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FACULTY

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.

Faculty/Area of Research

Contact Information
Robert H. Benno
Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa
1978
Neurobehavioral Genetics: gene/environment interactions influencing autism
Phone: 1 973 720 3440
Office: S449
BennoR@wpunj.edu
Robert H. Chesney
Professor
Ph.D., University of Virginia
1974 
 Biotechnology; bacterial and phage genetics.
Phone: 1 973 720 3455
Office: S507B
ChesneyR@wpunj.edu

Danielle Desroches
Professor
Ph.D., City University of New York, Hunter College, 1981

Neuroendocrinology; teratogenic agents and development
Phone: 1 973 720 2329
Office: S447
DesrochesD@wpunj.edu
E. Eileen Gardner E. Eileen Gardner
Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas
1980
Protein biochemistry (Antibody production); cytoskeletal proteins
Phone: 1 973 720 3441
Office: S434A
GardnerE@wpunj.edu
David Gilley
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University
2003
Animal Behavior; Social Insects
Phone: 1 973 720 2549
Office: S453
GilleyD@wpunj.edu
Georgianna Gould
Assistant Professor
Ph.D.,Syracuse University
2001
Neurotoxicology; Biogenic Amine Systems; Animal Behavior .
Phone: 1 973 720 2480
Office: S441
GouldG@wpunj.edu
Denise Liberty
Visiting Assistant Professor
M.S., East Stroudsburg University
1997
Anatomy and physiology; cardiac rehabilitation; electrocardiography
Phone: 1 973 720 2442
Office: S452
LibertyD@wpunj.edu
Claire M. Leonard
Associate Professor
Ph.D., New York Medical College
1987
Molecular biology of metabolic diseases.
Phone: 1 973 720 2791
Office: S503A
LeonardC@wpunj.edu
Kendall J. Martin
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Oregon State University
2001
Microbial ecology

Phone:  1 973 720 3452
Office:  S501B

MartinK31@wpunj.edu

Jaishri Menon Jaishri Menon
Professor
Ph.D., University of Baroda India
1978
Physiology and vertebrate morphology.
Phone: 1 973 720 2795
Office: S513A
MenonJ@wpunj.edu
Emmanuel Onaiv Emmanuel Onaivi
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Bradford England
1987
Molecular biology of drug abuse
Phone: 1 973 720 3453
Office: S503B
OnaiviE@wpunj.edu
Pradeep Patnaik Pradeep Patnaik
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University
1989
DNA replication and the molecular genetics
of parasitic protozoa.
Phone: 1 973 720 3454
Lab:     1 973 720 3743
Office: S505B
PatnaikP@wpunj.edu
Michael S. Peek
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland
2002
Plant ecophysiology
Phone: 1 973 720 2247
Office: S501A
PeekM@wpunj.edu

Lance S. Risley
Professor
Ph.D., University of Georgia
1987
Ecology of forest ecosystems; conservation biology (focus on bats)
Phone: 1 973 720 3438
O
ffice: S443
RisleyL@wpunj.edu
Michael J. Sebetich
Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers University
1972
Limnology; lake management.
Phone: 1 973 720 2792
Office: S455
SebetichM@wpunj.edu
David Slaymaker
Associate Professor
Ph.D.,University of California at Riverside
1999

Plant-pathogen interactions; plant molecular biology.

Phone: 1 973 720 2439
Lab:     1 973 720 3743
Office: S507A
SlaymakerD@wpunj.edu

Stephen G. Vail
Professor
Ph.D.,University of California at Davis
1990

Population ecology; plant-animal interactions; Lyme disease.
Phone: 1 973 720 2487
Office: S452
VailS@wpunj.edu
Miryam Z. Wahrman
Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University
1981
Biotechnology; Molecular biology of development; bioactive marine compounds.
Phone: 1 973 720 3456
Office: S511B
WahrmanM@wpunj.edu

Carey Waldburger
 Assistant Professor
Ph.D.,University of Southern California
1992

Molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics of bacterial signal transduction.
Phone: 1 973 720 3457
Office: S505A
WaldburgerC@wpunj.edu

Faculty Emeritus