Academics

Meet the Faculty

Thomas L. Vandergon
Professor of Biology

Division: Natural Science Division
Office: Rockwell Academic Center (RAC) 131
Phone: (310) 506-4326
E-mail: thomas.vandergon@pepperdine.edu

• Ph.D., Zoology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 1988
• M.S., Biology, University of Miami, 1980
• B.A., Biology, College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, 1977

Courses:

• BIOL211 - Biology of Cells
• NASC101 - Science as a Way of Knowing

Key Awards/Affiliations:

• 1997-99 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Grant
• 1997 Parson's Foundation Student Research Grant
• 1996, 1994 Pepperdine University Research Council Grant
• 1989-91 Welch Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
• 1988 Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research
• 1985 Slocum-Lunz Foundation Grant
• 1983-84 R. C. Edwards Pre-doctoral Fellowship

Academic Interests:

• Characterization of hemoglobins and hemoglobin genes.