Department Directory
Directory
Below you will find information about how to contact our department faculty members and staff. Each faculty member has a link to a profile page with more information.
Department leadership
Esther Biswas-Fiss, Ph.D., MB(ASCP)CM
Department Chair, Medical and Molecular Sciences
Professor
Director, Graduate Programs in Medical Sciences
Director, Programs in Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Program Advisor, Molecular Diagnostics Minor and Certificate
Professor
Director, Graduate Programs in Medical Sciences
Director, Programs in Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Program Advisor, Molecular Diagnostics Minor and Certificate
302-831-2912
Office Location:
305J Willard Hall
Department Faculty Members
Mona Batish, PhD
Assistant Professor
302-831-8591
232 Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Donald C. Lehman, Ed.D., MLS (ASCP) CM, SM(NRCM)
Professor
302-831-8432
305H Willard Hall
Paula A. Melancon, M. Ed., MT(ASCP)
Instructor
Clinical Education Coordinator
Clinical Education Coordinator
302-831-0623
305F Willard Hall
Huey-Jen Lin, Ph.D., MT(ASCP)
Associate Professor
302-831-7576
303B Willard Hall
Vijay Parashar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
302-831-4552
231 Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Academic Program Directors
Leslie M. Allshouse, M.Ed., M.B.A., MLS (ASCP)CM
Department Vice Chair
Senior Instructor
Director, Medical Laboratory Science
Program Advisor, Post Baccalaureate Categorical Certificate in MLS
CHS Director of Curriculum
Senior Instructor
Director, Medical Laboratory Science
Program Advisor, Post Baccalaureate Categorical Certificate in MLS
CHS Director of Curriculum
302-831-2755
305E Willard Hall
Denene Lofland, Ph.D., FACSc, MT(ASCP)
Associate Professor
Director, Medical Diagnostics
Program Advisor, Medical Diagnostics Minor
Affiliated Faculty, Plant & Soil Sciences Microbiology Graduate Program
Director, Medical Diagnostics
Program Advisor, Medical Diagnostics Minor
Affiliated Faculty, Plant & Soil Sciences Microbiology Graduate Program
302-831-8737
303C Willard Hall
Virginia Hughes, Ph.D., MLS (ASCP)CM, SBB
Associate Professor
Director, Medical Diagnostics (Pre-PA)
Director, Medical Diagnostics (Pre-PA)
302-831-3865
303D Willard Hall
| Name | Title | Phone | Office | |
| Jodi Allen | Administrative Assistant | joallen@udel.edu | 302-831-8400 | 305 Willard Hall |
| Susan Coffing | Academic Advisor Program Advisor, Genetic Counseling Minor |
scoffing@udel.edu | 302-831-8804 | 305F Willard Hall |
| Diana C. Levering | Academic Support Coordinator | levering@udel.edu | 302-831-2849 | 305K Willard Hall |
| Kyle Protack | Laboratory Coordinator | kprotack@udel.edu | 302-831-4212 | 305D Willard Hall |
| Heather A. Walters | Laboratory Coordinator | hwalters@udel.edu | 302-831-4212 | 305D Willard Hall |
| Name | Title | |
| Anna P. Ciulla, MCC, MLS (ASCP)SC, CC(NRCC) | Professor Emeritus | aciulla@udel.edu |
| Raelene Maser, PhD, MT(ASCP) | Professor Emeritus | rmaser@udel.edu |
| Mary Ann McLane, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM | Professor Emeritus | mclane@udel.edu |
| Name | Title | |
| Karen R. Brinker, M. Ed., MLS (ASCP)CM | Adjunct/Supplemental Faculty University of Delaware |
kcchem@udel.edu |
| Zohra Ali-Khan Catts, M.S. LCGC | Director, Genetic Counseling Services ChristianaCare Co-Director, Masters in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling Thomas Jefferson University |
zcatts@udel.edu |
| Sheau Ching Chai | Assistant Professor Behavioral Health and Nutrition University of Delaware |
scchai@udel.edu |
| Eric Chandler, MLS (ASCP) | Medical Laboratory Scientist | echandl@udel.edu |
| Mallory Chimmel, MSFS | DNA Analyst The Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory |
mchmiel@udel.edu |
| Jasmine Fuentes, MLS (ASCLS) | Technical Service Technician Integrated Chemistry In-Vitro Diagnostics Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. |
jfuentes@udel.edu |
| Lindsey M. Hardy, MHA, MLS (ASCP) | Medical Laboratory Scientist ChristianaCare, Department of Microbiology |
lhardy@udel.edu |
| Marie Kuczmarski | Professor Behavioral Health and Nutrition University of Delaware |
mfk@udel.edu |
| Katy Koluch, MLS (ASCP)CM | Medical Laboratory Scientist Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children |
kkoluch@udel.edu |
| Scott Kleckner, MS | Corporate Security Global Investment and Technology Firm American Society for Industrial Security National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Association of Retired Delaware State Police |
kleckner@udel.edu |
| Eric B. Kmiec, Ph.D. | Director, Gene Editing Institute Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute ChristianaCare |
ebkmiec@udel.edu |
| Danyella Lopez-Juarez, MLS (ASCP) | Medical Laboratory Scientist I ChristianaCare Blood Bank |
danyell@udel.edu |
| Christine Miller, B.S., MLS (ASCP)CM | Adjunct/Supplemental Faculty University of Delaware |
chmiller@udel.edu |
| Michael Monge, MLS (ASCP) | Medical Laboratory Scientist II ChristianaCare Department of Pathology |
monge@udel.edu |
| Kawal Jeet Narula, PhD | Adjunct Faculty Medical and Molecular Sciences University of Delaware |
knarula@udel.edu |
| Beth Ranauto, MT(ASCP) | Adjunct Microbiology Instructor University of Delaware and Cecil College |
branauto@udel.edu |
| Vipul Shah, MBA;MLS(ASCP);DLM(ASCP)CM | Clinical Labs, Division Manager Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Professional Medical Technologist, Penn Medicine Adjust Faculty, University of Delaware |
shahv@udel.edu |
| Jessica Smith, M.S., D-ABFT-FT | Chief Forensic Toxicologist State of Delaware Division of Forensic Science |
smithox@udel.edu |
| Richard A. West, M.S. | Flow Cytometry Core Manager/Associate Scientist Delaware Biotechnology Institute University of Delaware |
richwest@udel.edu |