Biological Sciences Faculty

Mariano Arias, Lecturer

BS, University of Buenos Aires, MSc, Maimonides University; PhD, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Michael Armstrong, Instructor

PhD, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

Specialty: Introductory biology

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching, 2017-2018

John G. Baust, Bartle Professor

BA, SUNY at Fredonia; PhD, University of Alaska at Fairbanks

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; Center for Translational Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTSCTE)

Specialty: Cellular mechanism of response to low temperature and survival at extremes; mechanisms of cryopreservation of mammalian tissues

Patricia M. Bonamo, Professor Emerita

PhD, Cornell University

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1975-1976

Tejpreet Chadha, Lecturer

PhD, Texas Tech University

Specialty: Microbiology, Bacterial physiology

Anne B. Clark, Bartle Professor

BA, PhD, University of Chicago

Affiliated: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS); Integrative Neuroscience Program

Specialty: Evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2007-2008

Laura Cook, Assistant Professor

BA, BS, PhD, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Affiliated: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Biofilms Research Center (BBRC); Center for Research in Advanced Sensing Technologies & Environmental Sustainability (CREATES); First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Microbiology; microbial interactions with host; bacterial genetics

David G. Davies, Professor

BA, Eisenhower College of Rochester Institute of Technology; MS, PhD, Montana State University

Affiliated: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Biofilms Research Center (BBRC); Biochemistry Program; First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Microbiology; bacterial physiology; biofilm research

Joshua DeMarree, Adjunct Lecturer

BA, BS, Iowa State University; MA, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

Affiliated: Environmental Studies Program

Anthony C. Fiumera, Associate Professor

BS, MS, The Ohio State University; PhD, University of Georgia

Affiliated: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS)

Specialty: Evolutionary, ecological, and conservation genetics

Heather L. Fiumera, Associate Professor

BA, Smith College; PhD, University of Georgia

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS)

Specialty: Mitochondrial protein biogenesis; mitochondrial genetics; intracellular communication

Steven Freeh, Lecturer

PhD, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

Specialty: Anatomy and physiology

Susannah Gal, Professor Emerita

PhD, Johns Hopkins University

 

Eliza Grames, Assistant Professor

BA, BS, University of Minnesota; PhD, University of Connecticut

Specialty: Ecology and evolutionary biology

Kathleen L. Horwath, Associate Professor

BS, PhD, University of Notre Dame

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; Integrative Neuroscience Program

Specialty: Comparative and environmental biochemistry; development and physiology of insects; biology of AIDS

Aditya Kaliath, Lecturer

BS, Creighton University; MS, MD Upstate Medical University, Syracuse

Mohammad Khairul Islam, Lecturer

BS, Stony Brook; MD, London University

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program

Specialty: Medical Biochemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, Histology, Pathology and Pathophysiology

Fredrick J. Kull, Associate Professor Emeritus

PhD, Brandeis University

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1974-1975

Megan Larson, Lecturer

BS, Syracuse University; PhD, °®¶¹´«Ã½

 
Allen D. MacNeill, Adjunct Lecturer Affiliated: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS)

Dale M. Madison, Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of Maryland

 

Justin Mann, Lecturer

BS, SUNY Cortland; PhD, °®¶¹´«Ã½

Specialty: Ecology, Evolution and Animal Behavior

Sarah Marcus, Instructor

BS, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; PhD, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

 

Claudia Marques, Associate Professor

PhD, University of the West of England

Affiliated: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Biofilms Research Center (BBRC); First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Microbiology, bacterial tolerance to antimicrobials, bacterial virulence, biofilms, bacterial persister cells, microbe-host interactions

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2021-2022

Pavel Masek, Assistant Professor

BS, MS, University of South Bohemia; PhD, University of Wuerzburg

Affiliated: Integrative Neuroscience Program

Specialty: Behavioral neurogenetics – taste and feeding, learning and memory

Dennis W. McGee, Professor

BA, MS, University of New Orleans; PhD, Texas A&M University

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program

Specialty: Intestinal epithelial cell biology and immunology

Peter T. McKenney, Assistant Professor

PhD, New York University

Affiliated: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Biofilms Research Center (BBRC)

Specialty: Microbiota in infection and immunity; Clostridioides difficile and enterococcus faecium, bile acid metabolism

Sandra D. Michael, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emerita

PhD, University of California at Davis

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2003-2004; Council/Foundation Award, 2002

Carol I. Miles, Associate Professor

BA, PhD, University of Washington

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; Integrative Neuroscience Program

Specialty: Neurobiology, development and behavior of insects

August P. Mueller, Associate Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of Wisconsin

 

David E. Murrish, Associate Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of Montana

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1988-1989

Laura Musselman, Associate Professor

BS, Cornell University; PhD, University of Utah

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; Integrative Neuroscience Program

Specialty: Lipid metabolism and cellular signaling during dietary overload and obesity

Jacob D. Palmer, Assistant Professor

PhD, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Specialty: Environmental microbiology

Matthew A. Parker, Professor Emeritus

BA, Western Washington University; PhD, Cornell University

Affiliated: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS)

Specialty: Ecological genetics and coevolution in natural communities

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2017-2018

Rebecca Pearce, Lecturer

MS, MPHIL, University of Cambridge

Thomas H. Powell, Associate Professor

BS, Shepherd University; PhD, University of Notre Dame

Affiliated: First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Coevolution; ecological speciation; evolution and ecology of life history timing in insects

Kirsten M. Prior, Associatet Professor

BS, University of Western Ontario; PhD, University of Notre Dame

Affiliated: Center for Integrated Watershed Studies (CIWS); Environmental Studies Program; First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Community ecology and invasive species; antagonistic and mutualistic interactions

Kurt M. Pueschel, Associate Professor Emeritus

PhD, Cornell University

 

Diego Salazar Amoretti, Assistant Professor

BS, University of Costa Rica; PhD, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Specialty: Biodiversity; species diversity; community ecology; ecology;chemical biology; botany; evolutionary biology; ecology and evolution; plants; communities

Karin Sauer, Professor

BS, MS, Phillipps-University of Marburg; PhD, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

Affiliated: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Biofilms Research Center (BBRC); Biochemistry Program; First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: P. aeruginosa biofilm formation; biofilm dispersion; biofilm tolerance; c-di-GMP modulating enzymes; molecular biology; biochemistry

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2016-2017

Jeffrey W. Schertzer, Associate Professor

BSc, PhD, McMaster University

Affiliated: °®¶¹´«Ã½ Biofilms Research Center (BBRC); Biochemistry Program; First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Outer membrane vesicles; bacterial communication; toxin trafficking and biofilm formation

Adam Session, Assistant Professor

PhD, University of California, Berkley

Specialty: Comparative genomics, molecular biology, evolutionary biology, genetics

Julian Shepherd, Associate Professor

BA, Cornell University; PhD, Harvard University

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS); Tick-borne Diseases Research Center

Specialty: Reproductive physiology of insects and arachnids

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1999-2000

Christopher Smyth, Adjunct Lecturer

PhD, Pennsylvania State University

 

James M. Sobel, Associate Professor

PhD, Michigan State University

Affiliated: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS); First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Evolutionary genetics; genomics of adaptation and speciation in plants

Nancy Stamp, Professor Emerita

PhD, University of Maryland

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1994-1995

William E. Stein, Associate Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of Michigan

 

Erica Stephens, Instructor

BS, SUNY at Fredonia; PhD, °®¶¹´«Ã½ (SUNY)

 

Lindsey Swierk, Research Assistant Professor

PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Affiliated: Environmental Studies Program

Specialty: Behavioral ecology; herpetology; tropical ecology

Steven P. Tammariello, Associate Professor

BS, Edinboro University; MS, Duquesne University; PhD, The Ohio State University

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; Integrative Neuroscience Program

Specialty: Equine genomics and physiology

Anna L. Tan-Wilson, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita

PhD, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

 

John E. Titus, Professor Emeritus

BA, Oberlin College; MS, PhD, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Specialty: Freshwater macrophyte ecology; forest ecology

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1990-1991

Robert G. Van Buskirk, Professor

BA, MAT, University of Vermont; PhD, Harvard University

Affiliated: Biochemistry Program; Center for Translational Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTSCTE)

Specialty: Tissue engineering; organ preservation; cell stress pathways; stem cell bioprocessing; medical device development

R. Stimson Wilcox, Associate Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of Michigan

 

Karl A. Wilson, Professor Emeritus

PhD, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

 

David Sloan Wilson, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus

PhD, Michigan State University

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2002-2003

Michelle Withers, Associate Professor

PhD, University of Arizona

Affiliated: Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT); First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Weixing Zhu, Professor

BS, MS, Fudan University; MS, PhD, Rutgers University

Affiliated: Center for Integrated Watershed Studies (CIWS); Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS); First-Year Research Immersion (FRI)

Specialty: Ecosystem ecology; nitrogen biogeochemistry; soil ecology