José Quintáns M.D., Ph.D

Office: BSLC 300. Phone: (773) 702-7964.
Email: qui4@uchicago.edu

Chris Andrews

Lecturer Chris Andrews coordinates and teaches labs for courses in ecology and evolution. She also teaches a spring lecture course in evolutionary adaptation.

Office: BSLC 409. Phone: (773) 702-1214.
Email: candrews@uchicago.edu

Senior Lecturer Tom Christianson teaches Common Core Biology courses for students who are not concentrating in biology. He also teaches Experimental Physiology of Bacteria 25210, a microbiology lab course. In the summer he teaches Research in Biological Sciences (RIBS), a four week intensive laboratory research course for high school students.

Office: BSLC 222A. Phone: (773) 834-4345.
Email: tchristi@uchicago.edu

Beatrice Fineschi

Lecturer Beatrice Fineschi is trained in molecular biology, immunology and virology. She teaches Common Core Biology to students who are not concentrating in biology.

Office: BSLC 208. Phone: (773) 834-4699.
Email: bfinesch@uchicago.edu

Alison Hunter

Lecturer Alison Hunter teaches Common Core Biology courses for students who are not concentrating in biology.

Office: BSLC 351. Phone: (773) 834-3386.
Email: ahunter@uchicago.edu

Dmitry Kondrashov

Lecturer Dmitry Kondrashov has a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Biochemistry. He is developing and teaching a three-quarter sequence in Mathematical Methods for Biological Sciences (BIOS 26210-11-12). His research interests include modeling the structural dynamics of protein molecules, and he has collaborated extensively with X-ray crystallographers, computational biophysicists, and mathematicians. For more details, see his home page:

Office: BSLC 208. Phone: (773) 834-3387.
Email:
http://bscd.bsd.uchicago.edu/~dkon

Eric Larsen

Senior Lecturer Eric Larsen is an ecologist who teaches Mammalian Ecology (BIOS 23254) and Ecology & Evolution in the Southwest (BIOS 23233) in the spring for students who are concentrating in biology.  This latter course includes a 2-wk field trip through the deserts of the Southwest with field research conducted in the Sonoran Desert.  He also teaches Common Core Biology and Topics for students who are not concentrating in biology.

Office: BSLC 334. Phone: (773) 702-1215.
Email: eclarsen@uchicago.edu

Mark Osadjan, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer Mark Osadjan earned a B.S. in neuroscience and a Ph.D. in molecular physiology from the University of Illinois. His academic interests include adaptation to stressful environments, comparative physiology and neuroscience lab courses of the College, as well as teaching a number of topical courses. He misses his previous home of Boulder, Colorado desperately and is always willing to talk about snow boarding.

Office: BSLC 306. Phone: (773) 702-25759.
Email: osadjan@uchicago.edu

Iglika Pavlova

Lecturer Iglika Pavlova takes a multidisciplinary approach to teaching and
emphasizes in the core biology course “Microbes and Infectious Disease” the interrelationship between the fields of molecular biology, evolution, and ecology. She is also developing novel tools for teaching everyday and scientific reasoning, and has created two courses, “Critical Thinking in Biology and Life” and “Learning about Reasoning from the Evolutionary Debate”, that focus on creating an explicit reasoning framework. She will co-teach a course for biology concentrators, “Infections and Immunity”, in Spring 2007.

Office: BSLC 208. Phone: (773) 702-0683.
Email: iglikap@uchicago.edu

Chris Schonbaum

Senior Lecturer Chris Schonbaum directs labs for the biology concentration courses in cellular and molecular biology (20181, 20191), genetics (20192), and developmental biology (20183, 20193). In addition, in the summer, he runs the Research in Biological Sciences (RIBS) course, a four-week laboratory research workshop for high school students.

Office: BSLC 215. Phone: (773) 702-2514.
Email: cps3@uchicago.edu

Paul J. Strieleman

Senior lecturer Paul Strieleman is a nutritional biochemist who teaches Introduction to Biochemistry Biosci 20200 and develops and teaches the laboratories in biochemistry and genetics. In addition, he is a contact person for undergraduate biology students interested in summer research opportunities.

Office: BSLC 338. Phone: (773) 702-5076
Email: pstriele@uchicago.edu

Rosemary Zaragoza

Lectured Rosemary Zaragoza teaches Pharmacology Perspectives, which covers molecular, cellular and organ basics in biology and incorporate how drugs work at the molecular, cellular and organ levels in treatment of disease.

Office: BSLC 211. Phone: (773) 702-2018.
Email: zaragoza@uchicago.edu

Administrative Staff

Kila Roberts

Kila Roberts is the administrative assistant to the Master of the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division. She coordinates and manages the administrative, financial, educational, and research activities for the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division.

Office: BSLC 328. Phone: (773) 702-7962.
Email:kila@uchicago.edu

Kirsten Cole

Provides clerical support to the Master of the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division. This person also performs a variety of secretarial duties and other functions of the BSCD.

Office: BSLC 301A. Phone: (773) 702-7963.
Email: kcole@uchicago.edu

Marcia Gilliland-Roberts

Lab manager Marcia Gilliland-Roberts handles purchasing and course budgets, coordinates equipment use and maintenance, and oversees compliance with safety regulations. She also assists with special programs for students, including poster sessions and conferences, and conducts building tours for visitors.

Office: BSLC 336. Phone: (773) 702-1930.
Email: mroberts@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu

Gary Henriksen

Gary is the Learning Technology Specialist for the BSCD. He manages the BSCD computing facilities as well as provides computer support for the BSCD faculty and staff. He works closely with Dr. Quintans to provide cutting edge technologies to the classroom.

Office: BSLC 310. Phone: (773) 702-4937.
Email: gary@uchicago.edu
http://bscd.bsd.uchicago.edu/~gary

Don Churilla

Building Manager Don Churilla Manages the BSLC building operations unit, which includes all building functions: dock and deliveries, mail, security, house keeping, room reservations, audio-visual, lost and found, and repairs and renovations.

Office: BSLC 118. Phone: (773) 702-2978.
Email: dwchuril@bsd.uchicago.edu

Gene Calloway

Operations Assistant Gene Calloway is the Senior Audio/Visual/Video Technician. He also oversees the Computerized Security System and updates computers in the lecture halls.

Office: BSLC 120. Phone: (773) 702-0713.
Email: ecallowa@midway.uchicago.edu

Luis Burgos

Luis Burgos is the HARDEST WORKING EMPLOYEE in the Biological Sciences Learning Center.

Office: BSLC 120. Phone: (773) 702-0713.
Email: lburgos@delphi.bsd.uchicago.edu