Faculty of the Department of Biology, CSU Fresno

Raymond H. Abhold, Neurochemistry; the action and interaction of neuropeptides and biogenic amines in control of blood pressure. raya@csufresno.edu 

David M. Andrews, Science education; application of constructivistic teaching, learning and assessment models in K-12 science education reform projects and systemic reform initiatives.  davidan@csufresno.edu 

Steve Blumenshine, Aquatic ecology; Effects of nutrient loading and fish management on food web structure and dynamics. sblumens@csufresno.edu

Jason Bush, Cancer biology; cellular, functional, and proteomic analyses of high-mortality cancers. jbush@csufresno.edu

Alejandro Calderon-Urrea, Developmental biology; Study of developmentally regulated programmed cell death in plants using genetic, molecular and cellular approaches. calalea@csufresno.edu

John Constable, Plant Physiology; Physiological ecology; Plant responses to global climate change; Water carbon and nitrogen relations.

Paul Crosbie, Parasitology; Host parasite interactions; parasite life history strategies, population ecology, and disease ecology; impacts of parasitism on host populations; arthropod systematics. pcrosbie@csufresno.edu

Ryan L. Earley, Integrative animal behavior, behavioral neuroendocrinology, marine and freshwater fish biology, aggression, sexual plasticity.

Madhusudan V. Katti, Ecological, behavioral, and physiological responses of animals to environmental variation at natural and human-induced extremes. mkatti@csufresno.edu

Ruth Ann Kern, Terrestrial plant ecology; Plant population and community ecology of montane ecosystems rakern@csufresno.edu

Shirley A. H. Kovacs, Immunology, cell and molecular biology; molecular structure and function of antigens associated associated with autoimmune disease; evolution of RNA splicing. shirleyk@csufresno.edu

Thomas E. Mallory, Growth and development of vascular plants; plant morphology. tomma@csufresno.edu

James P. Prince, Plant molecular genetics and crop improvement; Plant genome evolution and disease resistance. jamespr@csufresno.edu

Mamta Rawat, Microbial physiology and genetics. mrawat@csufresno.edu

Larry G. Riley, Jr., Organismal physiology and endocrinology, Comparative endocrinology, Endocrine regulation of growth, glucose and fat metabolism, Neuroendocrine mediators of appetite. lriley@csufresno.edu

Fred E. Schreiber, Forensic entomology, plant insect interactions, insect pathology. freds@csufresno.edu

Brian Tsukimura, Comparative physiology, reproductive endocrinology, environmental factors affecting reproduction, invasive species. briant@csufresno.edu

Alice D. Wright, Bioremediation, microbial physiology, metabolism of agrichemicals in microorganisms, microbial ecology and diversity. awright@csufresno.edu

Lenore W. Yousef, Membrane transport and the nervous system. lenorey@csufresno.edu

Frederick W. Zechman, Molecular systematics, biogeography and evolution of marine and freshwater algae; bioinformatics.  zechman@csufresno.edu

 

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