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 ELLEN AHO Professor Biology Specialty: Biomedical Ethics Microbiology Mosquito distribution, especially Culex spp. Assessment of water quality using macroin vertebrates Plant-insect interactions Research: Molecular biology of bacterial pathogens. The current focus in my lab is the genetic regulation of class II pilin expression in Neisseria meningitidis. Education: B.A., Concordia College Ph.D., University of North Carolina Contact: (218) 299-3797 D. BRYAN BISHOP Assistant Professor Biology Specialty: Ants, population and community dynamics, dispersion Mosquito distribution, especially Culex spp. Assessment of water quality using macroin vertebrates Plant-insect interactions Reserach: •“Effects of the presence of the Allegheny Mound Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in providing enemy-free space to myrmecophilous aphid and soft scale populations.” Annals of the Enomological Society of America •A Comparison of Macroinvertebrate Sampling Methods on the Red and Buffalo Rivers. Presented at the First International Water Conference, Moorhead, Minn. Interests: Faith and science issues, environmental issues Education: B.A., University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas M.S., Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Ph.D., Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. Contact: (218) 299-3806 office KIRSTEN DIEDERICH Instructor Biology Specialty: The endocrinology of housefly reproduction Interests: JOHN A. FLASPOHLER Assistant Professor Biology Specialty: Microbiology, immunology parasitology, molecular biology Research: • Flaspohler, J.A., K. Lemley, and M. Parsons. 1999. “A dominant negative mutation in the GIM1 gene of Leishmania donovani is responsible for defects in glycosomal protein localization.” Molec. Biochem. Parasitol. 99(1):117-128 • Mannion-Henderson, J., J. Flaspohler, and M. Parsons. “Isolation and characterization of glycosome biogenesis mutants in Leishmania donovani.” Manuscript in preparation. ABSTRACTS • Flaspohler, J.A., K. Lemley, J. Stevens, and M. Parsons (1998) “Characterization of a dominant negative mutation affecting glycosome biogenesis in Leishmania donovani.” Presented at Molecular Parasitology meeting XI, Woods Hole, MA. • Parsons, M., J. Mannion-Henderson, J. Stevens, and J. Flaspohler (1999) “Genetic approaches to Leishmania cell biology and biochemistry.” Presented at International training and research in emerging infectious diseases Asian workshop on Intracellular Pathogens, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India ORAL PRESENTATIONS • Flaspohler, J.A., J. Mannion, J. Stevens, C. Crudder and M. Parsons (1999) “The GIM1 gene of Leishmania donovani: Involvement in glycosome import/biogenesis.” Presented at Seattle Protozoology conference, Seattle WA. INVITED LECTURES • 1999 Seminar titled “Glycosome biogenesis in Leishmania donovani” Universidad de los Andes, Merida, Venezuela Interests: Molecular parasitology Education: B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Penn. Post doctoral fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. Contact: (218) 299-3808 office, flaspohl@cord.edu GREG HOCH Assistant Professor Biology and Environmental Studies Specialty: Plant ecology in tallgrass prairie The use of satellite remote sensing in Biology and Environmental Studies the study of landscape processes, pattern, and scale Role of climate, fire, and grazers in grassland ecosystems Spatial and temporal dynamics of grazers and fire in grasslands Role of prairie plant diversity in structuring animal communities Research: •Hoch, G.A. and J.M. Briggs. 2002. Biotic consequences of eastern redcedar expansion in the tallgrass prairie region. Ecosystems 5: 578-586. • Krohne, D.T., G.A. Hoch. 1999 Demography of Population of “Peromyscus leucopus” in Habitat Patches: The Role of Dispersal. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 77:1247-1253. •Hoch, G.A. and J.M. Briggs. 1999. Expansion of eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) in the northern Flint Hills, Kansas. In J.T. Springer, ed. Proceedings of the 16th North American Prairie Conference, University of Nebraska, Kearney, 9-15. •Hoch, G.A., B.L. Brock, and J.M. Briggs. 2002. The Challenges of Studying and Managing Grasslands from a Landscape Perspective, in J. Liu and W.W. Taylor, editors. Integrating Landscape Ecology in Natural Resources Management. •Brock, B.L., L.C. Johnson, T.A. Wassberg, and G.A. Hoch. 2002. Fire-mediated N availability controls on broad-scal bison grazing patterns. 17th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Landscape Ecology. Lincoln, Neb. •Brock, B.L., L.C. Johnson, T.A. Wassberg, and G.A. Hoch. 2002. A spatial hierarchy of factors influencing bison (Bos bison) grazing patterns at Konza Prairie Biological Station. 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Tucson, Ariz. Interests:Woodworking, reading/writing, hiking Education: B.S., Wabash College, Crawfordsville Ind. M.S., Ph.D., Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan Kan. Contact: hoch@cord.edu, (218) 299-3799 KEITH LANDA Director, Academic Computing and Instructional Technology; Environmental Studies, Biology; Academic Computing Biology Environmental Studies Academic Computing Specialty: Ecology Evolution Conservation biology Environmental studies Behavior Physiology Interests: planetary sciences, science fiction, science in the media, human evolution Education: B.S., Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa M.S., University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif. Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Contact: landa@cord.edu RON NELLERMOE Professor, Biology Biology Specialty: Ornithology(birds) Mammalology(mammals) General geology Special methods for science teaching, anatomy labs Research: •Bird studies •Current research in paleontology; Various studies related to a dinosaur bone bed in Northwestern S.D. and a new site in the Big Horn Basin of Wyo. Several works in progress related to these studies. Interests: General outdoors, sports Education: B.A., Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. M.S., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D., D.A., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Contact: (218) 299-3793 GERLAD L. VAN AMBURG Professor Biology Specialty: Grassland ecology Ecology Plant Identification Water management Research: •Van Amburg, G. L. (2003) “Native American use of tallgrass prairie plants” North Dakota Council of Churches, North Dakota 101, Maryvale, Valley City, N.D. •Miller, C. et. al. (2001) A user’s guide to natural resource efforts in the Red River Basin. Red River Basin flood Damage Reduction Working Group Pub. •Van Amburg, G. L. (2001) “Tilling and Keeping Creation,” Concordia College Chapel homily •Van Amburg, G. L. (2000) Establishing the role of the Red River Basin Institute. International Flood Mitigation Initiative, Winnipeg, Manitoba •Van Amburg, G.L. (January 1999) Working together to solve flooding problems. Red River Mediation Workgroup Conference, Crookston, Minn. •G.L. Van Amburg (September 1999) Riparian communities. Successful River Corridor Management: Planning and Policy Considerations. Fargo, N.D. Interests: Hunting, photography, sailing, fishing, traveling, tying science to policy-making Education: B.S., Kansas State College, Fort Hays, Kan. M.S. Kansas State College, Fort Hays, Kan. Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Contact: vanambur@cord.edu, (218) 299-3794 office |
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