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

Social Innovation Collaboratory Alan Clark

Dr. Edward B. Dubrovsky - Hormonal control of development, cancer genes; Professor; BS, Novosibirsk State; Ph.D., Institute of Cytology & Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia

Edward Dubrovsky

Dr. Silvia C. Finnemann - Cell biology of the retina and retinal degeneration; Professor; Diploma in Biochemistry; Ph.D., Free U Berlin, Germany

Silvia Finnemann.

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

Craig Frank

Dr. Steven Franks - Ecology and evolutionary dynamics of natural plant populations; Department Chair; Professor; B.A., Brown; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Steve Franks

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

Eduardo Gallo

Dr. Evon Hekkala - Genotypic response to biogeographic and anthropogenic factors. Community based sustainable resource use; Professor; Ph.D., Columbia

Evon Hekkala

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

Marija Kundakovic

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

James D. Lewis

Dr. Patricio I. Meneses - Molecular biology and virus-host interactions of papillomaviruses; Professor; B.S., SUNY Stony Brook; Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medical College

Patricio Meneses, Department of Biological Sciences

Dr. Kaoutsar Nasrallah - Cellular basis of brain function and diseases: neuroplasticity and tonic inhibition; Assistant Professor; B.S./M.S./Ph.D., University of Paris-Descartes

Doctor Kaoutsar Nasrallah of the Fordham University Biological Sciences Department.

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. Sophia Tintori - Quantitative and molecular genetics of natural variation in mutagen sensitivity; Assistant Professor; B.S., Brown University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Postdoc, New York University.

Headshot of Sophia Tintori

Dr. John D. Wehr - Biodiversity of freshwater algae; Associate Chair for Undergraduates; Professor; B.S., Northern Arizona; M.S., British Columbia; Ph.D., Durham

John Wehr

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

Qize Wei