Full Time Faculty
- All office and laboratory locations are in the New Science Building, Queens College, unless otherwise indicated.
- All phone numbers are (718) 99#-####.
Sebastian Alvarado (Ph.D., McGill University)
Neuroepigenetics, DNA methylation, histone modification, pigmentation, nucleome, behavior
- Office E-102, phone 7-3431 | Lab E-101, phone 7-3517
- sebastian.alvarado@qc.cuny.edu
- Website
Mitchell Baker (Ph.D., University of California at Davis)
Behavioral ecology, resistance evolution
- Office D-324; phone 7-3425 | Lab D-315/317; phone 7-3404, 7-3505
- mitchell.baker@qc.cuny.edu
- Website
Saima Cheema (Ph.D., City University of New York)
Joanna Coleman (Ph.D., University of Calgary)
Urban ecology, biodiversity conservation, human dimensions, urban sustainability
- Office E-116 | Lab E-141
- joanna.coleman@qc.cuny.edu
- Website | Lab Website
John Dennehy (Ph.D., Clark University)
Experimental evolution, bacteriophage biology, evolutionary ecology
- Office D-322; phone 7-3411 | Lab D-343; phone 7-3233
- john.dennehy@qc.cuny.edu
- Website | Lab Website
Karl Fath (Ph.D.Case Western Reserve University)
Cell polarity, Golgi membrane trafficking, cytoskeletal motors
- Office E-122; phone 7-3424 | Lab E-133; phone 7-3157
- karl.fath@qc.cuny.edu
- Website
Nathalia Glickman Holtzman (Interim Associate Provost of Innovation and Student Success) (Ph.D., University of Oregon)
Developmental genetics and organ morphogenesis in zebrafish
- Office D-328; phone 7-3678 | Lab E-335; phone 7-3529
- nathalia.holtzman@qc.cuny.edu
- Website
David C. Lahti (Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Natural selection, trait evolution, animal behavior, cultural evolution
- Office E-120; phone 7-3422 | Lab E-117; phone 7-3519
- david.lahti@qc.cuny.edu
- Website | Lab website
PoKay Ma (PhD., Washington University, St. Louis)
Neurophysiology, nervous system and behavior
- Office E-106; phone 7-3412
- pokay.ma@qc.cuny.edu
- Website
Alicia Meléndez (Ph.D., Columbia University)
Developmental genetics and autophagy in C. elegans
- Office D-338; phone 7-4580 | Lab D-311/315/306; phone 7-4580
- alicia.melendez@qc.cuny.edu
- Website
Esther Muehlbauer (Ph.D., New York University)
Estuarine ecology, herpetology, evolution
- Office E-118; phone 7-4566
- esther.muehlbauer@qc.cuny.edu
Cathy Savage-Dunn (Ph.D., Columbia University)
Developmental genetics and molecular biology of C. elegans
- Office D-330; phone 7-3440 | Lab D-349; phone 7-3403
- cathy.savagedunn@qc.cuny.edu
- Website
Timothy Short (Biology Department Chair) (Ph.D., Stanford University)
Molecular biology, plant physiology
- Office E-108; phone 7-3414 | Lab E-137; phone 7-3567
- timothy.short@qc.cuny.edu
- Website
Jon A. Sperling (Ph.D., University of Michigan)
- Office Remsen Hall 9; phone (718) 520-7657
- jon.sperling@qc.cuny.edu
- Website
Maral Tajerian (Ph.D., McGill University)
Brain physiology, extracellular matrix plasticity, chronic pain
- Office E-104, phone 7-3437 | Lab E-101, phone 7-3517
- maral.tajerian@qc.cuny.edu
- Website
Mika Vesanen (Ph.D., University of Helsinki)
John Waldman (Ph.D., City University of New York)
Ecology, evolution, conservation biology
- Office D-320; phone 7-3603
- john.waldman@qc.cuny.edu
- Website | Institute for Sustainable Cities Bio
Daniel Weinstein (Dean of Faculty, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences) (Ph.D., The Rockefeller University)
Vertebrate molecular embryology, mechanisms of cell fate suppression
- Office E-124; phone 7-4552 | Lab E-121; phone 7-4258
- daniel.weinstein@qc.cuny.edu
- Website
Zahra Zakeri (Ph.D., St. John’s University)
Molecular developmental biology, regulation of gene expression in cell death, development, and disease
- Office E-114; phone 7-3417 | Lab E-143; phone 7-3429
- zahra.zakeri@qc.cuny.edu
- Website
Emeritus Faculty
Robert E. Calhoon (Ph.D., Purdue University)
Quantitative genetics, selection and mating systems, genetics of natural populations
Peter Chabora (Ph.D., Cornell University)
Population ecology, evolution of parasite-host interactions
Andrew Greller
Bioclimatology, forest ecology, tropical botany
Roberta Koepfer (Ph.D., City University of New York)
Speciation, behavioral ecology
Corinne Michels (Ph.D., Columbia University)
Molecular genetics, regulation of gene expression, yeast genetics
Jared L. Rifkin (Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University)
Cell physiology, developmental mechanisms and chemotaxis in cellular slime molds
Uldis Roze (Ph.D., Washington University)
Natural history, mammalogy, biology of the porcupine
Jeanne Szalay
Cell biology, tumor biology, metastasis, immunology
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