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 SciencesChair in Biological Sciences
ProfessorPhone: (302) 831-4296
Email: vfowler@udel.edu
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Jeremy Bird
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssistant Professor
Phone: (302) 831-1332
Email: jgbird@udel.edu
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E. Fidelma Boyd
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesProfessor
Phone: (302) 831-1088
Email: fboyd@udel.edu
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Carlton R. Cooper
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Stefanie R. DeVito
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssociate Professor
Phone: (302) 831-3868
Email: sdevito@udel.edu
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Melinda K. Duncan
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesTrustees Distinguished Professor of Biology
Phone: (302) 831-0533
Email: duncanm@udel.edu
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Deni S. Galileo
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesProfessor
Phone: (302) 831-1277
Email: dgalileo@udel.edu
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Alenka Hlousek-Radojcic
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssociate Professor
Phone: (302) 831-3656
Email: alenkahr@udel.edu
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Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssistant Professor
Phone: (302) 831-7045
Email: anjl@udel.edu
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John R. Jungck
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesProfessor
Phone: (302) 831-4041
Email: jungck@udel.edu
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Austin Keeler
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssistant Professor
Phone: (302) 553-7934
Email: abkeeler@udel.edu
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Amber Krauchunas
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssistant Professor
Phone: (302) 831-1291
Email: arkrauch@udel.edu
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Salil A. Lachke
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesProfessor
Alumni Distinguished Professor of Biology
Gerard J. Mangone Scholar
Pew Scholar in the Biomedical SciencesPhone: (302) 831-3040
Email: salil@udel.edu
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Chi Keung Lam
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssistant Professor
Phone: (302) 831-3165
Email: lamcg@udel.edu
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Joohyun (Jason) Lim
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssistant Professor
Phone: (302) 831-6685
Email: limj@udel.edu
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Lynn A. Mahaffy
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssistant Professor
Phone: (302) 831-3046
Email: lmahaffy@udel.edu
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Jennifer Nauen
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesUndergraduate Program Director
Associate Professor
Phone: (302) 831-4439
Email: jnauen@udel.edu
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Ramona Neunuebel
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssociate Professor
Phone: (302) 831-3450
Email: neunr@udel.edu
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Anja Nohe
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssociate Professor
Phone: (302) 831-2959
Email: anjanohe@udel.edu
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Oyenike ‘Nike’ Olabisi
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssociate Professor
Phone: (302) 831-1215
Email: nolabisi@udel.edu
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Justin Parreno
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssistant Professor
Undergraduate Research DirectorPhone: (302) 831-3776
Email: jparreno@udel.edu
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Karl Schmitz
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssistant Professor
Phone: (302) 831-6100
Email: schmitzk@udel.edu
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Erica M. Selva
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesGraduate Program Co-Director
Associate ProfessorPhone: (302) 831-6096
Email: selva@udel.edu
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Lisha Shao
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssistant Professor
Phone: (302) 831-2579
Email: shaol@udel.edu
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Robert A. Sikes
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssociate Professor
Phone: (302) 831-6050
Email: rasikes@udel.edu
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Jia L. Song
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssociate Chair
ProfessorPhone: (302) 831-2794
Email: jsong@udel.edu
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Molly C. Sutherland
Natural Sciences | Biological Sciences -
Jessica Tanis
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssociate Professor
Graduate Program Co-DirectorPhone: (302) 831-8439
Email: tanis@udel.edu
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Andre Luiz Pasqua Tavares
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssistant Professor
Email: tavaresa@udel.edu
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Christopher Trimby
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssociate Professor
Undergraduate Advising DirectorPhone: (302) 831-3424
Email: trimby@udel.edu
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Kenneth L. van Golen
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssociate Professor
Phone: (302) 831-2669
Email: klvg@udel.edu
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Shuo Wei
Natural Sciences | Biological SciencesAssociate Professor
Phone: (302) 831-1146
Email: swei@udel.edu
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Donna Woulfe
Director, Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center
Associate Professor
Phone: (302) 831-0850
Email: dswoulfe@udel.edu
| Name | Title | E-mail Address |
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| 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 |
| Name | Title | |
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| David Edwards, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Kinesiology & Appl Physiology | dge@udel.edu |
| Mona Batish, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | batish@udel.edu |
| Clara S. Chan Ph.D. | cschan@udel.edu | |
| Jeffrey L. Caplan, Ph.D. | jcaplan@udel.edu | |
| Catherine Grimes, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | cgrimes@udel.edu |
| Jason Gleghorn, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | gleghorn@udel.edu |
| William B. Farquhar, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | wbf@udel.edu |
| Pamela J. Green, Ph.D. | Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences and Professor of Marine Studies | green@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 Science | lee@dbi.udel.edu |
| Julia Anne Maresca, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | jmaresca@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 Sciences | parcells@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 Professor | lywang@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 | |
| Kristi Kiick, Ph.D. | Professor |
kiick@udel.edu |
| Aditya Dutta, Ph.D. | adidutta@udel.edu | |
| Yihang Li, Ph.D. | liyh@udel.edu | |
| Jeffry Fuhrmann, Ph.D. | fuhrmann@udel.edu | |
| Name | Title | |
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| 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 |
| Name | Title |
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| 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 |
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Jim Farmer |
Facility Coordinator | farmer@udel.edu | (302) 831-2307 |
Heather Justison |
Academic Program Coordinator - Graduate Students | hjustis@udel.edu | (302) 831-1623 |
Diana Levering |
Academic Program Coordinator - Undergraduate Students | levering@udel.edu | 302-831-4297 |
Kristin McCormick |
Business Administrator II | kbmccorm@udel.edu | (302) 831-8944 |
Alvin Ng |
Computer Support Specialist II | acng@udel.edu | (302) 831-2046 |
Jamie Quesenberry |
Shop Manager | jamieq@udel.edu | (302) 831-2549 |
Lydia Tocco |
Academic Support Coordinator II | ljtocco@udel.edu | 302-831-4296 |
