Faculty & Instructors

  • Andy Ammons

    Assistant Professor of Biology

    BA, Berea College, 2003
    PHD, Purdue University West Lafayette, 2007

    Office: SC 210
    Phone: (574) 535-7205
    Email:

  • Dale Hess

    Associate Professor of Agroecology and Ecological Field Station Director

    BA, Millersville University PA, 1976
    MS, Purdue University West Lafayette, 1984
    PHD, Purdue University West Lafayette, 1989

    Office: Merry Lea
    Phone: (260) 799-5869
    Email:

  • Bill Minter

    Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Director of Land Management--Merry Lea

    BS, Colorado State University, 1980
    MSF, Purdue University West Lafayette, 1989

    Office: Merry Lea
    Phone: (260) 799-5869
    Email:

  • Jody Saylor

    Associate Professor of Biology

    BS, Hanover College, 1991
    MS, Purdue University Calumet, 1996

    Office: SC 217
    Phone: (574) 535-7306
    Email:

  • Kris Schmidt

    Assistant Professor of Biology

    BS, Trinity Western University, 2001
    MS, University of British Columbia, 2004
    PHD, Simon Fraser University, 2012

    Office: SC 218
    Phone: (574) 535-7308
    Email:

  • Ryan Sensenig

    Department Chair
    Associate Professor of Biology/Env Science, Lindsey Field Researcher

    BS, Eastern Mennonite University, 1992
    CT, James Madison University, 1998
    PHD, University of California Davis, 2007

    Office: SC 212
    Phone: (574) 535-7489
    Email: