{"id":15,"date":"2018-06-27T16:23:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T16:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:38:05","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BIOLOGY Faculty<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Office Hours<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dorothy Christopher, PhD
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/a>Assistant Professor
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Plant Ecology & Evolution
\n<\/span>Email<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/strong>SB Room 146<\/span><\/p>\n

203-837-8831<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Neeta Connally, PhD, MSPH<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Co -Dept. Chair,\u00a0<\/span>
\nCSU Professor
\n<\/span>Medical Entomology,
\nEpidemiology
\n<\/span>203-837-8749
\nEmail<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/span>SB Room 140<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Joshua Cordeira, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAssociate Professor
\n<\/span>Neuroscience
\n203-837-8940
\nEmail<\/a><\/strong>
\nSB Room 238<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Kristin Giamanco, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAssociate Professor
\n<\/span>Cell Biology
\n203-837-8968
\nEmail<\/a><\/strong>
\nSB Room 205<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Stephen “Mitch” Wagener, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nProfessor
\n<\/span>Ecology,
\nClimate Change Education
\n203-837-8790
\nEmail<\/a><\/strong>
\nSB Room 145<\/span><\/td>\n

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\"\"Michelle Monette, PhD<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Co -Dept. Chair<\/span>
\nAssociate Professor
\n<\/span>Physiology
\n203-837-9894
\nEmail<\/a><\/strong>
\nSB Room 141<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\"\"Theodora Pinou, PhD<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0Professor<\/span>
\nHerpetology,
\nSnake Systematics
\n203-837-8793
\n<\/span>Email<\/a><\/strong>
\nSB Room 242<\/span><\/p>\n

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*Sabbatical Fall 2025<\/td>\n

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\"\"Hannah Reynolds, PhD<\/a><\/strong>
\nAssociate Professor
\nMicrobiology, Mycology
\n203-837-8796
\nEmail<\/a><\/strong>
\nSB Room 213<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Carlos Santibanez-Lopez, PhD<\/strong><\/a>
\nAssistant Professor
\n<\/span>Genetics
\n203-837-8233
\nEmail<\/a><\/strong>
\nSB Room 206<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Physics, Astronomy, and Atmospheric & Climate Sciences Faculty<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rob Eisenson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate <\/em> Professor of Meteorology\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist <\/span><\/i>(CBM-ret)<\/span><\/i>
\ne-mail: eisensonr@wcsu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

203 837 8989<\/span><\/p>\n

SB Room 277<\/span><\/td>\n

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\"\"Xinxuan Zhang<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Assistant Professor<\/div>\n
e-mail: zhangxi@wcsu.edu<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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SB Room 173<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gary Lessor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant to the Director of Weather Center
\n<\/i>
\ne-mail: <\/i>lessorg@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

SB Room 278<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Eliamar Gonzalez
\n<\/strong>Department Secretary
\nE-mail<\/a>
\n<\/strong>203-837-8791
\nSB Room 220<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Heidi Schoenberg<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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Alondra Lenz
\n<\/strong>Department Marketing & Media Director
\nE-mail<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
\n
Alton Spencer<\/strong><\/div>\n
Physics, Astronomy, and Atmospheric & Climate Sciences Lab Support<\/div>\n
Part-Time Faculty<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rayda Krell<\/a>, PhD
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Professor
\nPlant-Insect Ecology,
\nEntomology
\n<\/strong>203-837-8835
\nEmail<\/a>
\n<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/td>\n		Ghada Salah-Hafez, PhD
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Professor<\/span>
\nE-mail<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n		Debbi Johnson, MA
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Professor<\/span>
\nE-mail\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
\n203-837-3212<\/span>
\nSB Room 236<\/span><\/td>\n		Larry Marsicano, MS
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Professor
\nAquatic Ecosystem Research<\/a>
\nE-mail<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Murphy,\u00a0DC
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Professor
\nMurphy Family Chiropractic<\/a>
\nE-mail<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n		Kara Mia Colon\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0<\/em>colonk@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/td>\n

Sandra M. Zapata-Ramirez<\/strong><\/p>\n

email: <\/em>zapatas@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/td>\n

Kayla DeGuzman<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

email: <\/em>deguzmank@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Darly George\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

email: <\/em>georged@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/td>\n

Elizabeth Iaciofano\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

email: <\/em>iaciofanoe@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/td>\n

Lisa Mazinksi<\/strong><\/p>\n

email:<\/em> mazinskil@wcsu.edu<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/td>\n

Harold JR Condosta\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0<\/em>condostah@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kara Mia Colon\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

email:\u00a0<\/em>colonk@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n

Zeena Yonkers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

email: <\/em>yonkersz@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/td>\n

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\"\"Noreen Grice\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Astronomy Outreach<\/p>\n

e-mail: <\/em>gricen@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Erica Bower<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Adjunct Professor<\/span><\/p>\n

e-mail: bowere@wcsu.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n\n
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Emeritus<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Susan Maskel, PhD<\/strong><\/span>
\nEmeritus Professor<\/span>
\nImmunology & Physiology<\/span>
\nE-mail<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
\n
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n		Ruth Gyure, PhD
\n<\/strong>Emeritus Professor
\nMicrobiology
\nEmail<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n		Richard Halliburton, PhD
\n<\/strong>Emeritus Professor
\nGenetics
\nE-mail\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n		Jean Kreizinger, PhD
\n<\/strong>Emeritus Professor
\nPlant Physiology
\nE-mail<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Howard Russock, PhD<\/strong><\/span>
\nEmeritus Professor<\/span>
\nAnimal Behavior<\/span>
\nE-mail<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n		Edwin Wong, PhD<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nEmeritus Professor
\n<\/span>Molecular Biology
\nEmail<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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