Biological Sciences Faculty and Instructional Staff
Faculty
Dr. J. Alan Clark - Avian ecology, behavioral ecology, and conservation biology; Associate Professor; J.D., M.S., Michigan; Ph.D., Washington
Dr. Edward B. Dubrovsky - Hormonal control of development, cancer genes; Professor; BS, Novosibirsk State; Ph.D., Institute of Cytology & Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Dr. Silvia C. Finnemann - Cell biology of the retina and retinal degeneration; Professor; Diploma in Biochemistry; Ph.D., Free U Berlin, Germany
Dr. Craig L. Frank - Behavioral, physiological and biochemical adaptations of mammals to extreme environments; Associate Professor; B.S., SUNY at Albany; MS, Kansas State; Ph.D., UC Irvine
Dr. Steven Franks - Ecology and evolutionary dynamics of natural plant populations; Department Chair; Professor; B.A., Brown; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Dr. Eduardo F. Gallo - Neurobiological mechanisms of motivated behavior; Assistant Professor; B.S., University of New Orleans; Ph.D., Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Dr. Evon Hekkala - Genotypic response to biogeographic and anthropogenic factors. Community based sustainable resource use; Professor; Ph.D., Columbia
Dr. Gerard F. Iwantsch (Emeritus*) - Physiological and developmental interactions of the insect and its insect parasites
Associate Professor; B.S., Loyola/Baltimore; M.S., Delaware; Ph.D., Penn State
Dr. Marija Kundakovic - Epigenetics, behavior and psychiatric disorders; Associate Professor; Pharm.D./M.Sc., University of Belgrade; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. J.D. Lewis - Plant, community and ecosystem responses to climate change, habitat fragmentation, invasive organisms and urbanization; Professor; B.S./M.S., Penn State; Ph.D., Duke
Dr. Patricio I. Meneses - Molecular biology and virus-host interactions of papillomaviruses; Professor; B.S., SUNY Stony Brook; Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medical College
Dr. Jason Munshi-South - Animal behavior, population genetics, urban ecology; Professor; B.A., Chicago; Ph.D., Maryland
Dr. Robert A. Ross (Emeritus*) - Neurobiology and neuroblastoma; Professor; B.A., Hobart; Ph.D., Cornell
Dr. Berish Y. Rubin - Genetic diseases; Professor; B.S., CUNY City College; Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center
Dr. John D. Wehr - Biodiversity of freshwater algae; Associate Chair for Undergraduates; Professor; B.S., Northern Arizona; M.S., British Columbia; Ph.D., Durham
Dr. Qize Wei - Molecular signaling in cytoskeletal regulation; Associate Chair for Graduate Studies; Associate Professor; M.S., Guangxi Medical U; M.D., Youjiang Medical College; Ph.D., Peking Union Medical College
Instructional Staff
Susmita Bagchi
Lecturer
Ph.D., University of Kent, UK
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Tara Anderson
Advanced Lecturer
Ph.D., Harvard University
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Dawn Fariello
Lecturer
Ph.D., Fordham University
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William Gault
Lecturer
Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Stephanie Gillespie
Lecturer
Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Elena Hamann
Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow
Ph.D., University of Basel
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Justin Pool
Advanced Lecturer
Ph.D., Fordham University
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Eugenia Ribeiro-Hurley
Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., Fordham University
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Usha Sankar
Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
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Victor Santos
Lecturer
Ph.D., St. John's University
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Di Wu
Undergraduate lab manager
M.D., Sun Yat-sen University of Medicine (Guangzhou, China)
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* Retired from an office or position