Faculty, Dept. Biol. Sci.

Faculty
Department of Biological Sciences

Name Degree Research specialization
Young-mee Ahn Ph.D. 1996
University of Illinois, Urbana
Mycology, electron microscopy
A. Randall Alford Ph.D. 1980
Louisiana State University
Insect physiology, behavior, and chemical ecology
Andrei Alyokhin Ph.D. 1999
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Insect behavior and ecology, integrated pest management, biological control
Seanna L. Annis Ph.D. 1995
University of Guelph
Physiological, molecular, and field studies of fungal pathogens of plants and animals
Christopher S. Campbell Ph.D. 1980
Harvard University
Plant systematics, molecular phylogeny, reproductive biology, and quantitative morphology
Christopher Cronan Ph.D. 1978
Dartmouth College
Biogeochemistry; plant ecology; ecosystem ecology; land use planning
Benildo G. de los Reyes Ph.D. 1999
Oklahoma State University
Functional and comparative genomics of abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms in higher plants; Gene regulation and allele mining.
Harold B. Dowse Ph.D. 1971
New York University
Genetic and molecular analysis of cardiac pacemakers; biology of cellular oscillators; mathematical analysis and modeling of biological systems
Francis Drummond Ph.D. 1986
University of Rhode Island
Insect quantitative ecology, pest management, population dynamics, simulation modeling, biostatistics, pollination ecology
Adria Elskus Ph.D. 1992
Boston University
Aquatic toxicology, biomarkers of exposure and effect, development of chemical tolerance, fish health
William E. Glanz Ph.D. 1977
University of California, Berkeley
Community and foraging ecology and social behavior of mammals and birds; evolution and biogeography of North and South American rodents
Eleanor Groden Ph.D. 1988
Michigan State University
Insect ecology, insect pathology, and biological control
Clarissa Henry Ph.D. 2000
University of Washington
Cell and molecular biology of segmentation and muscle development in Zebrafish
Rebecca Holberton Ph.D. 1991
State University of New York, Albany
The endocrine basis of bird ecology and behavior; reproductive biology, bird migration and conservation
Susan J. Hunter Ph.D. 1980
Pennsylvania State University
Cell biology and physiology of bone cells and developing extracellular matrix; role of growth factors in skeletal physiology
George L. Jacobson, Jr. Ph.D. 1975
University of Minnesota
Plant ecology and paleoecology; long-term history and dynamics of vegetation and climate in the Western Hemisphere
Jody Jellison Ph.D. 1983
Oregon State University
biochemical characterization of wood decay; metal metabolism in fungi; fungal physiology; bioremediation
Leonard J. Kass Ph.D. 1980
University of Illinois
Neurophysiology of sensory and motor systems; biological rhythms; cellular neurobiology of vision; gene expression in frog oocytes
Michael T. Kinnison Ph.D. 1999
University of Washington
Microevolution, aquatic ecology, population and conservation genetics; fish ecology (including salmonids)
Joyce E. Longcore Ph.D. 1991
University of Maine
Chytridiomycete systematics and phylogeny; chytrid pathogen of amphibians
John M. Ringo Ph.D. 1973
University of California, Davis
Genetic analysis of reproductive behavior and cardiac rhythms
Christa Schwintzer Ph.D. 1969
University of Michigan
Biology of Frankia, a nitrogen-fixing actinomycete, and physiological plant ecology with emphasis on nitrogen fixing and wetland plants
Constance S. Stubbs Ph.D. 1992
University of Maine
Pollination ecology, lichenology, mycology
Stellos Tavantzis Ph.D. 1980
Pennsylvania State University
Molecular genetics of virulence in plant pathogenic fungi; biological control of fungal plant pathogens
John Tjepkema Ph.D. 1971
University of Michigan
Whole-plant physiology; physiology and ecology of nitrogen fixation
Mary S. Tyler Ph.D. 1975
University of North Carolina
Developmental biology; organogenesis; and the creation of multimedia educational materials in development.
Seth Tyler Ph.D. 1975
University of North Carolina
Invertebrate biology; electron and fluorescence microscopy; phylogeny of lower invertebrates; meiofauna
Robert Vadas Ph.D. 1968
University of Washington
Marine and algal ecology; recruitment; plant-herbivore and predator-prey interactions
Katherine Webster Ph.D. 1998
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ecology of lakes and management of aquatic ecosystems
Stephen Woods Ph.D. 1989
University of Massachusetts
Forest entomology; insect ecology and biodiversity

Cooperating Faculty

Name Title Degree Research specializationContact
Susan H. Brawley Professor of Marine Sciences Ph.D. 1978
University of California, Berkeley
Marine algae: developmental biology and physiology of fertilization; marine ecology; environmental control of reproduction brawley@maine.edu
207-581-2973
William O. Bray Professor of Mathematics Ph.D. 1981
University of Missouri
Mathematics: Classical analysis, harmonic analysis bray@math.umaine.edu
207-581-3932
Alfred Bushway Professor of Food Science Ph.D. 1978
Purdue University
Nutrition: Natural-products metabolism bushway@maine.edu
207-581-1629
Rodney Bushway Professor of Food Science Ph.D. 1977
Texas A&M University
Nutrition: Pesticide detection, natural toxicants rbushway@maine.edu
207-581-1626
Jim Dill Extension Associate Program Administrator Ph.D. 1979
Purdue University
Integrated pest management of vegetable and small fruit crops jdill@umext.maine.edu
207-581-3879
Michael S. Greenwood Professor of Forest Resources Ph.D. 1969
Yale University
Tree physiology and improvement greenwd@umenfa.maine.edu
207-581-2838
Keith W. Hutchison Professor of Biochemistry Ph.D. 1974
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Molecular genetics of growth and development, genome flux keithh@maine.edu
207-581-2827
Richard Jagels Professor of Forest Ecosystem Science Ph.D. 1968
University of Illinois
Forest ecology: autecological effects on structure of woody plants richard_jagels@umenfa.maine.edu
207-581-2884
Irv Kornfield Professor of Marine Sciences Ph.D. 1974
SUNY, Stony Brook
Population biology, speciation theory, molecular systematics irvk@maine.edu
207-581-2548
David H. Lambert Associate Professor of Plant Pathology Ph.D. 1979
Pennsylvania State University
Plant Science: Molecular biology of host-pathogen interactions; diseases of horticultural crops lambert@maine.edu
207-581-2988
Alan R. Langille Professor of Agronomy Ph.D. 1967
Pennsylvania State University
Horticulture: Hormonal regulation of potato tuberization, protoplast regeneration alanl@maine.edu
207-581-2916
William H. Livingston Professor of Forest Pathology Ph.D. 1985
University of Minnesota
Plant physiology: disease, ectomycorrhizal, and ethylene effects on growth of conifers william_livingston@umenfa.maine.edu
207-581-2990
James D. McCleave Professor of Marine Sciences Ph.D. 1967
Montana State University
Migratory and transport mechanisms of fishes; fisheries oceanography mccleave@maine.edu
207-581-4392
Kathleen Murray Maine State Entomologist Ph.D. 1990
University of Massachusetts
Agricultural pest ecology, plant-insect interactions, use of natural products in pest management
207-581-
Paul Rawson Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences Ph.D. 1996
University of South Carolina
Quantitative and population genetics of marine invertebrates, molecular evolution prawson@maine.edu
207-581-4326
J. Malcolm Shick Professor of Marine Sciences Ph.D. 1974
Texas A&M University
Ecological physiology of marine invertebrates; biology of symbiotic cnidarians; UV photobiology and oxidative stress shick@maine.edu
207-581-2562
Bruce D. Sidell Professor of Marine Sciences Ph.D. 1975
University of Illinois
Physiology and biochemistry of fishes, mechanisms of metabolic compensation to environmental variables in fishes, physiology of Antarctic fish species bsidell@maine.edu
207-581-2563
Robert S. Steneck Professor of Marine Sciences Ph.D. 1983
Johns Hopkins University
Ecology and evolutionary biology of benthic marine algae, invertebrates, and communities; emphasis on crustose coralline algae, herbivores, and lobste steneck@maine.edu
207-581-3321
Rebecca J. Van Beneden Professor of Biochemistry and Marine Sciences Ph.D. 1983
Johns Hopkins University
Environmental toxicology: molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis, comparative carcinogenesis, aquatic toxicology rebeccav@maine.edu
207-581-4315
Michael E. Vayda Professor of Biochemistry Ph.D. 1983
Princeton University
Plant stress responses, translational control, gene regulatory mechanisms, low-oxygen stress, cold adaptation vayda@maine.edu
207-581-2821