24 faculty and 40 courses in Biology at Drexel University.
- Sean O'Donnell, Professor h-index 43
The O’Donnell Lab Brain plasticity and the evolution of brain structure Social behavior and division of labor, especially of eusocial Hymenoptera Thermal ecology and thermal physiology Network models of social group organization Beha
- Nianli Sang, Associate Professor h-index 35
Understanding of cells’ response to insufficiency of oxygen, glucose and glutamine supplies, a condition commonly occurring in solid tumors and ischemic lesions Cellular level sensing systems for glucose and glutamine How oncogenic signali
- Ryan Petrie, Associate Professor h-index 25
The Petrie Dish: Research Lab Extracellular matrix Cell motility Cytoskeleton Mechanotransduction Cell-matrix interactions Cell biology Intracellular signaling Bio: Ryan Petrie, PhD, received a BS in biochemistry from the University of Vic
- Jerome Ricard, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 22
Ephrins Spinal cord injury Neuroinflammation Cell death Dependence receptors Pain Bio: Dr. Jerome Ricard, an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biology, studies neuroscience in Drexel Professor John Bethea’s laboratory
- Michael O'Connor, Professor Emerita h-index 19
Thermal, hydric, & energetic effects on the activity and distribution of reptiles and amphibians Physical constraints on heat and mass exchange by reptiles and amphbians Physiological and physical constraints on gas exchange in sea tur
- Felice Elefant, Professor h-index 19
The Elefant Lab Understanding epigenetic mechanisms that govern higher order brain function via chromatin packaging in neurons Understanding the role(s) of specific HATs in higher order brain function and neurodegenerative disorders such a
- Tali Gidalevitz, Associate Professor; Co-Director, Graduate Biology Program h-index 18
Protein misfolding diseases, such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's diseases The mechanism of differential neuronal susceptibility to protein misfolding The role of natural genetic variation and physiological stress in proteostasis Maintaining
- Ali Afify, Assistant Professor h-index 16
Insect olfaction Sensory Neurobiology Mosquito oviposition Malaria Bio: Ali Afify is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at Drexel University. Ali is interested in investigating the olfactory neural basis of different mosqu
- Alison E. Moyer, Assistant Teaching Professor h-index 11
Molecular paleontology Anatomy Microbiology SEA-PHAGES Bacteriophages STEM education Bio: After my time as an undergraduate at Drexel where I spent much time proudly helping to unearth one of the world’s largest dinosaurs to ever wal
- Jennifer S. Stanford, Professor; Department Head h-index 9
STEM Education Effective and Inclusive Teaching Evidence-Based Teaching Faculty and Future Faculty Pedagogical Development Experiential Learning Epigenetics Learning and Memory Bio: Dr. Jennifer Stanford is a Professor in Biology, Co-Direc
- Kari Lenhart, Assistant Professor; Co-Director, Graduate Biology Program h-index 5
The Lenhart Lab Niche-regulation of stem cell behaviors Genetics and long-term live imaging How somatic stem cells control germline stem cell (GSC) biology How somatic cells regulate restoration of GSCs following stress How soma-germline i
- Usha Sankar, Associate Teaching Professor h-index 4
Human physiology Pedagogical research Air quality and health outcomes Bio: Usha Sankar moved to Drexel from Fordham University, where she had been teaching since 2011. At Fordham she was a co-founder of Project FRESH Air, a citizen science
- Aleister Saunders, Executive Vice Provost for Research & Innovation; Professor
Es on identifying and characterizing genes and pathways involved in Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis. Utilizing a variety of AD models, his work has been funded by NIH, NSF, and foundations. As Drexel’s Executive Vice Provost fo
- Cecilie Goodrich, Professor Emeritus
Development of simple behaviors after birth in relation to known developmental events in the mouse brain Bio: Trained as a systems physiologist, I am most interested in regulatory mechanisms, and particularly regulation involving the neuro
- Denise Garcia, Associate Professor
Neuroscience, UC Irvine, 1998 Research Interests: The Garcia Lab The cellular interactions that facilitate the establishment of neural circuits The structural plasticity and reorganization of the central nervous system (CNS) in the healt
- Donna Murasko, Professor Emerita
Although my initial training was in tumor immunology, the focus of my research for more than 20 years examined changes in immune response with increasing age. Utilizing both mouse models and human samples, my colleagues and I investigated
- Jacob A. Russell, Professor
Roles of bacterial symbionts in ant evolution Function, stability, and dynamics of heritable symbiont communities in aphids Genomic mechanisms driving correlations between symbiosis and insect ecology Coevolutionary histories between insec
- James Mungin, Assistant Teaching Professor
Health disparities Biomedical science Molecular biology Bio: James Mungin, PhD, (pronouns they, them) is a biomedical scientist and educator dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary research and inclusive excellence in STEM. They earned th
- Kevin Smith, Associate Teaching Professor
- Laura Duwel, Assistant Department Head, Teaching Professor
Immunology & Microbiology Research and Experience Overview Undergraduate Research Graduate Research Faculty Directory Innovation Incubator Publications Latest News Faculty and Staff Resources A-Z Index For Media Careers Privacy & L
- Manuel Seman-Senderos, Assistant Teaching Professor
- Megan V. Phifer-Rixey, Associate Professor of Biology
The Phifer-Rixey Lab Evolution Genetics Adaptation Integrative Biology Urban Climate Bio: Megan Phifer-Rixey is an associate professor in the Department of Biology at Drexel University. She is an evolutionary biologist, and her research is
- Meshagae Hunte-Brown, Teaching Professor
I am broadly interested in food web and ecosystem ecology. I have used stable isotopes as a tool for understanding aspects of food webs and ecosystem ecology like community structure and dynamics ecology, with a view to develop better unde
- Monica Togna, Teaching Professor
My research interests largely revolve around methods of implementing my teaching goals of how to provide individualized learning to large groups of students, developing and utilizing active learning instructional strategies, and making con
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-01.