Faculty & Staff
Dr. Yvonne Affram
Assistant Professor, PhD., Biological Sciences
Location: DuPont Hall, Room 108A
Email:
Yvonne.Affram@hamptonu.edu
Expertise: Virology, Immunology
Dr. Rajeev Chandra
Associate Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences
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. Isi Ero-Johnson
Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences
Location: DuPont Hall, Room 315
Email:
isi.erojohnson@hamptonu.edu
Expertise: Molecular Biology, Matrix Biology, Tissue Biogenesis, Basement Membranes, and Science Education
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, PhD, Biological Sciences
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, PhD, 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: DuPont Hall
Email:
eric.lewallen@hamptonu.edu
Phone:(757)-727-2531
Expertise: Genetics, Population Biology, Bioinformatics, Biomaterials
Dr. Natasha R. Mavengere
Assistant Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences
Email:
natasha.mavengere@hamptonu.edu
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Dr. Mekel Richardson
Chair and Assistant Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences
Location: DuPont Hall, Room 101
Email:
mekel.richardson@hamptonu.edu
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
Dr. Yvonne Affram
Assistant Professor, PhD, Biological Sciences Location: DuPont Hall, Room 108A Email: YVONNE.AFFRAM@hamptonu.edu Expertise: Virology
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:
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