Faculty
The biology faculty are both scholars and teachers, devoted to teaching excellence and to making important contributions to our individual disciplines through fieldwork, research, and writing. Faculty research interests include, environmental sustainability, ecology, genetics, invertebrate form and function, animal developmental biology, cellular function and fate, animal physiology, and much more. We are committed to undergraduate education and teach everything from first-year gateway courses to advanced courses.
Richard Alvey
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Diversity of viruses in freshwater environments
ralvey@iwu.edu
Loralyn Cozy
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Regulation of cell division during terminal differentiation
lcozy@iwu.edu
Libby Haywood
Instructional Professor
Research Interests: Development of Bacterial Toxin-Inspired Drug Delivery (BTIDD) vehicles
ehaywood@iwu.edu
William Jaeckle
Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Larval life history, development, physiology, and ecology
wjaeckle@iwu.edu
Edgar Lehr
Robert Harrington Endowed Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Biodiversity of amphibians and reptiles in the neotropics (Peru, Suriname).
elehr@iwu.edu
Tyler Schwend
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Molecular regulation of corneal nerves during eye development
tschwend@iwu.edu
Loni Walker
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Growth and developmental processes in plants
lwalker@iwu.edu
Brian Walter
Associate Professor of Biology and Chair
Research Interests: Cell and structural developmental biology
bwalter@iwu.edu