Faculty

	Research	Contact Info
James Arnone Assistant Professor Ph.D., Wesleyan University 2012	Genetics, genomics and molecular biology using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model organism	Phone: 1 973 720 3457 Office: SCIE 4042 ArnoneJ@wpunj.edu
Sonya Bierbower Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Kentucky 2010	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 Desroches Professor Ph.D., City University of New York, Hunter College 1978	Neuroendocrinology; teratogenic agents and development	Phone: 1 973 720 2329 Office: SCIE 4046 DesrochesD@wpunj.edu
E. Eileen Gardner Professor Ph.D., University of Texas 1980	Protein expression during development	Phone: 1 973 720 3441 Office: SCIE 4057 GardnerE@wpunj.edu
David Gilley Professor Ph.D., Cornell University 2003	Animal Behavior; Social Insects	Phone: 1 973 720 2549 Office: SCIE 4038 GilleyD@wpunj.edu
Kelley Healey Assistant Professor Ph.D., Drexel University College of Medicine 2013	Mycology, fungal pathogenesis, antimicrobial resistance	Phone: 1 973 720 3440 Office: SCIE 4042 HealeyK3@wpunj.edu
Jeung Woon Lee Associate Professor Ph.D., Boston University 2000	Neurophysiology of pain; Transplantation of genetically engineered cells for pain research	Phone: 1 973 720 2442 Office: SCIE 4044 LeeJ22@wpunj.edu
Claire M. Leonard Professor Ph.D., New York Medical College 1987	Molecular biology of metabolic diseases	Phone: 1 973 720 2791 Office: SWest 4058 LeonardC@wpunj.edu
Kendall J. Martin Professor Ph.D., Oregon State University 2001	Microbial ecology	Phone: 1 973 720 3452 Office: SCIE 4045 MartinK31@wpunj.edu
Jaishri Menon Professor Ph.D., University of Baroda India 1978	Physiology and vertebrate morphology	Phone: 1 973 720 2795 Office: SCIE 4040 MenonJ@wpunj.edu
Emily Monroe Associate Professor Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina 2008	Genomics & molecular biology of marine organisms; secondary metabolism; harmful algal blooms	Phone: 1 973 720 2792 Office: SCIE 4053 MonroeE@wpunj.edu
Emmanuel Onaivi Professor Ph.D., University of Bradford England 1987	Molecular biology of drug abuse	Phone: 1 973 720 3453 Office: SCIE 4049 OnaiviE@wpunj.edu
Pradeep Patnaik Professor Ph.D., Indiana University 1989	DNA replication and the molecular genetics of parasitic protozoa	Phone: 1 973 720 3454 Office: SCIE 4055 PatnaikP@wpunj.edu
Michael S. Peek Professor Ph.D., University of Maryland 2002	Plant ecophysiology	Phone: 1 973 720 2247 Office: SCIE 4054 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 Office: SCIE 4051 RisleyL@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 Slaymaker Professor & Department Chair Ph.D.,University of California at Riverside 1999	Molecular plant ecology; molecular plant-pathogen interactions	Phone: 1 973 720 2439 Office: SCIE 4064B SlaymakerD@wpunj.edu
Joseph Spagna Associate Professor Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 2006	Systematics, evolution and biomechanics of arthropods	Phone: 1 973 720 2793 Office: SCIE 4039 SpagnaJ@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: SCIE 4041 VailS@wpunj.edu
Miryam Z. Wahrman Professor Ph.D., Cornell University 1981	Microbiology; hand hygiene; bacteria-fomite interactions; bioethics	Phone: 1 973 720 3456 Office: SCIE 4050 WahrmanM@wpunj.edu
Carey Waldburger Associate Professor Ph.D.,University of Southern California 1992	Molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics of bacterial signal transduction	Phone: 1 973 720 2486 Office: SCIE 4052 WaldburgerC@wpunj.edu

Emeritus Faculty		Contact Info
Robert Benno, Ph.D.	Professor, Emeritus 2017	BennoR@wpunj.edu
Robert Chesney, Ph.D.	Professor, Emeritus 2015	ChesneyR@wpunj.edu
Michael Sebetich, Ph.D.	Professor, Emeritus 2014	SebetichM@wpunj.edu
Martin Hahn, Ph.D.	Professor, Emeritus 2008	HahnM@wpunj.edu
Sharon Hanks, Ph.D.	Professor, Emerita 2004	HanksS@wpunj.edu
Jane Voos, Ph.D.	Professor, Emerita 2004	VoosJ@wpunj.edu
Ching-Yeh Hu, Ph.D.	Professor, Emeritus 2000	ChingH@wpunj.edu
Edith Wallace, Ph.D.	Professor, Emerita 1998	WallaceE@wpunj.edu

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