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Natural Science Faculty

Full-time Faculty

Ofra Peled, Chair and Associate Professor

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Contact information:
  Email opeled@nl.edu
  Telephone 312.621.9650 ext. 3409

Dr. Peled Received her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Guelph, Canada. She is a member of the American Society for Microbiology and the Illinois Society for Microbiology. Dr. Peled teaches microbiology and immunology as well as more general biology courses. She is involved in science education at the Junior High and High School level through science fairs and tutoring.

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Paul Gross, Associate Professor

Paul Gross

Contact information:
  Email pgross@nl.edu
  Telephone 847.256.5150 ext. 2389

Dr. Gross received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

His research interests include:

  • Ecological basis of classical biological control of insect pests
  • Ecology and evolution of insect-plant and multi-trophic level interactions
  • Biology, behavior, and ecology of insect parasitoids
  • Effects of vegetation structure and diversity on conservation of parasitoids in natural and managed landscapes.


S. Renée Judd, Assistant Professor

Renée Judd photo

Contact information:
  Email rjudd@nl.edu
  Telephone 847.256.5150 ext. 2358

Dr. Judd received her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology from the University of Chicago. Her interests include yeast biology and genomic evolution. She teaches biochemistry, biology and genetics courses.

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June Steinberg, Associate Professor (Emerita)

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Contact information:
  Email jsteinberg@nl.edu
  Telephone 847.256.5150 ext. 2359

Dr. Steinberg received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. Her research has been in the field of animal communication. Her courses at NLU include Zoology, Animal Behavior, Genetics, and Tropical Marine Biology. Dr. Steinberg's award-winning biology website can be found at faculty.nl.edu/jste/.

 


 

Adjunct Faculty 2008-2009

Dr. Lisa Emili
  
Geology

Mr. Eron Higgins
  
Human Impact on the Environment
  Eron.Higgins@nl.edu

Ms. Julie Minbiole
  Biology
  Julie.Minbiole@nl.edu

Ms. Margarita Pormoranska
  Human Impact on the Environment, Issues in Biology
  Margarita.Pormoranska@nl.edu

Ms. Elaine Ross
  Biological science courses
  Elaine.Ross@nl.edu

Dr. Melvin Swieton
  Astronomy
  Melvin.Swieton@nl.edu

Dr. Tai Tran
  Infectious Diseases

Dr. Ronald Walkosz
  
Biological science courses
  Ronald.Walkosz@nl.edu

Dr. Moshe Weitzberg
  Chemistry, Physical Science
  Moshe.Weitzberg@nl.edu
 
  



Last modified on: 2009-01-02 09:43:06 by: Renee Judd _co-vail.nl.edu_