Faculty

• Ratio of senior majors to full-time department faculty: 5:1
• Average class size, introductory: 70
• Average class size, advanced: 20

Full-Time Faculty

E. Lee Coates B.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Catharina Coenen (chair) undergraduate work, Universität Bremen (Germany); Ph.D., Oregon State University

Lauren French B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., Cornell University

Tricia Humphreys

Ann Kleinschmidt B.S., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)

Christopher Lundberg B.A., Westminster College; M.S., Oregon State University

Ronald Mumme B.S., University of South Florida; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)

Margaret Nelson B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

Milton Ostrofsky B.A., University of Vermont; M.S., Ph.D., University of Waterloo

James Palmer B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of Texas

Susan Mayo Rankin B.A., Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin)

Charles J. Welsh B.S. University of Pittsburgh, PhD University of Pittsburgh

Scott Wissinger B.A., Susquehanna University; Ph.D., Purdue University

Glen Wurst B.S., Juniata College; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Selected Publications and Achievements

• "Identification of carbonic anhydrase in bullfrog olfactory receptor neurons; histochemical localization and role in CO2 chemoreception." (published in Journal of Comparative Physiology (A): Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, co-authored with a student)
• "Life and death in the fast lane: demographic consequences of road mortality in the Florida Scrub-Jey" (published in Conservation Biology)
• "Auxin-cytokinin interactions." (published in Trends in Plant Science)
• "Tradeoffs between competitve superiority and vulnerability to predation in caddisflies along a permanence gradient in subalpine wetlands." (published in Ecology)
• "RNA processing and ribonucleoprotein assembly studies in vivo by RNA transfection" (published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA)
• "Spatial variation in the distribution of phosphorus species in the surficial sediments of Canadohta Lake, Pennsylvania" (study of lake in local region published in The Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science)
• "Soil bacteria Pseudomonas putida and Alcaligenes xylosoxidans subsp. denitrificans inactive triclosan in liquid and solid sustrated" (published in FEMS Microbiology Letters)
• "Juvenile hormone esterase activity during the reproductive cycle of the ring-legged earwig" (published in Comparative Biology and Physiology)