Biology Department People

Department Chair

Melissa E. Pepling

Professor and Chair

mepeplin@syr.edu

Phone: 315.443.4541

Associate Chair

David M. Althoff

Associate Professor and Associate Chair

dmalthof@syr.edu

Phone: 315.443.1096

Directors

Melanie Jane Decker

Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies

mblanden@syr.edu

Steve Dorus

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

sdorus@syr.edu

Phone: 315.443.7091

Faculty

Yasir Ahmed-Braimah Associate Professor Biology

Email: yahmed@syr.edu

315.443.1564

David M. Althoff Associate Professor and Associate Chair Biology

Email: dmalthof@syr.edu

315.443.1096

Jason Boock Associate Teaching Professor Biology

Email: jtboock@syr.edu

315.443.9492

Carlos A. Castañeda Associate Professor Biology Chemistry

Email: cacastan@syr.edu

315.443.3673

Heather D. Coleman Associate Professor Biology

Email: hcoleman@syr.edu

315.443.0453

Jen Cook Associate Teaching Professor of Neuroscience, Primary Advisor to Neuroscience ILM Students Biology

Email: jcook08@syr.edu

315.443.1242

Dana Cusano Research Assistant Professor Biology

Email: dcusano@syr.edu

Melanie Jane Decker Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Biology

Email: mblanden@syr.edu

Steve Dorus Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Biology

Email: sdorus@syr.edu

315.443.7091

Scott Erdman Associate Professor Biology

Email: seerdman@syr.edu

315.443.3748

Christopher W. Fernandez Assistant Professor Biology

Email: cferna10@syr.edu

315.443.3098

Austin M. Garner Assistant Professor Biology

Email: agarner@syr.edu

315.443.4899

Sarah E. Hall Associate Professor Biology

Email: shall@syr.edu

315.443.2964

Heidi Hehnly Associate Professor Biology

Email: hhehnly@syr.edu

315.443.2159

Ash Heim Faculty Fellow Biology

Email: abheim@syr.edu

James Hewett Associate Professor Biology Forensic Science Neuroscience

Email: jhewett@syr.edu

315.443.9613

James Hougland Professor and Biochemistry Director Biology Chemistry

Email: hougland@syr.edu

315.443.1134

Li-En Jao Associate Professor Biology

Email: ljao01@syr.edu

315.443.2615

Frants Havmand Jensen Research Assistant Professor Biology

Email: fhjensen@syr.edu

Eun-Deok Kim Assistant Professor Biology

Email: ekim112@syr.edu

315.443.8578

Louis James (Jamie) Lamit Assistant Professor Biology

Email: ljlamit@syr.edu

315.443.3760

Katharine (Kate) Lewis Professor Biology

Email: kelewi02@syr.edu

315.443.5902

Chih Hung Lo Assistant Professor Biology Neuroscience

Email: clo101@syr.edu

315.443.9657

Sarah Kathleen Lucas Assistant Professor Biology

Email: 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

Email: 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

Email: lwmavica@syr.edu