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
302-831-2912
Virginia Hughes, Ph.D., MLS (ASCP)CM, SBB
Vice Department Chair, Medical and Molecular Sciences
Professor
Director, Medical Diagnostics (Pre-PA)
302-831-3865
Department Faculty Members
Mona Batish, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
302-831-8591
232 Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Endale Gebregzabher, Ph.D., MLS(ASCPi)CM
Assistant Professor
303F Willard Hall
Huey-Jen Lin, Ph.D., MT(ASCP)
Associate Professor
302-831-7576
303B Willard Hall
Nicole Pekarek, Ph.D., MAT, MLS(ASCP), SBB
Assistant Professor
Director, Medical Diagnostics
305H Willard Hall
Andrew Hollinger, MS, MLS(ASCP)SMCM
Instructor
Director, Medical Laboratory Science
302-831-8595
303D Willard Hall
Vijay Parashar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
302-831-4552
231 Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Heather A. Walters, M.Ed., MLS(ASCP)CM
Instructor
Director, Forensic Science Minor
302-831-4212
305G Willard Hall
Professional staff
Joselin Abraham, M.S. MLS(ASCP)CM
Manager of Clinical Operations/External Relations
302-831-3662
305F Willard Hall
Susan Coffing, M.Ed.
Academic Advisor II
Program Advisor, Genetic Counseling Minor
302-831-8804
Patty Wuthnow, B.S., MLS (ASCP)
Laboratory Education Coordinator
302-831-3662
305D Willard Hall
Kelley Bielewicz, B.A.
Graduate Services Coordinator
302-831-3469
305C Willard Hall
Stefanie Hansen, BS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Laboratory Education Coordinator
302-831-3662
305D Willard Hall
| Name | Title | |
| Anna P. Ciulla, MCC, MLS (ASCP)SC, CC(NRCC) | Professor Emeritus | aciulla@udel.edu |
| Donald C. Lehman, EdD, MLS(ASCP)CM, SM(NRCM) | Professor Emeritus |
dlehman@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 | |
| 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 |
| Michael Buoni, Ph.D. | Professor of Genetics, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Delaware Tech |
mbuoni@udel.edu |
| Lt. Col (Dr.) Alice J. Briones | MC, USAF Chief Deputy Medical Examiner & Director |
abriones@udel.edu |
| Sheau Ching Chai, Ph.D., RDN | Associate Professor Health Behavior and Nutrition Sciences University of Delaware |
scchai@udel.edu |
| Aditya Dutta, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology University of Delaware |
adidutta@udel.edu |
| Louis N. Finelli, D.O. | Assistant Medical Examiner Delaware Division of Forensic Science - Georgetown |
afinelli@udel.edu |
| Arit Ghosh, Ph.D. | Flow Cytometry Core Associate Scientist University of Delaware |
aghos@udel.edu |
| Dwight Higgin | Assistant Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences Associate in Arts Program, University of Delaware |
dhiggin@udel.edu |
| Phoebe J. Holmes, M.D. | Cytologist and Surgical Pathologist, Department of Pathology Clinical Lab Director, General Laboratory Medical Director, Point of Care Laboratory Director, West Grove Neighborhood Hospital Christiana Care Health System |
phoebejh@udel.edu |
| Chloe Homich, MLS(ASCP)CM, SBBCM, CQA(ASQ) | Immunohematology Reference Laboratory Manager Blood Bank of Delmarva |
cihomich@udel.edu |
| Sherry Jilinski, M.D. | Associate Medical Examiner, District 4 Jacksonville, Florida |
jilinkski@udel.edu |
| Eric B. Kmiec, Ph.D. | Director, Gene Editing Institute Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute ChristianaCare |
ebkmiec@udel.edu |
| Stephanie Levin, BSMT(ASCP) | Clinical Laboratory Scientist ChristianaCare |
slevin@udel.edu |
| Amy Powers | aepowers@udel.edu | |
| Mark Purcells, Ph.D. | Professor of Molecular Virology University of Delaware |
parcells@udel.edu |
| Vidya Rajan | Adjunct Associate Professor University of Delaware |
vrajan@udel.edu |
| Beth Ranauto, MT(ASCP) | Adjunct Microbiology Instructor University of Delaware and Cecil College |
branauto@udel.edu |
| Bruce Sachais, M.D., Ph.D. | Medical Director Blood Bank of Delmarva |
bsachais@udel.edu |
| Katherine Salhuana | kathysal@udel.edu | |
| Elyse Schneck, MT(ASCP) | eschneck@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 |
| Sydney Shuster, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM | Medical Laboratory Scientist 1 ChristianaCare Microbiology Lab |
sshuster@udel.edu |
| Jessica Smith, M.S., D-ABFT-FT | Chief Forensic Toxicologist State of Delaware Division of Forensic Science |
smithtox@udel.edu |
| Jennie Vershovovsky, M.D. | Retired Assistant Medical Examiner DE Division of Forensic Science |
jennieversh@gmail.com |
| Detective Ryan Wright | Delaware State Police | rywright@udel.edu |
| Name | Graduate Program | Previous Degrees | Research Interests |
| Jazzlyn Jones | PhD in Medical Science | BS in Biotechnology, Thomas Jefferson University MS in Biotechnology, Thomas Jefferson University |
ABCA4 protein and its clinical variants |
| London McGill | PhD in Medical Science | BS in Biology, Temple University MS in Biotechnology, Temple University |
Use of CRISPR/CAS technology in prevention and treatment of pancreatic ductile adenocarcinoma along with the discovery of correlating disease pathways and resistance mechanisms often seen in the clinical setting |
| Brigette M. Romero Carpio | PhD in Medical Science | BS in Biotechnology Engineering, Universidad de las Americas (Ecuador) MS in Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Delaware |
RNA biology, noncoding RNAs, single-molecule imaging, diagnostics development & cerebral palsy |
| Masoumeh Sadeghinejad | PhD in Medical Science | BS in Exercise Physiology, Alzahra University (Iran) MS in Applied Exercise Physiology, Birjand University (Iran) |
ABCA4 protein and its clinical variants |
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