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Faculty
Lucille Anderson, BSc
Lecturer
landerson@tru.ca
250-828-5297
Office: S146
Labs: Principles of Biology 1 & 2, Human Biology: Anatomy and Physiology 1 & 2
Lyn Baldwin, PhD
Associate Professor
lybaldwin@tru.ca
250-377-6167
Office: S248
Courses: Principles of Biology 2, Evolution & Ecology of Land Plants, Systematics of Flowering Plants, Plant Ecology, Field Methods in Terrestrial Ecology
Research Interests: Plant ecology
Eric Bottos
ebottos@tru.ca
250-371-5892
Office: S114
Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham, PhD
Professor
ncheeptham@tru.ca
250-371-5891
Office: S354
Courses: Introductory Microbiology 1 & 2, Molecular Evolution, Advanced Microbiology Laboratory, Advanced Seminar (Bioremediation and Industrial Microbiology)
Research Interests: Microbial diversity: searching for potential bioactive compounds from microorganisms in different unique habitats (particularly volcanic caves and alkaline ponds)
Stephanie Chaput, BSc
schaput@tru.ca
250-852-6897
Office: S217
Labs: Biology of Humans, Principles of Biology 1 & 2, Human Biology: Anatomy and Physiology 1 & 2
Dean of Science
Tom Dickinson, PhD
tdickinson@tru.ca
250-852-7137
Office: S210
Courses: Introduction to Animal Behavior
Research Interests: Bird communities in high elevation forests, energy utilization by nuthatches
Don Ferguson, BSc
Lecturer
dferguson@tru.ca
250-371-5545
Office: S348
Labs: Human Biology: Anatomy and Physiology 1, Introductory Microbiology, Cell Biology, Introductory Genetics, Introductory Ecology
Nancy Flood, PhD
Department Co-Chairperson and Principal Lecturer
nflood@tru.ca
250-828-5436
Office: S318
Courses: Principles of Biology 2, Biometrics, Population Biology, Field Methods in Terrestrial Ecology
Research Interests: Ecology and evolution of orioles; bird communities in high elevation forests
Lauchlan H. Fraser, PhD
Professor (Full)
lfraser@tru.ca
250-377-6135
Office: RC201
Course: Research methods, preparation and presentation
Research Interests: Plant community restoration and management; Trophic dynamics; Conservation of freshwater resources
Louis A. Gosselin, PhD
Professor (Full)
lgosselin@tru.ca
250-828-5423
Office: RC203
Courses: Evolution of Animal Body Plans, Introduction to Ecology Community & Ecosystem Ecology, Population Biology, Introduction to Research, Field Methods in Marine Ecology
Research Interests: Ecology of early juvenile marine invertebrates: life history, mortality factors, adaptations, behaviour; invasive and threatened species. Ecology of invertebrates inhabiting saline ponds (alkaline ponds) of the BC interior
Rob Higgins, PhD
Associate Professor
rhiggins@tru.ca
250-828-5452
Office: S316
Courses: Principles of Biology 1, Principles of Biology 2, Anatomy and Physiology, Pathophysiology
Research Interests: Ecology of ants in sub-boreal forests and the management of post-harvest coarse woody debris
Stephen Joly, BSc
Lecturer
sjoly@tru.ca
250-371-5572
Office: S207
Labs: Principles of Biology 1 & 2, Biology of the Environment, Evolution of Animal Body Plans, Terrestrial Vertebrate Zoology
Don Nelson, PhD
Associate Professor
dnelson@tru.ca
250-828-5425
Office S346
Courses: Molecular Genetics, Biochemical Techniques 2, Advanced Seminar in Selected Topics in Biology, Chemical Biology Laboratory
Research Interests: Application of molecular techniques to the study of embryonic development and neuroscience
Ken Otter, PhD
Adjunct Professor
ken.otter@unbc.ca
250-960-5019
Research Interests: Animal behaviour, particularly in avian reproductive behaviour and communication.
Christine Petersen, MSc
Senior Lecturer
cpetersen@tru.ca
250-371-5746
Office S142
Labs: Principles of Biology 1 & 2, Human Biology: Anatomy and Physiology 1 & 2, Introduction to Ecology, Evolution & Ecology of Land Plants
Susan Purdy, MSc
Senior Lecturer
spurdy@tru.ca
250-828-5166
Office S132
Labs: Principles of Biology 1 & 2, Evolution of Animal Body Plans, Animal Behaviour
Lectures: Biology of the Environment
Mark Rakobowchuk, PhD
Associate Professor
mrakobowchuk@tru.ca
250-371-5544
Office: S328
Courses: Human Physiology I and II, Cell Physiology
Research interests: Human vascular adaptations to physiological perturbations, the interplay between platelets and vascular health, microvesicles and progenitor cells and their role in exercise induced adaptations.
Natasha Ramroop Singh, PhD
Lecturer
nramroopsingh@tru.ca
250-371-5587
Office S322
Courses: Introduction to Biology I, Introduction to Biochemistry, Biochemical Techniques I, Introduction to Genetics, Biochemistry, Regulation of Gene Expression
Research Interests: Understanding and utilizing advances in biotechnology e.g. CRISPR to study and promote the action of methanotrophic bacteria, which can oxidize methane to carbon dioxide through sequential reactions catalyzed by a series of enzymes including methane monooxgenase, methanol dehydrogenase, formaldehyde dehydrogenase and formate dehydrogenase.
Matthew Reudink, PhD
Department Co-Chairperson and Associate Professor
mreudink@tru.ca
250-828-5428
Office S350
Courses: Principles of Conservation Biology, Evolution
Research Interests: Behavioural ecology, sexual selection and ornithology; use of genetic and biogeochemical tools to track the year-round ecology of migratory animals
Karen Ross, MSc
Senior Lecturer
kross@tru.ca
250-371-5535
Office S110
Lectures: Biology of Humans, Human Biology: Anatomy and Physiology 1 & 2
Research Interests: Exercise induced changes in the diabetic heart
Joanna Urban, RT, MSc, PhD
Senior Lecturer
jurban@tru.ca
250-371-5542
Office: S352
Labs: Introductory Microbiology coordinator, Cell Physiology, Human Physiology
Lectures: Veterinary Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Advanced Microbiology
Research Interests: Medical Microbiology, Molecular genetics and applications
Jonathan D. Van Hamme, PhD
Department Co-Chairperson and Professor
jvanhamme@tru.ca
250-377-6064
Office: S240
Courses: Introductory Microbiology, Microbial Physiology, Microbial Ecology, Advanced Microbiology Laboratory
Research Interests: Environmental microbiology and biotechnology
Sessional Faculty
Margaret Sonnenfeld, Ph.D
Continuing Sessional
msonnenfeld@tru.ca
Adjunct faculty
Julian Davies, PhD
Research interests: The biology of small molecules, especially antibiotics from microorganisms
Simon Shamoun, PhD
http://nofc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/employees/read/sshamoun
Research interests: Biotechnology and bioproducts; indigenous and invasive alien forest diseases; biological control agents; population biology and molecular diversity of forest pathogens
Ken Wagner, MD, FRCP
Research interests: Microbiology; antibiotic resistance; emerging pathogens.