

Saviola, Beatrice Jeaneane
Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
Lecturing and Research: Characterization of Mycobacterium Smegmatis Deficient in Specific Mycolic Acid Sub-Species
National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
August 2009 - November 2009

Scholey, Jonathan M.
Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California--Davis, Davis, CA
Lecturing: Molecular Biology
Bogazici University, Bebek-Istanbul, Turkey
September 2010 - June 2011

Severinov, Konstantin
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey--Piscataway, Piscataway, NJ
Research: Ecological Dynamics of Bacterial Restriction-Modification Systems From Anthropogenic Sites
Pushchino State University, Pushchino, Russia
October 2010 - December 2010

Sotka, Erik Edward
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Research: Warming Seas of Southeastern Australian: Are There Consequences for Ecosystem Function?
University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
September 2010 - December 2010

Thiel, Teresa
Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Missouri--St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Distinguished Lecturing and Research: Understanding Nitrogen Fixation in Plants; The Importance of Alternative Energy
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
January 2011 - June 2011
(Fulbright-Leeds University Distinguished Chair)

Titus, Jonathan H.
Associate Professor, Biology, SUNY--College at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
Lecturing and Research: Plant Succession on Islands in the Okavango Delta
University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
August 2010 - May 2011

Trimble, John J.
Professor and Coordinator, Biology Department, School of Science, Saint Francis University, Loretto, PA
Lecturing: Pedagogy, Science Literacy and Social Responsibility in the Biology Classroom
Vilnius Pedagogical University, Vilnius, Lithuania
February 2011 - June 2011

Tuggle, Christopher Keith
Professor, Departmetn of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Research: Comparative Systems Biology Approaches to Understand and Improve Human and Animal Health
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
January 2011 - July 2011

Uddin, Mohammed Rafique
Professor, Department of Biology, LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, TN
Lecturing: Lecturing on Genetics and Application of Genetics in Food Crop Development and Improvement
Sher e Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
May 2011 - July 2011

Walker, Donald Arthur
Professor, Department of Biology and Wildlife, College of Science Engineering and Mathematics, University of Alaska--Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
Lecturing: An International Approach to Vegetation Description, Classification and Analysis
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
February 2011 - May 2011

Werner-Fraczek, Joanna Ewa
Assistant Professor, Math, Science and Physical Education, Riverside Community College, Moreno Valley, CA
Lecturing and Research: Fostering Student Engagement and Study in General and Molecular Biology; Evaluating the Role of Late-Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) Proteins in Combating Dehydration Stress in Ferns.
University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile
August 2010 - December 2010

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