Biology and Microbiology

Degrees Offered:

Ph.D. Biological Sciences
- Biology specialization
- Microbiology specialization
- Molecular Biology specialization
M.S. Biological Sciences
- Biology specialization
- Microbiology specialization

Department Head: Professor Thomas Cheesbrough
Graduate Coordinator: Professor Gary Larson

For additional information contact:
Mailing address: SDSU Box 2207B Phone: 605/688-6141
Agricultural Hall — SAG 304 Fax: 605/688-6677
WWW: http://www3.sdstate.edu/Academics/CollegeofAgricultureAndBiologicalSciences/BiologyandMicrobiology
E-mail: biomicro@abs.sdstate.edu

Graduate Faculty

Donald Auger, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of North Dakota, 1995 Plant Genetics

Bruce Bleakley, Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida, 1986 Soil Microbiology

Volker Brozel, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Pretoria, S.A., 1993 Microbiology

Thomas M. Cheesbrough, Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1982 Plant Molecular Biology

Mark Cochrane, Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1998 Ecology

Charles D. Dieter, Associate Professor, Ph.D., South Dakota State University, 1993 Wildlife Ecologist

Donald P. Evenson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biology and Microbiology, Ph.D., University of Colorado- Boulder, 1968 Cellular Biochemistry

William Ray Gibbons, Professor, Ph.D., South Dakota State University, 1987 Industrial Microbiology

Susan A. Gibson, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1989 Environmental Microbiology

Tagir G. Gilmanov,Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Moscow State University, 1976 Ecological Modeling

Nels H. Granholm, Distinguished Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 1968 Developmental Genetics

Philip Hardwidge, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic GraduateSchool, 2002

Geoffrey Henebry, Professor,Ph.D, University of Texas- Dallas, 1989 Environmental Sciences

Michael Hildreth, Professor, Ph.D., Tulane University, 1983 Parasitology

Carol A. Johnston, Professor,Ph.D.,University of Wisconsin, 1982 Wetlands Ecology

Radhey Kaushik, Assistant Professor,Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan, 1998 Immunology

Henry Kayongo-Male, Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1974 Mineral Metabolism

Gary E. Larson, Professor,Ph.D., North Dakota State University, 1979 Plant Systematics and Ecology

Feng Li, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Melbourne, Australia, 1997, Virology

Scott Pederson, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1993 Craniofacio Morphogenesis in Bats

R. Neil Reese, Professor, Ph.D., University of Idaho, 1984 Plant Physiology

John J. Ruffolo, Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1969 Developmental and Cellular Biology

Nels Troelstrup, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota- Minneapolis/St. Paul, 1992 Aquatic Ecology

Alan J. Young, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1994 Immunology

Carol Wake, Associate Professor, Ph.D., South Dakota State University, 1997, Plant Physiology

Xiuqing Wang, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2000 Virology

Thomas P. West, Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1980 Microbial Biochemistry

Richard H. Whalen, Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1965 Plant Genetics

Lan Xu, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., North Dakota StateUniversity, 1998Plant Ecology and Range Science

Yang Yen, Professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri- Columbia, 1989 Biology/Microbiology

Adjunct/Courtesy/Joint Faculty

Jack L. Butler, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1986 Forest Ecology

Christopher Chase, Professor of Veterinary Science, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1990Virology/Immunology

Alan K. Erickson, Professor of Veterinary Science, Ph.D., North Dakota State University, 1989 Microbial Attachment

Anne Fennell, Professor of Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape and Parks, Ph.D., University of Minnesota- Minneapolis/ St. Paul, 1985 Plant Stress Physiology

David H. Francis, Professor of Veterinary Science, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1978 Pathogenic Microbiology

Paul Johnson, Professor of Plant Science, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992 Insect Systematics

Douglas C. McFarland, Professor of Animal and RangeSciences, Ph.D., Washington State University, 1984 Muscle Biology

Walter E. Riedell, Assistant Professor of Plant Science, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1984 Plant Physiology

Carolyn Hull Sieg, Professor of Biology and Microbiology, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1991 Fire Ecology

Bonny L. Specker, Professor of Nutrition and, Food Sciences Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 1983 Epidemiology and Human Nutrition

Fedora Sutton, Professor of Plant Science, Ph.D., Howard University, 1985 Plant Molecular Biology