Biology

Dr. S. Anne Boettger

• Professor
• Prediploma Osnabrueck University (Germany); B.Sc. Aberdeen University (UK); Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Molecular Physiology, Aquaculture, Invertebrate Zoology, Histology
• Office: SSN 475
• Voice: 610-430-4601
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Dr. Sean Buskirk

• Assistant Professor
• B.S. Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. University of Georgia
• Microbial Evolution, Bacterial Virulence
• Office: SSN 290
• Voice: 610-436-2389
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Dr. Benjamin Chambers

• Assistant Professor
• B.S. Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
• Virology, Immunology
• Office: Merion 325
• Voice: 610-436-2327
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Dr. Jennifer Chandler

• Associate Professor
• Chair of Biology
• B.A. Transylvania University; B.S. Northern Kentucky University; Ph.D. West Virginia University
• Plant Ecology, Disturbance Ecology, Plant Population Biology
• Office: SSN 281
• Voice: 610-436-1023
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Dr. Teresa Donze-Reiner

• Associate Professor
• B.S. and Ph.D. University of Nebraska Lincoln, M.S. University of Nebraska Kearney, A.S. McCook Community College
• Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Plant Genetics, Plant – Pathogen Interactions
• Office: Merion 301
• Voice: 610-436-2985
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Dr. Frank E. Fish

• Professor
• B.A. State University College at Oswego; M.S., Ph.D. Michigan State University
• Zoology, Mammalogy, Functional Morphology, Ecological Physiology
• Office: SSL 058
• Voice: 610-436- 2460
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Dr. Megan Fork

• Assistant Professor
• B.S. University of Wisconsin - Madison; M.S. Florida International University; Ph.D. Duke University
• Freshwater Ecology, Ecosystem Science
• Office: SSN 380
• Voice: 610-436-2396
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Dr. Yvette Garner

• B.S. University of Scranton; Ph.D University of New Hampshire
• Marine Ecology, Invertebrate Zoology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Education Abroad
• Office: Merion 133
• Voice: 610-436-2520
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Dr. Erin Gestl

• Assistant Professor
• B.S., Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
• Molecular Biology
• Office: SSN 282
• Voice: 610-436-2760
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Melissa Griffin

• Administrative Assistant

Dr. K. Chava Hurley

Dr. Natalie Johnson

Assistant Professor 
B.S. Brigham Young University (Neuroscience); Ph.D. University of Florida (Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
Physiology, Neurobiology
Office: SCN 281
Voice: 610-436-2856
Email: njohnson3@wcupa.edu

Dr. Jen Maresh

• Associate Professor
• B.S. West Chester University, M.E.M. Duke University, Ph.D University of California-Santa Cruz
• Physiological Ecology, Animal Energetics
• Office: Merion 317
• Voice: 610-436-2318
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Sofía Martínez-Villalpando

B.S. in Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, M.S. in Biology, West Chester University
Biology, Science Communication
Office: Merion 128
Mail: smartinez-villalpando@wcupa.edu
Website: https://www.thebiologistapprentice.com/

Geraldine Misquith

Dr. Oné Pagán,

• Professor
• B.S. MS University of Puerto Rico; Ph.D. Cornell University
• Pharmacology, Neurobiology, Physiology
• Office: Merion 302
• Voice: 610-436-2165
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Dr. Gregg Phares

• Instructor
• B.S. Willamette University, Ph.D University of Chicago
• Neurobiology, Physiology, Neuroethology, Neuropeptides
• Office: Merion 135
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Dr. John Pisciotta

• Associate Professor
• B.S. Eckerd College; M.S. University of South Florida; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
• Microbiology
• Office: SSN 376
• Voice: 610-738-0540
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Dr. Manu Ramalho

• Assistant Professor
• B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Brazil
• Postdoctoral Researcher Field Museum IL, USA and Cornell University, NY, USA
• Host-microbe Interactions, Microbial Ecology, Ant/Insect Diversity and Evolution
• Office: Merion 313
• Voice: 610-436-2404
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Dr. Michael Rosario

• Associate Professor
• B.A. University of California, Berkeley; M.S. University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Ph.D. Duke University
• Comparative Biomechanics, Functional Morphology, Computational Biology
• Office: Merion 323
• Voice: 610-436-2316
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Dr. Jessica Schedlbauer

• Professor
• B.A. Hartwick College; M.S. University of Maine; Ph.D. University of Idaho/Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
• Ecosystem Ecology, Plant Ecophysiology
• Office: SSN 383
• Voice: 610-436-3175
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Dr. Jessica Sowa

• Assistant Professor
• B.S. University of Rochester; Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine
• Host-Pathogen Interactions, Cell Biology, Genetics
• Office: Merion 321
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Sarah Stamis

• B.A. Mount Holyoke College; M.S. West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology
• Office: Merion 318A
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Natalie Stevenson

• B.A. University of Delaware; M.S. University of Delaware
• Human Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology Laboratory
• Office: Merion 132
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Dr. Jessica Sullivan-Brown

• Associate Professor
• B.S. James Madison University; Ph.D. Princeton University
• Cell and Molecular Biology
• Office: Merion 319
• Voice: 610-436-2864
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Dr. Eric Sweet

• Assistant Professor
• B.S. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D Rutgers University
• Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Neurodegenerative Disease
• Office: Merion 322
• Voice: 610-436-2249
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Dr. Gregory Turner

• Professor
• B.S. Virginia Commonwealth University; M.A. Hunter College; M. Ed. Columbia University; Ph.D. Fordham University
• Secondary Education, Ecology
• Office: SSN 377
• Voice: 610-436-3009
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Dr. Jennifer Uehling

• Assistant Professor
• B.S. and B.A. University of Chicago (Biology, Environmental Studies); Ph.D. Cornell University (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
• Animal Behavior, Ornithology, Foraging Ecology
• Office: SSN 288
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Dr. Denise Wallack

• B. A. Princeton University (Molecular Biology); Ph. D. Duke University (Microbiology and Immunology)
• Epidemiology, Microbiology, Cell Biology and General Biology
• Microbial Genetics, DNA replication and repair
• Office: Merion 130
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