Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Mark Jonas
Associate Professor of Biologymark.jonas@purchase.edu- BS, Purchase College, SUNY
- PhD, Stony Brook University, SUNY
Full-Time Faculty
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Elliott Abrams
Associate Professor of Biologyelliott.abrams@purchase.edu- BA, Rutgers University
- PhD, Johns Hopkins University
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James G. Daly
Associate Professor of Biologyjames.daly@purchase.edu- BS, PhD, University of Guelph (Canada)
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Erika Ebbs
(on leave: Spring 2025)Assistant Professor of Biology- BS, California State University
- PhD, University of New Mexico
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Jan Robert Factor
(on leave: Spring 2025)Professor of Biology- BS, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- MS, PhD, Cornell University
jan.factor@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Internationalization
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
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Stephen Harris
Assistant Professor of Biologystephen.harris@purchase.edu- BS, Ohio State University
- MA, City College of New York, City University of New York
- PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Part-Time Faculty
Contributing Faculty
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Joseph Skrivanek
Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry- BS, MS, University of Scranton
- PhD, Pennsylvania State University
joe.skrivanek@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
Faculty Emeriti
Elysse Craddock
Research Professor of Evolutionary BiologyProfessor Emerita of Biology- BS, PhD, University of Sydney (Australia)
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Lee Ehrman
Distinguished Professor Emerita of Biology- BS, Queens College, City University of New York
- MS, PhD, Columbia University
lee.ehrman@purchase.edu- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Maryann McEnroe
Associate Professor Emerita of Biologymaryann.mcenroe@purchase.edu- BS, Southeastern Massachusetts University
- MA, PhD, University of California, Davis
- 2021 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Joanne Kivela Tillotson
Associate Professor Emerita of Biology- BS, University of Dubuque
- PhD, Michigan State University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
James Utter
Associate Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies and Biologyjames.utter@purchase.edu- BS, SUNY Oneonta
- PhD, Rutgers University
