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Biology
Department Faculty
& Staff
The
department
faculty are, first and foremost, committed teachers who have won
awards for their teaching at the local, state and national level.
Because we understand that the science we teach is an on-going process
of discovery, we are also fully engaged in scientific research.
Each year we publish papers in the scientific literature, and travel
with our students to national and international scientific meetings
where students present the work they do with us at our field sites
and in our laboratories. Biology majors also receive one-on-one
advising about course work and research in the major, their broader
liberal arts education, and their career or educational choices
after graduation.
| Faculty: |
Lin
Aanonsen, Professor of Biology and
Department Chair
Sarah Boyer, Assistant
Professor
Devavani Chatterjea, Assistant Professor
Mark Davis, Professor of Biology
Jerald
Dosch, Visiting Assistant
Professor
Dan Hornbach, DeWitt Wallace
Professor of Biology
Liz Jansen, Adjunct Assistant
Professor
David Matthes, Visiting Associate
Professor
Mary Montgomery, Associate
Professor of Biology
Paul Overvoorde, Assistant
Professor
Kathy Parson, Professor of Biology
Jan Serie, O. T. Walter Professor of
Biology
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| Staff: |
Mike Anderson, Laboratory Instructor
Mark Hove, Research Associate
Patty Byrne Pfalz, Staff Assistant to
Biology and HPAC
Steve Sundby, Laboratory Instructor
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Lin Aanonsen
Professor
Chair
of Biology
Chair, Health Professions Advisory Committee
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| Education: |
BS
Edgewood College, 1978
PhD University of Minnesota, 1987
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| Field: |
Neuropharmacology
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Research
Area: |
Chronic Pain
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| Courses: |
- The
Enchanted Cortex: A Journey Through the Brain
Physiology
Cellular
and Molecular Neuroscience
Research
in Neuroscience
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Section through spinal
cord revealing one area involved
in pain transmission
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Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice 216
aanonsen@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6470 (Office)
(651) 696-6763 (Lab) |
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Mike Anderson
Laboratory
Instructor
Caretaker,
Katharine
Ordway Natural History Area
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| Education: |
BS
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 2002
PhD University of Alaska, Fairbanks, in progress
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| Field: |
Plant
Ecophysiology & Evolution
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| Courses: |
- Ecology
laboratory
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- Physiology
laboratory
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Tanana
River floodplain, central Alaska
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Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice 217
andersonm@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6230 (Office)
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Sarah Boyer
Assistant
Professor
Professor Boyer's Website
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| Education: |
BA Swarthmore College, 1996
MA University of California, Berkeley, 1998
PhD Harvard
University, 2007
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| Field: |
Phylogenetics |
A tiny daddy long-legs from
Sri Lanka
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Research
Areas: |
Biodiversity and evolution of invertebrates
Molecular Systematics
Population Genetics
Biogeography
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| Courses: |
Biodiversity &
Phylogeny
Evolution
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Collecting
site in the South Island of New Zealand
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Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice 218
boyer@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6233 (Office)
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Devavani Chatterjea
Assistant
Professor
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| Education: |
BA
Mt. Holyoke College,
1996
PhD
Stanford University 2001
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| Field: |
Immunology |
| Research
Areas: |
Development of
hematopoietic cells
Bone marrow stromal signalling
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| Courses: |
Immunology
Research in Immunology
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Athymic
nu/nu mouse
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| Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice 213
chatterjead@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6621 (Office)
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Mark Davis
Professor
of Biology
Professor Davis' Website
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| Education: |
AB Harvard University,
1972
EdM Harvard University,
1974
PhD Dartmouth College, 1981
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| Field: |
Terrestrial
Ecology
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Research
Areas: |
Invasion Ecology
Fire
and
landscape change
Competition
between grasses and oak seedlings
Fire
and
birds
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| Courses: |
Ecology
Field
Botany
Animal
Ecology
Global
Biodiversity
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Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice 219
davis@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6102 (Office)
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Jerald Dosch
Visiting
Assistant Professor
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| Education: |
BA Minnesota State
University, Moorhead, 1990
PhD Rutgers University, 1996
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| Field: |
Terrestrial
Ecology
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Research
Area: |
Avian and Tropical Ecology
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| Courses: |
- Ecology
Ornithology
Environmental
Science
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Laughing Gull
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Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice 220
dosch@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6187 (Office) |
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Dan Hornbach
DeWitt
Wallace Professor of Biology
Acting
Chair, Environmental Studies
Professor Hornbach's
Website
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| Education: |
BS
University of Dayton, 1974
MS University of Dayton, 1976
PhD
Miami University
(Oxford, Ohio), 1980
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| Field: |
Aquatic
Ecology
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Research
Area: |
Mussel Ecology in River Systems
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| Courses: |
- Ecology
Aquatic
Ecology
Environmental
Science
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Quadrula
fragosa, the Winged Mapleleaf Mussel (endangered)
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Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice
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hornbach@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6160 (Office) |
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Mark Hove
Research
Associate
Mark Hove's
Website
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| Education: |
BS
University of Minnesota
MS Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University
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| Field: |
Aquatic
Ecology and Conservation
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Research
Area: |
Conservation of aquatic organisms
Aquaculture
Museum
collection management
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Contact
Information: |
Olin Rice 221
hove@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6827 (Mac)
Department
of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology
1980 Folwell Ave
St. Paul 55108
mark_hove@umn.edu
(612) 624-3019
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Threehorn wartyback mussel from the St. Croix River
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Liz Jansen
Adjunct
Assistant Professor
Faculty Associate: Office of Research
and Experiential Learning
Outreach Committee Co-Chair, Local Chapter, Graduate Women in
Science (SDE-GWIS Sigma Xi)
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| Education: |
BA
University of St. Thomas, 1986
PhD University of Minnesota, 1997
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| Field: |
Neuroscience &
Women's Health |
| Courses: |
- Cell
Biology and Genetics I
- Women,
Health and Reproduction
Seminar
in Neuropharmacology
Neuroanatomy
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PET scan of a human brain
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Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice 210
jansen@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6247 (Office) |
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David Matthes
Visiting
Associate Professor
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| Education: |
BA
Stanford University 1987
MS Stanford University 1988
PhD
University of California Berkeley 1995
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| Field: |
Genetics & Molecular
Cell Biology
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| Research
Area: |
Semaphorin proteins and
cell migration
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| Courses: |
Stem Cell Biology
Bioinformatics
Cell & Molecular Neuroscience
Cell Biology & Genetics Laboratory
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Semaphorin proteins have diverse signaling roles in a wide diversity of
organisms, such as in the nervous system of the developing grasshopper
(below)
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| Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice
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dmatthes@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6771 (Office)
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Mary Montgomery
Associate
Professor of Biology
Member, Health Professions Advisory Committee
Professor Montgomery's
Website
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| Education: |
BA Immaculata College, 1986
PhD University of Southern California, 1993
Post-Doc Carneigie Institution of Washington
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| Field: |
Developmental Biology |
C. elegans as four-cell stage
embryo (above) and adult worm expressing green fluorescent protein
(below)
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Research
Area: |
Evolution of development
in nematodes |
| Courses: |
- Cell
Biology and
Genetics
Developmental
Biology
Biotechnology
and Society
Research
in Molecular Biology
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Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice 210
montgomery@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6425 (Office) |
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| Education: |
BA Calvin College, 1990
PhD Washington State University, 1995
Post-Doc University of California, Berkeley USDA Plant Gene
Expression Center
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| Field: |
Plant Biology |
Research
Area: |
Gene expression in Arabidopsis
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Arabidopsis thaliana
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| Courses: |
- Cell
Biology and Genetics
Plant
Physiology
Advanced Genetics
Research
in Molecular Genetics |
Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice 211
overvoorde@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6460 (Office) |
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Kathy Parson
Professor
of Biology
Member, Health Professions Advisory Committee
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| Education: |
BA Macalester College, 1967
PhD University of Minnesota, 1973
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| Field: |
Molecular Biology |
Research
Interests: |
Advances in genomics and
proteomics |
| Courses: |
- Genetics
Biochemistry II
Molecular Biology
Virology
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A microarray used to analyze gene expression
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Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice 313
parson@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6272 (Office) |
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Patty Byrne Pfalz
Staff
Assistant for the Biology Department
and
the Health
Professions Advisory Committee
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- Patty
works with the Department Chair to coordinate all activities in the
Biology Department and oversees the services provided by the department
office. She hires and supervises the student employee staff for the
office and she is the coordinator for all the student employees in the
department. Patty manages the budgets and coordinates the purchase of
lab equipment, chemicals and other supplies. She maintains the
department listservs and notifies students of department events,
internship opportunities and job postings. She works with faculty to
coordinates the weekly Biology Seminar, the annual picnic and other
department social events. Patty also provides administrative support
for the Health Professions Advisory Committee.
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Patty coordinates the social events of the
department, such as the weekly department tea for students, faculty and
staff.
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Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice 221
pfalz@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6442 (Patty's Office)
(651) 696-6100 (Biology Office) |
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Jan Serie
OT
Walter Professor of Biology
Member, Health Professions Advisory Committee
Director,
Center for Scholarship & Teaching
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| Education: |
BA College of St. Benedict, 1975
PhD University of Minnesota, 1980
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| Field: |
Immunology |
Professional
Interests: |
Women's Health
Faculty & Institutional Development |
| Courses: |
- Women,
Health and Reproduction
Cell
Biology and Genetics I
Immunology
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Serie
is currently serving as the Director of the CST, a center for faculty
development
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Contact
Information: |
Library, Suite 338
serie@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6372 (Office) |
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Steve Sundby
Laboratory
Instructor
Instructor
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| Education: |
BA St. Olaf College, 1979
MS Vanderbilt University, 1984
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| Field: |
Microbiology |
| Courses: |
- Laboratories
in Cell Biology and Genetics I & II
Microbiology
Virology
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Bacteria growing on agar
plate
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Contact
Information: |
Olin-Rice 214
sundby@macalester.edu
(651) 696-6444 (Office) |
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