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For more information about biology at Manchester College, please contact:
Dr. David Kreps,
chair, Department of Biology
260-982-5310

DPKreps@manchester.edu

 

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Faculty  

David P. Kreps, Ph.D.
dpkreps@manchester.edu
260-982-5310

The University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, 1976. Primary teaching areas include Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology. Current research interests: The isolation and characterization of bacterial plasmids; water quality monitoring of natural Indiana waterways.

Albert A. Williams, Ph.D.
aawilliams@manchester.edu
260-982-5308

Southern Illinois University, 1976. Primary teaching areas include Evolutionary Vertebrate Physiology and Morphology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Histology, and Introductory Biology courses. Current research interests: applications of computer based system modeling to undergraduate teaching; utilization of the World Wide Web in undergraduate education.

David J. Hicks, Ph.D.
djhicks@manchester.edu
Homepage of Dr. Hicks
260-982-5309

Cornell University, 1982. Primary teaching areas are Introductory Biology courses, Ecology, Botany (plant taxonomy and physiology), Tropical Ecology (a field course taking students to tropical Central America), and Genetics. Current research interests: structure and function of temperate forest plant communities; physiological ecology of tropical epiphytes.

Jerry Sweeten, Ph.D.
JESweeten@manchester.edu
260-982-5307

Purdue University, 1996. Graduate research area: Stream ecology and the effect of suspended stream sediment on the growth and survival of sight-feeding warmwater fishes. Courses taught: Principles of Biology, Limnology, Invertebrate Zoology, Environmental Science (Introductory and Advanced), Marine Biology, Ornithology, and a travel course to Andros Island, Bahamas. Current research interests: Effects of nonpoint source pollution on stream fishes, long-term biological monitoring of coral reef fish, population trends and dynamics of black-capped and carolina chickadees, nesting habitat and population dynamics of eastern towhees.