Department of Biology
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8759

E-mail: StevensM@ripon.edu

Education

• 1967 B.A., Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn., (biology)
• 1972 M.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., (biological sciences)
• 1972 Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., (biological sciences; major area: developmental and cell biology)

Areas of Interest

• Sea urchin development
• Immunology of echinoderms
• Ultrastructure of sea urchin reproductive tissues
• Molecular analysis of evolutionary relationships
• Cytoskeleton of erythrocytes of amphibia
• Genetic diseases of dogs

Recent Publications

• "Unpalatability of a colonial rotifer, Sinantherina socialis, to small zooplanktivorous fishes," A. Felix, M.E. Stevens and R.L. Wallace, R.L., "Invertebrate Biology" 114, 139-144, 1995

Current Courses Taught

• Biology 121 - Introductory Biology Laboratory Sections
• Biology 219 - Genetics
• Biology 304 - Immunology
• Biology 305 - The Biology of Cancer
• Biology 327 - Cell Physiology
• Biology 328 - Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics
• Biology 329 - Developmental Biology
• Biology 501, 502 - Senior Studies