Department Faculty

Lynn M. Bedard

Assistant Professor of Biology

Contact Information:
237 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4149
E-mail: lynnbedard@depauw.edu


Area of Specialty
Microbiology and Molecular Biology


Lynn Bedard

Lynn's Website


James H. Benedix, Jr.

Ph.D. Biology  (Kansas State University)
Associate Professor of Biology

Area of Specialty:  Behavioral Ecology and Evolutionary Ecology

Contact information: 
110 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4771
E-mail: jbenedix@depauw.edu

Jim Benedix

Jim's Website


Dana A. Dudle

Biology Department Chair
Associate Professor of Biology

Area of Specialty: Plant Biology, Evolution

Contact information: 
Olin 114 Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4773
E-mail: ddudle@depauw.edu

Dana Dudle

Dana's website


Paula Evans

Ph.D., Biochemistry (Purdue University)
DNA Sequencing Lab (Olin 219) Supervisor/Coordinator
Part-time Instructor in Biology and Chemistry

Area of Specialty: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, DNA Sequencing

Contact information:
233 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4782
E-mail: pevans@depauw.edu

Chester S. Fornari

Ph.D. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (University of Illinois),
Professor of Biology and Biochemistry

Area of Specialty: Molecular Genetics,
Genomics & Bioinformatics, Microbiology

Contact information:
232 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4781
E-mail: cfornari@depauw.edu

Chet's website


Ken Fortino

Instructor of Biology

Area of Specialty: Applied Ecology
and Biogeochemistry

 


Contact information: 

128 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4008
E-mail:
kenfortino@depauw.edu

Vanessa Fox

Assistant Professor of Biology & Nature Park Coordinator
Contact information: 
128 F. W. Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4772
E-mail: vfox@depauw.edu

Area of Specialty:  Ecology

Nature Park Web site


Wade N. Hazel

Professor of Biology

Contact information:
214 F. W. Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4778
E-mail: wnh@depauw.edu

Area of Specialty: Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

Wade Hazel

Wade's Website


Kevin S. Kinney

Associate Professor of Biology

Contact information:
210 F. W. Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-6399
E-mail: kkinney@depauw.edu

Area of Specialty: Physiology, Immunology


 

Kevin Kinney

Kevin's website


Pascal Lafontant

Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences (Baylor College of Medicine)
Assistant Professor of Biology

Area of Specialty:  Biomedical, Physiology

Contact Information:
Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone:  765-658-4776
E-mail:  pascallafontant@depauw.edu

Dina Leech

Ph.D. Lehigh University
Assistant Professor of Biology

Area of Specialty: Aquatic Ecology and
Environmental Science

Contact information: 
133A Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-5362
E-Mail:
dinaleech@depauw.edu


Henning Schneider

Ph.D. Biology (University of Konstanz, Germany)
Associate Professor of Biology

On Leave 2009-10

Area of Specialty:
Molecular Neurobiology, Physiology, and Neuroethology

 

Contact Information:
236 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-6453
E-mail: hschneider@depauw.edu

Henning's website


Bruce S. Serlin

Ph.D. (University of Texas-Austin))
Associate Professor of Biology

Area of Specialty: Cellular Biology

 

Contact Information:
204 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4770
E-mail: dance@depauw.edu


Janet Vaglia

Assistant Professor of Biology

Area of Specialty: Developmental Biology

On Leave 2009-10

Contact Information:
208 F. W. Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4785
E-mail: jvaglia@depauw.edu

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Janet Vaglia

Janet's website


Emeritus Faculty

William Preston Adams
Ph.D. (Harvard University)
Professor Emeritus of Botany

James R. Gammon
Ph.D. Zoology
Professor Emeritus of Zoology
Contact information:
E-mail: jrgammon@depauw.edu
Jim Gammon

Charles E. Mays
Ph.D. Arizona State University
Professor Emeritus of Biology

Delores Seketa

M.A. (DePauw University)
Retired Part-time Instructor of Biology

Contact Information:
131 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4779
E-mail: dseketa@depauw.edu

Dee Seketa

Robert J. Stark

Ph.D. Biology (Temple University)
Professor Emeritus of Biology

Contact Information:
118 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4767
E-mail: robertstark@depauw.edu

 

Robert Stark

 

Biology Department Staff

Laboratory Managers

Betsy Bowlin

Betsy Bowlin

Biology Laboratory Coordinator/Storeroom Manager
B.S. Medical Technology
(Indiana University)


Contact Information:
229 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4774
E-mail: bbowlin@depauw.edu

Clay Higginbotham

Biology Laboratory & Facilities Manager
B.S. (Indiana State University)

Contact information:
003 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4783
E-mail:  clayhigginbotham@depauw.edu

 

Summer Drake

Laboratory Coordinator and Collection Manager
B.S. Biology (DePauw University)

Contact information:
254 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4777
E-mail: summerdrake@depauw.edu

 

Biology Department Secretary

Jayne Williams

Jayne photo

Contact information:
129 Olin Biological Sciences Building
Phone: (765) 658-4775
E-mail: jaynewil@depauw.edu