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Robert Newman
Professor
Specialties: Ecology, Wildlife Conservation, Population Genetics, Climate Change, Amphibian ecology, Wetlands, Movement Ecology, Data Analysis, Remote Sensing
  • robert.newman@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4290
  • Starcher Hall Room 211
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Jeffrey Carmichael
Professor
Specialties: Introductory Biology Coordinator
  • jeffrey.carmichael@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4666
  • Starcher Hall Room 305
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Diane Darland
Professor
Specialties: Neural-vascular development; epigenetic regulation of vascular-microenvironmental interactions in development and disease; bionanomaterials for imaging, gene expression regulation, and metabolite detection
  • diane.darland@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4597
  • Starcher Hall Room 113
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
Tristan Darland
Associate Professor
  • tristan.darland@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3375
  • Starcher Hall Room 7
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Christopher Felege
Teaching Associate Professor
  • christopher.felege@UND.edu
  • 701.777.6419
  • Starcher Hall Room 201
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Susan Felege
PhD
Professor
Specialties: Wildlife Ecology and Management
  • susan.felege@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3699
  • Starcher Hall Room 111
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Mark Kaemingk
Assistant Professor
Specialties: Spatiotemporal, Social-Ecological Systems, Recreational Fisheries, Aquatic Ecology, Fish Ecology
  • mark.kaemingk@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4284
  • Starcher Hall Room 107
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Manu Manu
Associate Professor
  • manu.manu@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4671
  • Starcher Hall Room 209
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
Peter Meberg
Chair / Associate Professor
Specialties: Neuroscience, Cell Biology
  • peter.meberg@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4674
  • Starcher Hall Room 219
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Igor Ovtchinnikov
Associate Professor
Specialties: Ancient genomics, bison genetics and ecology, feral horses, hominin evolution and human populations, forensic DNA, oral microbiomics
  • igor.ovtchinnikov@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4471
  • Starcher Hall Room 309
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Turk Rhen
BS, MS, PhD
Professor
Specialties: Animal Behavior, Endocrinology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Sex Determination, Sexual Differentiation
  • turk.rhen@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4667
  • Starcher Hall Room 307
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Melissa Schmitt
Assistant Professor
Specialties: Large Mammal Ecology, Wildlife Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Chemical Ecology
  • melissa.schmitt.1@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2461
  • Starcher Hall Room 311
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
William Sheridan
Professor
  • william.sheridan@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4479
  • Starcher Hall Room 301
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Rebecca Simmons
Professor
Specialties: Insect Evolution, Insect Mimicry, Evolution of Courtship Behaviors
  • rebecca.simmons@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3439
  • Starcher Hall Room 315
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Keenan Stears
Teaching Assistant Professor
Specialties: Terrestrial Ecology, Wildlife Ecology, Animal Behavior, Global Change, Predator-Prey Dynamics, Foraging, Animal Movement, Species-Habitat Relationships
  • keenan.stears@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4598
  • Starcher Hall Room 217
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Vasyl Tkach
Professor (full)
Specialties: Parasitology, parasite evolution, systematics, distribution, biodiversity and life histories
  • vasyl.tkach@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4675
  • Starcher Hall Room 207
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
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Jefferson Vaughan
Professor
  • jefferson.vaughan@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2199
  • Starcher Hall Room 109
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
Kathryn Yurkonis
Field Station Station Director
Professor
Specialties: Plant Community Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Invasion Ecology, Grassland (Prairie) Ecology, Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function Relationships
  • kathryn.yurkonis@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4676
  • Starcher Hall Room 205
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019

Research Associates

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Sunil Nooti
Post Doc Research Fellow
  • sunil.nooti@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2621
  • Starcher Hall Room 101
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
Mackenzie Prichard
Post Doc Research Fellow
  • mackenzie.prichard@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2611
  • Starcher Hall Room 101
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019

Staff

Cheryl Misialek
Office Manager
  • cheryl.misialek@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2622
  • Starcher Hall Room 101
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
Matthew Flom
Research Specialist
  • matthew.flom@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4669
  • Starcher Hall Room 101
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019
Robert Sheppard
Laboratory Technician
  • robert.sheppard@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2680
  • Starcher Hall Room 335
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9019

Emeritus Faculty

Richard Crawford

 

    Albert Fivizzani

     

      Steven Kelsch

       

        John La Duke

         
        • sphaeralcea516@gmail.com

        Jeff Lang

         
        • jeff.w.lang@gmail.com
        • 651.646.0203
        • 1385 Brompton Street
          Saint Paul, MN
          55108-1622
        Omer Larson
         
        • 701.777.3675
        Sally Pyle
         
        • sally.pyle@ndus.edu

        Isaac Schlosser
         
        • isaac.schlosser@ndus.edu
        • 701.777.2254
        Robert Seabloom
         
        • robert.seabloom@ndus.edu
        • 701.777.3675
        Department of Biology
        Starcher Hall, Room 101
        10 Cornell St Stop 9019
        Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
        P  701.777.2621
        UND.Biology@und.edu
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