Dedicated Faculty

Learning is enhanced at Illinois Wesleyan University by the quality of courses and individualized instruction. Each class and lab is taught by a faculty member who will take time for students' questions, both in and out of class.

Faculty	Research Interests	Courses Taught
Elizabeth (Susie) Balser	Comparative examination of the structure and development of the kidney in starfish and other echinoderms	Invertebrate Biology, Parasitology, Experimental Zoology
David Bollivar	Molecular biology and biochemistry of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis	Introduction to Genetics, Molecular Genetics
Jonathan Dey	Taxonomy and biogeography of the lichen-forming fungi in the United States	Plant and Fungal Diversity, Plants and Civilization, Microbiology, The Microbial World
R. Given Harper	Quantifying organochlorine (OC) pesticide levels in birds and other wildlife	Introduction to Ecology, Biostatistics, Conservation Biology, Tropical Ecology: Costa Rica, Field Ornithology
Robert Hippensteele	Membrane transport physiology	Animal Physiology, Neurophysiology, Biostatistics
William Jaeckle	Larval life history, development, physiology, and ecology	Histology, Human Biology Anatomy and Physiology
Edgar Lehr	Biodiversity of amphibians and reptiles in the neotropics (Peru) and in Africa (Rwanda)	Comparative Anatomy, Evolution
Loni Walker	Growth and developmental processes in plants	Intro. to Cellular and Molecular Biology, Plant Anatomy and Physiology, Topics in Cell Biology
Brian Walter	Cell and structural developmental biology	Developmental Biology, Molecular Foundations of Molecular Biology

Recent Retirees
Bruce Criley	Developmental biology	Biology and Ethics
Norma Criley	Anatomy and physiology	Human Biology: Anatomy and Physiology

Staff

Nisa Blackmon

General Biology Lab Coordinator

Cindy Honegger

Stockroom Manager

Dedicated Faculty

Research Interests

Staff