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Headshot of Robert Newman
Robert Newman
Chair/Professor
Specialty: 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
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
Headshot of Jeffrey Carmichael
Jeffrey Carmichael
Professor, Associate Chair
Specialty: Introductory Biology Coordinator
  • jeffrey.carmichael@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4666
  • Starcher Hall Room 305
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
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Hannah Correia
Assistant Professor
  • hannah.correia@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2621
  • Starcher Hall Room 101
    10 Cornell Street Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
Headshot of Diane Darland
Diane Darland
Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor
Specialty: 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
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
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Tristan Darland
Associate Professor
  • tristan.darland@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3375
  • Starcher Hall Room 7
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    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
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
Headshot of Susan Felege
Susan Felege
PhD
Professor
Specialty: Wildlife Ecology and Management
  • susan.felege@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3699
  • Starcher Hall Room 111
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
Headshot of Mark Kaemingk
Mark Kaemingk
Assistant Professor
Specialty: Spatiotemporal, Social-Ecological Systems, Recreational Fisheries, Aquatic Ecology, Fish Ecology
  • mark.kaemingk@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4284
  • Starcher Hall Room 107
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
Headshot of Manu Manu
Manu Manu
Associate Professor
  • manu.manu@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4671
  • Starcher Hall Room 209
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
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Peter Meberg
Associate Professor
Specialty: Neuroscience, Cell Biology
  • peter.meberg@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4674
  • Starcher Hall Room 219
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
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Igor Ovtchinnikov
Associate Professor
Specialty: 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
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
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Turk Rhen
BS, MS, PhD
Professor
Specialty: Animal Behavior, Endocrinology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Sex Determination, Sexual Differentiation
  • turk.rhen@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4667
  • Starcher Hall Room 307
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
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Avery Shikanai
Teaching Assistant Professor
  • avery.shikanai@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2621
  • Starcher Hall Room 101
    10 Cornell Street Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
Headshot of Rebecca Simmons
Rebecca Simmons
Professor
Specialty: Insect Evolution, Insect Mimicry, Evolution of Courtship Behaviors
  • rebecca.simmons@UND.edu
  • 701.777.3439
  • Starcher Hall Room 315
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
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Vasyl Tkach
Professor (full)
Specialty: Parasitology, parasite evolution, systematics, distribution, biodiversity and life histories
  • vasyl.tkach@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4675
  • Starcher Hall Room 207
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
Headshot of Jefferson Vaughan
Jefferson Vaughan
Professor
  • jefferson.vaughan@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2199
  • Starcher Hall Room 109
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
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Kathryn Yurkonis
Field Station Station Director
Professor
Specialty: 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
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    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
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
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Mackenzie Prichard
Post Doc Research Fellow
  • mackenzie.prichard@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2611
  • Starcher Hall Room 101
    10 Cornell Street Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019

Staff

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Cheryl Misialek
Office Manager
  • cheryl.misialek@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2622
  • Starcher Hall Room 101
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
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Matthew Flom
Research Specialist
  • matthew.flom@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4669
  • Starcher Hall Room 101
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9019
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Robert Sheppard
Laboratory Technician
  • robert.sheppard@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2680
  • Starcher Hall Room 335
    10 Cornell St Stop 9019
    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
        William Sheridan
         
        • william.sheridan@und.edu
        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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