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Office Hours
Fall 2009:
Tuesday 1:00PM-2:30PM
Thursday 11:00Am-12:30PM
In MBH 432.

Vickie Backus

Associate in Science Instruction

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 432
Phone: 802.443.5647
Email: backus@middlebury.edu

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Degrees & Specializations
Degrees:
Ph.D. University of Vermont 1992 (Zoology)

M.S. Brock University 1985 (Biological Sciences)

B. A. (Hon) McMaster University 1980 (Psychology)

Specialization:
Conservation Genetics

Office Hours
On leave academic year 2009-2010

Catherine M Combelles

Assistant Professor

on leave academic year
Phone: 802.443.5251
Email: ccombell@middlebury.edu

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Degrees & Specializations
Specialization:
Cell and Developmental Biology

Degrees:
Ph.D. Tufts University 2002 (Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology)

M.S. University of Hawaii at Manoa 1995 (Zoology)

B.S. College of Charleston 1991 (Biology)

Office Hours
Fall 2009:

Susan M DeSimone

Associate in Science Instruction in Biology

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 433
Phone: 802.443.3405
Email: sdesimon@middlebury.edu

Office Hours
Fall 2009:
Wednesdays: 1.30-3pm
Fridays: 9.30-11am

R Matthew Landis

Associate in Science Instruction in Biology

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 323
Phone: 802.443.3484
Email: rlandis@middlebury.edu

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Degrees & Specializations
Degrees:
Ph.D. Darmouth College 1999 (Ecology)

B.S. Ursinus College 1992 (Biology)

Office Hours
Fall 2009:
Wednesdays 8:30-9:30am
Thursdays 10:30am to noon

Andrea Lloyd

Professor of Biology

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 372
Phone: 802.443.3165
Email: lloyd@middlebury.edu

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Degrees & Specializations
Plant Ecology

Office Hours
On leave Fall 2009 and Winter 2010

Tom Root

Professor of Biology

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 351
Phone: 802.443.5434
Email: troot@middlebury.edu

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Degrees & Specializations
Degrees:
Ph.D. University of Wyoming 1979 (Zoology & Physiology)

M.S. University of Wyoming 1976 (Zoology and Physiology)

B.S. University of Detroit 1974 (Biology)

Specialization: Neurobiology

Office Hours
Fall 2009:

Sallie Sheldon

Albert D. Mead Professor

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 374
Phone: 802.443.5436
Email: sheldon@middlebury.edu

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Degrees & Specializations
Degrees:
Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1984 (Ecology)

M.A. SUNY Buffalo 1977 (Fisheries)

B.A. SUNY Buffalo 1974 (Biology)

Specialization: Aquatic Ecology

Office Hours
Fall 2009
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:15am - 12:30pm, Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8:30 - 9:30am, and by appointment.

Grace Spatafora

Irene Heinz & John LaPorte Given Professor

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 354
Phone: 802.443.5431
Email: spatafor@middlebury.edu

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Degrees & Specializations
Degrees:
Ph.D. St. Louis University 1988

M.S. University of Richmond 1983

B.S. Duke University 1980

Specialization: Microbial Genetics

Office Hours
Fall 2009:
Mondays 9:30-11:00 and Fridays 1:30-3:30.

Mark Spritzer

Assistant Professor of Biology

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 344
Phone: 802.443.5676
Email: mspritze@middlebury.edu

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Degrees & Specializations
Degrees:
Ph.D. Miami University 2003

M.S. University of Florida 1999

B.A. University of Montana 1995

Specialization:
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

Office Hours
Fall 2009:

Office hours by appointment.

Stephen Trombulak

Professor of Biology, Environmental & Biosphere Studies Chair

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 373
Phone: 802.443.5439
Email: trombula@middlebury.edu

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Degrees & Specializations
Degrees:
Ph.D. University of Washington 1983 (Zoology)

B.A. University of California, Los Angeles 1977 (Biology)

Specialization: Conservation Biology

Office Hours
Fall 2009:
Wednesdays 1-3PM,and Thursdays, 10:30AM-11:30AM
and by appt.

Jeremy Ward

Assistant Professor of Biology

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 353
Phone: 802.443.3499
Email: jward@middlebury.edu

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Degrees & Specializations
Degrees:
Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Jackson Laboratory, 2000-2003 (Mouse Meiotic Genetics)
Ph.D. Cornell University Medical College, 2000 (Cancer Biology)
B.A. Cornell University 1994 (Cell Biology/Genetics)

Specialization: Mammalian Genetics

Office Hours
By appointment.

Chris Watters

Heinz-Given Professor Emeritus of Premedical Sciences

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 323
Phone: 802.443.5433
Email: watters@middlebury.edu

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Degrees & Specializations
Degrees:
Ph.D. Princeton University 1966

M.A. Princeton University 1964

B.S. University of Notre Dame 1961

Specialization:
Membrane Biology

Office Hours
Fall 2009:

Wednesdays, 1:30-3:00pm
Thursdsys, 2:30-3:30pm
Fridays, 11:00am-12pm

Helen Young

Biology Department Chair

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 371
Phone: 802.443.2556
Email: hjyoung@middlebury.edu

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Degrees & Specializations
Degrees:
B.S. with Honors Washington University 1977

Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook 1986 (Ecology and Evolution)

Specialization: Plant Reproductive Biology