Biology Faculty
Wade H. Powell
Associate Professor of Biology, Chair
Areas of Expertise: Molecular Biology, Environmental Toxicology
Contact Information:
Fischman Wing 202
740-427-5396
powellw@kenyon.edu
Visit Wade's website.
Read Wade's biography.
Christopher Bickford
Assistant Professor of Biology
Areas of Expertise: Environmental plant physiology, stable isotopes in plant ecology and plant physiology, plant carbon-water relations
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 202
740-427-5941
bickfordc@kenyon.edu
Kathryn L. Edwards
Professor of Biology
Areas of Expertise: Cell physiology
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 214
740-427-5398
edwardsr@kenyon.edu
Visit Kathryn's website.
Read Kathryn's biography.
M. Siobhan Fennessy
Professor of Biology, Co-Director Brown Family Environmental Center, Jordan Professor of Environmental Studies (on leave 2012-13)
Areas of Expertise: Aquatic ecology, wetland plant community dynamics, landscape ecology
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 205
740-427-5455
fennessym@kenyon.edu
Visit Siobhan's website.
Read Siobhan's biography.
Chris Gillen
Professor of Biology
Areas of Expertise: Animal physiology, salt and water balance physiology
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 310
740-427-5399
gillenc@kenyon.edu
Visit Chris' website.
Read Chris' biography.
Kathy Gillen
Assistant Professor of Biology
Areas of Expertise: Cell biology
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 312
740-427-5395
gillenk@kenyon.edu
E. Raymond Heithaus
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science and Biology; Naturalist, Brown Family Environmental Center
Areas of Expertise: Ecology of mutualism, evolution of sex ratios, emergent behaviors of social insects
Contact Information:
heithaus@kenyon.edu
Visit Ray's website.
Read Ray's biography.
Patricia Heithaus
Instructor of Biology
Areas of Expertise: Ecology, science pedagogy
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 012
740-427-5631
heithausp@kenyon.edu
Visit Pat's website.
Read Pat's biography.
Karen Hicks
Associate Professor of Biology, Co-Director of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Areas of Expertise: Plant molecular and developmental genetics
Contact Information:
Fischman Wing 102
740-427-5379
hicksk@kenyon.edu
Visit Karen's website.
Read Karen's biography.
Haruhiko Itagaki
Professor of Biology
Areas of Expertise: Neurobiology, mechanisms of perception and reaction to stimuli, physiological and anatomical bases of gustation (taste) in insects
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 107
740-427-5394
itagaki@kenyon.edu
Visit Harry's website.
Read Harry's biography.
Andrew Kerkhoff
Associate Professor of Biology and Mathematics (on leave 2012-13)
Areas of Expertise: Scaling and macroecology, plant and insect herbivore communities
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 301
740-427-5734
kerkhoffa@kenyon.edu
Visit Drew's website.
Read Drew's biography.
Robert A. Mauck
Associate Professor of Biology
Areas of Expertise: Animal behavior, physiological ecology
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 305
740-427-5076
mauckr@kenyon.edu
Visit Bob's website.
Read Bob's biography.
Jennifer R. Olson
Vistiing Assistant Professor of Biology
Areas of Expertise: Physiological Ecology
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 301
740-427-5743
olsonj@kenyon.edu
Read Jennifer R. Olson's biography.
Joan L. Slonczewski
Professor of Biology
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 302
740-427-5397
slonczewski@kenyon.edu
Jennifer McMahon Smith
Director of Introductory Labs in Biology
Areas of Expertise: Plant biochemistry and physiology; plant secondary compounds
Contact Information:
Higley Hall 201
740-427-5225
smithje@kenyon.edu
Robert Burns
Professor Emeritus
Areas of Expertise: Animal Behavior and Ecology
Eric Helt
Affiliated Scholar
Thomas C. Jegla
Professor Emeritus
Areas of Expertise: Physiology and Endocrinology
Robert Sykes
Affiliated Scholar
Darcy Blankenhorn
Materials and Technical Director; RSO
Contact Information:
Fischman Wing
Wendy Busenburg-Taylor
Biology Office Manager
Contact Information:
busenburgw@kenyon.edu