Biology Department People

Faculty

Yasir Ahmed-Braimah Assistant Professor Biology yahmed@syr.edu 315.443.1564

David M. Althoff Associate Professor Biology dmalthof@syr.edu 315.443.1096

Katie M. Becklin Assistant Professor Biology kmbeckli@syr.edu 315.443.2155

Melanie Jane Blanden Assistant Teaching Professor Biology mblanden@syr.edu

Carlos A. Castañeda Associate Professor Biology Chemistry cacastan@syr.edu 315.443.3673

Heather D. Coleman Associate Professor and Associate Department Chair Biology hcoleman@syr.edu 315.443.0453

Jen Cook Assistant Teaching Professor of Neuroscience, Primary Advisor to Neuroscience ILM Students Biology jcook08@syr.edu

Steve Dorus Associate Professor Biology sdorus@syr.edu 315.443.7091

Scott Erdman Associate Professor Biology seerdman@syr.edu 315.443.3748

Christopher W. Fernandez Assistant Professor Biology cferna10@syr.edu 315.443.3098

Thomas P. Fondy Professor Biology tpfondy@syr.edu 315.443.2615

Douglas A. Frank Professor Biology dafrank@syr.edu 315.443.4529

Austin M. Garner Assistant Professor Biology agarner@syr.edu 315.443.5816

Paul Gold Distinguished Professor of Biology Biology pegold@syr.edu 315.443.8086

Sarah E. Hall Associate Professor Biology shall@syr.edu 315.443.2964

Heidi Hehnly Renée Crown Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics and Associate Professor Biology hhehnly@syr.edu 315.443.2159

James Hewett Associate Professor Biology Forensic Science jhewett@syr.edu 315.443.9613

Sandra Hewett Beverly Petterson Bishop Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Biology, Executive Director of Neuroscience Studies, Director of Neuroscience Graduate Concentration Biology shewett@syr.edu 315.443.9657

James Hougland Professor and Biochemistry Director Biology Chemistry hougland@syr.edu 315.443.1134

Frants Havmand Jensen Research Assistant Professor Biology Frants.jensen@gmail.com 732.579.7692

Ankita Juneja Professor of Practice Biology ajuneja@syr.edu

Donna L. Korol Associate Professor Biology dlkorol@syr.edu 315.443.8780

Louis James (Jamie) Lamit Assistant Professor Biology ljlamit@syr.edu 315.443.3760

Katharine (Kate) Lewis Professor and Biology Department Chair Biology kelewi02@syr.edu 315.443.5902

Zhanjiang (John) Liu Professor, Biology Biology johnliu@syr.edu 315.443.2494

Sarah Kathleen Lucas Assistant Professor Biology sklucas@syr.edu

Jessica MacDonald Assistant Professor Biology jemacdon@syr.edu 315.443.5837

Eleanor Maine Professor Biology emmaine@syr.edu 315.443.9169

Vera McIlvain Associate Teaching Professor Biology vamcilva@syr.edu 315.443.3923

Angela M. Oliverio Assistant Professor Biology amoliver@syr.edu

Susan E. Parks Professor Biology sparks@syr.edu 315.443.4672

Melissa E. Pepling Professor Biology mepeplin@syr.edu 315.443.4541

Ruth Phillips Assistant Teaching Professor and Biotechnology Program Advisor Biology rsphilli@syr.edu 315.443.3956

Scott Pitnick Weeden Professor of Biology Biology sspitnic@syr.edu 315.443.5128

Ramesh Raina Professor Biology raraina@syr.edu 315.443.2492

Surabhi Raina Associate Teaching Professor Biology sraina@syr.edu 315.443.2057

Mark E. Ritchie Professor Biology meritchi@syr.edu 315.443.2479

Kari A. Segraves Professor Biology ksegrave@syr.edu 315.443.4899

Robert B. Silver Professor Biology Forensic Science rbsilver@syr.edu 315.443.1328

Roy D. Welch Professor Biology rowelch@syr.edu 315.443.7197

Michele G. Wheatly Professor and Special Advisor to the Chancellor Biology mwheatly@syr.edu 315.443.6123

Jason R. Wiles Associate Professor Biology jwiles01@syr.edu 315.443.3193

Part-Time Faculty

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Mohammad Khairul Islam Part-Time Instructor Biology mkislam@syr.edu

Emeriti

John Belote Emeritus Professor Biology jbelote@syr.edu 315.443.3695

Samuel H.P. Chan Emeritus Professor Biology sachan@syr.edu 315.443.3182

Marvin Druger Emeritus Professor Biology mdruger@syr.edu 315.443.9150

Anthony Garza Professor Emeritus Biology agarza@syr.edu 315.443.4746

Richard L. Hallberg Emeritus Professor Biology hallberg@syr.edu 315.443.1104

George M. Langford Professor Emeritus of Biology Biology glangfor@syr.edu 315.443.7657

H. Richard Levy Emeritus Professor Biology hrlevy@syr.edu 315.443.3181

Samuel J. McNaughton Emeritus Professor Biology sjmcnaug@syr.edu N/A

John M. Russell Emeritus Professor Biology jrussell@syr.edu

William T. Starmer Emeritus Professor Biology wstarmer@syr.edu N/A

Larry L. Wolf Emeritus Professor Biology llwolf@syr.edu N/A

Faculty Affiliates

Jeffrey Amack Associate Research Professor amackj@upstate.edu 315.464.8507

Brian W. Howell Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology, Upstate Medical University howellb@upstate.edu 315.464.8154

Michael Marciano Research Associate Professor and Director for FNSSI Research Forensic Science mamarcia@syr.edu 315.443.5279

Dr. Russell (Rick) T. Matthews Research Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Psychology SUNY Upstate matthewr@upstate.edu 315.464.7766

Frank Middleton Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology, Upstate Medical University middletf@upstate.edu 315.464.7721

Mirna Mihovilovic Skanata Assistant Professor Physics mmihovil@syr.edu

Chilukuri Mohan Professor Electrical Engineering & Computer Science ckmohan@syr.edu 315.443.2322

Mary Beth Browning Monroe Monroe Assistant Professor mbmonroe@syr.edu 315.443.3323

Davoud Mozhdehi Associate Professor Chemistry dmozhdeh@syr.edu 315.443.3105

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Eric Olson Associate Research Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, SUNY Upstate olsone@upstate.edu 315.464.7776

Alison Patteson Assistant Professor Physics aepattes@syr.edu

Latha Ramalingam Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Food Sciences lramalin@syr.edu 315.443.9324

Dacheng Ren Professor, Biomedical & Chemical Engineering dren@syr.edu 315.443.4409

Jennifer Ross Professor and Department Chair Physics jlross@syr.edu 315.443.3894

Daniel Tso Associate Research Professor, Director, Neurosurgery Research Laboratories, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, SUNY Upstate dan@tsolab.org 315.464.5531