Faculty & Staff

Dr. Adjoa Richardson Ahedor

Associate Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences Chairperson
Location: DuPont Hall, Room 101
Email:  adjoa.ahedor@hamptonu.edu
Expertise: Botany, Systematics, Evolutionary Biology,  Environmental Science, STEM Education: Read Bio »

Dr.Abiodun Adibi

Associate Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences
Location: DuPont Hall, Room 203
Email: abiodun.adibi@hamptonu.edu
Phone:(757)-727-5017
Expertise: Microbiology, Parasitology, Environmental Bacteriology

Dr. Olabayo Harry Ajetunmobi

Visiting Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences
Location: DuPont Hall, Room 105
Email: olabayo.ajetunmobi@hamptonu.edu
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Dr. Rajeev Chandra

Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Location: DuPont Hall, Room 117
Email: RAJEEV.CHANDRA@HAMPTONU.EDU
Expertise: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology

Dr. Qingyu Chen

Assistant Professor, MD, Biological Sciences
Location: DuPont Hall, Room 304
Email: qingyu.chen@hamptonu.edu
Phone:(757)-728-6064
Expertise: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology

Dr. Shawn T. Dash

Associate Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences
Location: DuPont Hall, Room 104
Email: shawn.dash@hamptonu.edu
Phone:(757)-727-5031
Expertise: Entomology, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Taxonomy, Evolution, Science Education, Ecology, Zoology
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Mr. Michael D. Druitt

Assistant Professor, MSc, Biological Sciences
Location: DuPont Hall, Room 108 A
Email: michael.druitt@hamptonu.edu
Phone:(757)-728-6757
Expertise: S.T.E.M. Outreach, Internships, Summer Programs
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Dr. Herman Fennell II

Assistant Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences
Location: DuPont Hall, Room 108
Email: herman.fennell@hamptonu.edu
Phone: (757)-728-6953 Expertise: Molecular Biology
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Dr. Linda L. Hensel

Assistant Professor of Biology
Expertise: Bacterial Biofilms
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Dr. Naoufal Lakhssassi

Assistant Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences
Location: DuPont, Room 204
Email: naoufal.lakhssassi@hamptonu.edu
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Dr. Carolina Bonin Lewallen

Assistant Professor, Marine and Environmental Science
Location: Marine Science Room 113
Email: carolina.lewallen@hamptonu.edu
Phone: (757)-727-6044
Expertise: Population Genetics, Marine Mammal Ecology, Bioinformatics 
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Dr. Eric Lewallen

Assistant Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences
Location: Science & Technology Building, Room 314-D
Email: eric.lewallen@hamptonu.edu
Phone:(757)-727-2531
Expertise: Genetics, Population Biology, Bioinformatics, Biomaterials

Dr. Natasha R. Mavengere

Assistant Professor - Biology Department
Email: natasha.mavengere@hamptonu.edu

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Dr. Indu Sharma

Associate Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences
Location:DuPont Hall, Room 308
Email: indu.sharma@hamptonu.edu
Phone:(757)-727-5492
Expertise: Microbiology, Microbial Physiology, Microbial genomics, RNA biology, 16S sequencing, Barcoding
Education: Dr. Indu Sharma completed her Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Molecular Parasitology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Her dissertation focused on the sequence analysis of the 6kb mitochondrial genome of human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax. She also holds an M.S. in Biotechnology from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, and a B.S. in Microbiology (Honors) from the University of Delhi​
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Dr. Jemel Watkins

Associate Professor, MD/PhD, Biological Sciences
Location:DuPont Hall, Room 117
Email: jermel.watkins@hamptonu.edu
Phone:(757)-727-5015
Expertise:Medical Physiology