Portland-State-University 2024-2025 Bulletin

Department of Biology

Faculty

Daniel J. Ballhorn (2011) Ph.D.

Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 2006 University of Hamburg.

Michael S. Bartlett (2002) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 1997 University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Kim H. Brown (2012) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 2004 Washington State University.

Bradley A. Buckley (2006) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 2003 Arizona State University.

Justin Courcelle (2005) Ph.D.

Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 1999 Stanford University.

Mitchell B. Cruzan (2002) Ph.D.

Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 1989 State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Deborah A. Duffield (1978) Ph.D.

Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 1976 University of California, Los Angeles.

Sarah Eppley (2005) Ph.D.

Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 2000 University of California, Davis.

Suzanne Estes (2005) Ph.D.

Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 2002 University of Oregon. 

Thomas Hancock (2013) Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2001 University of Colorado at Boulder.

Jan Just (2021) Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2000 Portland State University.

Stefanie Kautz (2017) Ph.D.
Teaching Associate Professor. Ph.D. 2009 University of Duisburg-Essen.

Susan Masta (2002) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 1999 University of Arizona. 

Nadine Phoenix (2021) Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2014 University of California, Santa Barbara.

Jason Podrabsky (2003) Ph.D.

Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 1999 University of Colorado, Boulder.  

Radhika Reddy (2015) Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2004 John Hopkins University.

Todd Rosenstiel (2006) Ph.D.

Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 2004 University of Colorado.

Luis A. Ruedas (2001) Ph.D.

Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 1992 Texas A&M University.

Erin E. Shortlidge (2015) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 2014 Portland State University

Jeffrey D. Singer (2008) Ph.D.

Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 1995 University of Utah School of Medicine.

Kenneth M. Stedman (2001) Ph.D.

Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 1996 University of California, Berkeley.

Anne W. Thompson (2022) Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D. 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Emeriti Faculty

Clyde L. Calvin (1968) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Biology. Ph.D. 1966 University of California, Davis.

Larry I. Crawshaw (1976) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Biology. Ph.D. 1970 University of California, Santa Barbara.

Stanley S. Hillman (1977) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Biology. Ph.D. 1976 University of California, Los Angeles.

Malcom S. Lea (1965) Ph.D. 

Professor Emeritus of Biology. Ph.D. 1964 Northwestern University.

Byron E. Lippert (1960) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Biology. Ph.D. 1966 Indiana University.

Robert L. Millette (1984) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Biology. Ph.D. 1964 California Institute of Technology.

Michael T. Murphy (2000) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Biology. Ph.D. 1985 University of Kansas.

Lester J. Newman (1964) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Biology. Ph.D. 1963 Washington University.

Anna-Louise Reysenbach (1999) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Biology. Ph.D. 1987 University of Cape Town.

Leonard Simpson (1968) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Biology. Ph.D. 1968 University of California, Berkeley.

Mary L. Taylor (1962) Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Biology. Ph.D. 1959 University of Illinois.

W. Herman Taylor Jr. (1961) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Biology. Ph.D. 1959 University of Illinois.

Robert Owen Tinnin (1969) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Biology. Ph.D. 1969 University of California, Santa Barbara.

Randy D. Zelick (1986) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Biology. Ph.D. 1984 University of California, Los Angeles.