Full-time Biology Faculty
Dr. James Bonacum
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Biology, Yale University
Email: bonacum.james@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-6035
Office: HSB 231
Areas of Expertise: Genetics and molecular biology
Dr. Hua Chen
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Forest Ecology, Oregon State University (1999)
Email: hchen40@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8339
Office: HSB 230
Areas of Expertise: Effects of land-use change, climate change, and disturbance on terrestrial carbon and nitrogen dynamics across various spatial scales using a combination of field experiments, simulation modeling, remote sensing, and GIS
Dr. Michael Lemke
Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Biological Sciences – Limnology, Michigan Technological University
Email: lemke.michael@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7339
Office: HSB 227
Areas of Expertise: Microbial ecology, general microbiology, aquatic ecology
Dr. Amy B. McEuen
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Email: mceuen.amy@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7341
Office: HSB 229
Area of Expertise: Ecology
Dr. Richard Pamenter
Biology Instructor
Ph.D. Physiology, University of Arizona
Email: rpame2@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8367
Office: HSB 228
Area of Expertise: Endocrinology and metabolism with a special emphasis on bone biology across life span
Dr. Lucia Vazquez
Biology Department Chair
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Cornell University
Email: lvazq1@uis.edu
Phone: 217 206-7337
Office: HSB 225
Areas of Expertise: Plant systematics, evolutionary biology, plant ecology
Dr. Kanwal Alvarez
Laboratory Specialist, Biology
Email: kalva2@uis.edu
Phone: 206-8567
Office: HSB 305
Associated Faculty
Dr. Keenan Dungey
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Email: dungey.keenan@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7345
Office: HSB 312
Area of Expertise: Inorganic materials chemistry
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Dr. Leon C. Hinz Jr.
Division of Ecology and Conservation Science
Section of Aquatic Ecology and Conservation, Illinois Natural History Survey
Ph.D. Aquatic Ecology and Resource Management, University of Michigan
Email: leon.hinz@illinois.gov
Phone: 217 785-8297
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Dr. Hong Qian
Curator of Botany, Illinois State Museum
Ph.D Biogeography, University of British Columbia
Email: hqian@museum.state.il.us
Phone: 217 782-2621
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Dr. James Veselenak
Associate Professor of Clinical Lab Science and Public Health
Email: veselenak.james@uis.edu
Phone: 217 206-7346
Areas of Expertise: Medical microbiology, mycology
Dr. Chris Widga
Assistant Curator of Geology, Illinois State Museum
Ph.D. University of Kansas
Email: cwidga@museum.state.il.us
Phone: 217 785-4844
Emeriti Faculty
- Dr. Gary Butler
- Dr. Nada Chang
- Dr. Ann M. Larson
- Dr. Gary Trammell
