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Paul Ayayee

Assistant Professor

Biology

payayee@unomaha.edu
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Jill Blankenship
Jill Blankenship, PhD

Department Chair

Associate Professor

jrblankenship@unomaha.edu
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Thomas Bragg
Thomas B. Bragg, PhD

Professor

Preserve Director

tbragg@unomaha.edu
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Jonathan Clayton
Jonathan Clayton, DVM, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

jclayton@unomaha.edu
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Paul Davis
Paul H. Davis, PhD

Professor

pdavis@unomaha.edu
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Paul W. Denton, PhD

Biology, Assistant Professor

pdenton@unomaha.edu
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Timothy Dickson
Timothy L. Dickson, PhD

Associate Professor

Turkey Creek Preserve Director

tdickson@unomaha.edu
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John Hribljan
John Hribljan

Biology, Assistant Professor

jhribljan@unomaha.edu
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Kristen Johnson
Kristen E. Johnson, PhD

Instructor

krisjohnson@unomaha.edu
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Pamela Kellar
P. Roxanne (Steele) Kellar, PhD

Associate Professor

Graduate Program Chair

rkellar@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Han Li

Biology, Assistant Professor

hanli@unomaha.edu
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Guoqing Lu
Guoqing Lu, PhD

Department of Biology and School of Interdisciplinary Informatics

Isaacson Professor

Genomics and Bioinformatics

glu3@unomaha.edu
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David Manning
David Manning, PhD

Assistant Professor

davidmanning@unomaha.edu
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John McCarty
John McCarty, PhD

Director, Environmental Studies

Professor

jmccarty@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Jodi Ho Jung McKay

Jodi McKay

Biology, Instructor

mckajodi@hotmail.com
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Karen Murch-Shafer
Karen Murch-Shafer, Ph.D.

Director, Exploratory Studies

Lecturer, Biology

kmurchshafer@unomaha.edu
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Matthew Northam

Biology, Instructor

mnortham@unomaha.edu
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Claudia Rauter
Claudia Rauter, PhD

Associate Professor

crauter@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Alicia Michelle Rich

she/her

Biology, Assistant Professor

aliciarich@unomaha.edu
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Travis Robbins
Travis Robbins, PhD

Assistant Professor

trobbins2@unomaha.edu
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Donald Rowen
Donald Rowen, PhD

Associate Professor

drowen@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Mark Alan Schoenbeck

Biology, Associate Professor

mschoenbeck@unomaha.edu
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Katie Shirazi
Katie Shirazi, PhD

Lecturer

kshirazi@unomaha.edu
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Jeremy White
Jeremy White, PhD

Lecturer

jeremywhite@unomaha.edu
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James Wilson
James Wilson, PhD

Professor

jameswilson@unomaha.edu
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Lillian Wolfenbarger
L. Lareesa Wolfenbarger, PhD

Associate Dean of Science and Research

Professor

402.554.2405

lwolfenbarger@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Ryan Y Wong

Associate Professor

Biology, Associate Professor

rwong@unomaha.edu
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Staff

Kevin Barton
Kevin Barton

Science Technology Specialist

402.554.3544

kbarton@unomaha.edu
Christopher Boehm

Greenhouse Manager

Biology

chrisboehm@unomaha.edu
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Tracy Coleman

Preserve Operations & Research Admin

Biology

tracycoleman@unomaha.edu
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Mary Finney-Afrank

Administrative Coordinator

Biology

mfinneyafrank@unomaha.edu
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Lacey LeGrand
Lacey LeGrand, MS, MA

Academic Advisor

402.554.3032

llegrand@unomaha.edu
  • BS & BA BIOL majors
  • BS BIOI majors
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Jamie Luhr
Jamie Luhr

Biology Instructional Coordinator

jluhr@unomaha.edu
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Ja-Waun Moore
Ja-Waun Moore

Academic Advisor

jmoore91@unomaha.edu
  • B.S. & B.A. BIOL majors
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Debbie Quaas
Debbie Quaas

Office Associate

dquaas@unomaha.edu
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Emeritus Faculty

Ann Antlfinger
Ann Antlfinger, PhD

Professor

aantlfinger@unomaha.edu
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Professor Bruce Anthony Chase

Biology, Professor

bchase@unomaha.edu
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William DeGraw
William DeGraw, PhD

Professor Emeritus

wdegraw@unomaha.edu
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Robert Egan
Robert Egan, PhD

Professor Emeritus

regan@unomaha.edu
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Kenneth Geluso
Kenneth Geluso, PhD

Professor Emeritus

kgeluso@unomaha.edu
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Suzanne Moshier
Suzanne Moshier, PhD

Professor Emeritus

smoshier@unomaha.edu
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William O'Dell
William O'Dell, PhD

Professor Emeritus

newplace4@cox.net
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Steven Rodie
Steven N. Rodie, FASLA

Professor

srodie@unomaha.edu
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Richard Stasiak
Richard Stasiak, PhD

Professor Emeritus

rstasiak@unomaha.edu
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David Sutherland
David Sutherland, PhD

Professor Emeritus

dsutherland@unomaha.edu
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William Tapprich
William Tapprich, PhD

Emeritus Professor

Sophie and Feodora Kahn Professor of Biology

wtapprich@unomaha.edu
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Thomas Weber
Thomas Weber, PhD

Professor Emeritus

tweber@unomaha.edu
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