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Program Directors

Ramesh Raina
Professor
Email: raraina@syr.edu
Phone: 315.443.2492

Surabhi Raina
Associate Teaching Professor
Email: sraina@syr.edu
Phone: 315.443.2057
Primary Advisor

Ruth Phillips
Assistant Teaching Professor and Biotechnology Program Advisor
Email: rsphilli@syr.edu
Phone: 315.443.3956
Program Faculty
Name | Title | Department |
Yasir Ahmed-Braimah | Assistant Professor | Biology |
Jesse Bond | Associate Professor | Engineering |
Mark Braiman | Professor | Chemistry |
Arindam (Ari) Chakraborty | Associate Professor | Chemistry |
Heather Coleman | Associate Professor | Biology |
Steve Dorus | Associate Professor | Biology |
Robert Doyle | Professor | Chemistry |
Scott Erdman | Associate Professor | Biology |
Eric Finkelstein | Research Assistant Professor | Engineering |
Sarah Hall | Associate Professor | Biology |
Julie Hasenwinkel | Professor | Engineering |
Heidi Hehnly | Assistant Professor | Biology |
James Henderson | Associate Professor | Engineering |
James Hewett | Associate Professor | Biology |
James Hougland | Associate Professor | Chemistry |
George Langford | Professor | Biology |
Kate Lewis | Professor | Biology |
Xiyuan Liu | Assistant Teaching Professor | Engineering |
Yan-Yeung Luk | Associate Professor | Chemistry |
Zhen Ma | Assistant Professor | Engineering |
Jessica MacDonald | Assistant Professor | Biology |
Eleanor Maine | Professor | Biology |
Olga Makhlynets | Assistant Professor | Chemistry |
M. Lisa Manning | Associate Professor | Physics |
Vera McIlvain | Assistant Teaching Professor | Biology |
Liviu Movileanu | Professor | Physics |
Melissa Pepling | Professor | Biology |
Dana Radcliffe | Adjunct Professor | Engineering |
Dacheng Ren | Professor | Engineering |
Suresh Santanam | Associate Professor | Engineering |
Robert Silver | Professor | Biology |
Pranav Soman | Associate Professor | Engineering |
James Spencer | Professor | Chemistry |
Michael Sponsler | Professor | Chemistry |
Rachel Steinhardt | Assistant Professor | Chemistry |
Nancy Totah | Associate Professor | Chemistry |
Roy Welch | Professor | Biology |
Jason Wiles | Associate Professor | Biology |
Jon Zubieta | Professor | Chemistry |