His research has involved the transport of amino acids and metal ions across cell membranes and the detoxification mechanisms of metal ions. Chihara is currently involved with the isolation and cloning of Drosophila Melanogaster larval cuticle protein genes. She is concerned with the mechanisms of developmental control of these hormone sensitive genes. Dr. Jordan is currently on leave from the Biology Department to serve as Associate Dean for the college of Arts and Sciences. Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, 1968.
Mines is interested in computer applications for undergraduate teaching in physiology.
An entomologist, Dr. Zavortink's primary research interests are the systematics and biology of mosquitoes. His most recent involvement is in a federally funded study of African mosquitoes in the genus Aedes. Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, 1982. Niles is interested in the regulated development of B lymphocytes, a population of cells critical to protective immunity. Her research focuses on defining those molecular events that promote the assembly, transport, and secretion of antibodies.