Department of biology
University of Northern Iowa
Abebe, Tilahun
Associate Professor
tilahun.abebe@uni.edu
My research focuses on improving resistance of cereals to drought and fungal diseases. Two major...
Berendzen, Peter
Associate Professor
peter.berendzen@uni.edu
My research interests focus on the evolutionary relationships, speciation, and biogeography of...
Bergquist, Barton
Professor
bart.bergquist@uni.edu
Barton Bergquist examines chemically mediated cell-level effects of chemotherapeutic compounds...
Bird, Nathan
Assistant Professor
nathan.bird@uni.edu
My research focuses on the development and evolution of the vertebrate skeletal system. In...
Clayton, Maureen
Associate Professor
maureen.clayton@uni.edu
I am interested in studying the sublethal effects of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems....
Cline-Brown, Kim
Instructor
kim.cline-brown@uni.edu
Darwinian Medicine, an interdisciplinary approach to understanding medical conditions by using...
Demastes, James
Professor
jim.demastes@uni.edu
My research interests focus on host-parasite coevolution and zoogeography. My research in...
Dhanwada, Kavita
Professor
kavita.dhanwada@uni.edu
Effects of pesticides on human cells. Pesticides are commonly used chemicals in the United...
Elgersma, Kenneth
Assistant Professor
kenneth.elgersma@uni.edu
I have several lines of active research which fall under 3 broad categories: ecosystem-level...
Jackson, Laura
Professor
laura.l.jackson@uni.edu
Ecological restoration of agricultural landscapes; forb establishment dynamics in tallgrass...
Jurgenson, James
Professor
james.jurgenson@uni.edu
My research is divided into three separate but complimentary areas: Genetics of the plant...
Kang, Julie
Assistant Professor
julie.kang@uni.edu
My research program is to understand the evolution and homology of leaf shape and vein pattern....
McClenahan, David
Associate Professor
david.mcclenahan@uni.edu
Early lung inflammation associated with Gram negative bacterial infections
Myers, Mark
Associate Professor
mark.myers@uni.edu
I am interested in the ecology, evolution, and conservation of north temperate and neotropical...
O'Kane, Steve
Professor
steve.okane@uni.edu
My research is in Plant Systematics. Currently I have two large research projects. I am studying...
Ophus, John
Associate Professor
john.ophus@uni.edu
My research focuses on methods to better prepare teachers of STEM in pedagogy and content as...
Pontasch, Kurt
Associate Professor
kurt.pontasch@uni.edu
Ecotoxicology, Interests include the fate and effects of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems,...
Rodriguez, Nilda
Assistant Professor
nilda.rodriguez@uni.edu
My research studies how the early interactions between microbes and their hosts affect...
Saunders, David
Professor
david.saunders@uni.edu
Coagulation Mechanisms in Hibernating Reptiles and Amphibians My research lab is interested in...
Seager, Robert
Professor
robert.seager@uni.edu
Science education, focusing on genetics and evolutionary biology Science and religion as ways...