The faculty of the Department of Biology is strongly
committed to excellence in teaching and research. Faculty members are listed
below along with their research interests, phone numbers, office numbers,
and e-mail addresses. Click here to see a list of faculty office hours.
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Faculty/Area of Research
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Contact Information |
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Robert
H. Benno
Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa
1978 |
| Neurobehavioral Genetics: gene/environment interactions influencing autism |
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Phone: 1 973 720 3440
Office: S449
BennoR@wpunj.edu
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Robert H. Chesney
Professor
Ph.D., University of Virginia
1974 |
| Biotechnology; bacterial and phage genetics. |
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Phone: 1 973 720 3455
Office: S507B
ChesneyR@wpunj.edu |
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Danielle Desroches
Professor
Ph.D., City University of New
York,
Hunter College, 1981
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Neuroendocrinology;
teratogenic agents and development |
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Phone: 1 973 720 2329
Office: S447
DesrochesD@wpunj.edu
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E.
Eileen Gardner
Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas
1980 |
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Protein biochemistry
(Antibody production); cytoskeletal proteins |
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Phone: 1 973 720 3441
Office: S434A
GardnerE@wpunj.edu
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David Gilley
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University
2003 |
| Animal Behavior; Social Insects |
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Phone: 1 973 720 2549
Office: S453
GilleyD@wpunj.edu |
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Georgianna Gould
Assistant Professor
Ph.D.,Syracuse University
2001 |
| Neurotoxicology; Biogenic Amine Systems; Animal Behavior . |
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Phone: 1 973 720 2480
Office: S441
GouldG@wpunj.edu |
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Denise Liberty
Visiting Assistant Professor
M.S., East Stroudsburg University
1997 |
| Anatomy and physiology; cardiac rehabilitation; electrocardiography |
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Phone: 1 973 720 2442
Office: S452
LibertyD@wpunj.edu |
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Claire M. Leonard
Associate Professor
Ph.D., New York Medical College
1987 |
| Molecular biology of metabolic diseases. |
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Phone: 1 973 720 2791
Office: S503A
LeonardC@wpunj.edu |
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Kendall J. Martin
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Oregon State University
2001
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Microbial ecology |
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Jaishri Menon
Professor
Ph.D., University of Baroda India
1978 |
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Physiology and
vertebrate morphology. |
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Phone: 1 973 720 2795
Office: S513A
MenonJ@wpunj.edu |
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Emmanuel Onaivi
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Bradford England
1987 |
|
Molecular biology
of drug abuse |
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Phone: 1 973 720 3453
Office: S503B
OnaiviE@wpunj.edu |
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Pradeep
Patnaik
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University
1989 |
DNA replication
and the molecular genetics
of parasitic protozoa. |
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Phone: 1 973 720 3454
Lab: 1 973 720
3743
Office: S505B
PatnaikP@wpunj.edu |
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Michael S. Peek
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland
2002 |
|
Plant ecophysiology |
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Phone: 1 973 720 2247
Office: S501A
PeekM@wpunj.edu |
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Lance S. Risley
Professor
Ph.D., University of Georgia
1987 |
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Ecology of forest
ecosystems; conservation biology (focus on bats) |
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Phone: 1 973 720 3438
Office: S443
RisleyL@wpunj.edu |
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Phone: 1 973 720 2792
Office: S455
SebetichM@wpunj.edu |
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David Slaymaker
Associate Professor
Ph.D.,University of California at Riverside
1999 |
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Plant-pathogen
interactions; plant molecular biology.
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Phone: 1 973 720 2439
Lab: 1 973 720
3743
Office: S507A
SlaymakerD@wpunj.edu
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Stephen G. Vail
Professor
Ph.D.,University of California at Davis
1990
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Population ecology;
plant-animal interactions; Lyme disease. |
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Phone: 1 973 720 2487
Office: S452
VailS@wpunj.edu
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Miryam Z. Wahrman
Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University
1981 |
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Biotechnology;
Molecular biology of development; bioactive marine compounds. |
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Phone: 1 973 720 3456
Office: S511B
WahrmanM@wpunj.edu
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Carey Waldburger
Assistant Professor
Ph.D.,University of Southern California
1992
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Molecular biology,
biochemistry, and genetics of bacterial signal transduction. |
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Phone: 1 973 720 3457
Office: S505A
WaldburgerC@wpunj.edu |