Dr. Charles E. Umbanhowar Jr.
Chair and Professor, Department of Biology
E-mail - ceumb@stolaf.edu
Phone - 507-786-3397
Office - Regents Hall 412
Ph.D. in botany with a minor in entomology, University of Wisconsin - Madison WI
Classes - Plant Morphology and Systematics, Ecological Principles,
Environmental Studies,
Introductory Biology,
Remote Sensing and GIS,
Environmental History and Sediment Chemistry,
Organismic Biology,
Plants and People,
Biostats (team-taught)
Winter Ecology,
Biology and Politics (team-taught),
Environmental Studies Capstone Seminar (team taught and individually)
Research Interests - paleoecology, prairie community ecology, fire history of Big Woods and Great Plains and Manitoba, insect herbivory and plant-insect interactions, multivariate statistical methods, prairie and oak savanna restoration