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Faculty and Staff

The faculty members of the Department of Biological Sciences are a diverse group of outstanding scientists and educators carrying out funded research in a wide range of areas. These areas include, but are not limited to, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Biophotonics, Immunology, Signal Transduction, Gene Expression/Regulation, Biochemistry, and Developmental Biology.

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Chair

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Benjamin Ortiz
Professor of Biology
Office
68th Street North 800A
Phone
(212) 772-5670
Email
ortiz@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Benjamin Ortiz is a professor of Biological Sciences and the chair of the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Faculty

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Adrienne Alaie-Petrillo
Assistant Professor
Specialization
Undergraduate Academics
Office
68th Street North 838
Phone
(212) 650-3238
Email
alaie@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Dr. Adrienne Alaie-Petrillo is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Jesus Angulo
Professor
Lab Website
Angulo Lab
Specialization
Neuropeptide Regulation
Office
68th Street North 802
Phone
(212) 772-5232
Email
angulo@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Dr. Jesus Angulo is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Jill Bargonetti, PhD
Hesselbach Professor
Lab Website
Bargonetti Lab
Publications
PubMed Articles
Hunter News
Bargonetti Lab Celebrates
Office
413 East 69th Street Belfer 400
Phone
(212) 896-0465
Email
bargonetti@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Dr. Jill Bargonetti is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Hunter College.

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Diana Bratu
Professor
Lab Website
Bratu Lab
Faculty Website
Bratu Lab
Office
68th Street North 914
Phone
(212) 772-5235
Email
bratu@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Dr. Diana Bratu is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Paul Feinstein
Professor
Lab Website
Feinstein Lab
Specialization
Molecular studies on odorant receptor genes, odor coding and the development of olfactory neurons
Google Scholar Records
Publications
Office
68th Street North 904
Phone
(212) 650-3169
Email
feinstein@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Dr. Paul Feinstein is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Maria Figueiredo-Pereira
Professor
Lab Website
Figueiredo-Pereira Lab
Pub Med
Publications
Specialization
Role of the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway and inflammation in neurodegeneration
Office
68th Street North 827
Phone
(212) 650-3565
Email
pereira@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Dr. Maria Figueiredo-Pereira is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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David Foster
Rosalyn S. Yalow Professor
Lab Website
Foster Lab
Office
413 East 69th Street Belfer 432
Phone
(212) 896-0441
Email
foster@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Dr. David Foster is the Rosalyn S. Yalow Professor of Biological Sciences.

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Allyson Friedman
Associate Professor
Lab Website
Friedman Lab
Specialization
Cellular Neurophysiology
Office
68th Street North 942
Phone
(212) 396-6930
Email
afriedman@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Dr. Allyson Friedman is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Mitchell Goldfarb
Professor
Google Scholar
view profile
ResearchGate
view profile
Specialization
Regulation of Voltage-gated Sodium Channels by FHF Proteins
Office
68th Street North 810
Phone
(212) 772-5289
Email
goldfarb@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Dr. Mitchell Goldfarb is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Janette Gomos-Klein
Doctoral Lecturer
Specialization
Undergraduate education and course development
Office
68th Street North 818
Phone
(212) 396-6252
Email
Klein@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Dr. Janette Gomos-Klein is a doctoral lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Konstantinos Krampis
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Bioinformatics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Publications
PubMed Articles
Google Scholar Profile
Konstantinos Krampis
Office
413 East 69th Street Belfer 403
Phone
(212) 896-0461
Email
krampis@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Konstantinos Krampis is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Hunter College.

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Ekaterina Likhtik
Associate Professor
Lab Website
Likhtik Lab
Specialization
Neural mechanisms of learning and emotional processing
Office
68th Street North 906
Phone
(212) 396-6927
Email
elikhtik@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Ekaterina Likhtik is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Diego Loayza
Associate Professor
Lab Website
Loayza Lab
Specializations
Telomere Function in Human Cells
Office
68th Street North 913
Phone
(212) 772-5312
Email
diegol@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Diego Loayza is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Rabindra Mandal
Assistant Professor
Bibliography
My Bibliography
Google Scholar
Google Scholar Page
ResearchGate
Research Gate Page
Office
68th Street North 803
Phone
(212) 650-3144
Email
rm5733@hunter.cuny.edu

Rabindra Mandal is an assistant professor of the Biological Sciences department.

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Carmen Melendez-Vasquez
Professor
Lab Website
Melendez Lab
Specialization
Cytoskeletal Regulation of Myelin Formation and Repair
Office
68th Street North 911
Phone
(212) 772-4594
Email
melendez@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Carmen Melendez-Vasquez is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Weigang Qiu
Professor
Research Interests
Pathogen Variability and Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Lab Website
Qiu Lab
Publications
PubMed Articles
Google Scholar Profile
Weigang Qiu
Office
413 East 69th Street Belfer 402
Phone
(212) 896-0445
Email
weigang@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Weigang Qiu is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Jayne Raper
Professor
Lab Website
Raper Laboratory
Specialization
Trypanosome lytic factors, antimicrobial high-density lipoproteins and their role in innate immunity
Office
68th Street North 834
Phone
(212) 396-6644
Email
raper@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Jayne Raper is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Patricia Rockwell
Professor
Lab Website
Rockwell Lab
Specialization
Signal Transduction Pathways
Office
68th Street North 821
Phone
(212) 650-3234
Email
rockwell@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Patricia Rockwell is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Samantha Sheppard-Lahiji
Doctoral Lecturer
Specialization
Undergraduate Education
Office
68th Street North 839N
Phone
(212) 772-5043
Email
sheppard@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Samantha Sheppard-Lahiji is a doctoral lecturer in the Biological Sciences department.

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Mateusz Urbanski
Doctoral Lecturer
Specialization
Undergraduate Education
Office
68th Street North 819
Phone
(212) 772-5027
Email
murbansk@hunter.cuny.edu

Mateusz Urbanski is a doctoral lecturer of the Biological Sciences department.

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Andrew Wolfe
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Oncogenes & Therapeutics
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Publications on PubMed
Visit
Wolfe Lab Website
Office
413 East 69th Street Belfer 414
Phone
(212) 896-0446
Email
awolfe@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Andrew Wolfe is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Hunter College and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medicine.

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Hualin Zhong
Assistant Professor
Lab Website
Zhong Lab
Specialization
Regulation of Gene Expression and Nuclear Transport
Office
68th Street North 901
Phone
(212) 772-5231
Email
zhong@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Hualin Zhong is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Research Staff

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Roland Fleming
College Laboratory Technician, Flexi Lab
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 941
Phone
(212) 396-6183
Email
rfleming@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
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Kimberly Geslani
College Laboratory Technician, Molecular Biology & Genetics and Biological Chemistry
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 926B
Phone
(212) 650-3041
Email
kg4367@hunter.cuny.edu
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Brian Herbert
Chief College Laboratory Technician, Teaching & Research Laboratories
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 919D
Phone
(212) 772-5234
Email
herbert@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
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Joon Kim
Manager, Flow Cytometry and Genomics Facility
Office
Hunter North Buolding, Room 919B
Phone
(212) 650-3429
Email
kim@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
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James Kominski
Senior College Laboratory Technician, Principles of Biology
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 817
Phone
(212) 396-6196
Email
kominski@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
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Evan Lee
College Laboratory Technician, Forensic Biology & Microbiology
Office
Brookdale Campus, Room W204
Phone
(212) 650-3041
Email
elee@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
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Sanni Liu
College Laboratory Technician, Principles of Biology
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 817
Phone
(212) 772-5290
Email
sliu@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
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Frank Martinez
Senior College Laboratory Technician, Anatomy and Physiology
Office
Brookdale Campus, Room W243
Phone
(212) 481-8713
Email
fmart@hunter.cuny.edu
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Todd Miller
Senior College Laboratory Technician, Anatomy and Physiology
Office
Brookdale Campus, Room W243
Phone
(212) 481-5199
Email
tomiller@hunter.cuny.edu
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Inna Rakhlin
Senior College Laboratory Technician, Cell Biology
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 813A
Phone
(212) 772-5307
Email
rakhlin@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
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M.K. Razib
College Laboratory Technician, Molecular Biology & Molecular Genetics
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 918
Phone
(212) 772-4155
Email
mrazib@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
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John Rivera
Washeteria Manager, College Laboratory Technician
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 825
Phone
(212) 772-5048
Email
jrivera@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
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Lloyd Williams
Director, Bio-Imaging and Network Facility
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 826D
Phone
(212) 650-3872
Email
williams@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

Administrative Staff

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Alexis DePersia
Front Desk Admin
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 927
Phone
(212) 772-5293
Email
ad9365@hunter.cuny.edu
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Aaron Greller
Assistant to Chair
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 927B
Phone
(212) 772-4593
Email
agreller@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
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Armin Lahiji
Course Coordinator for BIOL 100, 102, 120, & 122
Email
lahiji@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
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Valentin Marinov
Budget Manager
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 927H 
Phone
(212) 772-5225
Email
marinov@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
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Susana Vargas
MARC Program Administrator
Office
Hunter North Building, Room 313 
Phone
(212) 772-5245
Email
vargas@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

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