Biology

Faculty

Temple Burling
  • Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Biology, and Great Ideas
Straz Center B6-F
·(262) 551-5963
Temple Burling is a biophysicist interested in computational problems in macromolecular crystallography, the structure of proteins, the physics of biological systems, and the history of science.Professor Burling came to Carthage ...
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Deanna Byrnes
  • Assistant Professor of Biology
Straz Center B10G
·(262) 551-2371
Deanna Byrnes received her B.S. in biology from Cornell University with an emphasis in ecology, evolution and systematics, and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 2005. ...
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Thomas Carr
  • Senior Scientific Advisor, Dinosaur Discovery Museum
  • Associate Professor of Biology
Straz Center B10A
·(262) 551-5887
Thomas Carr is a vertebrate paleontologist and noted expert on tyrannosaurid dinosaurs. His research interests include the integration of ontogenic and phylogenetic data in paleontology, phylogeny and historical biogeography of ...
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Daniel Choffnes
  • Assistant Professor of Biology
Straz Center B6-G
·(262) 551-2374
Dan Choffnes, a developmental geneticist, joined the Carthage faculty in 2006. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He continued his training as a National Science ...
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Dana Garrigan
  • Director of Assessment
  • Associate Professor of Biology
Straz Center B10-I
·(262) 551-2373
Dana Garrigan's research focuses on insects, plants, and their interactions. His research has taken him from the desert southwest of the United States to the rainforest of South America, the ...
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Tracy Gartner
  • Director of the Environmental Science Program
  • Associate Professor of Biology
  • Associate Professor of Geography and Earth Science
Straz Center B6A
·(262) 551-5803
Tracy Gartner directs the Environmental Science Program and teaches research- and service-oriented courses in environmental science, ecology, botany, experimental design and restoration. Her research focuses on how shifts in biodiversity ...
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Scott Hegrenes
  • Director, Discovery Program
  • Associate Professor, Biology
Straz Center 232A
·(262) 551-6616
Scott Hegrenes is an ecologist interested in aquatic ecosystems and conservation of biodiversity. His research interests include the effect of pollution on stream life, non-native species impacts, and the role ...
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Kristopher Koudelka
  • Assistant Professor of Biology and Chemistry
·(262) 551-6336
Kristopher Koudelka grew up in Door County, Wis., and earned a B.S. at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He returns to Wisconsin after six years in the San Diego area. ...
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Paul Martino
  • Assistant Professor of Biology
Straz Center 216
·(262) 551-2416
Paul Martino earned a B.A. in natural sciences and mathematics from Dowling College, and an M.S. in exercise physiology from Ball State University. He received a Ph.D. in physiology from ...
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Patrick Pfaffle
  • Chair of the Biology Department
  • Professor of Biology
Straz Center 219
·(262) 552-5516
Patrick Pfaffle previously taught graduate and undergraduate-level biology courses at Indiana State University. He has received numerous awards for scientific research, including the National Institutes of Health Academic Research Enhancement ...
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Elaine Radwanski
  • Professor of Biology
Straz Center 224
·(262) 551-5865
Elaine Radwanski earned her Ph.D. in genetics and development at Cornell University in 1995. After earning her B.A. in biological sciences from Mount Holyoke College and M.S. in botany at ...
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Amareshwar Singh
  • Associate Professor of Biology
Straz 128
·(262) 551-6327
Amareshwar Singh earned his Ph. D. and Master’s in Biochemistry and worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada), Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (San Antonio, ...
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Deborah Tobiason
  • Assistant Professor of Biology
Straz Center B10E
·(262) 551-2372
Deborah Tobiason came to Carthage in 2007 from Northwestern University, where she was a research assistant professor at Feinberg School of Medicine. She had been a postdoctoral fellow at Feinberg, ...
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Academics at Carthage

Prospective Students

Freshman students get research experience in new phage genomics course

Stratford Theatre

Biology professor Deborah Tobiason selected to participate in Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Science Education Alliance. She will teach a new course in phage genomics research starting in Fall 2011. Read more.

Faculty Spotlight

Biology professor Thomas Carr, vertebrate paleontologist, featured in National Geographic Channel special. Read more.

Research Opportunities

Summer Undergraduate Research Experience leads to real world success. Read more.

Student Spotlight

Bri Birsa

Carthage biology major Bri Birsa, '11, has been awarded a grant from the Racine Zoological Society for her research on bats, bat activity and their habitats. Read more.