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.
Chair

- Office
- 68th Street North 800A
- Phone
- (212) 772-5670
- 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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- Specialization
- Undergraduate Academics
- Office
- 68th Street North 838
- Phone
- (212) 650-3238
- alaie@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Dr. Adrienne Alaie-Petrillo is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

- Lab Website
- Angulo Lab
- Specialization
- Neuropeptide Regulation
- Office
- 68th Street North 802
- Phone
- (212) 772-5232
- angulo@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Dr. Jesus Angulo is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

- Lab Website
- Bargonetti Lab
- Publications
- PubMed Articles
- Hunter News
- Bargonetti Lab Celebrates
- Office
- 413 East 69th Street Belfer 400
- Phone
- (212) 896-0465
- bargonetti@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Dr. Jill Bargonetti is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Hunter College.

- Lab Website
- Bratu Lab
- Faculty Website
- Bratu Lab
- Office
- 68th Street North 914
- Phone
- (212) 772-5235
- bratu@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Dr. Diana Bratu is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

- 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
- feinstein@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Dr. Paul Feinstein is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

- 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
- pereira@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Dr. Maria Figueiredo-Pereira is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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

- Lab Website
- Friedman Lab
- Specialization
- Cellular Neurophysiology
- Office
- 68th Street North 942
- Phone
- (212) 396-6930
- afriedman@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Dr. Allyson Friedman is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

- 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
- goldfarb@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Dr. Mitchell Goldfarb is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

- Specialization
- Undergraduate education and course development
- Office
- 68th Street North 818
- Phone
- (212) 396-6252
- Klein@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Dr. Janette Gomos-Klein is a doctoral lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences.

- 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
- krampis@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Konstantinos Krampis is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Hunter College.

- Lab Website
- Likhtik Lab
- Specialization
- Neural mechanisms of learning and emotional processing
- Office
- 68th Street North 906
- Phone
- (212) 396-6927
- elikhtik@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Ekaterina Likhtik is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

- Lab Website
- Loayza Lab
- Specializations
- Telomere Function in Human Cells
- Office
- 68th Street North 913
- Phone
- (212) 772-5312
- diegol@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Diego Loayza is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

- Bibliography
- My Bibliography
- Google Scholar
- Google Scholar Page
- ResearchGate
- Research Gate Page
- Office
- 68th Street North 803
- Phone
- (212) 650-3144
- rm5733@hunter.cuny.edu
Rabindra Mandal is an assistant professor of the Biological Sciences department.

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

- 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
- weigang@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Weigang Qiu is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

- 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
- raper@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Jayne Raper is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

- Lab Website
- Rockwell Lab
- Specialization
- Signal Transduction Pathways
- Office
- 68th Street North 821
- Phone
- (212) 650-3234
- rockwell@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Patricia Rockwell is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

- Specialization
- Undergraduate Education
- Office
- 68th Street North 839N
- Phone
- (212) 772-5043
- sheppard@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Samantha Sheppard-Lahiji is a doctoral lecturer in the Biological Sciences department.

- Specialization
- Undergraduate Education
- Office
- 68th Street North 819
- Phone
- (212) 772-5027
- murbansk@hunter.cuny.edu
Mateusz Urbanski is a doctoral lecturer of the Biological Sciences department.

- Research Interests
- Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Oncogenes & Therapeutics
- View
- Publications on PubMed
- Visit
- Wolfe Lab Website
- Office
- 413 East 69th Street Belfer 414
- Phone
- (212) 896-0446
- 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.

- Lab Website
- Zhong Lab
- Specialization
- Regulation of Gene Expression and Nuclear Transport
- Office
- 68th Street North 901
- Phone
- (212) 772-5231
- zhong@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Hualin Zhong is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Research Staff

- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 941
- Phone
- (212) 396-6183
- rfleming@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 926B
- Phone
- (212) 650-3041
- kg4367@hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 919D
- Phone
- (212) 772-5234
- herbert@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Hunter North Buolding, Room 919B
- Phone
- (212) 650-3429
- kim@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 817
- Phone
- (212) 396-6196
- kominski@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Brookdale Campus, Room W204
- Phone
- (212) 650-3041
- elee@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 817
- Phone
- (212) 772-5290
- sliu@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Brookdale Campus, Room W243
- Phone
- (212) 481-8713
- fmart@hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Brookdale Campus, Room W243
- Phone
- (212) 481-5199
- tomiller@hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 813A
- Phone
- (212) 772-5307
- rakhlin@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 918
- Phone
- (212) 772-4155
- mrazib@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 825
- Phone
- (212) 772-5048
- jrivera@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 826D
- Phone
- (212) 650-3872
- williams@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu
Administrative Staff

- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 927
- Phone
- (212) 772-5293
- ad9365@hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 927B
- Phone
- (212) 772-4593
- agreller@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu


- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 927H
- Phone
- (212) 772-5225
- marinov@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu

- Office
- Hunter North Building, Room 313
- Phone
- (212) 772-5245
- vargas@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu