College of Natural Science & Mathematics

Steering Committee

John Blake, DVM, MVetSc

  • Veterinary Pathology
  • Animal Care and Welfare
  • Comparative Med

Contact Information
Email: jeblake@alaska.edu

Mike Harris, PhD (Comp Phys and Neuroscience)

  • Physiology
  • Neurobiology
  • Biomedical pre-professional advising

Contact Information
Email: mbharris@alaska.edu

Tuula Hollmen, DVM equivalent, PhD (Physiological Ecology/Biomedicine)

  • Ecological and comparative physiology/immunology
  • Wildlife disease ecology/epidemiology
  • Virology
  • Developmental biology
  • Teaching additional undergrad and grad level courses including comparative anatomy and pathology, and nutritional physiology

Contact Information
Email: tuulah@alaskasealife.org

Karsten Hueffer, DVM equivalent (Tierarzt), PhD (Comp Biomedical Sciences)

  • Veterinary Microbiology

Contact Information
Email: khueffer@alaska.edu
Work phone: 907-474-6313

Sarah B. Love, DVM Diplomate ACVIM

  • Clinical Medicine – Small Animal, research metabolism in small animals
  • Veterinary Internal Medicine of Alaska, LLC

Contact Information
Email: sblovedvm@gmail.com
Cell phone:   907-978-1197
Work phone:   907-388-1123
Fax:   888-267-5189

Todd O’Hara (Program Coordinator), DVM, PhD, ABVT (board certified veterinary toxicology)

  • Veterinary Toxicology and Pharmacology

Contact Information
Email: tmohara@alaska.edu
Work phone: 907-474-1838

Jan Rowell, PhD (Vet Anatomy and Repro Phys and Endocrin)

  • Anatomy and Reproductive Physiology

Contact Information
Email: Jan.Rowell@alaska.edu

Barbara Taylor, PhD (Comp Phys)

  • Physiology
  • Nutrition and Biochemistry
  • Biomedical pre-professional advising and undergraduate research coordination and development

Contact Information
Email: betaylor@alaska.edu