The Biological Sciences Faculty and Staff
and Their Areas of Concentration

Here is a list of the current faculty and staff of the Department. If you would like more detailed information about any one of them, including where they received their degrees, the courses they teach, and their scholarly activities, click on their names below. 

Timothy J. Baroni, Professor

• Botany (specialty - Cryptogamic Botany)
• Mycology (specialty - systematics of mushrooms and boletes)
• Field Mycology
• Light and Scanning Electron Microscopy  

Barry L. Batzing, Professor

• Principles of Biology I
• Microbiology

Steven B. Broyles, Professor

• Botany
• Field Biology

Stephen Campbell, Lecturer

• Principles of Biology

Catharine Catranis, Lecturer

• Principles of Biology I
• Principles of Biology II

Patricia Conklin, Associate Professor

• Genetics
• Human Genetics

Theresa Curtis, Visiting Assistant Professor

• Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• Mammalian Physiology

Lisa DiMarco, Lecturer

• Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• Human Anatomy and Physiology II

Peter K. Ducey, Professor

• Evolutionary Biology
• Vertebrate Zoology
• Herpetology

Terrence D. Fitzgerald, Professor

• Ecology
• Entomology
• Animal Behavior

Aaron Fried, Lecturer

• Principles of  Biology I
• Principles of Biology II
• Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• Human Anatomy and Physiology II

Andrew Funk, Instructional Support Technician

• Ordering and Maintaining Supplies and Equipment
• Supervision of Greenhouses and Animal Room

Louis A. Gatto, Professor and Department Chair

• Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• Histology

Jacquelyn Getman, Lecturer

• Biological Sciences I

Lisa Gugerty, Lecturer

• Human Anatomy and Physiology I  Laboratories
• Human Anatomy and Physiology II  Laboratories

Rena C. Janke, Coordinator of Adolescence Education

• Teaching Science in the Middle and Secondary Schools
• Student Teaching Supervision

R. Lawrence Klotz, Professor

• Freshwater Ecology
• Conservation Biology
• Botany

Hannah S. Olshan, Lecturer

• Principles of Biology I
• Principles of Biology II
• Cellular Biology

Angela M. Pagano, Assistant Professor of Adolescence Education

• Teaching Science in the Middle and Secondary Schools
• Student Teaching Supervision

Brian R. Rivest, Professor

• Biological Sciences II
• Invertebrate Zoology
• Marine Biology

Anna Spaulding, Lecturer

• Principles of Biology I
• Principles of Biology II

John M. Sternfeld, Professor

• Cellular Biology
• Developmental Biology

John E. Straneva, Associate Professor

• Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• Mammalian Anatomy

Frank Straub, Lecturer

• Biological Sciences II

Lynda Sweet, Departmental Secretary

• Secretary for the Chairperson and Biology faculty and staff
• Secretary for the Building Administrator
• Student Records

Mary Beth Voltura, Assistant Professor

• Principles of Biology I 
• Ecology 
• Physiological Ecology 

Emeritus Professors

Dr. Ronald Doney
Dr. John Gustafson
Dr. Elliott Mason
Dr. Willis Newman
Dr. Alexander Spence
Dr. Eugene Waldbauer