Michael L. Foster, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Office: Roark 106

Phone Number/Voice Mail: 622-8140

E-mail: Michael.Foster@eku.edu

My Background

I earned my Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina's Department of Biological Sciences in 1995. My background is in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismic Biology (EEOB), and I have also been trained in various aspects of molecular biology (DNA isolation, PCR, RFLP analysis, etc). My dissertation research involved analysis of the effects of interspecific hybridization and inbreeding on developmental stability of deermouse species. My advisor was Dr. Wallace D. Dawson, Director of the Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center. I joined the EKU faculty in August of 1995. My undergraduate degree (1989) in Biology is from Columbus State University in Columbus, GA. I was interim chair of the biology department in 2006-2007.

My Research

My research interests include population genetics, molecular biology, and evolutionary history of Peromyscus species.

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