department of biological sciences purdue university calumet

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 ProgramsAssociate 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 ProgramsMaster of Science

Biology Biology Teaching Biotechnology (Pending)

• Non-Thesis Option -- 30 credit hours • Thesis options – 22 or more credits of formal

courses, + up to 7 credits of thesis research

Options and Areas of Concentration1. 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

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Research

Michael HensonDepartment 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

General Ecology

Biogeography Plant Ecology

Conservation Biology Field Ecology

Evolution Aquatic Ecology

Phycology Ornithology

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 PittsburghResearch Interest: CD1 restricted T cells

Microbiology

Microbiology CoursesBasic Microbiology

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Advanced Microbiology Food Microbiology

Medical Microbiology

Immunology Environmental Microbiology

Phycology Microbiology Research

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 ShoreExcellent 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 AwardOutstanding Research Poster Award

Midwest Ecology Revolution ConferenceMidwest Ecology Revolution ConferenceNick HeflinNick Heflin

Undergraduate Research Award2006

Robyn Hall & Alycia Storr

2007 Rima Parikh

Student Research AwardsPurdue Undergraduate Student Research

Competition 1st Place

Rima Parikh

Biology Students -- Diverse Population

Biological Sciences Annual Ice Cream Social

Chinese New Year Celebration at PUC

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