Biology Department People

Faculty

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

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

Jason Boock Associate Teaching Professor Biology jtboock@syr.edu 315.443.9492

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

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

Jen Cook Associate Teaching Professor of Neuroscience, Primary Advisor to Neuroscience ILM Students Biology jcook08@syr.edu 315.443.1242

Dana Cusano Research Assistant Professor Biology dcusano@syr.edu

Melanie Jane Decker Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Program Biology mblanden@syr.edu

Steve Dorus 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

Austin M. Garner Assistant Professor Biology agarner@syr.edu 315.443.4899

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

Heidi Hehnly Associate Professor Biology hhehnly@syr.edu 315.443.2159

Ash Heim Faculty Fellow Biology abheim@syr.edu

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

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

Li-En Jao Associate Professor Biology ljao01@syr.edu 315.443.2615

Frants Havmand Jensen Research Assistant Professor Biology fhjensen@syr.edu

Eun-Deok Kim Assistant Professor Biology ekim112@syr.edu 315.443.8578

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

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

Chih Hung Lo Assistant Professor Biology Neuroscience clo101@syr.edu 315.443.9657

Sarah Kathleen Lucas Assistant Professor Biology sklucas@syr.edu 315.443.1465

Jessica MacDonald Associate Professor, Interim Executive Director of Neuroscience, and Graduate Program Director of the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Graduate Concentration Biology jemacdon@syr.edu 315.443.5837

Lauren Mavica Associate Teaching Professor of Neuroscience, Director of Neuroscience ILM, and Advisor to Neuroscience ILM Students Biology Neuroscience lwmavica@syr.edu

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

Heather Meyer Assistant Professor Biology hmeyer01@syr.edu 315.443.5816

Behzad Mortazavi Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biology A&S Dean's Cabinet Biology behzadm@syr.edu 315.443.3949

Allison DeAlton Oakes Assistant Teaching Professor Biology adoakes@syr.edu 315.443.2479

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

Susan E. Parks Professor Biology sparks@syr.edu 315.443.4007

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

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

Ramesh Raina Professor and Executive Director of Biotechnology Program Biology raraina@syr.edu 315.443.4546

Surabhi Raina Teaching Professor and Director of Biotechnology Graduate Programs Biology sraina@syr.edu 315.443.2057

Julia Snyder Assistant Teaching Professor Biology jjseymou@syr.edu 315.443.2038

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

Michele G. Wheatly Professor of Biology, Former Provost Biology mwheatly@syr.edu 315.443.6123

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

Part-Time Faculty

David Green Part-time Instructor Biology dgreen20@syr.edu

Xinbei Liu Part-Time Instructor Biology xliu65@syr.edu

Emeritus

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

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

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

Anthony Garza Professor Emeritus Biology agarza@syr.edu

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

Sandra Hewett Beverly Petterson Bishop Professor Emerita of Neuroscience and Professor of Biology Biology Neuroscience shewett@syr.edu

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

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

Eleanor Maine Professor Emerita Biology emmaine@syr.edu 315.443.9169

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

William T. Starmer Emeritus Professor Biology wstarmer@syr.edu

Larry L. Wolf Emeritus Professor Biology llwolf@syr.edu

Affiliated

Jeffrey Amack Associate Research Professor amackj@upstate.edu 315.464.8507

Robert P. Doyle Jack and Laura H. Milton Professor and Dean's Professor of Chemistry Chemistry rpdoyle@syr.edu 315.443.3584

James Henderson Professor, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering jhhender@syr.edu 315.443.9739

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

Colm Kelleher Assistant Professor Physics cokelleh@syr.edu

Zhen Ma Assistant Professor, Biomedical & Chemical Engineering Department zma112@syr.edu

M. Lisa Manning William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Physics Physics mmanning@syr.edu 315.443.3920

Michael Marciano Professor of Practice and Director for Forensics 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

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 Assistant Professor mbmonroe@syr.edu 315.443.3323

Liviu Movileanu Professor Physics lmovilea@syr.edu 315.443.8078

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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 Associate Professor & Co-Chair of Community Committee 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 Associate Dean for Creativity, Scholarship and Research and Professor of Physics A&S Dean's Cabinet Physics jlross@syr.edu 315.443.3894

Shahar Sukenik Assistant Professor Chemistry ssukenik@syr.edu

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