Biological Sciences
(Dept. Phone: 530-898-5356)

Michael Abruzzo, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, Michigan State
Human genetics, genetics of cancer, genetics of developmental disabilities, prenatal genetic diagnosis, DNA fingerprinting, Human Genome Project
530-898-6748
MAbruzzo@csuchico.edu

Douglas Alexander, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of North Carolina
Vernal pool preservation and other wetlands issues, ecological 
education, habitat preservation in general, endangered species
530-898-5356
DAlexander@csuchico.edu

Ray Barnett, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, Duke University
Behavior of mammals, nut-bearing trees, Hawaiian birds, Chinese pandas, rare teas and tea brewing, Taoism
530-898-4865
RBarnett@csuchico.edu

Jeffrey Bell, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Southern California
Population genetics, developmental biology, molecular biology
530-898-6181
JBell@csuchico.edu

Kristopher Blee, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, Utah State University
Plant defense, plant development, plant molecular biology
530-898-5116
KBlee@csuchico.edu

Jonathan R. Day, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD,University of Delaware
Neuroscience, endocrinology, aging, reproductive physiology
530-898-5271
JDay@csuchico.edu

Richard Demaree, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, Colorado State
Electron microscopy, toxoplasm--the cat parasite, parasitic protozoa, combating flukes in the tropics, biology of cancer, parasitology
530-898-5812
RDemaree@csuchico.edu

William Derr, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Wisconsin
Plant anatomy, morphology
530-898-5356
BDerr@csuchico.edu

Patricia Edelmann, Professor, Biological Sciences
Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
PhD, UC Davis
Bacterial physiology, microbial genetics, infectious diseases
530-898-5356
PEdelmann@csuchico.edu

Tag Engstrom, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of California, Davis
Phylogenetics, systematics, evolutionary ecology and conservation of amphibians and reptiles
530-898-6748
TEngstrom@csuchico.edu

Larry Hanne, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas
Bioremediation, genetic engineering using prokaryotic systems
530-898-6298
LHanne@csuchico.edu

Colleen Hatfield, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of New Mexico
Landscape ecology, spatial analysis, community ecology, riparian systems, and wetland assessment
530-898-4235
CHatfield@csuchico.edu

James Houpis, Professor, Biological Sciences
Dean, College of Natural Sciences
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Tree ecophysiology, air pollution, climate change, heavy metals, phytoremediation
530-898-6121
JHoupis@csuchico.edu

Faye Johnson, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
EdD, University of the Pacific
Experimental foods, evolution of diets, rice products, food service training, food safety, food preservation
530-898-6767
FJohnson@csuchico.edu

Barbara Kirks, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
EdD, Utah State
Nutrition & prevention of disease, parental involvement in nutrition education, calorie and protein requirements of burn patients
530-898-4759
BKirks@csuchico.edu

David Kistner, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Chicago
Termites, beetles, army ants, insects, sociobiology
530-898-5356
DKistner@csuchico.edu

Roger Lederer, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Illinois
Ornithology
530-898-6317
RLederer@csuchico.edu

John Mahoney, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Minnesota
Inflammation and infection
530-898-6340
JMahoney@csuchico.edu

Beverly Marcum, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Virginia
Marine biology of Bahamas, human anatomy
530-898-5539
BMarcum@csuchico.edu

Michael Marchetti, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of California, Davis
Fish ecology, conservation biology, stream ecology
530-898-5641
MMarchetti@csuchico.edu

Paul Maslin, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Florida
Nutrients in lakes, plankton population, stream ecology, CSU nature trail
530-898-5356
PMaslin@csuchico.edu

Ailsie McEnteggart, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Texas
Freshwater and marine algae
530-898-6099
AMcEnteggart@csuchico.edu

Donald Miller, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Entotnology, social insects, animal behavior
530-898-6153
DGMiller@csuchico.edu

Michelle Morris, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of California, Davis
Community nutrition, social marketing, geriatric nutrition
530-898-4757
MMorris@csuchico.edu

James Pushnik, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, Utah State
Global warming and the effects of increasing C02 concentrations, greenhouse effect, plant genetic engineering, molecular ecological issues, plant physiology and evolution
530-898-6362
JPushnik@csuchico.edu

Kristina Schierenbeck, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, WA State U.
Population genetics, hybridization, evolution of plants, invasive species biology
530-898-6410
KSchierenbeck@csuchico.edu

Robert Schlising, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, UC Berkeley
Evolutionary botany, vernal pool plants, geophytes, native bees
530-898-5381
RSchlising@csuchico.edu

Kathryn Silliman, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, UC Berkeley
RD, registered dietitian
Nutritionist, nutritional biochemistry, nutrition assessment, diet and heart disease, dietary supplements
530-898-6245
KSilliman@csuchico.edu

Bob Thomas, Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
PhD, Kent State
Pollution in Alaska
530-898-5113
BThomas@csuchico.edu

Andrea White, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne
Biochemistry and genetics of bacterial phosphorous pathways
Isolation and characterization of microorganisms that possess novel matabolic pathways
530-898-4123
AWhite@csuchico.edu

David Wood, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Washington
Mt. St. Helens, plant ecology and restoration biology, ecology of riparian systems
530-898-6311
DMWood@csuchico.edu

Gordon Wolfe, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, University of Washington
Microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, molecular ecology
530-898-4256
GWolfe2@csuchico.edu

Cindy Brattan Wolff, Professor, Biological Sciences
PhD, MPA, RD Colorado State University, UC Berkeley
Pediatric obesity, community nutrition, diabetes, nutritional epidemiology, research methods
530-898-6164
CWolff@csuchico.edu