Faculty & Staff Contact Information
- Administrative Faculty & Staff
- Full-Time Faculty
- Research & Adjunct Faculty; Part-Time Instructors
- Retired & Emeriti Faculty
- Graduate Students/Post-Docs
Administrative Faculty & Staff
| Position | Name | Phone | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department Chair | Dr. Song-Tao Liu | 419.530.7853 | WO4254 | song-tao.liu@utoledo.edu |
| Associate Chair | Dr. William Taylor | 419.530.1966 | WO4262B | william.taylor3@utoledo.edu |
| Department Secretary | Anna Woodward | 419.530.5050 | WO1235K | anna.woodward@utoledo.edu |
| Laboratory Coordinator | John Arnold | 419.530.4588 | WO1213 | john.arnold@utoledo.edu |
| Director, Medical Laboratory Science | Lisa Jordan | 419.530.1901 | WO1235P | lisa.jordan2@utoledo.edu |
Faculty
| Name | Title | Phone | Office | Field | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashburner, Brian | Associate Professor & NSM Associate Dean | 419.530.7845 | WO2246C | brian.ashburner@utoledo.edu | Cell/Molecular Biology |
| Avidor-Reiss, Tomer |
Professor |
419.530.1993 | WO4259B | tomer.avidorreiss@utoledo.edu | Centriole & Cilia in Fertility and Development |
| Bamber, Bruce | Associate Professor | 419.530.7889 | WO3213 | bruce.bamber@utoledo.edu | Molecular Neuroscience |
| Chadee, Deborah | Professor | 419.530.5077 | BO3099D | deborah.chadee@utoledo.edu | Cell Biology/Signal Transduction |
| Chen, Qian | Professor | 419.530.1594 | WO4267B | qian.chen3@utoledo.edu | Actin Cytoskeleton and Cell Division |
| Conti, Heather | Associate Professor | 419.530.7824 | WO3245 | heather.conti@utoledo.edu | Fungal Immunity |
| Crawley, Scott | Associate Professor | 419.530.4159 | WO3235 | william.crawley@utoledo.edu | Cytoskeleton; Cell Biology; Biochemistry |
| Diakonova, Maria | Professor | 419.530.7876 | BO3096B | maria.diakonova@utoledo.edu | Signal Transduction and Breast Cancer |
| Dong, Fan | Professor | 419.530.1577 | WO3257 | fan.dong@utoledo.edu | Hematopoiesis and Hematopoietic Malignancies |
| Garcia-Mata, Rafael | Professor | 419.530.1996 | WO3205B | rafael.garciamata@utoledo.edu | Cell Adhesion. Migration, Invasion and Metastasis |
| Gray, John | Professor | 419.530.1537 | WO3232B | john.gray5@utoledo.edu | Plant Molecular Biology |
| Harmych, Sally | Distinguished University Lecturer |
419.530.4585 |
BO1098 | sally.harmych@utoledo.edu | Parasitology/Education Stratigies |
| Krishnamurthy, Malathi | Professor | 419.530.2135 | WO3217B | malathi.krishnamurthy@utoledo.edu | Anti-Viral Innate Immunity and Inflammation |
| Leisner, Scott | Professor | 419.530.1549 | WO4223B | scott.leisner@utoledo.edu | Cell/Molecular Biology/Virology |
| Liu, Guofa | Professor | 419.530.2869 | WO4268B | guofa.liu@utoledo.edu | Axon Guidance, Neuronal Migration and Signal Transduction |
| Liu, Song-Tao | Professor & Chair | 419.530.7853 | WO4254 | song-tao.liu@utoledo.edu | Cell Proliferation and Differentiation |
| Niu, Wei | Assistant Professor | 419.530.2824 | BO3090A | wei.niu@utoledo.edu | Stem Cell, Neuroscience and Neurodevelopmental Disorders |
| Plenefisch, John | Associate Professor & NSM Associate Dean | 419.530.7851 | WO2246C | john.plenefisch@utoledo.edu | Developmental Genetics/Cell Interactions |
| Shemshedini, Lirim | Professor | 419.530.1553 | WO3227C | lirim.shemshedini@utoledo.edu | Cell/Molecular Biology/Transcription Regulation |
| Steven, Robert | Senior Lecturer | 419.530.7890 | BO1100 | robert.steven2@utoledo.edu | Development & Function of the Nervous System |
| Taylor, William | Professor & Associate Chair |
419.530.1966 | WO4262B | william.taylor3@utoledo.edu | Cell Cycle and Tumor Biology |
MLS Clinical Faculty
Research & Adjunct Faculty; Part-Time Instructors
| Name | Title | Phone | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anantharam, Arun | Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, UToledo | |||
| Goicoechea, Silvia | Research Associate Professor | 419.530.1991 | BO 3042 WO 3205/ lab |
silvia.goicoechea@utoledo.edu |
| Haynes, Eric | Part-Time Instructor | eric.haynes@utoledo.edu | ||
| Krzeminski, Lindsey Rose | Part-Timre Instructor | lindsey.cousino@utoledo.edu | ||
| Marzano, Shin-Yi | Adjunct Faculty, Investigator at USDA | |||
| Osman, Mahasin | Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, UToledo | |||
| Williams, Kristen | Part-Time Instructor | 419.383.4014 | kristen.williams5@utoledo.edu | |
| Zellner, Wendy | Research Associate Professor | 419.530.1550 | WO4267A | wendy.reiner@utoledo.edu |
Retired and Emeriti Faculty
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bischoff (Jr), William L. | Professor Emeritus (2007) |
| Dubrul, Ernest | Professor Emeritus (2010) |
| Komuniecki, Patricia | Dean and Professor Emerita (2016) |
| Komuniecki, Richard | Distinguished University Professor Emeritus (2015) |
| Leady, Brenda | Lecturer (retired 2022) |
| Vestal, Deborah | Associate Professor (retired 2023) |
Graduate Students/Post-Docs
| Name | Degree (in progress) |
Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Acharya, Prashun | Ph.D. | Dr. Scott Crawley |
| Achinger, Luke | Ph.D. | Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss |
| Ahmad, Nauman | Ph.D. | Dr. Song-Tao Liu |
| Bashir, Hafiza Sidra | Ph.D. | Dr. Fan Dong |
| Beligala, Dilshan (post-doc) | Dr. Qian Chen | |
| Bharaj, Jasvinder | Ph.D. | Dr. Scott Crawley |
| Bostick, James | Ph.D. | T32 Rotation |
| Casel, Obi | Ph.D. | T32 Rotation |
| Cheung, Stephanie | Ph.D. | Dr. Tomer-Avidor Reiss |
| Chowdhury, Pritha | Ph.D. | Dr. Qian Chen |
| Conrad, Sydney | Ph.D. | |
| Dale, Joseph | Ph.D. | T32 Rotation |
| De Souza, Tatiana Baliu Teixeira | Ph.D. | T32 Rotation |
| Devale, Trupti | Ph.D. | Dr. Malathi Krishnamurthy |
| Dillon, John Thomas | Ph.D. | Dr. Heather Conti |
| Edwards, Chelyan | M.S. | Dr. Bruce Bamber |
| GC, Binod | Ph.D. | Dr. Fan Dong |
| Glanz, Trevor | Ph.D. | Dr. Heather Conti |
| Gonzalez Blotta, Lucia | Ph.D. | Dr. Rafael Garcia-Mata |
| Hamdan, Rowaida Mahmoud | Ph.D. | T32 Rotation |
| Haridas, Aiswarya Pazhoormattom | Ph.D. | Dr. Malathi Kristnamurthy |
| Hasan, Mahmudul | Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss | |
| Idowu, Tomiwoloju | Ph.D. | Dr. Lirim Shemshedini |
| Jadhav, Nikita | Ph.D. | Dr. Wei Nui |
| Karki, Gaurab | Ph.D. | Dr. Maria Diakonova |
| Khan, Sadia | Ph.D. | Dr. Song-Tao Liu |
| Khot, Bhakti | Ph.D. | Dr. Guofa Liu |
| Kluczynski, Derek | M.S. | Dr. Tomer-Avidor Reiss |
| Kulasegaram, Varmila | Ph.D. | Dr. Qian Chen |
| Lovejoy, Madeline | Ph.D. | Dr. Rafael Garcia-Mata |
| Majumder, Tanushree | Ph.D. | Dr. Guofa Liu |
| Mucci, Claudio Andoni | Ph.D. | Dr. Rafael Garcia-Mata |
| Ntiamoah, Vincent | M.S. | Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss |
| Perinparajah, Banushan | Ph.D. | Dr. Qian Chen |
| Puente, Nashon | M.S. | T32 Rotation |
| Qavi, Nadiya | Ph.D. | Dr. Maria Diakonova |
| Rankoth Gedara, Dhananjaya | Ph.D. | Dr. Qian Chen |
| Rozier, Mariah | Ph.D. | Dr. Deborah Chadee |
| Shayanfard, Amirhossein | Ph.D. | Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss |
| Singh, Harbinder (post-doc) | Dr. Lirim Shemshedini | |
| Singh, Kritika | Ph.D. | Dr. Scott Leisner |
| Songwa, Raissa | Ph.D. | Dr. Song-Tao Liu |
| Sorrell, Sarah | Ph.D. | Dr. Deborah Chadee |
| Subhasingha Nishshanka, Chamod | Ph.D. | Dr. Wei Niu |
| Suriyaarachchi, Harindi | Ph.D. | Dr. Goufa Liu |
| Tonu, Sadika | Ph.D. | Dr. Scott Crawley |
| Yaghutian Nezhad, Laleh | Ph.D. | Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss |
| Zehra, Marium | Ph.D. | Dr. Qian Chen |