FacultyResearchContact Info James ArnoneAssistant ProfessorPh.D., Wesleyan University2012 Genetics, genomics and molecular biology using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model organism Phone: 1 973 720 3457Office: SCIE 4042ArnoneJ@wpunj.edu Sonya BierbowerAssistant ProfessorPh.D., University of Kentucky2010 Brain edema, cytotoxicity and the inflammatory responses through modulation of excitability of neurons after a Traumatic Brain Injury Phone: 1 973 720 3455 Office: SCIE 4052 BierbowerS@wpunj.edu Danielle DesrochesProfessorPh.D., City University of New York, Hunter College1978 Neuroendocrinology; teratogenic agents and development Phone: 1 973 720 2329Office: SCIE 4046 DesrochesD@wpunj.edu E. Eileen GardnerProfessorPh.D., University of Texas1980 Protein expression during development Phone: 1 973 720 3441Office: SCIE 4057 GardnerE@wpunj.edu David GilleyProfessorPh.D., Cornell University 2003 Animal Behavior; Social Insects Phone: 1 973 720 2549Office: SCIE 4038 GilleyD@wpunj.edu Kelley HealeyAssistant ProfessorPh.D., Drexel University College of Medicine2013 Mycology, fungal pathogenesis, antimicrobial resistance Phone: 1 973 720 3440Office: SCIE 4042 HealeyK3@wpunj.edu Jeung Woon LeeAssociate ProfessorPh.D., Boston University2000 Neurophysiology of pain; Transplantation of genetically engineered cells for pain research Phone: 1 973 720 2442Office: SCIE 4044 LeeJ22@wpunj.edu Claire M. LeonardProfessorPh.D., New York Medical College1987 Molecular biology of metabolic diseases Phone: 1 973 720 2791Office: SWest 4058 LeonardC@wpunj.edu Kendall J. MartinProfessorPh.D., Oregon State University2001 Microbial ecology Phone: 1 973 720 3452Office: SCIE 4045 MartinK31@wpunj.edu Jaishri MenonProfessorPh.D., University of Baroda India1978 Physiology and vertebrate morphology Phone: 1 973 720 2795Office: SCIE 4040 MenonJ@wpunj.edu Emily MonroeAssociate ProfessorPh.D., Medical University of South Carolina 2008 Genomics & molecular biology of marine organisms; secondary metabolism; harmful algal blooms Phone: 1 973 720 2792Office: SCIE 4053 MonroeE@wpunj.edu Emmanuel OnaiviProfessorPh.D., University of Bradford England 1987 Molecular biology of drug abuse Phone: 1 973 720 3453Office: SCIE 4049OnaiviE@wpunj.edu Pradeep PatnaikProfessorPh.D., Indiana University1989 DNA replication and the molecular genetics of parasitic protozoa Phone: 1 973 720 3454Office: SCIE 4055 PatnaikP@wpunj.edu Michael S. PeekProfessor & Department ChairPh.D., University of Maryland2002 Plant ecophysiology Phone: 1 973 720 2247Office: SCIE 4064BPeekM@wpunj.edu Lance S. RisleyProfessor Ph.D., University of Georgia1987 Ecology of forest ecosystems; conservation biology (focus on bats) Phone: 1 973 720 3438Office: SCIE 4051RisleyL@wpunj.edu Venkat Sharma Professor & Dean of College of Science and Health Ph.D., University of Madras 1989 Transcription and cytokine biology; Immunology, Nano-Immunology, Biochemistry of Leukemia, HIV-associated B-cell lymphomas and Biomedical Ethics Phone: 1 973 720 2194 Office: SCIE 3019 SharmaV@wpunj.edu David SlaymakerProfessorPh.D.,University of California at Riverside1999 Molecular plant ecology; molecular plant-pathogen interactions Phone: 1 973 720 2439Office: SCIE 4048SlaymakerD@wpunj.edu Joseph SpagnaAssociate ProfessorPh.D., University of California, Berkeley2006 Systematics, evolution and biomechanics of arthropods Phone: 1 973 720 2793 Office: SCIE 4039SpagnaJ@wpunj.edu Stephen G. VailProfessorPh.D.,University of California at Davis1990 Population ecology; plant-animal interactions; Lyme disease Phone: 1 973 720 2487Office: SCIE 4041VailS@wpunj.edu Miryam Z. WahrmanProfessorPh.D., Cornell University1981 Microbiology; hand hygiene; bacteria-fomite interactions; bioethics Phone: 1 973 720 3456Office: SCIE 4050WahrmanM@wpunj.edu Carey WaldburgerAssociate ProfessorPh.D.,University of Southern California 1992 Molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics of bacterial signal transduction Phone: 1 973 720 2486 Office: SCIE 4052WaldburgerC@wpunj.edu
Emeritus FacultyContact Info Robert Benno, Ph.D.Professor, Emeritus2017 BennoR@wpunj.edu Robert Chesney, Ph.D.Professor, Emeritus2015 ChesneyR@wpunj.edu Michael Sebetich, Ph.D.Professor, Emeritus2014 SebetichM@wpunj.edu Martin Hahn, Ph.D.Professor, Emeritus2008 HahnM@wpunj.edu Sharon Hanks, Ph.D.Professor, Emeritus2004 HanksS@wpunj.edu Ching-Yeh Hu, Ph.D.Professor, Emeritus2000 ChingH@wpunj.edu Edith Wallace, Ph.D.Professor, Emeritus1998 WallaceE@wpunj.edu
