Faculty Experts- Biology
Name: Ralph BertrandTitle: Associate professor
Office phone: (719) 389-6402
E-mail: rbertrand@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: Ph.D. University of California-Riverside
Areas of expertise: Genetics; plant tissue culture; plant physiology; cellular biology; molecular biology; transposon gene tagging
Name: Jim Ebersole
Title: Professor
Office phone: (719) 389-6401
E-mail: jebersol@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder, 1985
Came to CC in: 1988
Courses taught at CC: Ecology, Botany, Biostatistics
Areas of expertise: Disturbance and recovery of vegetation and wildlands; restoration of vegetation, especially in Colorado parks and in the alpine of 14,000' peaks
Major publications:
"Effects of Elk Browsing on Aspen Stand Characteristics, Rampart Range, Colorado." Western North American Naturalist. 2003
"Alpine Vegetation Restoration of Social Trails on Colorado's 14,000-foot Peaks." High Altitude Revegetation Workshop No. 15. 6-8, March, 2002. Fort Collins, CO.
Name: Tass Kelso (ON SABBATICAL 2007-08 ACADEMIC YEAR)
Title: Professor
Office phone: (719) 389-6405
E-mail: tkelso@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Dartmouth; M.A., University of Colorado; Ph.D., University of Alaska
Came to CC in: 1987
Courses taught at CC: Biology of Plants; Field Botany; Conservation Biology; Evolutionary Biology
Major publications: Plant biology of the Pikes Peak region, arctic alpine plants, conservation biology
Name: Brian D. Linkhart
(ON SABBATICAL 2007-08 ACADEMIC YEAR)
Title: Assistant professor
Office phone: (719) 389-6605
E-mail: blinkhart@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.S. Colorado State University, wildlife biology, minor botany; M.S. Colorado State University, wildlife biology; Ph.D. University of Colorado-Boulder, avian ecology
Came to CC: 2001-02
Courses taught: Ecology, Ornithology, Field Zoology, Biology of Vertebrates
Areas of expertise: Avian biology and ecology-habitat selection in forest birds; assessing habitat quality in birds; effects of forest management on raptors, particularly owls; population dynamics of raptors, particularly owls; ecology of cavity-nesting birds; ecology and behavior of small forest owls, particularly flammulated owls
Major publications:
Linkhart, B. D. 2001. "Life History Characteristics and Habitat Quality of Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus) in Colorado." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. 236 pp.
Linkhart, B. D., R. T. Reynolds and R. A. Ryder. 1998. "Home Range and Habitat of Breeding Flammulated Owls in Colorado." Wilson Bull. 110:342-351.
Pertinent biographical information: Studied ecology of forest raptors in Colorado and the Southwest since 1981
Name: Alexandra Vargo
Title: Professor
Office phone: (719) 389- 6404
E-mail: avargo@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.S. Valparaiso University; M.S. and Ph.D. Iowa State University
Came to CC in: 1973
Courses taught at CC: Entomology; Animal Behavior; Ecology; Field Zoology; Invertebrate Zoology; Vertebrate Zoology; Evolving Universe; Ecofeminism; Independent Studies in Biology, Evolving Universe; Nabokov and Butterflies; thesis
Areas of expertise: Insect pollination
Sample topics: Comparison of the pollinators of two to four of the following flowers: western shooting star, wandlily, elephanthead, elk thistle, pleated gentian, golden rabbitbrush, sticky rabbitbrush, prickly pear, narrowleaf yucca, showy milkweed, spreading dogbane. Biological evolution: gradual evolution, punctual evolution, extinction, insect evolution, coevolution, and floral evolution
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Ecotourism- especially in Kenya, Galapagos, Ecuador, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Wind River Range in Wyoming, Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona
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