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  • Natural Sciences Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Barbara Brabetz, M.S., A.B.D.
Department Chair/Assistant Professor in Biology and Chemistry
Women in Science Coordinator
Phone: (518) 255-5306
Email: BrabetBL@cobleskill.edu

Honors Program Research Project Advisor: Water Quality & Hydrogeology of Sharon Springs, NY
Advisor: Chemistry, Chemical Technology, Environ Science Majors
Instructor at Crime Scene Investigation Summer Camp
Guest Scientist on WAMC's "Science Forum" and "Fifty-One Percent"

Pamela Colony, Ph.D., HT (ASCP)
Program Director of Histotechnology; Facilities Supervisor for Behling Center for Histotechnology Training; Facilities Supervisor for Rachel Carson Undergraduate Research Laboratory
Office: (518) 255-5417
Lab: (518) 255-5403
Email: ColonyP@cobleskill.edu

Research Interests: Cellular Differentiation of Intestinal Epithelia
Advisor: Histotechnology Students plan to transfer into Cytology
Women in Science Coordinator

Tom Cronin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Physics and Chemistry

Office: (518) 255-5308
Email: CroninTJ@cobleskill.edu

Teaching Focus: Peer Instruction and Curriculum Dev in Physics
Interests: Environmental Physics and Alternative Energy
Research: Gas-Phase Spectroscopy
Advisor: General Science majors

Anne Donnelly, Professor Emeritus
Web: personal.cobleskill.edu/donnelal/

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
SUNY Cobleskill's Faculty Senator for 16 years
Research Interests - Computer-Enhanced Delivery of Biology to Non-Majors

James Klino, M.S.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Phone: (518) 255-5448
Email: KlinoJL@cobleskill.edu
Web: personal.cobleskill.edu/klinojl

Research Interests: Tamoxifen analogues
Doctoral Candidate: UAlbany
Chemistry Curriculum Development and Instruction in Education

William C. Kramek, Professor Emeritus
Research Interests: Vertebrate Biology, especially
Colormorphs of NYS Frogs

Lynda McMaster-Schuyler, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry and Biology
Phone: (518) 255-5446
Email: McmastL@cobleskill.edu

Honors Program Research Project Advisor: Anti-Oxidant Effects of Green Tea, Properties of Red Yeast Rice
Pre-Vet Club Advisor, Women in Science Coordinator
Biology and Chemistry Student Advisor
Chair, UUP Equity Committee
Implementing Green Organic Chemistry Curriculum
Crime Scene Investigation Camp Coordinator

Joseph Sprague, Ph.D.
Senior Professor of Chemistry
Phone: (518) 255-5307
Email: SpraguJT@cobleskill.edu

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Co-Chair, COBY 2011 Planning Group
Chair, Strategic Planning Committee

Ed Stander, Ph.D.
Professor of Physical Sciences
Phone: (518) 255-5559
Email: StandeEJ@cobleskill.edu

Research Interests: Hydrogeology of Quebec, Geologic Mapping of Helderberg Escarpment
Guest Scientist, WAMC's "Science Forum"
Director, Cobleskill Seismology & Weather Stations
Teaching Interests: Alternative Energy and the Environment

Michael J. Murphy, Ph.D.
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Phone: (518) 255-5445
Email: MurphyMJ@cobleskill.edu

Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence
Research Interests - Embryonic and Fetal Physiology
Advisor for all Medical Career Students
MC^2 Pre-Med Club Advisor
Fulbright Senior Scholar -- Czech Republic 97/98
Guest Scientist, WAMC's "Science Forum"

Carl Stefanik, M.S.
Phone: (518) 255-5413
Email: Stefanik@cobleskill.edu

Director, Schoharie County Department of Health
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences
Research Interests - Public Health, Water Supply

Ward Stone, M.S., D. Sci., Honoris Causa
Visiting Professor

Senior Wildlife Pathologist, NYS DEC
Teaching & Research Interests: Parasitology, Pathology, Environmental Toxicology
Numerous Awards and Publications regarding Wildlife Diseases

Professional Staff

David Ramsey, M.S.
Instructional Support Technician, SL-III
Phone: (518) 255-5135
Email: RamseyDP@cobleskill.edu

Research Interests: Lake health assessment via plankton analysis
EMT, Lions Organization, UUP Governance

Richard Sparling, A.A.S.
Instructional Support Technician, SL-II
Phone: (518) 255-5135
Email: SparliRM@cobleskill.edu

Research Interests: Commercialization of Histotechnology Slide Preparations
Bachelor's Student: SUNY Cobleskill

Larry Bopp Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology


Office: (518) 255-5415
Email: boppl@cobleskill.edu

Teaching Focus: General & Micro Biology
Research Interests: Antibiotic Effectiveness on Infectious Agents
Advisor: Science and Paramedic majors