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 | Dr. Allan Nelson Professor & Department Head Email: nelson@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 203B Phone: 254-968-9158 PhD, 1994, University of Oklahoma Teaching Interests: Introduction to Marine Biology, Secondary Biology Education, Plant Taxonomy, Conservation Biology, and Environmental Biology Research Interests: Plant conservation, bottomland forest ecology, and floristics of the Cross Timbers of Texas |
 | Dr. John Calahan Professor Email: calahan@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 203 C Phone: 254-968-9156 PhD, 1977, Texas A&M Teaching Interests: Plant Physiology, Ecological Plant Physiology |
 | Dr. Victoria Chraibi Assistant Professor Email: chraibi@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 213 M Phone: 254-968-9326 PhD, University of Nebraska Teaching Interests: Limnology, Aquatic Environment Research Interests: Diatoms |
 | Dr. Dustin Edwards Assistant Professor Email: dcedwards@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 315 Phone: 254-968-9153 PhD, Baylor College of Medicine Teaching Interests: Virology & Cell Biology Research Interests: Virology & Cell Biology |
 | Dr. Kristin Herrmann Assistant Professor Email: herrmann@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 213 G Phone: 254-968-9469 PhD, University of Otago, New Zealand Teaching Interests: Parasitology, Invertebrate Zoology Research Interests: Invertebrate Ecology and Parasitology |
 | Dr. Christopher Higgins Associate Professor Email: higgins@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 227 Phone: 254-968-9019 PhD, Texas Tech University Teaching Interests: General Biology, Ecology & Evolution, Ichthyology, Research Design & Analysis Research Interests: Ecology, Ichthyology Website: http://faculty.tarleton.edu/higgins/ |
 | Terry Johnson Instructor, Laboratory Coordinator Email: tjohnson@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 441 F Phone: 254-968-9687 MS, 2008, Tarleton State University Teaching Interests: General Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology |
 | Dr. Donald Keith Professor Emeritus Email: keith@tarleton.edu Office: none Phone: none PhD, 1968, University of Southern California Research Interests: Aquatic Ecology; Marine Invertebrate Ecology |
 | Dr. Jesse Meik Assistant Professor Email: meik@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 228 Phone: 254-968-9099 PhD, University of Texas at Arlington Teaching Interests: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Research Interests: Herpetology and evolutionary biology Website: http://faculty.tarleton.edu/meik/ |
 | Dr. Karen Murray Associate Professor; Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Email: aaffairs@tarleton.edu Office: ADMIN 237 Phone: 254-968-9103 PhD, 2000, University of North Texas Health Science Center Research Interests: Human Metabolism |
 | Dr. Russell Pfau Professor Email: pfau@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 213 H Phone: 254-968-9761 PhD, 2000, Oklahoma State University Teaching Interests: Heredity, Undergraduate Research Research Interests: Population and evolutionary genetics Website: http://faculty.tarleton.edu/pfau |
 | Callie Price Instructor Email: cjprice@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 301 Phone: none |
 | Dr. Harold Rathburn Associate Professor Email: rathburn@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 313 Phone: 254-968-9147 PhD, 1989, Kansas State University Teaching Interests: General Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Development of Modern Biological Concepts Research Interests: Application of biotechnology to enhance insect and drought resistance in agricultural crops |
 | Dr. Max Sanderford Associate Professor Email: sanderford@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 314 Phone: 254-968-9162 PhD, 1999, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Teaching Interests: General Biology, Animal Physiology, Anatomy & Physiology Research Interests: Neural control of cardiovascular function |
 | Brian Scoggins Instructor Email: bscoggins@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 213 I Phone: 254-968-9321 M.S. in Biology, 2012, Tarleton State University Teaching Interests: General Biology, Anatomy & Physiology |
 | Dr. Janice Speshock Assistant Professor Email: speshock@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 213 J Phone: 254-968-9341 PhD, 2007, Wayne State University Teaching Interests: Microbiology, Pathogenic Microbiology, Immunology Research Interests: Silver Nanoparticle Neutralization of Viruses |
 | Dr. Phil Sudman Professor & Executive Director, Fort Worth Campus Email: sudman@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 404 Phone: 254-968-9154 or 817-484-4229 PhD, Texas A & M University, 1989 Teaching Interests: General Biology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Evolution Research Interests: Conservation genetics; Vertebrate biology Website: http://faculty.tarleton.edu/sudman |
 | Ron Bulman Stores Supervisor Email: bulman@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 229 Phone: 254-968-9155 |
| Melissa Brown Administrative Assistant Email: mbrown@tarleton.edu Office: SCI 203 Phone: 254-968-9159 |