TLU - Texas Lutheran University

Danielle Grove, doctorate (Ph.D.) from Tufts University. Assistant professor of biology. Dr. Grove teaches biological systems, human anatomy and physiology, and genetics. She was a post-doctoral fellow in neuroscience at the University of Minnesota and has taught biology at the University of Minnesota and at the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University. Her areas of expertise include bioinformatics, endocrinology, molecular genetics, and neuroscience. Her current research focuses on the effects of an environmental estrogen, BPA, on mammalian neurons.

Mark P. Gustafson, doctorate (Ph.D.) from Duke University. Professor of biology, director of Patterson Biology Station at Lake McQueeney, director of environmental studies. Dr. Gustafson teaches aquatic biology, environmental science, comparative anatomy, general ecology, evolution and tropical ecology. He has led students on field trips throughout Texas and to Ecuador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico and Belize. His current research focuses on the distribution and abundance of aquatic insects in the Guadalupe River Basin of Texas and he also has done recent work in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho.

Deborah D.R. Hettinger, B.A., Stephens College; doctorate (Ph.D.) from University of California-Davis. Professor and Sidney Bohls Professor of Biology. Dr. Hettinger teaches human anatomy and physiology, neuroscience, molecular biology and courses in the honors program. Her research students have used molecular biology techniques to study phylogenetic relationships among insects. She is a Fellow of the Texas Academy of Science. Her areas of expertise are physiology, metabolic regulation, molecular biology, and genetics, and se serves as the TLU JAMP Director, (Dental Early Admissions Program) DEAP faculty advisor, and as a health professions advisor.

Robert M. Jonas, B.S. From Michigan State University, M.S. From Eastern Michigan University. doctorate (Ph.D.) from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Professor and holder of the Adolph Krause Professorship in Natural Science. Dr. Jonas did his postdoctoral research at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, supported by a Public Health Service grant. His research in microbial genetics at TLU has been funded by the National Science Foundation and private foundations. He teaches biological systems, microbiology, bioethics, advanced microbiology, and biochemistry. His areas of expertise are microbiology, biochemistry and recombinant DNA. Specializes in Biology (microbiology), Ethics (bioethics), Health (infectious disease), and Science.

William G. "Bill" Squires Jr., doctorate (Ph.D.) from Texas A&M University. Professor of biology, professor of kinesiology, Elliot Chair in Health, Fitness and Nutrition. Dr. Squires has received funding from NASA, the U.S. Air Force, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and many private foundations. His current research focuses on the public health issues related to lack of exercise. He has been an active leader in an effort to build walking trails at all the Seguin schools. He teaches general physiology, human anatomy and physiology, nutrition, and exercise physiology.