Faculty
The biology faculty are both scholars and teachers, devoted to teaching excellence and to making important contributions to our individual disciplines through fieldwork, research, and writing. Faculty research interests include, environmental sustainability, ecology, genetics, invertebrate form and function, animal developmental biology, cellular function and fate, animal physiology, and much more. We are committed to undergraduate education and teach everything from first-year gateway courses to advanced courses.
![Richard Alvey](https://iwu-directory.s3.amazonaws.com/ralvey.jpg)
Richard Alvey
Assistant Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Diversity of viruses in freshwater environments
Contact:
ralvey@iwu.edu
![Loralyn Cozy](https://iwu-directory.s3.amazonaws.com/lcozy.jpg)
Loralyn Cozy
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Regulation of cell division during terminal differentiation
Contact:
lcozy@iwu.edu
![R. Given Harper](https://iwu-directory.s3.amazonaws.com/gharper.jpg)
R. Given Harper
George C. and Ella Beach Lewis Endowed Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Avian evolutionary ecology
Contact:
gharper@iwu.edu
![Libby Haywood](https://iwu-directory.s3.amazonaws.com/ehaywood.jpg)
Libby Haywood
Instructional Professor
Research Interests: Development of Bacterial Toxin-Inspired Drug Delivery (BTIDD) vehicles
Contact:
ehaywood@iwu.edu
![William Jaeckle](https://iwu-directory.s3.amazonaws.com/wjaeckle.jpg)
William Jaeckle
Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Larval life history, development, physiology, and ecology
Contact:
wjaeckle@iwu.edu
![Edgar Lehr](https://iwu-directory.s3.amazonaws.com/elehr.jpg)
Edgar Lehr
Robert Harrington Endowed Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Biodiversity of amphibians and reptiles in the neotropics (Peru, Suriname).
Contact:
elehr@iwu.edu
![Tyler Schwend](https://iwu-directory.s3.amazonaws.com/tschwend.jpg)
Tyler Schwend
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Molecular regulation of corneal nerves during eye development
Contact:
tschwend@iwu.edu
![Sheryl Soukup](https://iwu-directory.s3.amazonaws.com/ssoukup.jpg)
Sheryl Soukup
Laboratory Coordinator for Human Biology (Biology 107 and 108)
Contact:
ssoukup@iwu.edu
![Loni Walker](https://iwu-directory.s3.amazonaws.com/lwalker.jpg)
Loni Walker
Associate Professor and Chair of Biology
Research Interests: Growth and developmental processes in plants
Contact:
lwalker@iwu.edu
![Brian Walter](https://iwu-directory.s3.amazonaws.com/bwalter.jpg)
Brian Walter
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Interests: Cell and structural developmental biology
Contact:
bwalter@iwu.edu