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Faculty and Staff

The faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences teach and conduct research on the Kent campus and seven regional campuses.

Kent Campus Faculty

Darren L. Bade
Darren L. Bade
Assistant Professor

Organismal A-G

Christopher Blackwood
Christopher Blackwood
Associate Professor
cblackwo@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3895
Cunningham Hall
Brent C. Bruot
Brent C. Bruot
Professor
bbruot@kent.edu
Heather Caldwell
Heather Caldwell
Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator
hcaldwel@kent.edu
Andrea L. Case
Andrea L. Case
Associate Professor
acase@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3699
245 Cunningham Hall
Chi-hua Chiu
Chi-hua Chiu
Assistant Professor
cchiu5@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-5972
Wen-Hai Chou
Wen-Hai Chou
Assistant Professor
wchou2@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2993
Wilson Chung
Wilson Chung
Assistant Professor
wchung@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3641
Room 53
By appointment.
Robert J. Clements
Sr Research Scientist and Part Time Faculty
rclement@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2984
Derek Damron
Derek Damron
Professor
ddamron@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3370
Kent State University
Ferenc A. de Szalay
Associate Professor
fdeszala@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-7936
205 Cunningham Hall
Robert V. Dorman
Professor and Director
rdorman@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2263
112 Cunningham Hall
Gail C. Fraizer
Gail C. Fraizer
Associate Professor
gfraizer@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-1398
Cunningham Hall Rm 251

Email for appointments

J. David Glass
Professor
jglass@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2934
211 Cunningham Hall

email:  jglass@kent.edu

voice: 330 672-2934

Brian Grafton
Brian Grafton
Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor
bgrafton@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2935
W. Randolph Hoeh
Associate Professor
whoeh@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9573
John Johnson
John Johnson
Assistant Professor
jjohns72@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3849
Mark W. Kershner
Associate Professor
mkershne@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2738
Cunningham Hall
Douglas W. Kline
Douglas W. Kline
Professor
dkline@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3810
Edgar Kooijman
Edgar Kooijman
Assistant Professor
ekooijma@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-8568
Gary Koski
Associate Professor
gkoski@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3614
Adam A. Leff
Adam A. Leff
Associate Professor
aleff@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-8369
Laura G. Leff
Laura G. Leff
Professor and Assistant Chair
lleff@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3788
052 Cunningham Hall
Patrick D. Lorch
Patrick D. Lorch
Assistant Professor
plorch@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-7888
Brian Lutz
Assistant Professor
blutz6@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9394
PO Box 5190
Jennifer L. Marcinkiewicz
Jennifer L. Marcinkiewicz
Associate Professor
jmarcink@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-5554
259 Cunningham Hall
Jennifer McDonough
Assistant Professor
jmcdonou@kent.edu
Phone: 330-896-9625
Eric M. Mintz
Eric M. Mintz
Associate Professor and Director, School of Biomedical Sciences
emintz@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3847
Michael A. Model
Michael A. Model
Research Assistant Professor
mmodel@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-0774
Xiaozhen Mou
Xiaozhen Mou
Assistant Professor
xmou@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3625
Colleen M. Novak
Colleen M. Novak
Assistant Professor
cnovak13@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2304

8:00-9:00 AM, Monday through Friday

Helen Piontkivska
Helen Piontkivska
Associate Professor
opiontki@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3620
Oscar Rocha
Oscar Rocha
Associate Professor
orocha@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2297
Sarah Vash
Sarah Vash
Non-Tenure Track Associate Lecturer
srvash@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3617
Sean Veney
Sean Veney
Associate Professor
sveney@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3325
26 Cunningham Hall
Srinivasan Vijayaraghavan
Professor
svijayar@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9598
Kristy Welshhans
Kristy Welshhans
Assistant Professor
kwelshha@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2957

Kent Campus Staff

James L. Blank
James L. Blank
Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
jblank@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3614
Andrea Evans
Administrative Clerk
ajevans2@kent.edu
Cunningham Hall
Sharon Hartzell
Administrative Assistant
Jennifer Kipp
Stockroom Assistant
Gail Kovach-Spalsbury
Academic Advisor
gkovach@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2984
131 Cunningham Hall
Mark Moser
Mgr, Laboratory Animal Resourc
mmoser2@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3653
Cunningham Hall
Chris Rizzo
Horticultural Fac Dir
crizzo@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2469
Cunningham Hall - Greenhouse
Errol Sancaktar
Errol Sancaktar
Senior IT User Support Analyst
esancakt@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-5268
Donna Warner
Administrative Secretary
djwarner@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2819
Rick Warren
Laboratory Animal Technician
rwarren@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2575
256 Cunningham Hall
Robin Wise
Business Manager
rwise@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-8306
256 Cunningham Hall

Adjunct:

  • Ronald L. Salisbury, Associate Professor
  • Randall J. Mitchell, Associate Professor
  • Stephen C. Weeks, Professor
  • Kurt Smemo, Research Scienist

Postdocs:

Emeritus:

  • Walter C. Adams
  • James G. Brooks
  • Robert E. Carlson,
  • G. Dennis Cooke
  • Tom S. Cooperrider
  • Hiran M. Dutta
  • Rollo K. dela Fuente
  • Keith L. Ewing
  • Marion L. Ferguson
  • Benjamin A. Foote
  • Robert T. Heath
  • Clinton H. Hobbs
  • Alan K. Graham
  • Shirley A. Graham
  • Frederick N. Ineman
  • Sandra J. Kerr
  • Gary F. Larkin
  • Jerome P. Matuska
  • Lowell P. Orr
  • Donald R. Rayl
  • Robert M. Stokes