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Bowling Green State University
College of Arts and Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Dr. Juan Bouzat

Position: Department Chair & Professor
Phone: 419-372-2332
Email: jbouzat@bgsu.edu
Address: 217 Life Science Building (Office) & 403 Life Sciences Building (Lab)

Research: Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics, Molecular Genetics, Philosophy of Biology
Understanding the effects of ecological and evolutionary processes on the genetic divesity and fitness of endangered species.

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Dr. Maria Gabriela Bidart

Position: Associate Professor
Phone: 419-372-4644
Email: gbidart@bgsu.edu
Address: 511A Life Science Building

Research: Evolutionary ecology; human ecology

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Dr. Vern Bingman

Position: Professor
Phone: 419-372-6984
Email: vbingma@bgsu.edu
Address: 255 Psychology Building

Research: Animal navigation, hippocampus, comparative brain, spatial cognition, birds

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Dr. Jyotshana Gautam

Position: Bio 1010, 1040 & 2050 Lab Coordinator, Assistant Teaching Professor
Phone: 419-372-2732
Email: jgautam@bgsu.edu
Address: 305 Moseley Hall

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Frankllin

Dr. Michael Geusz

Position: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor, Associate Professor
Phone: 419-372-2433
Email: mgeusz@bgsu.edu
Address: 414 Life Science Building

Research: Genes controlling circadian rhythms of neurons and cancer cells
How do circadian rhythams in neurons and cancer impact health.

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Dr. Narmin Ghalichi

Position: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
Phone: 419-372-2332
Email: nghalic@bgsu.edu
Address: 303 Life Sciences Building

Dr. Julia Halo

Position: Associate Professor
Phone: 419-372-4096
Email: halojv@bgsu.edu
Address: 521A Life Science Building

Research: Genetics, genomics, retroelements, retroviruses, endogenous retroviruses
The influences and functions of retroelement mobilization within mammalian genomes.

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Dr. Carol Heckman

Position: Professor
Phone: 419-372-4833
Email: heckman@bgsu.edu
Address: 541 Life Science Building

Research: Cell Features and Growth Control

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Dr. Robert Huber

Position: Professor
Phone: 419-372-7492
Email: rh.bgsu@gmail.com
Address: 227B Life Sciences Building

Research: Neuropharmacology of drug addiction

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Dr. Ray Larsen

Position: Graduate Coordinator, Associate Professor
Phone: 419-372-9559
Email: larsera@bgsu.edu
Address: 431 Life Science Building

Research: Transport and membrane energetics in bacteria
Host-virus interactions: mechanisms and drivers

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Dr. Kevin McCluney

Position: Associate Professor
Phone: 419-372-2634
Email: kmcclun@bgsu.edu
Address: 451D Life Science Building

Research: Community Physiological Ecology, Water Quality, Urban Ecology, Food Webs, Climate Change
Global change in aquatic & terrestrial ecosystems

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Dr. James Metcalf

Position: Associate Professor
Address: 221 Life Science Building

Research: Environmental Toxicology
Health risks associated with natural & man-made environmental contaminants

Dr. Jeffrey Miner

Position: Ecobreak Advisor, Professor
Phone: 419-372-8330
Email: jminer@bgsu.edu
Address: 336 Life Science Building

Research: Fisheries, aquatic ecology, community ecology, restoration, wetlands
Studying community ecology of fishes in relation to anthropogenic disturbances and restoration.

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Dr. Paul Moore

Position: Professor
Phone: 419-372-8556
Email: pmoore@bgsu.edu
Address: 226 Life Science Building

Research: Chemical ecology and behavior of aquatic organisms
Investigating animal's perception of their environment.

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Dr. Paul Morris

Position: Kids' Tech University Program Director, Forensic Biology & Microbiology Advisor, Professor
Phone: 419-372-0481
Email: pmorris@bgsu.edu
Address: 532A Life Science Building

Research: Oomycete genomics, Polyamine metabolism and transport

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Dr. Mason Murphy

Position: Assistant Teaching Professor/Manager Herpetology Lab
Phone: 419-372-4697
Email: momurph@bgsu.edu
Address: 115D Life Science Building

Research: Population and landscape genetics, amphibian movement behavior, conservation genetics, active learning

Dr. Kevin Neves

Position: Marine Biology Faculty Mentor (A-J), Biology Faculty Mentor (S-Z), Assistant Teaching Professor
Phone: 419-372-4835
Email: kneves@bgsu.edu
Address: 328 Life Science Building

Research: Aquaponics, carbon dioxide, integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA), otoliths, fish nutrition

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Dr. Crystal Oechsle

Position: Assistant Teaching Professor, Forensic Biology
Phone: 419-372-2861
Email: coechsl@bgsu.edu
Address: 116 Life Science Building

Research: Forensic Biology, DNA, CSI, Cancer Immunology

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Dr. Matthew Partin

Position: Marine Lab Coordinator, Marine Biology Faculty Mentor (K-Z), Science Education Faculty Mentor, Teaching Professor
Phone: 419-372-2058
Email: partim@bgsu.edu
Address: 115A Life Science Building

Research: Aquarium Science, Learning Sciences, Coral
Coral undergraduate research experience (CURE)

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Mr. Paul Passalacqua

Position: Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor (Online Programs)
Phone: 419-372-4835
Email: ppassal@bgsu.edu
Address: 328 Life Science Building

Dr. Daniel Pavuk

Position: Ecology & Conservation Faculty Mentor, LCCC Faculty Advisor, Tri-Beta Advisor, Teaching Professor
Phone: 419-372-4839
Email: dmpavuk@bgsu.edu
Address: 319 Life Science Building

Research: Mosquito ecology, insect ecology
Focusing on ecology of mosquito communities in Northwest Ohio with previous projects in agricultural & forest entomology.

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Dr. Shannon Pelini

Position: Associate Professor
Phone: 419-372-8760
Email: spelini@bgsu.edu
Address: 312C Life Science Building

Research: Community ecology, invertebrates, decomposition

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Dr. Vipa Phuntumart วิภาพร พันธุมาตย์

Position: Departmental Honors Advisor, Professor
Phone: 419-372-4097
Email: vphuntu@bgsu.edu
Address: 129B Life Science Building

Research: Molecular, oomycete, pathology, microbiome, epigenetics
CRISPR-based diagnosis of fish pathogens and biocontrol.

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Dr. Karen V. Root

Position: Professor
Phone: 419-372-8559
Email: kvroot@bgsu.edu
Address: 429E Life Science Building

Research: Conservation biology, wildlife ecology, population viability analysis, landscape ecology

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Dr. Karen Sirum

Position: Associate Professor
Phone: 419-372-3877
Email: ksirum@bgsu.edu
Address: 202 Life Science Building

Research: Biological Education Research and Development (BERD)
Investigating what works to promote learning in classroom and community settings

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Dr. Moira van Staaden

Position: Shanklin Endowed Professor
Phone: 419-372-0341
Email: moirav@bgsu.edu
Address: 303A Life Science Building

Research: Neuroethology, Drosophila, addiction, social networks, STEM education

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Ms. Amy Wagner

Position: Teaching Professor & Pre-Health Advisor
Phone: 419-372-9387
Email: akwagne@bgsu.edu
Address: 115D Life Science Building

Dr. Christopher Ward

Position: Assistant Professor
Phone: 419-372-2332
Email: chrward@bgsu.edu
Address: 448 Life Science Building

Research: Microbiome ecology, Algal-microbial interactions, Mass algal cultivation, Algal parasites
Microbial community ecology & genomics for our changing waters

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Dr. Daniel Wiegmann

Position: Professor
Phone: 419-372-2691
Email: ddwiegm@bgsu.edu
Address: 311C Life Science Building

Research: Navigation, life history, optimal decisions, behavioral ecology
Navigation by whip spiders; life-history decisions of smallmouth bass

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Dr. Hans Wildschutte

Position: Associate Professor
Phone: 419-372-4704
Email: hansw@bgsu.edu
Address: 424B Life Science Building

Research: Environmental microbiology, drug discovery, phage therapy
Utilizing environmental microbiology to discover new antibiotics and phage that inhibit drug-resistant pathogens.

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