Biology Faculty and Staff

LON CHUBIZ | Assistant Professor
Microbiology
R340 Research Building
chubizl@umsl.edu

AIMEE DUNLAP | Assistant Professor
Evolution of cognition, foraging, behavioral ecology
204 Stadler Hall
aimee.dunlap@umsl.edu

CHARLES GRANGER | Professor
Science education
R239A Research Building
granger@umsl.edu

ROBERT MARQUIS | Professor
R342 Research Building
Evolutionary ecology, plant-herbivore interactions
robert_marquis@umsl.edu

NATHAN MUCHHALA | Assistant Professor
Evolutionary ecology, tropical pollination systems, plant speciation
R428 Research Building
muchhalan@umsl.edu

WENDY OLIVAS | Associate Professor | Biology Department Chair
Molecular biology, RNA stability
S404B Stadler Hall
olivasw@umsl.edu

PATRICIA PARKER | E. Desmond Lee Professor
Behavioral Ecology
R442 Research Building
pparker@umsl.edu

ROBERT RICKLEFS | Curators Professor
Evolutionary ecology, historical biogeography
R454 Research Building
ricklefs@umsl.edu

MINDY STEINIGER | Assistant Professor
Molecular biology, RNA processing
R424 Research Building
steinigerm@umsl.edu

PETER STEVENS | Founders Professor
Plant Systematics, history of plant classification
R327 Research Building
peter.stevens@mobot.org

TERESA THIEL | Professor, Associate Dean, Director of Graduate Studies
Molecular biology and biotechnology, cyanobacteria
R440 Research Building
thiel@umsl.edu

XUEMIN (SAM) WANG | E. Desmond Lee Professor
Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
R341 Research Building
wangxue@umsl.edu

BETHANY ZOLMAN | Associate Professor
Plant genetics and cell biology
S448 Stadler Hall
zolmanb@umsl.edu

LAURA CATANO | Assistant Teaching Professor
R220 Research Building
catanol@umsl.edu

AMBROSE (TREY) KIDD | Assistant Teaching Professor
R204A Stadler Hall
kidda@umsl.edu

LORI PAUL | Assistant Teaching Professor
R225 Research Building
llp@umsl.edu

MARC SPINGOLA | Associate Teaching Professor
R242 Research Building
spingola@umsl.edu

CHRISTOPHER WOLIN | Assistant Teaching Professor
R241 Research Building
wolinc@umsl.edu

ZULEYMA TANG-MARTINEZ | Professor Emeritus
Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center, Benton Hall
zuleyma@umsl.edu

LON WILKINS | Professor Emeritus
R240 Research Building
lon_wilkens@umsl.edu

DAVID CLARK | Research Professor and Adjunct Associate Professor
dbclark50@yahoo.com

DEBORAH CLARK | Research Professor and Adjunct Associate Professor
deborahanneclark@gmail.com

KATHY BURNEY-MILLER | Administrative Associate I
(314) 516-6204
burney-millerk@umsl.edu

CINDEE RETTKE | Supervisor of Teaching Labs
(314) 516-6227
rettkec@umsl.edu

JOHN HANCOCK | Manager Animal Welfare Unit
(314) 516-5928
hancockjc@umsl.edu

LEAH TRIMBLE | Secretary
314-516-6203
trimblel@umsl.edu

LARRY HINKLE | Animal Technician
(314) 516-5928
hinklelg@msx.umsl.edu

KATHY KIRKPATRICK | Department Assistant
(314) 516-6522
kirkpatrickj@msx.umsl.edu

KENNETH MARES | Research Associate
(314) 516-6155
biokmare@admiral.umsl.edu

BRENDA PRATTE | Lab Research Associate
(314) 516-6208
pratteb@umsl.edu