Bryan Anderson

andbry@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 1991

Education: B.S., Northland College; M.S., University of Minnesota

Research interests: Anderson’s research interests include water remediation, fossil excavation, forest and management.

Teresa DeGolier

t-degolier@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 1994

Education: B.A., Calvin College; M.S., Florida Atlantic University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Research interests: DeGolier’s research interests include smooth muscle physiology and pharmacology in vitro, peptide regulation of gastrointestinal, uterine, and vascular smooth muscle motility, and the use of herbs in alternative medicine.

Joyce Doan

j-doan@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2004

Education: B.A., Albion College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Research interests: Doan’s research interests include macrophage response to Leishmania and interferon, signal transduction, and lipid rafts.

Amy Dykstra

abd24256@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2011

Education: B.A., University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; B.S., University of Wyoming; M.S., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Research interests: Dykstra’s research interests include the ecology and population genetics of native plants in fragmented prairie habitat.

Brent Hoernemann

Laboratory Manager
brent-hoernemann@bethel.edu

Education: B.A., Bethel College

Responsibilities: Hoernemann supervises teaching assistants, oversees greenhouse and animal facilities, maintains equipment, and supplies materials for the department.

Brian Hyatt

Department Co-Chair
b-hyatt@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2003

Education: B.S., Bethel College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Research interests: Hyatt’s research interests include developmental genetics of early lung development.

Gregg Johnson

g-johnson@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 1975

Education: B.A., Bethel College; M.S., University of North Dakota; Ph.D., University of North Dakota

Research interests: Johnson’s research interests include genetic toxicology, sister chromatid exchange, and behavioral responses in animals to hormonal and chemical stimuli.

Ian Johnston

i-johnston@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 1988

Education: B.A., University of Cambridge; M.A., University of Cambridge; Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles

Research interests: Johnston’s research interests include microbial landscapes on the surfaces of reef-coral tissues in relation to coral disease, stewardship of coral reefs, and interactions between science and Christian faith.

Patricia Paulson

patricia-paulson@bethel.edu
Started in 1999

Education: B.A., Muskingum College; M.S., St. Cloud State University; Ph.D., Capella University

Research interests: Paulson’s research interests include scientific literacy and student attitudes toward science.

Kenneth Petersen

Department Co-Chair
k-petersen@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2003

Education: B.A., Dordt College; M.S., Iowa State University; Ph.D., Iowa State University

Research interest: Petersen’s research interests include responses of wildlife populations and communities to habitat alterations.

Jeffrey Port

jport@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2001

Education: B.S., Bethel College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Research interests: Port’s research interests include the use of restored prairies by grassland songbirds, monitoring breeding songbird populations, and avian mating systems in waterfowl.

Timothy Shaw

t-shaw@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 1981

Education: B.A., St. Mary’s College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Research interests: Shaw’s research interests include development of chick nervous system, the brain and feeding behavior, relationships between the structure of the brain and behavior, and the biology of morality.

Paula Soneral

p-soneral@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2008

Education: B.S., University of Michigan, 1998; Ph.D., Stanford University, 2003

Research interests: Soneral’s research interests include cell motility and the cytoskeleton and regulation of motor proteins in cilia/flagellar assembly.

Jonathan Van Berkom

j-van-berkom@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2008

Education: B.S., University of Minnesota; D.V.M., University of Minnesota; M.S., University of Florida

Sara Wyse

s-wyse@bethel.edu
Started at Bethel in 2011

Education: B.A., Bethel University, 2005, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2010

Research interests: Wyse's research interests include using SBF models to explore student understanding of complex systems, quantitative literacy in biology, professional development of graduate students and faculty and wetland ecosystem ecology related to plant species and their role in the global carbon cycle.