Biology Faculty
Robert Belton
Associate Professor
rbelton@nmu.edu 906-227-1582Office Location:
2107 Weston Hall
Advising: Physiology, Pre-Physical Therapy, General Biology
Research Interests: Developmental biology, cancer biology, intercellular communication
John G. Bruggink
Professor
jbruggin@nmu.edu 906-227-2342Office Location:
2117 Weston Hall
Advising: Wildlife Biology, Ecology, Mammalogy & General Biology
Research Interests: Wildlife ecology and management, population ecology
Heng-Hsuan Chu
Assistant Professor
hchu@nmu.edu 906-227-2343Office Location:
2003 Weston Hall
Teaching: Introductory Biology, Plant Kingdom, Plant Physiology
Research Interests: Plant nutrition & abiotic stress, effects of mineral deficiencies and toxic metals on plants
Neil Cumberlidge
Professor
ncumberl@nmu.edu 906-227-2215Office Location:
2009 Weston Hall
Advising: Ecology, Physiology, Zoology
Research Interests: Taxonomy, phylogenetic systematics, evolution, physiology, parasitology, conservation, ecology, and biogeography of the freshwater crabs of Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Central and South America
Kurt Galbreath
Professor
kgalbrea@nmu.edu 906-227-1586Office Location:
2119 Weston Hall
Advising: Zoology, Parasitology, Evolutionary Biology
Research Interests: Historical biogeography of Holarctic mammals and their parasites, host-parasite co-evolution
Sylvain Giroud
Assistant Professor
sgiroud@nmu.edu 906-227-2145Office Location:
2114 Weston Hall
Advising: Anatomy, Physiology
Research Interests: Ecological animal physiology, physiological responses to climate change
Brent Graves
Professor
bgraves@nmu.edu 906-227-1812Office Location:
3015 Weston Hall
Advising: General Biology, Ecology, Zoology
Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, life history evolution, herpetology
Diana Lafferty
Associate Professor
dlaffert@nmu.edu 906-227-2227Office Location:
2011 Weston Hall
Advising: Fisheries and Wildlife Management, Ecology
Research Interests: Wildlife responses to global environmental change, large landscape conservation, human-wildlife conflict mitigation
Danny LeBert
Assistant Professor
dlebert@nmu.edu 906-227-2207Office Location:
2007 Weston Hall
Advising: General Biology, Pre-Med, Pre-PA, Pre-PT/AT, careers in laboratory research, and graduate school
Research Interests: Role of early wound signaling in regulating wound healing outcome
Jill B. K. Leonard
Professor and Department Head
jileonar@nmu.edu 906-227-1619Office Location:
2001a Weston Hall
Advising: Fisheries & Wildlife Management, Marine Biology, Physiological Ecology
Research Interests: Fish biology, physiological ecology, migration
Alec R. Lindsay
Professor
alindsay@nmu.edu 906-227-1834Office Location:
2115 Weston Hall
Advising: Ecology, General Biology, Zoology
Research Interests: Conservation genetics, ornithology, animal behavior, evolution
Donna Maki
Professor
donmaki@nmu.edu 906-227-2443Office Location:
2013 Weston Hall
Advising: Botany, General Biology, Microbiology
Research Interests: Plant-microbe interactions and ecology, plant-microbe applications in agriculture
Liz Mandeville
Assistant Professor
lmandevi@nmu.edu 906-227-2133Office Location:
2113 Weston Hall
Advising: Fish biology, Conservation genetics
Research Interests: Fisheries genetics and conservation biology
Angela Mohrman
Instructor
angstewa@nmu.edu 906-227-2319Office Location:
2112 Weston Hall
Advising: Biology, cellular & molecular biology, and biomedical sciences
Research Interests: STEM education pedagogy
Erich Ottem
Associate Professor
eottem@nmu.edu 906-227-1072Office Location:
2109 Weston Hall
Advising: Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Interests: Maintenance of neuromuscular junctions and motorneuron dendritic morphology, physiological functioning of sexually dimorphic nuclei in the endocrine hypothalamus
Alan J. Rebertus
Professor
arebertu@nmu.edu 906-227-2351Office Location:
2005 Weston Hall
Advising: Ecology, General Biology, Botany
Research Interests: Ecology of endangered plant flora, roles of disturbances (fire, wind) and large mammals on community and landscape dynamics
Josh S. Sharp
Associate Professor
jsharp@nmu.edu 906-227-2380Office Location:
2111 Weston Hall
Advising: Microbiology, Medically-related Professional Fields, General Biology
Research Interests: Gene regulation in bacteria, medical microbiology, RNA degradation, regulators of bacterial virulence gene expression, toxin secretion systems
Roger (Mac) Strand
Professor
rostrand@nmu.edu 906-227-2365Office Location:
2121 Weston Hall
Advising: Invertebrate Zoology, Ecology, General Biology
Research Interests: Stream ecology, ecohydrology, aquatic invertebrate community ecology and bioenergetics, ecology of Lake Superior, Upper Peninsula stream conservation
Katherine C. Teeter
Associate Professor
kteeter@nmu.edu 906-227-2177Office Location:
2015 Weston Hall
Advising: Biology, Zoology, Genetics
Research Interests: Population and evolutionary genetics
James VanOrman
Instructor
jvanorma@nmu.edu 906-227-2762Office Location:
2615 The Science Building
James coordinates laboratories for BI 100, BI 111, and BI 112, and teaches labs for Biology courses as needed.
Biology Staff
Lauren Anargyros
Student Success Specialist
lanargyr@nmu.edu 906-227-2381Office Location:
2203C Weston Hall
Jose' Garcia
Student Success Specialist
jogarcia@nmu.edu 906-227-2916Office Location:
3701 The Science Building
Past Faculty
- Jennifer Jezylo
- John Rebers
- Jackie Bird
- Pat Brown
- Thomas Froiland
- Frank Verley
- Ronald Parejko
- Phil Doepke
- Lowell Neudeck
- Lew Peters
- William Robinson
- Martin Kopenski
- Don Snitgen
- Warren VanDeBerg
- Maynard Bowers
- Gordan Gill
Former Lab Technician
- Duane King
Former Secretaries
- Patricia Wagner
- Susie Piziali