Environmental Science Program

Faculty

Dr. Brauner ~ Dr. Brush ~ Dr. Dawson ~ Dr. Greene ~ Dr. Hudson ~ Dr. Posner

Dr. Saunders ~ Dr. Stine ~ Dr. Stoffer ~ Dr. Weidenhamer


	Dr. Soren Brauner (1986) Director of the Environmental Science Program; Professor of Biology Education B.A., M.A., University of California at Santa Barbara Ph.D., University of California at Davis Teaching The Molecular and Celluar Basis of Life, Genetics, General Botany, Issues in Environmental Science Research Plant genetics and evolution
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	Dr. Nigel Brush (2000) Associate Professor of Geology Education B.A., Cincinnati Bible College B.A., M.A., The Ohio State University M.A., University of Southampton, England Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles Teaching Archeology & Human Antiquity, Natural Disasters, Sedimentary Petrology & Stratigraphy, Discovering the Ice Age, Field Geology Research Pleistocene paleontology Catastrophism and mass extinctions Climate change
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	Dr. Douglas A. Dawson (1993) Professor of Biology Education B.A., Transylvania University M.S., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University Teaching Pharmacology-Toxicology, Anatomy & Physiology, Biology Senior Seminar Research Chemical mixture toxicology Developmental toxicology Quantitative structure–activity relationships (QSAR)
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	Dr. Andrew V. Greene (2006) Assistant Professor of Biology Education B.S., The Ohio State University Ph.D., Texas A&M Teaching Microbiology, Human Biology, Virology, Emerging Pathogens, Immunology Research circadian rhythms in fungi microbial contaminants in food
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	Dr. Michael R. Hudson (1982) Associate Professor of Geology Education B.S., St. Lawrence University M.A., Indiana University Ph.D., Miami University Teaching Physical Geology, MInerology, Natural Disasters, Topics in Regional Geology, Field Geology, Structural Geology Research Geochemistry Metamorphic petrology
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	Dr. Mason Posner (1999) Chair of the Department of Biology/Toxicology; Associate Professor of Biology Education B.A., University of Virginia M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California Teaching Marine Biology, Vertebrate Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, Human Biology, Organisms, Adaptation & Diversity Research Ichthyology Evolution and function of the vertebrate eye
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	Dr. Patricia A. Saunders (2002) Assistant Professor of Biology Education B.A., Oberlin College M.A., Indiana University Ph.D., University of Georgia Teaching Ecology & the Human Environment, Issues in Environmental Science, Wetlands & Waterways, Limnology, General Ecology, Organisms, Adaptation, and Diversity Research Aquatic food-web dynamics Zooplankton ecology
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	Dr. Karen E. Stine (1990) Director of the Toxicology Program; Professor of Biology/Toxicology Education B.S. College of William and Mary M.S., University of Virginia Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Teaching Ecology and the Human Environment, The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Life, Principles of Toxicology, Methods in Toxicology, Issues in Environmental Science Research Cellular toxicology Environmental toxicology
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	Dr. Richard L. Stoffer (1980) Professor of Biology, Preserve Manager Education B.A., Ashland University M.S., Ph.D., The Ohio State University Teaching Organisms, Adaptation & Diversity, General Ecology, Ethology, Field Zoology Biology Field Study: The Ecology of the Great Smoky Mountains, Professional Preparation Research Ecology Animal behavior Prairie restoration Systematics of the Dipteran family Chironomidae
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	Dr. Jeffrey D. Weidenhamer (1989) Chair of the Department of Chemistry/Geology/Physics; Professor of Chemistry Education B.S., Ashland University M.S., The Ohio State University M.S., Louisiana State University Ph.D., The University of South Florida Teaching Instrumental Analysis Research Chemical Ecology Allelopathy
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