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FACULTY

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Kenneth A. Abraham, Birds and Their Habitats in Hudson Bay (Wetlands Wildlife)

Gabriel O. Aisemberg, Developmental Neurobiology

Robert P. Anderson, Developing GIS-based Methods of Modeling Species; Geographic Ranges Using Occurrence Records and Environmental Data

Jesus A. Angulo
, Neurobiology

Ivica Arsov, The role of mitochondrial phospholipids in T-cells apoptosis and development

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Mitchell B. Baker
, Animal Behavior

Michael J. Balick, Ethnobotany, Ethnopharmacology, Systematics and Uses of Neotropical Palms

Probal Banerjee, Neurobiology

Shailesh P. Banerjee, Neurochemistry

Jill Bargonetti-Chavarria, Molecular Biology of Tumor Suppressor p53

Gordon A. Barr, Neuropharmacology and Behavioral Development

Kerry Alan Barringer, Plant Systematics

George F. Barrowclough, Systematics, Population, Genetics of Birds

Jennifer Basil,  Sensory ecology of marine invertebrates

Dominick Basile, Chemoregulation of Plant Growth, Development, and Differentiation

Robert Bittman, Lipid and Membrane Structure

Richard Bodnar, Neuropharmacol-ogy of Analgesia and Ingestion

David C. Bolton, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Molecular Biology

Patricia A. Broderick, Neurosciences, Brain Neurotransmitters

William R. Buck, Phylogeny and Classification of Mosses, especially of the Neotropics

Rochelle Buffenstein, Comparative Vertebrate Ecophysiology Focused on Nutritional Thermoregulatory and Osmoregulatory Issues Encountered in Physiologically Stressed Environments

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David H. Calhoun, Molecular Biology, Gene Regulation

Kenneth M. Cameron, Molecular Systematics and Evolutions of Orchidaceae, Malpighiaceae, and Similacaceae

Richard I. Carp, Virology, Microbiology, Immunology, Immunopathology

James M. Carpenter, Phylogenetic Relationships, Taxonomy and Behavior of Aculeate Hymenoptera, especially Vespidae, Evolution of Insecta

Miguel Cervantes-Cervantes, Calcium Transport in Signal Transduction and Plant Cell Death; Metabolic Engineering

Christopher Y. Chan, Cerebellar Neuronal Interactions, Electrophysiology, Neurophysiology of Vision, Retina

Gregory P. Cheplick, Plant Population Biology

Steven E. Clemants, Plant Taxonomy

William D. Cohen, Animal Physiology, Cell Biology, Cytoskeleton Cellular Morphogenesis, and Cell Motility

Stephen C. Cowin, Mechanical and Adaptive Properties of Biological Tissue, particularly Connective Tissues like Bone

Joel L. Cracraft, Systematics

Julia R. Currie, Molecular and Cell Biological Studies of Gene Regulation and Protein Metabolism in Alzheimer's Disease and Fragile X Syndrome

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Douglas C. Daly, Plant Systematics, Floristics of Amazonia, Economic Botany

Lesley Davenport, Membrane Biochemistry

Piero G. Delprete, Systematics and Floristics of the Rubiaceae, Field Observation and Exploration in Neotropical Areas

John J. Dennehy bacteriophage evolutionary ecology

Carl S. Dobkin, Human Genetics, Molecular Biology

Robert Dottin, Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics

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Laurel Ann Eckhardt
, Characterization of the Lymphocyte Differentiation Antigen ThB

Abdeslem El Idrissi, Synaptic Plasticity and Mechanisms of
Epileptogenecity

Dan Eshel, Roles of Microtubal Associated Motor Proteins in Cell Cycles

Walter Essman, Neurosciences, Neuropharmacology, Endocrinology

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Maria E. Figueiredo-Pereira, Neurodegeneration, Focus on the Field of Protein Degradation, in particular the Ubiquitin/ATP-Dependent Pathway

Marie T. Filbin, Myelination at the Molecular Level

John Flynn, Vertebrate Paleontology, Mammalian Evolution, Systematics

Charlene L. Forest, Genetics, Cell Biology, Algal Mating

David Foster, Cell Biology, Transformation by Tyrosine-Specific Protein Kinases

Darrel R. Frost, Systematics of Reptiles and Amphibians

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Ray H. Gavin
, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Basal Body Components

Ilya I. Glezer, Ontogenesis of Ultrastructures in Nervous Tissue

Mitchell Goldfarb, Molecular Neuroscience; Genetic, Biochemical, and Cellular Analysis of Novel Neuronal Protein Functions

James Gordon, Visual Psychophysics and Retinal Physiology

Paul Gottlieb, Packaging, Replication, and Transcription of Cystoviridae RNA Genome

Shubha Govind, Signal Transduction in Drosophila Pattern Formation and Immunity

Frank Grasso, Comparative NeuroEthological  and Behavioral foundations

Andrew W. Greller (Emeritus)

Edward W. Gresik, Developmental and Hormonal Regulation of Gene Expression

David R. Grimaldi, Systematics and Evolutionary Biology of Flies, Speciation

Marilyn R. Gunner, Photosynthesis, Electron Transfer Theory

Jerry Guyden, Immunology, Retroviral Biology

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Roy E. Halling
, Mycology, Systematics of the Agaricales and Gasteromycetes

Cheryl Harding, Neuroendocrinology of Reproductive Behavior

Qi He, Developmental Neurobiology of Drosophila Visual System

Andrew J. Henderson, Systematics and Ecology of Palms

Ann S. Henderson, Molecular Biology, Ribosomal DNA-Bearing Chromosomes

Karen Hubbard, Cellular Senescence and Immortalization

Yu-Wen Hwang, Structure and Function of GTP-Binding Proteins

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Khalid Iqbal, Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

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J
William Jakinovich, Sweet Taste Reception

Thomas Jensen, Cell Fine Structure and Phycology, Electron Microscopy

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Klaus D. Kallman
, Genetics, Evolution, Ichthyology

Stanley Kalsner, Neurosciences, Neurotransmitters

Ehud Kaplan, Vision Research, Proving Visual Signal

Bernard Z. Karmel, Infant Nervous and Behavioral Development

Edward J. Kennelly, Plant Taxonomy, Plant Physiology, Electron Microscopy

Benjamin Kest, Pain and Analgesia, Opioid Tolerance and Dependence

Dwight T. Kincaid, Plant Ecology

Frida Esther Kleiman, Coordinated Response to DNA Damage by Transcription, RNA processing and DNA Repair Factors, and Their Contribution to the Risk of Getting Breast Cancer

Joseph S. Krakow (Emeritus), Molecular Biology, Biochemistry

Kumar Krishna (Emeritus), Systematics, Evolution

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William J. L'Amoreaux
, Pathologies of the Retina and Central Nervous System

John J. Lee, Ecology, Oceanography, Marine Microbiology

Daniel E. Lemons, Physiology and Pharmacology of Vertebrate Microcirculation, Vertebrate Temperature Regulation, Environmental Physiology, Modeling and Analysis of Biological Heat Transfer

Louis F. Levinger, Drosophila Melanogaster 5s RNA Processing

Jonathan B. Levitt, Neurophysiology and Neuroanatomy of the Central Visual Pathways, Cerebral Cortical Organization

Christine Li, Understanding how different chemicals in the nervous system affect behavior; using a genetic model organism to understand the function of genes in which mutations have been implicated in neurodegenerative disorders

Amy Litt, Molecular Development Mechanisms, Flower and Fruit Structure

Peter N. Lipke, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Cell-Cell Adhesion in Yeast

Victoria Luine, Neurochemistry of Sexual Behavior, Aging and Memory

James Luteyn, Plant Systematics, especially of the Neotropics

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Margaret MacNeil, Neuroanatomy of microcircuits within the inner retina

John G. Maisey, Fossil Fishes, especially Sharks and Cretaceous Fishes

Dani L. McBeth, Bacterial Genetics, DNA Repair in Pseudomonas Bacteria

Olivia McKenna, Optokinetic System, Developmental Anatomy

Gerard P. McNeil, Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Regulation of early Development, Using Drosophila melanogaster as a Model System; Evaluating the Role of the RNA-binding protein lark during oogenesis and early embryogenesis

Fabian Michelangeli, Plant Systematics and insect-plant coevolution

Corinne Michels, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Regulation of Gene Expression in Yeast

David L. Miller, Protein Processing in the Secretory System

Shaibal Mitra, Avian Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation; Migration, Host-parasite Interactions, and Mating Systems   

Peter Moller, Biopsychology, Animal Behavior

Carol Wood Moore, Radiomimetic Drugs, Studies of DNA Damage and Repair in Yeast

Robin Craig Moran, Taxonomy, Geography, and Ecology of Pteridophytes

Scott A. Mori, Taxonomy and Ecology of Tropical Trees

Timothy J. Motley, Plant Systematics, Island Biogeography, Hybridization, Conservation Genetics, Reproductive Biology

Paul Mundinger, Vertebrate Behavior, Genetics, Biocultural Co-evolution, Communication

Martin S. Muntzel, Insulin-Induced Hypertension, CNS Control of Blood Pressure

Guy G. Musser, Systematic Studies of Oryzomine Rodents (Muridae, Sigmodontinae)

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Michael Nee
, Neotropical Floristics, Taxonomy of Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae

Michael J. Novacek, Vertebrate Paleontology

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Christine Padoch
, Economic Botany

Valerie A. Pierce, Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, in particular the Evolution of Adaptations in Metabolic Pathways in Response to Various Environmental Stresses

Norman I. Platnick, Systematics, Cladistics, Arachnid Evolution    

Andrew C. Poje, Fluid Mechanics; Application of Dynamical Systems Techniques to Mixing and Transport in Geographical Flows

Ghillean T. Prance (Emeritus), Tropical Plant Ecology and Systematics

Lorenzo Prendini, Empirical Study of Phylogeny, Macroevolution, speciation, Biogeography, and Comparative Evolutionary Biology, Using Scorpions and Minor Arachnid orders as Model Organisms

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Joseph Rachlin
, Fishery Science, Resource Partitioning, Aquatic Toxicology

Shirley Raps, Cynabacterial Plasmids and Phycobilisomes

Boojala Reddy, Bioinformatics of protein and DNA sequences and structures in silico drug design

Robert F. Rockwell, Ecology, Evolution, Biometrics, Biostatistics

Clark T. Rogerson (Emeritus), Mycology

Susan A. Rotenberg, Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Protein Kinase C

Janis A. Roze (Emeritus) , Ecology, Neotropical Herpetology, Systematics

Uldiz Roze, Chemical Ecology, Natural History of Eastern Deciduous Forest

Rivka Rudner (Emeritus), Genetics

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Wilma Saffran
, DNA Repair in Yeast

Stanley Salthe (Emeritus), Evolutionary Theory

Cathy Savage-Dunn, Development and Molecular Genetics of Caenorhabditis Elegans, TGFbeta Signal Transduction

Scott Allen Schaefer, Systematics, Evolutionary Morphology of Freshwater Fish

Thomas Schmidt-Glenewinkel, Molecular Biology

Martin P. Schreibman, Reproduction, Genetic, Neuroendocrine, and Environmental Factors

Randall Schuh, Entomology, Systematics

Chang-Hui Shen, Mechanism of Transcriptional Activation; Molecular and Functional Significance of Chromatin Remodeling Activities of Gene Regulation

Timothy W. Short, Plant Development, Molecular Biology, and Signal Transduction

Nancy Bingham Simmons, Mammalian Systematics       

Simon A. Simms, Protein Chemistry, Molecular Biology

Shaneen Singh, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology

Linda Spatz, Lupus, Regulation of Anti-DNA Antibodies

Sanya Springfield, Neurotransmitters

Mark Steinberg, Viral Oncology, Gene Cloning

Michael E. Steiper, Primate Molecular Evolution and Adaptation 

Eleanor Jane Sterling, Distribution Patterns of Biodiversity in Tropical Regions; Developing Environmental Education Programs and Professional Development Workshops; the Aye-aye, a Nocturnal Lemur Found in Madagascar

Melanie L.J. Stiassny, Systematics

Dennis Stevenson, Systematics and Evolution of Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons

Frederick Szalay (Emeritus), Mammalian Evolution

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Wm. Wayt Thomas (Emeritus), Plant Systematics, especially of the Cyperaceae and Simaroubaceae

John H. Tietjen (Emeritus), Oceanography, Ecology

Edward B. Tucker, Plant Molecular Biology, Intercellular Communications

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Jack G. Valdovinos
, Plant Growth and Development

Richard R. Veit, Ecology of Birds and Other Vertebrates, Foraging Behavior of Marine Birds

Tadmiri Venkatesh, Development of Drosophila Eye

Robert S. Voss, Systemmatic Mammalogy, Tropical Biology

François Vuilleumier, Ornithology, Evolution, Biogeography

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John H. Wahlert
, Mammalogy, Evolution of Rodentia, Dental Histology and Morphology

John R. Waldman, Systematics of Percoid Fishes

Joshua Wallman, Visuomotor Systems, Electrophysiology and Behavior

Marvin Wasserman (Emeritus), Evolution, Genetics, Drosophila Cytogenetics

Ward C. Wheeler, Molecular Systematics and Evolution

Andrzej Wieraszko, Synaptic Plasticity

Eleanore Wurtzel, Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Plant Biochemistry

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Wan-Hua Amy Yu, Neuronal Response to Axonal Injury

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Zahra F. Zakeri
, Developmental Molecular Biology, Regulation of Cell Death in Development and Aging

H. Philip Zeigler, Ingestive Behavior, Anatomy/Physiology in the Brain

 

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Executive Officer:
Laurel A. Eckhardt

APO:
Joan A. Reid


365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-4309 | Telephone: (212) 817-8100 | Fax: (212) 817-1504 | Email: biology@gc.cuny.edu