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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Faculty
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Chair

Benjamin Ortiz

Professor and Chair

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Andrew Wolfe

Assistant Professor

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
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.