PUC Biological Sciences Faculty and Staff

PUC Biological Sciences  12 faculty members (10 professors and 2 continuous lecturer/ lab Coordinator)  5 staff members  10 limited-term lecturers  3 visiting scholars  7 graduate teaching assistants  2 graduate research assistants

Professors  Dr. Young Choi, Plant Ecology, Conservation Biology  Dr. Curtis Creighton, Behavioral Ecology, Conservation Biology  Dr. Terence Dougherty, Microbiology, Immunology  Dr. Michael Henson, Reproductive Physiology  Dr. Barbara Mania-Farnell, Developmental Neurobiology  Dr. Radmila Sarac, Neurobiology, Molecular Biology  Dr. Evert Ting, Microbiology  Dr. Charles C. Tseng, Molecular Biology, Genetics  Dr. Feng-Song Wang, Cell Biology, Bioimaging  Dr. Michael Zimmer, Immunology

Other Faculty Contribute to Biology Program Aquatic Ecology  Ms. Leslie Dorworth, Illinois and Indiana Sea Grant Biochemistry  Dr. Maria Longus, Dept. of Physics and Chemistry Bioengineering  Dr. Howard Gerber, Department of Electric Engineering Bioinformatics  Dr. Keyuan Jiang, Dept of Computer Information Technology

Undergraduate Degree Programs Associate of Science (70 credits) Emergency Medical Services/Paramedic Bachelor of Science (124 credits)  B.S. Biology  B.S. Biological Science Teaching  B.S. Medical Technology

Graduate Degree Programs Master of Science  Biology  Biology Teaching  Biotechnology (Pending) Non-Thesis Option credit hours Thesis options – 22 or more credits of formal courses, + up to 7 credits of thesis research

Options and Areas of Concentration 1. Biotechnology Option 2. Cell and Physiology Option 3. Ecology Option 4. Microbiology Option 5. General Biology Option

Charles Tseng Professor of Biological Sciences Director of biology graduate program  Genetics, Molecular Biology, & Biotechnology, Ph.D., UCLA (1965)  Research Interest: Human functional genomic, Bacterial DNA typing, Human chromosome analysis

Biotechnology/ Genetics/ Molecular Biology

Courses Genetics Molecular Biology Medical Genetics ↓ ↓ Recombinant DNA Human Cytogenetics Techniques Bioinformatics ↓ Research

Michael Henson Department head and Professor of Biological Sciences  Animal Science/Physiology, Ph.D. University of Arkansas – Fayetteville (1985)  Research Interest: Reproductive Physiology

Barbara Mania-Farnell Professor of Biological Sciences  Neurobiology Ph.D. Northwestern University (1992)  Research Interests: -- Neural Tube / Spinal Cord Development Molecules that Regulate Neuronal Cell Type Development

Radmila Sarac Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences  Molecular Physiology, Ph.D. University of Chicago (2004)  Research Interests: Ion channel structure and function, molecular physiology and pharmacology

Feng-Song Wang Associate Professor of Biological Sciences  Cell Biology, Ph.D. Rutgers University (1993)  Research Interests: Cell motility, specifically neuronal growth cone movement and pathfinding

Cell Biology/ Physiology

Courses Cell Biology ↓ Animal Physiology Developmental Biology Neurobiology Medical Physiology Immunology Tissue Culture Research

Young Choi Professor of Biological Sciences  Plant Ecology, Ph.D., State Univ. of New York - Syracuse (1991)  Research Interests: -- Restoration of damaged ecosystems Invasions of exotic species Vegetation dynamics in wetlands, grasslands, and oak woodlands

Curtis Creighton Associate Professor of Biological Sciences  Behavioral ecology and conservation biology, Ph.D. University of Oklahoma (1995)  Research Interests: Life history evolution, Effect of forest fragmentation on insect communities

Ecology/ Evolution

Ecology Courses General Ecology BiogeographyPlant Ecology Conservation Biology Field Ecology EvolutionAquatic Ecology PhycologyOrnithology Ecology Research

Evert Ting Professor of Biological Sciences  Microbiology, Ph.D., The Ohio State University (1996)  Research Interests: Biohydrogen Production, Food and Water Safety, Bacterial Source Tracking

Terence Dougherty Professor of Biological Sciences  Microbiology, Ph.D. at University of Delaware, (1970)  Research Interests: Effect of low frequency electro- magnetism on zebra mussels

Michael Zimmer Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Immunology Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh Research Interest: CD1 restricted T cells

Microbiology

Microbiology Courses Basic Microbiology ↓ Advanced Microbiology Food Microbiology Medical Microbiology Immunology Environmental Microbiology Phycology Microbiology Research

Automated DNA Sequencer

DNA Sequence Analysis

DNA Microarray

Gel Image Analysis

Polymerase Chain Reaction

Fluorescent Microscopy Lab

Tissue Culture Lab

Microbiology Lab

Animal Ecology Lab

Indiana Dunes- National Lake Shore Excellent site for ecology and conservation studies

Graduate Research Three biology graduate students received award certificates at the Purdue University Calumet "Spotlight on Graduate Research" on October 26, 2006 for their paper entitled "Development of a Genome Scan for Bacterial Source Tracking."

Graduate Research Outstanding Research Poster Award Midwest Ecology Revolution Conference Midwest Ecology Revolution Conference Nick Heflin

Undergraduate Research Day

Undergraduate Research Award 2006 Robyn Hall & Alycia Storr 2007 Rima Parikh

Student Research Awards Purdue Undergraduate Student Research Competition 1 st Place Rima Parikh

Biology Students -- Diverse Population

Biological Sciences Annual Ice Cream Social

Chinese New Year Celebration at PUC

Purdue University Calumet Hammond, Indiana

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Brand New Dormitory

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