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Full-time Biology Faculty

James BonacumDr. 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

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Dr. Gary Butler

Associate Professor of Biology

Email: butler.gary@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7340
Office: HSB 228

Areas of Expertise: Growth of freshwater algae, college and pre-college science education


Hua ChenDr. Hua Chen
Assistant 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. Matthew R. Evans
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University

Email: evans.matthew@uis.edu
Phone: (217)206-8367
Office: HSB 228

Areas of Expertise: Arctic wildlife ecology, wetland ecology, and conservation biology of birds and mammals.

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Dr. Rebecca L. Landsberg
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Email: rland3@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7338
Office: HSB 226

Area of Expertise: Developmental Neurobiology, Cell Biology,
Molecular Biology

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Michael LemkeDr. Michael Lemke
Associate 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

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Amy McEuenDr. Amy B. McEuen
Assistant Professor of Biology

Email: mceuen.amy@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7341
Office: HSB 229

Area of Expertise: Ecology

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Lucia VazquezDr. Lucia Vazquez
Biology Department Chair
Assistant 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

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Associated Faculty

Harshavardhan Bapat
Dr. Harshavardhan Bapat

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D. Analytical-Environmental Chemistry, University of Missouri

Email: bapat.harshavardham@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7744
Office: HSB 348

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Keenan DungeyDr. 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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Gary TrammellDr. Gary Trammell
Chemistry Program Chair
Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Email: trammel.gary@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7344
Office: HSB 313

Areas of Expertise: Organic chemistry, pharmacology


Jim VeselenakDr. James Veselenak
Associate Professor of Clinical Lab Science and Public Health

Email: veselenak.james@uis.edu
Phone: 217 206-7346
Office: HSB 349

Areas of Expertise: Medical microbiology, mycology

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Emeriti Faculty

Dr. Nada Chang
Emerita Professor

Dr. Ann M. Larson
Emerita Professor