Faculty & Staff

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Biology Faculty

Caleb Axelrod

Visiting Assistant Professor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8087
  2. Singer Hall 404
Caleb Axelrod

Carolyn Bauer

Assistant Professor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8053
  2. Singer Hall 311
Carolyn Bauer

Alexander Baugh

Associate Professor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5243
  2. Singer Hall 407

Research: Communication, sexual behavior and individual differences

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Dawn Carone

Associate Professor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-6859
  2. Singer Hall 308
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Eva-Maria Collins

Associate Professor

On Leave - Calendar Year

Biology

Physics & Astronomy-Physics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5380
  2. Singer Hall 403
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Bradley Davidson ’91

Associate Professor

Biology

Contact

  1. Singer Hall 309
Bradley Davidson

Marisa Egan

Assistant Professor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7782
  2. Singer Hall 312

Research interests: microbiology, bacterial pathogenesis, bacterial gene regulation, and host-pathogen interactions

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Vince Formica

Associate Professor

Department Chair, Biology

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8621
  2. Singer Hall 405
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Nick Kaplinsky

Isaac H. Clothier, Jr. Professor of Biology

On Leave - Spring

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8039
  2. Singer Hall 402
  3. 423

Research: Molecular genetics of plant abiotic stress response

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Jose-Luis Machado

Associate Professor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8562
  2. Singer Hall 401
  3. Singer Hall 424

Research: Invasive species and plant physiological ecology of temperate and tropical ecosystems

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Sierra Palumbos

Visiting Assistant Professor

Biology

Contact

  1. Singer Hall 313
Sierra Palumbos

Biology Teaching Staff

Hannah Donald

Laboratory Instructor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5542
  2. Singer Hall 101B
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Nancy Maas

Laboratory Instructor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8194
  2. Singer Hall 310
nancy maas

Jessica Morales Valenzuela

Laboratory Instructor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8192
  2. Singer Hall 305
jessica the bio lab instructor

Beth Norman

Laboratory Instructor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8198
  2. Singer Hall 304

Jeff Norman

Laboratory Instructor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8382
  2. Singer Hall 101A
Jeff Norman

Stacey Miller

Senior Lecturer

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6067
  2. Singer Hall 306
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Susie O'Donnell

(she-her-hers-herself)

Laboratory Instructor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6429
  2. Singer Hall 101 C
Susan O'Donnell

Biology Departmental Staff

Ali Danilak

Administrative Coordinator, Biology; Administrative Assistant II, Cooper, Music

Biology

Cooper Foundation

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8047
  2. Singer Hall 301
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Maury Hutchens

Laboratory Operations Manager

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8179
  2. Singer Hall 326
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Mackenzie Malia

(she-her-they-them)

Animal Care Technician

Biology

Contact

Mackenzie Malia

Maya Marcy

Greenhouse & Garden Manager

Biology

Environmental Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8047
  2. Singer Hall 425H
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Matthew Powell

Administrative & Technology Manager

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8046
  2. Singer Hall 302
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Christina Rabeler

Laboratory Manager II

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8129
  2. Singer Hall
Christina Rabeler

Sam Scoma

Biological Technical Specialist

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8055
  2. Singer Hall 031
Sam Scoma

Tobias Tagliaferro

Animal Care Technician

Biology

Contact

Biology Emeriti Faculty

Scott Gilbert

Howard A. Schneiderman '48 Professor Emeritus in Biology

Emeritus Biology

Contact

Research:   

How evolutionary novelty is created by developmental changes

How the turtle got its shell through changes in cell signaling and cell migration

How symbiosis takes place during normal development

Scott Gilbert

Sara Hiebert Burch

Edward Hicks Magill Professor Emerita of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Emeritus Biology

Contact

Research: Environment, dietary fat choice, and cellular consequences

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John Jenkins Jr.

Isaac H. Clothier Professor Eneritus of History and International Relations

Emeritus Biology

Contact

Research: How predation affects evolutionary changes

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Rachel Merz

Walter Kemp Professor Emerita of Natural Science

Emeritus Biology

Contact

Research: The biomechanics of invertebrates

Rachel Merz

Kathy Siwicki

Howard A. Schneiderman '48 Professor Emerita in Biology

Emeritus Biology

Contact

Research: Courtship behavior and memory in fruit flies.

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Amy Vollmer

Isaac H. Clothier Professor Emerita of Biology

Emeritus Biology

Contact

Research: Bacterial stress response.

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