Faculty Notes:
Canisius College’s outstanding biology faculty is led by Susan Aronica, PhD, an associate professor of biology at the college since 1997. Aronica is the advisor for the Society of Pre-Health Professionals at Canisius, a member of the faculty committee that awards CEEP/HHMI fellowships to science students and is program director of the college’s Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program this fall.
Associate Professor Sara R. Morris, PhD was awarded a three-year grant to establish an innovative new program called
Experiencing the Natural World: Exploring Our Environment in Western New York and Beyond. Students study the ecology and organisms of Western New York and other areas and prepare educational materials for the Buffalo Museum of Science. To read more about Morris and her work, read
"Bird's-Eye View" form
Canisius College Magazine, Summer 2008. (Adobe Acrobat .pdf)
Robert J. Grebenok, PhD, professor of biology, is the co-recipient of a research grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The research involves the use and modification of plant sterols to stop insects from eating particular plants. Grebenok is also the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) research fellowship. For his fellowship, Grebenok performed summer research on the Chloroplast 2010 program at the Della Penna Laboratory at Michigan State University.
Full-Time FacultySusan Aronica, PhD, chair, Professor
Phone: 888-3160
Office: HS-304B
E-Mail:
aronicas@canisius.eduPhD, Physiology and Biophysics -- University of Illinois at Urbana
MS, Physiology and Biophysics -- University of Illinois at Urbana
BS -- Cornell University
Sai Chidambaram, PhD, associate professor
Phone: 888-2554
Office: HS-236
E-Mail:
chidamb@canisius.eduPhD, Zoology & Endocrinology -- University of Wisconsin, Madison
MS, Zoology -- Annamalai University, India
BS -- University of Madras
Robert Grebenok, PhD,
professor
Phone: 888-2537
Office: HS-318
E-Mail:
grebenor@canisius.eduPhD, Biochemistry and Physiology -- Michigan Technological University
BS -- Michigan Technological University
Barbara Hanson, PhD,
associate professor
Phone: 888-2556
Office: HS-309B
E-Mail:
hanson@canisius.eduPhD, Biology -- University of California, San Diego
BA, Biology -- Stanford University
Elizabeth Hogan, PhD, associate professor
Phone: 888-2552
Office: HS-300
E-Mail:
hogane@canisius.eduPhD, Cell and Developmental Biology -- University at Albany
BS -- Siena College
Helen Hull-Sanders, PhD, assistant professor
Phone: 888-2586
Office: HS-301A
E-Mail:
hullsanh@canisius.eduPhD, Entomology -- Auburn University
MS, Biology -- University of New Orleans
BS -- University of Texas at Austin
John Kalb, PhD, associate professor
Phone: 888-3183
Office: HS-317E
E-Mail:
kalbj@canisius.eduPhD, Molecular Biology and Developmental Biology -- Cornell University
BS, Biochemistry -- University of Rochester
Edward Kisailus, PhD, professor
Phone: 888-2558
Office: HS-312A
E-Mail:
kisail@canisius.eduPhD, Microbiology -- Columbia University
BS -- King’s College (PA)
Susan Margulis, PhD, assistant professor
Phone: 888-2773
Office: HS-303C
Email:
margulis@canisius.eduPhD--University of Chicago,
MA--University of Colorado, Boulder,
BS--Bucknell University
Sara Morris, PhD, professor
Phone: 888-2567
Office: HS-317D
E-Mail:
morriss@canisius.eduPhD, Zoology -- Cornell University
MS, Zoology -- Cornell University
BA, BS -- Presbyterian College
Michael Noonan, PhD, professor
Phone: 888-2772
Office: HS-303A
E-Mail:
noonan@canisius.eduPhD, Behavioral Neuroscience -- State University of New York at Buffalo
BS, Biology -- University of Notre Dame
Lindsey Walters, PhD, post-doctoral fellow
Phone: 888-2570
Office: HS-304
Email:
waltersl@canisius.eduPhD, Zoology, Ecology and Evolutionary Behavior Program, Michigan State University
BS, Biology, Calvin College
Ann Wright, PhD, Professor
Phone: 888-2574
Office: HS-232
E-Mail:
wrighta@canisius.eduPhD, Science Education -- University of New York at Buffalo
MS, Zoology -- Idaho State University
BS, Biology -- The Evergreen State College
Adjunct FacultyPatrick Gannon, adjunct professor
Phone: 888-5974
E-Mail:
gannon@canisius.eduKevin Grzybek, adjunct lab instructor
Phone: 888-3169
E-Mail:
grzybekk@canisius.eduDr. Linda Klimowski, adjunct professor
Phone: 888-2550
E-Mail:
klimowsl@canisius.eduFull-Time StaffMary Culp, lab coordinator
Phone: 888-2549
Office: HS-106
E-Mail:
culpm@canisius.eduMS, Botany -- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
BA -- Kansas State University
Larry Tassini, lab manager
Phone: 888-2560
Office: HS-310B
E-Mail:
tassinil@canisius.edu