contact information:

Department of Biological & Allied Health Sciences
178 Hartline Science Center
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301

570.389.4400 voice
570.389.3028 fax
 

Chair:
Dr. George Chamuris
Assistant Chair:
Dr. Marianna Wood
Allied Health Programs Coordinator:
Dr. Judith Kipe-Nolt
Radiologist Assistant Program Coordinator:
Mrs. Christine Mehlbaum
Graduate Coordinator:
Dr. Kristen Brubaker

Zareen Amin

zamin@bloomu.edu
570.389.4349
02 Wilson House

Assistant Professor

Joseph P. Ardizzi

jardizzi@bloomu.edu
570.389.4887
G17 Old Science Hall

Associate Professor
B.S., St. Joseph's University
Ph.D., Cornell University
Academic Areas: Genetics, Microbial Genetics, Molecular Genetics
Research Areas: Microbial Genetics, Meiosis and Ascospore Formation in Fungi

Kris Brubaker

kbrubake@bloomu.edu
570.389.4137
177 Hartline Science Center

Associate Professor
B.S., Lafayette College
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Academic Areas: Immunology, Molecular and Cell Biology
Research Areas: Prostate Cancer, Bone Metastases, Bone Remodeling, Signal Transduction

George P. Chamuris

gchamuri@bloomu.edu
570.389.4735
169 Hartline Science Center

Professor
Department Chair
A.A.S., Dutchess Community College
B.S., State University of New York at Albany
M.S., James Madison University
Ph.D., State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Academic Areas: Introductory Biology, Botany, Dendrology, Mycology
Research Area: Fungal Ecology

Clay E. Corbin

ccorbin@bloomu.edu
570.389.4134
173 Hartline Science Center

Associate Professor
B.A., University of Montana
M.S., Southeast Missouri State University
Ph.D., Ohio University
Academic Areas: Ornithology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Histology, Embryology
Research Areas: Evolutionary Ecology, Ornithology

George T. Davis

gdavis@bloomu.edu
570.389.4120
272 Hartline Science Center

Associate Professor
B.A., M.S., Southern Illinois University
Ph.D. University of Illinois
Academic Areas: Botany, Cell and Molecular Biology, General Biology
Research Areas: Plant Molecular Genetics

Carl A. Hansen

chansen@bloomu.edu
570.389.4580
270 Hartline Science Center

Associate Professor
Graduate Coordinator
B.A., University of Vermont
M.A., University of Maine at Orono
Ph.D., Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University
Academic Areas: Developmental Biology, Human Genetics
Research Areas: G protein Coupled Signaling Pathways, Cardiac development and growth

Karl W. Henry

khenry@bloomu.edu
570.389.4819
172 Hartline Science Center

Assistant Professor
B.A., University of Southern Maine
Ph.D., Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University
Academic Areas: Medical Microbiology, Medical Parasitology
Research Areas: Antifungal Drug Resistance, Fungal Dimorphism, Gene Regulation, Histone Modifications

Angela Hess

ahess2@bloomu.edu
570.389.4126
271 Hartline Science Center

Assistant Professor
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Academic Areas: Human Anatomy and Physiology
Research Areas: Melanoma Metastasis, Signal Transduction

John M. Hranitz

jhranitz@bloomu.edu
570.389.4130
G16 Old Science Hall

Associate Professor
B.S., M.S., Bloomsburg University
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Academic Areas: Introductory Biology, Field Zoology, Human Anatomy and Physiology
Research Areas: Ecological genetics, physiological ecology, herpetology.

Judith Kipe-Nolt

jkipenol@bloomu.edu
570.389.4319
269 Hartline Science Center

Allied Health Coordinator
Professor
B.A., Messiah College
M.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Academic Areas: Microbiology, Cell Biology
Research Areas: Nitrogen Fixation, Composting, Nitrate Pollution

Thomas S. Klinger

tklinger@bloomu.edu
570.389.4118
128 Old Science Hall

Professor
A.A., Bradford College
B.A., Macalester College
M.A., Ph.D., University of South Florida
Academic Areas: Invertebrate Zoology, Population Biology, Animal Behavior, Marine Biology
Research Areas: Marine Biology, Invertebrate Zoology, Physiological Ecology, Nutrition, Aquaculture

Christine Mehlbaum

cmehlbau@bloomu.edu
570.389.4527
265 Hartline Science Center

Assistant Professor
Radiologist Assistant Program Coordinator
R.T.R., Sacred Heart Hospital
B.S., Bloomsburg University
M.Ed., Penn State University
Academic Areas:

Christine Melbaum

Mark S. Melnychuk

mmelnych@bloomu.edu
570.389.4219
266 Hartline Science Center

Professor
B.S., Moravian College
Ph.D., Kent State University
Academic Areas: Mammalian Physiology, Endocrinology, Comparative Vertebrate Physiology, Biology of Aging
Research Areas: Nutrition and Reproduction, Water Pollution

Mark S. Melnychuk

Barry L. Nolt

bnolt@bloomu.edu
570.389.4136
269 Hartline Science Center

Assistant Professor
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Academic Areas: Introductory Biology, Plant Pathology, Virology
Research Areas: Plant Pathology, Virology

Steven T. Rier

srier@bloomu.edu
570.389.4953
G16 Old Science Hall

Associate Professor
B.S., M.S. Central Michigan University
Ph.D., The University of Louisville
Academic Areas: General Biology, Aquatic Biology, Ecology
Research Area: Stream Ecology

Cynthia A. Surmacz

csurmacz@bloomu.edu
570.389.4132
268 Hartline Science Center

Professor
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., Milton S. Hershey Medical Center,
The Pennsylvania State University
Academic Areas: Introductory Biology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Cell Biology
Research Areas: Cell Physiology, Exercise Physiology, Cholesterol Metabolism

Margaret L. Till

mtill@bloomu.edu
570.389.4780
264 Hartline Science Center

Professor
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Auburn University
Academic Areas: Advanced Human Physiology, Neurophysiology
Research Areas: Cholesterol Metabolism

Gary T. Wassmer

gwassmer@bloomu.edu
570.389.4138
108 Old Science Hall

Associate Professor
B.S., State University of New York at Binghamton
Ph.D., University of Delaware
Academic Areas: Human Anatomy and Physiology, Human Sexuality
Research Areas: Environmental Physiology, Daily and Seaonal Rhythms

Kevin J. Williams

kwillia4@bloomu.edu
570.389.4131
108 Old Science Hall

Assistant Professor
B.S., Northwestern Oklahoma State University
M.S., Fort Hayes State University
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Academic Areas: Botany, Plant Physiology, Ecology, Introductory Biology
Research Area: Physiological Plant Ecology

Marianna Wood

mwood@bloomu.edu
570.389.4666
104 Hartline Science Center

Associate Professor
Assistant Chair
B.S., Northland College
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Academic Areas: Ecology, Evolution, Conservation Biology, Introductory Biology
Research Areas: Forest Ecology, Mammalogy

Vicki Beishline

vbeishli@bloomu.edu
570.389.4400
178 Hartline Science Center

Department Secretary
Clerk/Steno III
A.S., Pennsylvania College of Technology
B.S., Bloomsburg University

Melinda Diltz

mdiltz@bloomu.edu
570.389.4888
156 Hartline Science Center

Lab Coordinator
B.S., Bloomsburg University
M.S., Millersville University

Sandy Heier

sheier@bloomu.edu
570.389.5301
265 Hartline Science Center

Radiologist Assistant Program Secretary