Our People

Meet Our People

 

Welcome to the Department of Biological Sciences people directory, your comprehensive guide to the dedicated educators and researchers shaping the future of biological sciences. Our directory is designed to facilitate easy access to information about our faculty members, helping students, colleagues, and collaborators connect with our diverse and talented team. Whether you're seeking expertise in specific research areas, exploring collaborative opportunities, or simply learning more about our faculty's contributions to the field, this directory serves as your gateway to the wealth of knowledge and experience housed within our department. Explore, connect, and discover the people at the heart of our scientific community.

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  • Velia Fowler

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Chair in Biological Sciences
    Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-4296

    Email: vfowler@udel.edu

  • Jeremy Bird

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Assistant Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-1332

    Email: jgbird@udel.edu

  • E. Fidelma Boyd

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-1088

    Email: fboyd@udel.edu

  • Carlton R. Cooper

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-6062

    Emailcrcooper@udel.edu

  • Stefanie R. DeVito

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Associate Professor
    Interim Director, Interdisciplinary Science Learning Labs

    Phone: (302) 831-3868

    Email: sdevito@udel.edu

  • Jacob Dums

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Assistant Professor

    Email: jdums@udel.edu

  • Melinda K. Duncan

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Trustees Distinguished Professor of Biology

    Phone: (302) 831-0533  

    Email: duncanm@udel.edu

  • Deni S. Galileo

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-1277

    Email: dgalileo@udel.edu

  • Alenka Hlousek-Radojcic

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-3656

    Email: alenkahr@udel.edu

  • Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-7045

    Email: anjl@udel.edu

  • John R. Jungck

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-4041

    Email: jungck@udel.edu

  • Austin Keeler

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Assistant Professor

    Phone: (302) 553-7934

    Email: abkeeler@udel.edu

  • Amber Krauchunas

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Assistant Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-1291

    Email: arkrauch@udel.edu

  • Salil A. Lachke

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Professor
    Alumni Distinguished Professor of Biology

    Gerard J. Mangone Scholar
    Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

    Phone: (302) 831-3040

    Email: salil@udel.edu

  • Chi Keung Lam

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Assistant Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-3165

    Email: lamcg@udel.edu

  • Joohyun (Jason) Lim

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Assistant Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-6685

    Email: limj@udel.edu

    Building X, Room 225

  • Lynn A. Mahaffy

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Assistant Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-3046

    Email: lmahaffy@udel.edu

  • Vinayak Mathur

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Assistant Professor

    Emailvmathur@udel.edu

  • Jennifer Nauen

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Undergraduate Program Director
    Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-4439

    Email: jnauen@udel.edu

  • Ramona Neunuebel

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-3450

    Email: neunr@udel.edu

  • Anja Nohe

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-2959

    Email: anjanohe@udel.edu

  • Oyenike ‘Nike’ Olabisi

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-1215

    Email: nolabisi@udel.edu

  • Justin Parreno

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    ​​Assistant Professor
    Undergraduate Research Director

    Phone: (302) 831-3776

    Email: jparreno@udel.edu

  • David Raden

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    ​​Assistant Professor

    Email: draden@udel.edu

  • Lindsey Roper

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    ​​Assistant Professor

    Email: lroper@udel.edu

  • Karl Schmitz

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    ​​Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-6100

    Email: schmitzk@udel.edu

  • Erica M. Selva

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Graduate Program Co-Director
    Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-6096

    Email: selva@udel.edu

  • Lisha Shao

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    ​​Assistant Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-2579

    Email: shaol@udel.edu

  • Robert A. Sikes

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    ​​Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-6050

    Email: rasikes@udel.edu

  • Jia L. Song

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    Associate Chair
    Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-2794

    Email: jsong@udel.edu

  • Molly C. Sutherland

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    ​​Assistant Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-3021

    Emailmsuther@udel.edu

  • Jessica Tanis

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    ​​Associate Professor
    Graduate Program Co-Director

    Phone: (302) 831-8439

    Email: jtanis@udel.edu

  • Andre Luiz Pasqua Tavares

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    ​​Assistant Professor

    Email: tavaresa@udel.edu

  • Christopher Trimby

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    ​​Associate Professor
    Undergraduate Advising Director

    Phone: (302) 831-3424

    Email: trimby@udel.edu

  • Kenneth L. van Golen

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    ​​Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-2669

    Email: klvg@udel.edu

  • Shuo Wei

    Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences

    ​​Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-1146

    Email: swei@udel.edu

  • Donna Woulfe

    ​​Associate Professor

    Phone: (302) 831-0850

    Email: dswoulfe@udel.edu

NameTitleE-mail Address
John Bartley, Ph.D. Associate Professor

Faculty Director, Associate in Arts Program
jbartley@udel.edu 
Seung M Hong, Ph.D. ​Physiology Lab Coordinator

Assistant Professor
smhong@udel.edu 
William Reed, Ph.D. billreed@udel.edu
Mark Keese, Ph.D.​Adjunct Faculty
mkeese@udel.edu
Victor Fomin, Ph.D. vfomin@udel.edu
NameTitleE-mail
Mona Batish, Ph.D. Assistant Professorbatish@udel.edu 
Clara S. Chan Ph.D. cschan@udel.edu 
Jeffrey L. Caplan, Ph.D. jcaplan@udel.edu 
David Edwards, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Kinesiology & Appl Physiologydge@udel.edu 
Catherine A. Fromen, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Biomedical Engineeringcfromen@udel.edu
Catherine Grimes, Ph.D. Assistant Professorcgrimes@udel.edu 
Jason Gleghorn, Ph.D. Assistant Professorgleghorn@udel.edu 
William B. Farquhar, Ph.D. Associate Professorwbf@udel.edu 
Pamela J. Green, Ph.D. Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences and Professor of Marine Studiesgreen@dbi.udel.edu 
Thomas E. Hanson, Ph.D. tehanson@udel.edu 
Xinqiao Jia, Ph.D.  xjia@udel.edu 
Jung-Youn Lee, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Plant & Soil Sciencelee@dbi.udel.edu 
Julia Anne Maresca, Ph.D. Assistant Professorjmaresca@udel.edu 
Vijay K. Parashar, Ph.D. parashar@udel.edu 
Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis, Ph.D. epaps@udel.edu 
Carl Schmidt, Ph.D. schmidtc@udel.edu 
Mark Parcells, Ph.D. Professor, Animal and Food Sciencesparcells@udel.edu 
Erin Sparks, Ph.D.  esparks@udel.edu 
Shawn Polson, Ph.D. polson@udel.edu 
Robin Morgan, Ph.D. morgan@udel.edu 
Liyun Wang, Ph.D. Associate Professorlywang@udel.edu 
K. Eric Wommack, Ph.D. wommack@dbi.udel.edu 
Cathy H. Wu, Ph.D. Joint Faculty
Edward G. Jefferson Professor of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Professor, Department of Computer & Information Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Director, Protein Information Resource
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center
wuc@udel.edu 
Douglas Tallamy, Ph.D. dtallamy@udel.edu 
Aditya Dutta, Ph.D. adidutta@udel.edu
Yihang Li, Ph.D. liyh@udel.edu
Jeffry Fuhrmann, Ph.D.fuhrmann@udel.edu
NameTitleE-mail
Yvette Yien, Ph.D. ​Associate Professor of Medicine

Vascular Medicine Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
yieny@pitt.edu 
Zohra J. Ali-Khan Catts, M.S., CGC ​​
zali-khancatts@christianacare.org 
Daniel Carson, Ph.D. ​​Adjunct Professor

Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University
dcarson@rice.edu 
Robert E. Akins, Ph.D., F.A.H.A. Professor

Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Head, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Research, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
Robert.Akins@nemours.org 
Nicholas Petrelli, M.D., FACS ​Bank of America Endowed Medical Director

Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute
Christiana Care Health System
npetrelli@christianacare.org 
Thomas L. Bauer, II, M.D. ​Adjunct Assistant Professor

Thoracic Surgeon, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, Christiana Care Health Services
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
tbauer@christianacare.org 
Mary C. Farach-Carson, Ph.D. Professor
Director of Clinical & Translational Research
Mary.C.FarachCarson@uth.tmc.edu 
Robert W. Mason, Ph.D. ​​Adjunct Associate Professor

Head, Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory and Director, Cell Science Core, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
Affiliated Faculty, Delaware Biotechnology Institute
rmason@nemours.org 
Matthew E. R. Butchbach, Ph.D. ​Affiliated Assistant Professor

Research Scientist (Assistant Professor)
Head, Motor Neuron Diseases Research Laboratory
Nemours Biomedical Research
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Thomas Jefferson University
merb@udel.edu 
Jennifer Sims-Mourtada, Ph.D. ​Senior Clinical Scientist, Center for Translational Cancer Research, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center,

Affiliated Faculty, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
jsimsmourtada@christianacare.org 
Zhengyu (Mark) Ma, M.D., Ph.D. ​Research Scientist

Head, T Cell Immunology Laboratory
zma@nemours.org 
Bruce M. Boman, MD, PhD, MS, FACP​​​
brboman@udel.edu
Ulhas Naik, Ph.D.​Director, Cardeza Center for Vascular Biology
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research 
Ulhas.Naik@jefferson.edu
Deepthi Alapati, MD​​
deepthi.alapati@nemours.org
Sonali Barwe, Ph.D. ​​Senior Research Scientist
sonali.barwe@nemours.org 
NameTitle
Gary H. Laverty, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
Robert Eisenberg Professor Emeritus
Ron Karlson, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
Diane Herson, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
Linda K. Dion, M.S. Professor Emeritus
Daniel Simmons, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
Jane Noble-Harvey, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
David Smith, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
Malcolm H. Taylor, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
Florence Schmieg, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
George Molloy, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
Roger Wagner, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
David C. Usher, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
Steven Skopik Professor Emeritus
Patricia A. DeLeon, Ph.D., D.Sc. ( h.c.).​​Trustees' Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences Emerita
Patricia Walsh, Ph.D.​​​​Professor Emeritus
NameTitleEmailPhone
Kristin McCormickBusiness Administrator II
kbmccorm@udel.edu
(302) 831-8944

Jim Farmer

Facility Coordinatorfarmer@udel.edu(302) 831-2307

Heather Justison

Academic Program Coordinator - Graduate Studentshjustis@udel.edu(302) 831-1623

Diana Levering

Academic Program Coordinator - Undergraduate Studentslevering@udel.edu302-831-4297

Alvin Ng

Computer Support Specialist IIacng@udel.edu(302) 831-2046

Jamie Quesenberry

Shop Managerjamieq@udel.edu(302) 831-2549

Lydia Tocco

Academic Support Coordinator IIljtocco@udel.edu302-831-4296
NameEmail
Ahmed Abdelgawadahmedg@udel.edu
Deji Adekanyedej@udel.edu
Asif Ahmedprosetik@udel.edu
Aderonke Olufunke Ajongboloronkeaj@udel.edu
Malak Alradialradim@udel.edu
Malcolm Arnottmparnott@udel.edu
Sarah Bauersabauer@udel.edu
Georgina Bayagbaya@udel.edu
Katherine Boas-Lichtykboas@udel.edu
Abigail Boltabbybolt@udel.edu
Betul Celikduzleme@udel.edu
Somdeepa Chakrabortisomdeepa@udel.edu
Jiniya Chakradharjiniyach@udel.edu
Sepideh Cheheltanischehelt@udel.edu
Visnu Chowdhurypritom@udel.edu
Kelechi Blessing Chukwuochakelechib@udel.edu
Kader Cicekkadercck@udel.edu
Sarah Coomsonsycooms@udel.edu
Justin Cuevajcueva@udel.edu
Kaustuv Daskaustuv@udel.edu
Promita Debpromita@udel.edu
Dimitri Diazdmdiaz@udel.edu
Celeste DiGennarocdigenn@udel.edu
Christopher Dudachduda@udel.edu
Yaw Kobia Dwomorydkobia@udel.edu
Esraa Ebraheemesraaee@udel.edu
Jacob Ellisellisj@udel.edu
Malek Elsayyidmelsa@udel.edu
Olivia Frielojfriel@udel.edu
Samantha Gillisskgillis@udel.edu
Brett Graverbgraver@udel.edu
Malia Greenmngreen@udel.edu
Anushree Gurjaranushree@udel.edu
Summer Hackenburghackens@udel.edu
Kate Heneseykhenesey@udel.edu
Angelica Herreno Pachonherrenoa@udel.edu
Ashna Ambrin Hoqueashna@udel.edu
Jannatul Ferdous Hossainjannatfh@udel.edu
Victoria Hunsuvhunsu@udel.edu
Sadia Islamstislam@udel.edu
Pratistha Kandelpkandel@udel.edu
Amali Karunathilakaamykaru@udel.edu
Rachel Keownrkeown@udel.edu
Emylee Kerslakekerslake@udel.edu
Sangeetha Kharidehalsangeeta@udel.edu
So Hyeon Kimsohyeonk@udel.edu
Aakash Koppulaaakash@udel.edu
Alicia Kreimanakreiman@udel.edu
Yasemin Kusyasemink@udel.edu
Kent Kwahkentkwah@udel.edu
Molly Laustenmlausten@udel.edu
Kara Lehnerkmlehner@udel.edu
Siyang Liaoliaosiy@udel.edu
A'Maya Looperadlooper@udel.edu
Laura Marvinlbmarvin@udel.edu
Ronald McMillianrmcmill@udel.edu
Niloufar Mirsadraiesisi@udel.edu
Deven Sinclair Mozertdmozert@udel.edu
Darline Muratdarla@udel.edu
Jeyashree Nathan Elangojeyasri@udel.edu
Robert Fonyuy Ndzeidzerobertn@udel.edu
Nidhi Nidhinnidhi@udel.edu
Vadesse Noundouvadln@udel.edu
Ryan Oliverroliver@udel.edu
Leah O'Neillleahmo@udel.edu
Brian Osmondbosmond@udel.edu
Megha Ozamoza@udel.edu
Venu Panditvpandit@udel.edu
Joseph Patriajpatria@udel.edu
Shannon Claire Pfeifferscpfeiff@udel.edu
Mugdha Polmugdha@udel.edu
Christopher Presloidpresloid@udel.edu
Nahin Siara Provanahin@udel.edu
Jessica Lynn Raineyjrainey@udel.edu
SM Rakib-Uz-Zamanrakib@udel.edu
Mikail Abiodun Rasheedmikail@udel.edu
Stephanie Richardson-Solorzanosgrs@udel.edu
Richard Robertsrjrobert@udel.edu
Christine Rourkecrourke@udel.edu
Sampurna Saikiassaikia@udel.edu
Christopher Saulsaul@udel.edu
Sujoita Sensujoita@udel.edu
Sanjaya Shresthasstha@udel.edu
Yogeshwari Singhyogi@udel.edu
Daniel Slusawdslusaw@udel.edu
Karli Paige Sunnergrenksunner@udel.edu
Michael Testamtesta@udel.edu
Krishna Thakkartkrishna@udel.edu
Thomas Manzonimanzonit@udel.edu
Nikitaben Vardenikitav@udel.edu
Juntian Weijuntianw@udel.edu
Casey Madison Welchwelchcm@udel.edu
Pengjun Xiapjxia@udel.edu
Xiaolu Xuxiaoluxu@udel.edu
Shenyu Zhangsyzhang@udel.edu
Chi Zhangjohnitch@udel.edu