Department Chair

T. Page Owen, Associate Professor of Botany, Acting Department Chair of Botany AY23-24

T. Page Owen

Associate Professor of Botany, Acting Department Chair of Botany AY23-24

Botany


Faculty

Kristine J. Hardeman, Senior Lecturer of Biology and Botany

Kristine J. Hardeman

Senior Lecturer of Biology and Botany

Molecular biology • Genetics • Plant biotechnology


Chad Jones, Associate Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies

Chad Jones

Associate Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies

Plant ecology • Plant succession • Invasive species • GIS and ecological modeling


Manuel Lizarralde, Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies

Manuel Lizarralde

Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies

Ethnobotany • Environmental anthropology


Peter Siver, Charles and Sarah P. Becker '27 Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies

Peter Siver

Charles and Sarah P. Becker '27 Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies

Limnology • Phycology • Impacts of environmental stress on lakes • Reconstructing ancient environments


Rachel Spicer, Associate Professor of Botany

Rachel Spicer

Associate Professor of Botany

Xylem structure and function • Vascular development in trees • Parenchyma physiology


Sardha Suriyapperuma, Senior Lecturer of Biology and Botany

Sardha Suriyapperuma

Senior Lecturer of Biology and Botany

Molecular biology • Plant and cell biology • Microarray • Genomics and linkage mapping • Plant-microbe interactions


Eric Vukicevich, Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Assistant Professor of Botany (Sustainable Agriculture)

Eric Vukicevich

Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Assistant Professor of Botany (Sustainable Agriculture)

Soil ecology • Organic cropping systems • Pest management


Madelynn von Baeyer

Adjunct Instructor of Botany


Staff

Karen Baker

Lab Assistant

Liz Smith

Academic Department Assistant

Pamela Hine

Senior Lecturer Emeritus of Botany

Environmental education • Plant ecology • Tidal marsh ecology • Pollination ecology


In Memoriam

Richard Goodwin

Katharine Blunt Professor Emeritus of Botany, Director of the Connecticut College Arboretum

 

William Niering

Lucretia L. Allyn Professor of Botany, Research Director of the Connecticut College Arboretum