Natural Sciences Department

Chairperson:

KATHLEEN E. MURPHY, Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Natural Sciences Department Chair; Central Michigan University; Ph.D., University of Vermont. Post-doctoral research: Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Faculty:

LAURA E. EDSBERG, Assistant Professor / Director, Natural and Health Sciences Research Center; B.S., Cornell University; M.S., Ph.D. , S.U.N.Y. Buffalo.

KRISTIN M. FRIES, Associate Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Canisius College; Ph.D., University of Rochester.

ROBERT GUNTHER, Associate Professor of Biology; B.S., University of Miami; Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles.

ABU ZAFAR M. ISMAIL, Professor of Physics; M.A., University of Cambridge; Ph.D., University of Oxford.

DOUGLAS P. KALINOWSKI, Associate Professor of Biology; B.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Post-doctoral research: University of Vermont.

ALEXANDER PLESHKEWYCH, Professor of Biology; B.S., Kansas State University; M.S., Emporia State University; Ph.D., Wayne State University. Post-doctoral research: Roswell Park Memorial Institute.

CYNTHIA RUSSELL, Biology Lab Coordinator; B.S., John Carroll University; M.A., S.U.N.Y. Buffalo.

DERRICK SWARTZ, Chemistry Lab Coordinator; B.S., B.A., S.U.N.Y. College at Buffalo; M.S., Clarkson University.

MATTHEW S. WARD, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.A., Hiram College, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Post-doctoral research: Furman University.

BRENDA L. YOUNG, Associate Professor of Biology; A.B., Miami University; M.S., University of Central Florida; Ph.D., University of South Carolina. Post-doctoral research: Plymouth Marine Lab, England; University of Minnesota; University of Wisconsin.