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Biology Department Members
From the far left side:
Back row: Ken Prestwich, James Doyle, Leon Claessens, George Hoffmann, Robert Bertin, and Bill Sobczak
Middle row: Rob Bellin, Mary Lee Ledbetter, Linda Walsh, and Kornath Madhavan
Front row: Darlene Colonna, Ann Sheehy, Cathy Dumas
, Karen Ober, Sara Mitchell, Madeline Vargas, and Cara Constance
Not pictured: Susan Berman, Melissa Farrow, William Healy, Pete Lemay, B. T. Lingappa, Peter Parsons, Kelly Wolfe-Bellin

 

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last modified January 22, 2008

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You may either browse the list from top down or, if you know the person's last name, click on the appropriate letter below:

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Dr. Robert Bellin
Assistant Professor
O'Neil 331
(508) 793 - 3422
(rbellin@holycross.edu)

 Ph.D.,
Iowa State University

 Biochemistry


Dr. Susan L. Berman
Professor Emerita
O'Neil 325
(508) 793 - 3783

(sberman@holycross.edu)

Ph.D.,
Univ. of Pittsburgh
 Vertebrate Morphology, Avian Biology

Dr. Robert I. Bertin
Professor
O'Neil 316
(508) 793 - 2353
(rbertin@holycross.edu)
Ph.D.,
Univ. of Illinois
Ecology, Evolutionary Biology of Higher Plants

 Dr. Leon Claessens
ON LEAVE SPRING 2008
Assistant Professor
O'Neil 315
(508) 793 - 2594
lclaesse@holycross.edu

 Ph. D.
Harvard University
 Vertebrate Paleontology and
Functional Morphology

 Mrs. Darlene Colonna
Departmental Assistant
O'Neil 121B
(508) 793 - 2757
(dcolonna@holycross.edu)
   

 Dr. Cara Constance
Assistant Professor
Swords 233
(508) 793 - 2212
(cconstan@holycross.edu)
 Ph.D.
Univ. of Virginia
Molecular Biology of Circadian Rhythms

 Mr. James Doyle
Laboratory Supervisor
O'Neil 217
(508) 793 - 2588
jdoyle@holycross.edu

 M.A.,
Smith College

 

 Mrs. Catherine Dumas
Associate Laboratory Supervisor
O'Neil 214
(508) 793 - 2579
(cdumas@holycross.edu)
M.S., Worcester State University  

Dr. Melissa Farrow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Swords 212
(508) 793 - 3544
(mfarrow@holycross.edu)
Ph. D
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Virology

Dr. William R. Healy
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D.,
University of Michigan
Herpetology and Evolutionary Ecology

 Dr. George R. Hoffmann
Professor
O'Neil 107
(508) 793 - 3416
(ghoffman@holycross.edu)
Ph.D.,
Univ. of Tennessee
Genetics, Toxicology, Botany

 Dr. Catherine Langtimm
Research Associate
O'Neil 206
(508) 793 - 2578
(catherine_langtimm@usgs.gov)
Ph.D.,
Univ. of Florida
Population Ecology,
Animal Behavior,
Mammalogy

 Dr. Mary Lee Ledbetter
Department Chair
Professor
O'Neil 335
(508) 793 - 3418
(mledbett@holycross.edu)

Ph.D.,
Rockefeller Univ.
Cell Biology

 Mr. Peter J. Lemay
Senior Laboratory Supervisor
O'Neil 314
(508) 793 - 3415
(plemay@holycross.edu)
M.S.,
Univ. of Rhode Island
Microscopy, Botany

 Dr. Banadakoppa T. Lingappa
Professor Emeritus
(blingapp@holycross.edu)
Ph.D.,
Purdue Univ.
Microbiology and Nutrition

Dr. Kornath Madhavan
Professor
O'Neil 337
(508) 793 - 3360
(kmadhava@holycross.edu)

Ph.D.,
Annamalai Univ.
Developmental Biology, Histology, Reproductive Biology, and Entomology

Dr. Sara Gran Mitchell
Assistant Professor
O'Neil
(508) 793 - 3420
(smitchel@holycross.edu)
Ph.D.,
University of Washington
Geology

Dr. Karen A. Ober
Assistant Professor
O'Neil 227
(508) 793 - 3046
(kober@holycross.edu)

Ph.D.,
University of Arizona
Entomology, Evolutionary Biology and Systematics

Dr. Peter P. Parsons
Associate Professor Emertus
Ph.D.,
Univ. of Pittsburgh
Biochemistry and Immunology

 Dr. Ken Prestwich
Associate Professor
O'Neil 108
(508) 793 - 2578
(kprestwi@holycross.edu)
Ph.D.,
Univ. of Florida
Ecological and Comparative Animal Physiology, Animal Behavior

  Dr. Ann M. Sheehy
ON LEAVE SPRING 2008

Assistant Professor
Swords 235
(508)793-2255
asheehy@holycross.edu

 Ph.D.,
Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine

Immunology and Virology


  Dr. William V. Sobczak
Assistant Professor
O'Neil 207
(508) 793 - 3752
(wsobczak@holycross.edu)
 Ph.D.,
Cornell University

Aquatic and Ecosystem Ecology


 Dr. Madeline Vargas
Associate Professor
O'Neil 333
(508) 793 - 3036
(mvargas@holycross.edu)
Ph.D.,
Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs
Microbiology

 Mrs. Linda Walsh
Administrative Assistant
O'Neil 120
(508) 793 - 2656
(lwalsh@holycross.edu)
   

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