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Biology Faculty

Courtney Campany, Ph.D.
Title	Assistant Professor
Email	ccampany@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Office	BY 215
Plant ecophysiology, ecosystem ecology and global change biology B.S. North Carolina State University M.S. Appalachian State University Ph.D. Western Sydney University webpage: courtneycampany.com

Ruth Conley, Ph.D.
Title	Associate Professor
Email	rconley@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5376
Office	BY 214
• B.S., Miami University (Ohio), 1985 • Ph.D., Wesleyan University, 1992

Sher Hendrickson, Ph.D.
Title	Associate Professor
Email	shendric@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5448
Ph.D., Zoology University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2003 M.S., Biology University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 1995 B.S., University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 1994 Senior Fellow of the Theodosius Dobzhansky Center for Genome Bioinformatics, St. Petersburg State University Russia, 2012–current [Anesthetized elephant, Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics, South Africa 2013]

Mary Hendrix, Ph. D.
Title	President of Shepherd University, Professor of Biology
Email	mhendrix@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Phone	304-876-5107
B. S. Shepherd College, 1974 Ph. D. George Washington University, 1977 Office: Ikenberry Hall, rm 211

Colleen Nolan, Ph.D.
Title	Professor
Email	cnolan@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Office	SN 333
• B.S., Washington State University, 1982 • M.S., University of Idaho, 1984 • Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1987

Laura Robertson, Ph.D.
Title	Associate Professor
Email	lroberts@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Office	BY 308B
B.S., University of Georgia, 1991 M.S., University of Georgia, 1994 Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000

Conor Sipe, Ph.D.
Title	Assistant Professor
Email	csipe@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Office	BY 216
Cell and developmental biology B.S. College of William and Mary M.A. College of William and Mary Ph.D. University of Virginia

Sara Reynolds, Ph. D.
Title	Assistant Professor
Email	sreynold@shepherd.edu ( Email )
Office	BY 213
Cell Biology, Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Cancer Biology, Introductory Cell & Molecular Biology, Non-majors Biology B.S. University of Maryland, College Park, 2010 Ph.D. National Institutes of Health and University of Maryland, College Park, 2016

John Steffen, Ph.D.
Title	Assistant Professor and Chair
Email	jsteffen@shepherd.edu ( Email )

David B. Wing, Ph.D.
Title	Retired
Email	dwing@shepherd.edu ( Email )
• B.A., Columbia University, 1976 • M.S., Columbia University, 1977 • M.Phil., Columbia University, 1979 • Ph.D., Columbia University, 1984

John C. Landolt, Ph.D.
Title	Adjunct Research Professor; Professor, Emeritus
Email	jlandolt@shepherd.edu ( Email )

Burt Lidgerding, Ph.D.
Title	Associate Professor, Emeritus
Email	blidgerd@shepherd.edu ( Email )
• B.S., Winona State College, 1968 • M.S., St. Mary’s College, 1969 • Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1976

Phillip D. Simpson, Ph.D.
Title	Professor Emeritus
Email	psimpson@shepherd.edu ( Email )

Jay Menke, M. S.
Title	Instructor
Email	jmenke@shepherd.edu ( Email )

David Pennock, M. S.
Title	Adjunct Instructor
Email	dpennock@shepherd.edu ( Email )