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Paul Ayayee

Assistant Professor

Biology

payayee@unomaha.edu
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Jill Blankenship

Jill Blankenship, Ph.D.

Department Chair

Associate Professor

jrblankenship@unomaha.edu
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Thomas Bragg

Thomas B. Bragg, Ph.D.

Professor

Preserve Director

tbragg@unomaha.edu
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Jonathan B. Clayton

Jonathan B. Clayton

Assistant Professor

jclayton@unomaha.edu
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Paul Davis

Paul H. Davis, Ph.D.

Professor

pdavis@unomaha.edu
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Paul W. Denton, PhD

Biology, Associate Professor

pdenton@unomaha.edu
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Timothy Dickson, Ph.D.

Timothy Dickson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

tdickson@unomaha.edu
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Eric Guisbert

Eric Guisbert

Assistant Professor

eguisbert@unomaha.edu
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Karen Kim Guisbert

Karen Kim Guisbert

Assistant Professor

Biology

kkimguisbert@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, Ph.D.

Instructor

krisjohnson@unomaha.edu
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Pamela Kellar

P. Roxanne (Steele) Kellar, Ph.D.

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, Ph.D.

Department of Biology and School of Interdisciplinary Informatics

Isaacson Professor

Genomics and Bioinformatics

glu3@unomaha.edu
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David Manning

David Manning, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

davidmanning@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Jodi Ho Jung McKay

Jodi McKay

Biology, Instructor

jodimckay@unomaha.edu
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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, Ph.D.

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, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

trobbins2@unomaha.edu
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Donald Rowen

Donald Rowen, Ph.D.

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, Ph.D.

Lecturer

kshirazi@unomaha.edu
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Jeremy White

Jeremy White, Ph.D.

Lecturer

jeremywhite@unomaha.edu
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James Wilson

James Wilson, Ph.D.

Professor

jameswilson@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Ryan Y Wong

Associate Professor

Biology, Associate Professor

rwong@unomaha.edu
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Staff

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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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Dawn Fuelberth

Dawn Fuelberth

Lab Manager

Biology

dfuelberth@unomaha.edu
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Lacey LeGrand

Lacey LeGrand, MS, MA

Academic Advisor

Adjunct, Geography/Geology

402.554.3032

llegrand@unomaha.edu
  • BS & BA BIOL majors
  • Earth System Science
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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, Ph.D.

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, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

wdegraw@unomaha.edu
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Robert Egan

Robert Egan, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

regan@unomaha.edu
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Kenneth Geluso

Kenneth Geluso, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

kgeluso@unomaha.edu
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John McCarty

John McCarty, Ph.D.

Director, Environmental Studies

Professor

jmccarty@unomaha.edu
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Suzanne Moshier

Suzanne Moshier, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

smoshier@unomaha.edu
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William O'Dell

William O'Dell, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

newplace4@cox.net
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Steven Rodie

Steven N. Rodie, FASLA

Professor Emeritus

srodie@unomaha.edu
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Richard Stasiak

Richard Stasiak, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

rstasiak@unomaha.edu
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David Sutherland

David Sutherland, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

dsutherland@unomaha.edu
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William Tapprich

William Tapprich, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor

Sophie and Feodora Kahn Professor of Biology

wtapprich@unomaha.edu
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Thomas Weber

Thomas Weber, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

tweber@unomaha.edu
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Lillian Wolfenbarger

L. Lareesa Wolfenbarger, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Science and Research

Professor

402.554.2405

lwolfenbarger@unomaha.edu
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