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Faculty/Staff Directory

The department of Biological Sciences has 29 full-time and 19 part-time faculty members with 6 staff members to support more than 800 OU students with a declared major in biology. We maintain an active research environment and are committed to mentoring and assisting students to achieve excellence in the biological sciences.

Headshot - Gerard Madlambayan

Gerard Madlambayan
Professor, Ph.D.
Chairperson
Office 376 DH
(248) 370-3580
Lab: 324 & 326 DH
(248) 370-3663
madlamba@oakland.edu

Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
Headshot - Amy Banes-Berceli
Banes-Berceli, Amy
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Associate Provost for Operations
Office: 205 Wilson Hall
(248) 370-2190
banesber@oakland.edu
Headshot - Fabia Ursula Battistuzzi
Battistuzzi, Fabia
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, CAS
Office: 340 DH
(248) 370-3593
Lab: 335 DH
(248) 370-2658
battistu@oakland.edu
Headshot - Keith A. Berven
Berven, Keith
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 350 DH
(248) 370-3581
Lab: 302 & 351 DH
(248) 370-3548
berven@oakland.edu
Headshot - Subha Bhaskaran
Bhaskaran, Subha
Special Instructor, Ph.D.
Office: 339 DH
(248) 370-4013
sbhaskar@oakland.edu
Headshot - Sara Blumer-Schuette
Blumer-Schuette, Sara
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 331 MSC
(248) 370-3168
Lab: 330 MSC
(248) 370-2918
blumerschuette@oakland.edu
Headshot - G. Rasul Chaundry
Chaudhry, Rasul
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 327 MSC
(248) 370-3350
Lab: 328 MSC
(248) 370-3520
chaudhry@oakland.edu
Headshot - Mary Craig
Craig, Mary
Special Instructor, M.S., PCHE
Office: 323 MSC
(248) 370-3566
mecraig@oakland.edu
Headshot - Elizabeth Delorme-Axford
Delorme-Axford, Elizabeth
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 307 MSC
(248) 370-4906
Lab: 310 MSC
(248) 370-3592
delormeaxford@oakland.edu
Headshot - Vandre Figueiredo
Figueiredo, Vandré C.
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 303 DH
(248) 370-2517
Lab: 310 & 312 DH
(248) 370-3546
vcfigueiredo@oakland.edu
Headshot - Chhabi Govind
Govind, Chhabi
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 333 MSC
(248) 370-2027
Lab: 334 MSC
(248) 370-4905
govind@oakland.edu
Headshot - Fay M. Hansen
Hansen, Fay
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 301 MSC
(248) 370-3574
hansensm@oakland.edu
Headshot - Sarah Hosch
Hosch, Sarah
Special Instructor, Ph.D.
Office: 341 DH
(248) 370-3561
hosch@oakland.edu
Headshot - Mary A. Jamieson
Jamieson, Mary
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 327 DH
(248) 370-3576
Lab: 329 & 335 DH
(248) 370-3584
mjamieson@oakland.edu
A head shot of Lan Jiang
Jiang, Lan
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 322 DH
(248) 370-3552
Lab: 321 & 323 DH
(248) 370-3549
jiang23@oakland.edu
Headshot - Shailesh Lal
Lal, Shailesh
Professor, Ph.D.
Chair, Bioengineering Department
Office: 346 DH
(248) 370-2875
Lab: 347, 349 & 353 DH
(248) 370-2517
lal@oakland.edu
Headshot - Zijuan Liu
Liu, Zijuan
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 303 MSC
(248) 370-3554
Lab: 316 MSC
(248) 370-4904
liu2345@oakland.edu
Headshot - Gerard Madlambayan
Madlambayan, Gerard
Professor, Ph.D.
Chairperson
Office: 325 & 376 DH
(248) 370-3585
Lab: 324 & 326 DH
(248) 370-3663
madlamba@oakland.edu
Headshot - Taras K Oleksyk
Oleksyk, Taras
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 367 DH
(248) 370-3359
Lab: 368 DH
oleksyk@oakland.edu
Headshot - Thomas Raffel
Raffel, Thomas
Associate Professor Ph.D.
Office: 354 DH
(248) 370-3551
Lab: 355 thru 357 & 361 DH
(248) 370-3547
raffel@oakland.edu
Headshot - Sang Rhee
Rhee, Sang
Associate Professor Ph.D .
Office: 330 DH
(248) 370-4162
Lab: 331 & 332 DH
(248) 370-3589
srhee@oakland.edu
Headshot - Mi Hye Song
Song, Mi Hye
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 344 DH
(248) 370-3569
Lab: 343 DH
(248) 370-4278
msong2@oakland.edu
A headshot of Mark Sturtevant
Sturtevant, Mark
Associate Professor of Practice, Ph.D.
Office: 338 DH
(248) 370-3579
sturteva@oakland.edu
Headshot - Scott Tiegs
Tiegs, Scott
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 366 DH
(248) 370-2695
Lab: 364 & 365 DH
(248) 370-3546
tiegs@oakland.edu
Luis Villa-Diaz Headshot
Villa-Diaz, Luis G.
Associate Professor, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Office: 305 MSC
(248) 370-2837
Lab: 304 MSC
(248) 370-4903
luisvilladiaz@oakland.edu
Headshot - Nicole Wagner
Wagner, Nicole
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 337 DH
(248) 370-4497
Lab: 207 DH
nicolewagner@oakland.edu
Headshot - Satish K. Walla
Walia, Satish K.
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 318 DH
(248) 370-3583
Lab: 319 DH
walia@oakland.edu
Headshot - A. Valance Washington
Washington, A. Valance
Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 313 DH
Lab: 314 & 315 DH
(248) 370-4495
avwashington@oakland.edu
Headshot - Douglas Wendell
Wendell, Douglas
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 156 DH
(248) 370-4457
Lab: 328 DH
(248) 370-2516
wendell@oakland.edu
Headshot - Randal J. Westrick
Westrick, Randal
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 305 DH
(248) 370-3577
Lab: 301, 304 & 307 DH
(248) 370-4243
rjwestrick@oakland.edu
Headshot - Jonathan Yates
Yates, Jonathan
Special Instructor, Ph.D.
Chief Advisor
Office: 362 DH
(248) 370-2994
yates@oakland.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Bee, Mary
Adjunct Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 325 MSC
(248) 370-3599
bee@oakland.edu

Cucullo, Luca
Adjunct Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 165 DH; 415 ODH
Lab: 163A & 164 DH
(248) 370-3884
lcucullo@oakland.edu

Dinda, Sumit
Adjunct Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 3164 HHB
(248) 364-8676
sdinda@oakland.edu

Fuller, Grace
Adjunct Associate Professor, Ph.D.
(248) 336-5759
gfuller@dzs.org

Goldberg, Andrew
Adjunct Professor, Ph.D.
Office: 359 DH
(248) 370-2393
goldberg@oakland.edu

Klausner, Howard
Adjunct Associate Professor, M.D.
hklausn1@hfhs.org

Kumar, Ashok
Adjunct Associate Professor, Ph.D.
(313) 577-6213
akuma@med.wayne.edu
Part-Time and Special Lecturers
Abdukhamitova, Shakhnoza
Lecturer, M.D.
abdukhamitova@oakland.edu

Ahmad, Nisar
Special Lecturer
ahmad3@oakland.edu

Chaudhry, Sophia
Lecturer
srchaud4@oakland.edu

Elsouhag, Dalia
Special Lecturer, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Office: 152 DH
delsouhag@oakland.edu

Fishwild, Thomas
Special Lecturer, M.S.
Office: 152A DH
(248) 370-3567
tgfishwi@oakland.edu

Ismail, Noura
Special Lecturer, Ph.D.
Office: 166 DH
nismail@oakland.edu

Kauhn, Chris
Special Lecturer, M.S.
Office: 34 MSC
(248) 370-3575
cjkauhn@oakland.edu

Majeske, Audrey
Special Lecturer, Ph.D.
Office: 309 MSC
(248) 370-3605
amajeske@oakland.edu

Miller, Gary
Special Lecturer, M.S.
glmille2@oakland.edu

Montante, James
Lecturer
jmontante@oakland.edu

Moyer, Andrea
Special Lecturer, Ph.D.
almoyer@oakland.edu

Niedzwiecki, Megan
Special Lecturer, M.S.
Office: 318A HH
mrniedzw@oakland.edu

Sabina, Richard
Lecturer, Ph.D.
sabina@oakland.edu

Sil, Sukanya
Special Lecturer, M.D.
ssil@oakland.edu

Sturtevant, Ann
Special Lecturer, Ph.D.
Office: 325 MSC
(248) 370-3599
sturtev2@oakland.edu

Troxell-Smith, Sandra
Special Lecturer, Ph.D.
Office: 152A DH
(248) 370-3567
stroxellsmith@oakland.edu
Staff

Bills, Jan 
Office Assistant, B.B.A.
Office: 371 DH
(248) 370-4638
bills@oakland.edu

Gabriel, Renee
Office Assistant
Office: 375 DH
(248) 370-3550
gabriel@oakland.edu

Hugger, Sheryl 
Stockroom Manager
Office: 374 DH
(248) 370-3558
hugger@oakland.edu

Lesich, Kathleen 
Research Support Coordinator, M.S.
Office: 300 DH
(248) 370-4662
lesich@oakland.edu

Starnes, Catherine 
Laboratory Manager, M.S.
Office: 370 DH
(248) 370-3556
starnes@oakland.edu

Professors Emeriti

Cowlishaw, John 
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
cowlisha@oakland.edu

Gamboa, George
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
gamboa@oakland.edu

Gordon, Sheldon R.
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
srgordon@oakland.edu

Goudsmit, Esther M. 
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.

Hitt, Anne
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
hitt@oakland.edu

Hunter, Doug
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
hunter@oakland.edu

Lindemann, Charles
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
lindeman@oakland.edu

Moudgil, Virinder K.
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.
moudgil@oakland.edu

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