Advising, Curriculum and Instruction

Telephone: (919) 962-2436

E-mail: bishemer@email.unc.edu

Office: Wilson G41
Office hours for advising: Tuesday 9-11 and Friday 1-4, or by setting an appointment through email

Mailing Address:
CB# 3280, Coker Hall
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280

Lecturer-Advisor (Initial Appointment: 2009)

Ph.D., Biology, Technion, Israel (2002)

M.S., Biology, Technion, Israel (1998)

Selected References | Courses Taught

Courses Regularly Taught:

• BIOL 252 Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology (Fall & Spring)
  
  
• BIOL 202 Introduction to Genetics and Molecular Biology (Fall)
  
  
• BIOL 445 Cancer Biology (Spring)
  
  

Dear students, I am your new Biology Departmentıs undergraduate advisor. While you are probably familiar with the academic advising group at UNC (the advisors who sit in the Steele building), departmental advising is a new, complementary position, with the goal of assisting you with decisions concerning the biology major. I will not replace your advisors from Academic Advising. Instead, as a Biology faculty member, I’d be able (and happy) to help you with any questions you might have: which courses should I take if I am interested in Ecology? Which will be the best courses for me as someone who plans on becoming a genetic counselor? Am I following the requirements for the biology major? Is Graduate school a better option for me than Medical school? Which courses would help me to prepare myself (and later to apply) for Graduate school?? I am here to answer these and many other questions and to refer you to the right people if needed. Advising the largest major at UNC cannot be done by one person, and indeed we have in the department an excellent team who will assist you. First, many administrative issues will be taken care of by Denise Hargis, the Biology Department Undergraduate Student Services Assistant. Dr. Kelly Hogan is a Biology faculty member who serves as a part time advisor with the academic advising group and can assist you in any issue, whether it regards the major or the general college requirements. Dr. Elaine Yeh can tell you everything you wanted to know about career options in Biology (and there are lots of these!!) and to assist you in your thoughts about your career. Finally, we are fortunate to have with us Dr. Jean DeSaix, director of the advising program for health professions, who is a great resource for the pre-med, pre-nursing school and other students who are interested in health-related professions. I’d like to invite you to meet with me with any concerns you might have about the biology major. In addition to my office hours (see above), you are more than welcome to contact me by email at bishemer@email.unc.edu.  I'm looking forward to meeting you soon!