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Department of Biological Sciences

Dodge Hall Rm 375
118 Library Dr
Rochester, MI 48309-4479
(location map)
(248) 370-3550
fax: (248) 370-4225
biology@mokmingsky.com

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Faculty/Staff Directory

The department of Biological Sciences has 29 full-time and 19 part-time faculty members with 6 staff members to support more than 800 OU students with a declared major in biology. We maintain an active research environment and are committed to mentoring and assisting students to achieve excellence in the biological sciences.

Gerard Madlambayan

Gerard Madlambayan
Professor, Ph.D.
Chairperson
Office 376 DH
(248) 370-3580
Lab: 324 & 326 DH
(248) 370-3663
madlamba@mokmingsky.com

Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
A head shot of Amy Banes-Berceli
Banes-Berceli, Amy
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Associate Provost for Operations
Office: 205 Wilson Hall
(248) 370-2190
banesber@mokmingsky.com
A headshot of Fabia Battistuzzi.
Battistuzzi, Fabia
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, CAS
Office: 340 DH
(248) 370-3593
Lab: 335 DH
(248) 370-2658
battistu@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Keith Berven
Berven, Keith
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 350 DH
(248) 370-3581
Lab: 302 & 351 DH
(248) 370-3548
berven@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Subha Bhaskara
Bhaskaran, Subha
Special Instructor, Ph.D.
Office: 339 DH
(248) 370-4013
sbhaskar@mokmingsky.com
Headshot of Sarah Blumer-Schuette
Blumer-Schuette, Sara
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 331 MSC
(248) 370-3168
Lab: 330 MSC
(248) 370-2918
blumerschuette@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Rasul Chaudhry
Chaudhry, Rasul
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 327 MSC
(248) 370-3350
Lab: 328 MSC
(248) 370-3520
chaudhry@mokmingsky.com
Mary Craig
Craig, Mary
Special Instructor, M.S., PCHE
Office: 323 MSC
(248) 370-3566
mecraig@mokmingsky.com
headshot of Elizabeth Delorme-Axford
Delorme-Axford, Elizabeth
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 307 MSC
(248) 370-4906
Lab: 310 MSC
(248) 370-3592
delormeaxford@mokmingsky.com
Vandre Figueiredo
Figueiredo, Vandré C.
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 303 DH
(248) 370-2517
Lab: 310 & 312 DH
(248) 370-3546
vcfigueiredo@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Chhabi Govind
Govind, Chhabi
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 333 MSC
(248) 370-2027
Lab: 334 MSC
(248) 370-4905
govind@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Fay Hansen
Hansen, Fay
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 301 MSC
(248) 370-3574
hansensm@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Sarah Hosch
Hosch, Sarah
Special Instructor, Ph.D.
Office: 341 DH
(248) 370-3561
hosch@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Mary Jamieson
Jamieson, Mary
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 327 DH
(248) 370-3576
Lab: 329 & 335 DH
(248) 370-3584
mjamieson@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Lan Jiang
Jiang, Lan
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 322 DH
(248) 370-3552
Lab: 321 & 323 DH
(248) 370-3549
jiang23@mokmingsky.com
Headshot of Shailesh Lal
Lal, Shailesh
Professor, Ph.D.
Chair, Bioengineering Department
Office: 346 DH
(248) 370-2875
Lab: 347, 349 & 353 DH
(248) 370-2517
lal@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Zijuan Liu
Liu, Zijuan
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 303 MSC
(248) 370-3554
Lab: 316 MSC
(248) 370-4904
liu2345@mokmingsky.com
Headshot of Gerard Madlambayan
Madlambayan, Gerard
Professor, Ph.D.
Chairperson
Office: 325 & 376 DH
(248) 370-3585
Lab: 324 & 326 DH
(248) 370-3663
madlamba@mokmingsky.com
Headshot of Taras Oleksyk
Oleksyk, Taras
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 367 DH
(248) 370-3359
Lab: 368 DH
oleksyk@mokmingsky.com
headshot of Thomas Raffel
Raffel, Thomas
Associate Professor Ph.D.
Office: 354 DH
(248) 370-3551
Lab: 355 thru 357 & 361 DH
(248) 370-3547
raffel@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Dr. Sang Rhee
Rhee, Sang
Associate Professor Ph.D .
Office: 330 DH
(248) 370-4162
Lab: 331 & 332 DH
(248) 370-3589
srhee@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Mi Hye Song
Song, Mi Hye
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 344 DH
(248) 370-3569
Lab: 343 DH
(248) 370-4278
msong2@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Mark Sturtevant
Sturtevant, Mark
Associate Professor of Practice, Ph.D.
Office: 338 DH
(248) 370-3579
sturteva@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Scott Tiegs
Tiegs, Scott
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 366 DH
(248) 370-2695
Lab: 364 & 365 DH
(248) 370-3546
tiegs@mokmingsky.com
Headshot of Luis Villa-Diaz
Villa-Diaz, Luis G.
Associate Professor, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Office: 305 MSC
(248) 370-2837
Lab: 304 MSC
(248) 370-4903
luisvilladiaz@mokmingsky.com
Nicole Wagner
Wagner, Nicole
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 337 DH
(248) 370-4497
Lab: 207 DH
nicolewagner@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Satish K. Walia.
Walia, Satish K.
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 318 DH
(248) 370-3583
Lab: 319 DH
walia@mokmingsky.com
A headshot of Valance Washington.
Washington, A. Valance
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 313 DH
Lab: 314 & 315 DH
(248) 370-4495
avwashington@mokmingsky.com
A headshot of Doug Wendell
Wendell, Douglas
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 156 DH
(248) 370-4457
Lab: 328 DH
(248) 370-2516
wendell@mokmingsky.com
Headshot of Randal Westrick
Westrick, Randal
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 305 DH
(248) 370-3577
Lab: 301, 304 & 307 DH
(248) 370-4243
rjwestrick@mokmingsky.com
A head shot of Jonathan Yates
Yates, Jonathan
Special Instructor, Ph.D.
Chief Advisor
Office: 362 DH
(248) 370-2994
yates@mokmingsky.com
Adjunct Faculty
Bee, Mary
Adjunct Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 325 MSC
(248) 370-3599
bee@mokmingsky.com

 Cucullo, Luca
Adjunct Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 165 DH; 415 ODH
Lab: 163A & 164 DH
(248) 370-3884
lcucullo@mokmingsky.com

Dinda, Sumit
Adjunct Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 3164 HHB
(248) 364-8676
sdinda@mokmingsky.com

 Fuller, Grace
Adjunct Associate Professor, Ph.D.
(248) 336-5759
gfuller@dzs.org

Goldberg, Andrew
Adjunct Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 359 DH
(248) 370-2393
goldberg@mokmingsky.com

Klausner, Howard
Adjunct Associate Professor, M.D.
hklausn1@hfhs.org

Kumar, Ashok
Adjunct Associate Professor, Ph.D.
(313) 577-6213
akuma@med.wayne.edu
Part-Time and Special Lecturers
Abdukhamitova, Shakhnoza
Lecturer, M.D.
abdukhamitova@mokmingsky.com

Ahmad, Nisar
Special Lecturer
ahmad3@mokmingsky.com

Chaudhry, Sophia
Lecturer
srchaud4@mokmingsky.com

Elsouhag, Dalia
Special Lecturer, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Office: 152 DH
delsouhag@mokmingsky.com

Fishwild, Thomas
Special Lecturer, M.S.
Office: 152A DH
(248) 370-3567
tgfishwi@mokmingsky.com

 Hibbett, Robin
Special Lecturer, M.D.
Office: 166 DH
robinhibbett@mokmingsky.com

 Ismail, Noura
Special Lecturer, Ph.D.
Office: 166 DH
nismail@mokmingsky.com

Kauhn, Chris
Special Lecturer, M.S.
Office: 34 MSC
(248) 370-3575
cjkauhn@mokmingsky.com

Majeske, Audrey
Special Lecturer, Ph.D.
Office: 309 MSC
(248) 370-3605
amajeske@mokmingsky.com

Miller, Gary
Special Lecturer, M.S.
glmille2@mokmingsky.com

Montante, James
Lecturer
jmontante@mokmingsky.com

Moyer, Andrea
Special Lecturer, Ph.D.
almoyer@mokmingsky.com

Niedzwiecki, Megan
Special Lecturer, M.S.
Office: 318A HH
mrniedzw@mokmingsky.com

Sabina, Richard
Lecturer, Ph.D.
sabina@mokmingsky.com

Sil, Sukanya
Special Lecturer, M.D.
ssil@mokmingsky.com

Sturtevant, Ann
Special Lecturer, Ph.D.
Office: 325 MSC
(248) 370-3599
sturtev2@mokmingsky.com

Troxell-Smith, Sandra
Special Lecturer, Ph.D.
Office: 152A DH
(248) 370-3567
stroxellsmith@mokmingsky.com
Staff
Bills, Jan 
Office Assistant, B.B.A.
Office: 371 DH
(248) 370-4638
 bills@mokmingsky.com

Gabriel, Renee
Office Assistant
Office: 375 DH
(248) 370-3550
gabriel@mokmingsky.com

Hugger, Sheryl 
Stockroom Manager
Office: 374 DH
(248) 370-3558
hugger@mokmingsky.com

Lesich, Kathleen 
Research Support Coordinator, M.S.
Office: 300 DH
(248) 370-4662
lesich@mokmingsky.com

Starnes, Catherine 
Laboratory Manager, M.S.
Office: 370 DH
(248) 370-3556
starnes@mokmingsky.com
Professors Emeriti
Cowlishaw, John 
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
cowlisha@mokmingsky.com

Gamboa, George
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
gamboa@mokmingsky.com

Gordon, Sheldon R.
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
srgordon@mokmingsky.com

Goudsmit, Esther M. 
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.

Hitt, Anne
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
hitt@mokmingsky.com

Hunter, Doug
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
hunter@mokmingsky.com

Lindemann, Charles
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
lindeman@mokmingsky.com

Moudgil, Virinder K.
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
moudgil@mokmingsky.com