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Department of Biology


Faculty & Staff

Department Leadership

Cleo Hughes Darden

Dr. Cleo Hughes Darden

Chair and Professor of Biology

Dr. William Anong

William Anong, Ph.D.

Director and Associate Professor, Medical Laboratory Science

Professors

Chunlei Fan, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Christine Hohmann, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Farin Kamangar, MD, PhD

Farin Kamangar, MD, PhD, CRA

Associate Vice President for Research

Valerie Odero-Marah

Valerie Odero-Marah, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Kenneth Samuel, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Dr. Viji Sitther

Viji Sitther, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Associate Professors

Dr. Lisa D. Brown

Lisa D. Brown, Ph.D.

Director, Office of Undergraduate Research and
and Associate Professor of Biology

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Yun-Chi Chen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Frank Denaro, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Gabrielle McLemore

Gabrielle McLemore, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Dr. Shiva Mehravaran

Research Associate Professor

Simon Nyaga, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Saroj Pramanik, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Gerald Rameau, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

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Edwin Cruz-Rivera, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Samendra Shercan

Samendra Sherchan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Ernest Steele

Ernest Steele, Jr. Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

James Wachira, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

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Jonathan Wilson, Ph.D.

Director SEAA and Associate Professor of Biology

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Assistant Professors

Yuejin Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biology

Timothy Meeker

Assistant Professor

Lecturers

Adedayo Ariyibi

Adedayo Ariyibi, Ph.D.

Lecturer

Safae Hamdoun

Safae Hamdoun, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Biology

Adeniyi Odebode, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Biology

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Olatunde Oladejo, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Biology

Erika Whitney, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Biology

Staff

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Cierra Jackson

Administrative Assistant II

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Marshell Jenkins

Laboratory Manager

Lashai Bunn

Laboratory Technicians