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Teaching Faculty

Department of Biology
John M. Belote
Samuel H.P. Chan
Michael S. Cosgrove
Scott E. Erdman
Thomas P. Fondy
Anthony Garza
Eleanor M. Maine
Melissa Pepling
Ramesh Raina
John M. Russell
Roy Welch
Department of Chemistry
Tewodros Asefa
Christopher N. Boddy
Philip N. Borer
Mark Braiman
Joseph Chaiken
John Chisholm
James Dabrowiak
Robert Doyle
Teresa B. Freedman
Jerry Goodisman

Bruce Hudson
James Kallmerten
Timothy Korter
Yan-Yeung Luk
Laurence A. Nafie
Karin Ruhlandt
Nancy I. Totah
Jon Zubieta


* all phone and fax numbers begin with 315-443
CST: Center for Science & Technology, BRL: Biological Research Labs
Teddy Asefa, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Materials chemistry; nanoscience and nanotechnology; inorganic chemistry; nanobiomaterials

tasefa@syr.edu
Office: 1-048 CST / Phone: 3360 / Fax: 4070
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John M. Belote, Professor, Department of Biology
Role of the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway in Drosophila development

jbelote@syr.edu
Office: 304 BRL / Phone: 3695 / Fax: 2012
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Christopher N. Boddy, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Synthetic chemistry; total synthesis; biochemistry; molecular biology; metabolic engineering; biosynthetic pathways; polyketides

cnboddy@syr.edu
Office: 4-008 CST / Phone: 5803 / Fax: 4070
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Philip N. Borer, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Biochemistry; nucleic acid structure and function; biosensors; nuclear magnetic resonance

pnborer@syr.edu
Office: 0-221D CST / Phone: 5925 / Fax: 4070
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Mark Braiman, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy; microbial rhodopsins and G-protein-coupled receptors; miniature IR waveguide sensors

mbraiman@syr.edu
Office: 3-006 CST / Phone: 4691 / Fax: 4070
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Joseph Chaiken, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Interactions and processes relevant to laser chemistry and spectroscopy

jchaiken@syr.edu
Office: 2-010 CST / Phone: 4285 / Fax: 4070
more info

Samuel H.P. Chan, Professor, Department of Biology
Bioenergetics of organelles

shchan@syr.edu
Office: 310 BRL / Phone: 3182 / Fax: 2012
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John Chisholm, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Organic chemistry, catalysis, total synthesis, organometallic chemistry

jdchisho@syr.edu
Office: 4-006 CST / Phone: 6894 / Fax: 4070
more info

Michael S. Cosgrove, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Structural biochemistry of proteins involved in the epigenetic regulation of chromatin structure

mscosgro@syr.edu
Office: 406 Lyman / Phone: 2964 / Fax: 2156
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James Dabrowiak, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Bioinorganic chemistry; biophysics

jcdabrow@syr.edu
Office: 2-016D CST / Phone: 4601 / Fax: 4070
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Robert Doyle, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Bioinorganic chemistry, bioconjugate chemistry, molecular biology, chemical biology

rpdoyle@syr.edu
Office: 2-006 CST / Phone: 3584 / Fax: 4070
more info

Scott E. Erdman, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Eucaryotic cellular organization and differentiation; functional genomics in fungal systems

seerdman@syr.edu
Office: 609 BRL / Phone: 3748 / Fax: 2012
more info

Thomas P. Fondy, Professor, Department of Biology
Cancer chemotherapeutic drug development

tpfondy@syr.edu
Office: 302 BRL / Phone: 2615 / Fax: 2012
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Teresa B. Freedman, Research Professor, Department of Chemistry
Biophysical; physical; computational

tbfreedm@syr.edu
Office: 3-010 CST / Phone: 1134 / Fax: 4070
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Anthony G. Garza, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Biofilm formation; bacterial development; stress resistance in bacteria

agarza@syr.edu
Office: 212 BRL / Phone: 4746 / Fax: 2012
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Jerry Goodisman, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Physical and theoretical chemistry applied to biology and electrochemistry

goodisma@syr.edu
Office: 3-014E CST / Phone: 3035 / Fax: 4070
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Bruce Hudson, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Physical chemistry; biophysical chemistry; quantum chemistry and inelastic neutron scattering applied to molecular solids; fluorescence

bshudson@syr.edu
Office: 3-014A CST / Phone: 5805 / Fax: 4070
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James Kallmerten, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Organic chemistry; natural products; synthesis; electro-optical materials

jkallmer@syr.edu
Office: 4-014A CST / Phone: 2854 / Fax: 4070
more info

Timothy Korter, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Physical chemistry; laser spectroscopy

tmkorter@syr.edu
Office: 1-046 CST / Phone: 0269 / Fax: 4070
more info

Yan-Yeung Luk, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Bioorganic chemistry; surfaces; nanomaterials; chemical biology

yluk@syr.edu
Office: 3-048 CST / Phone: 7440 / Fax: 4070
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Eleanor Maine, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Genetic regulation of development; cell-signaling; germline development; RNA silencing

emmaine@syr.edu
Office: 426 Lyman / Phone: 9169 / Fax: 2012
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Laurence A. Nafie, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry
Physical; analytical; theoretical; biophysical

lnafie@syr.edu
Office: 2-016B CST / Phone: 5912 / Fax: 4070
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Melissa Pepling, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Regulation of mouse oocyte development; Hormone signaling in oocyte differentiation

mepeplin@syr.edu
Office: 806 BRL / Phone: 4541 / Fax: 2012
more info

Ramesh Raina, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Genetic and molecular mechanisms regulating plant-pest interactions; Functional genomics of cell signaling in plants

raraina@syr.edu
Office: 601a BRL / Phone: 4546 / Fax: 2012
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Karin Ruhlandt, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Inorganic and organometallic chemistry; crystallography

kruhland@syr.edu
Office: 4-014D CST / Phone: 1306 / Fax: 4070
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John M. Russell, Professor & Chairman, Department of Biology
Ion transport: regulation and roles in cellular processes

jrussell@syr.edu
Office: 813 BRL / Phone: 3962 / Fax: 2012
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Nancy I. Totah, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Organic chemistry; new methods development; synthesis of biologically active natural products

ntotah@syr.edu
Office: 3-004 CST / Phone: 2657 / Fax: 4070
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Roy D. Welch, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Molecular aspects of signaling among a homogeneous population of bacteria

rowelch@syr.edu
Office: 702 BRL / Phone: 2159 / Fax: 2012
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Jon Zubieta, Distinguished Professor & Chairman, Department of Chemistry
Solid state coordination chemistry; radiopharmaceutical design

jazubiet@syr.edu
Office: 1-014 CST / Phone: 2547 / Fax: 4070
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