Faculty
Chair
John F. Zasadzinski, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
Chair, Dept. of Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences
Office: 383 Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.5874
E-mail: zasadzinski@iit.edu
Associate Chair
Benjamin C. Stark, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Associate Chair for Biology
Office: 182 Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3488
E-mail: benjamin.stark@iit.edu
Martin Cole, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Biology
Director, National Center for Food Safety and Technology
Office: Moffett Campus 228
Phone: 708.563.1577
E-mail: cole@iit.edu
Douglas J. Cork, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Office: 394 Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3492
E-mail: cork@iit.edu
Michael Cummings, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Biology
Office: 148C Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3732
E-mail: cummings@iit.edu
Mitchell Dushay
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office: 204 Life Sciences
Phone: 312-567-8849
E-mail: mdushay@iit.edu
Andrew J. Howard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Associate Professor of Physics
Co-Director, Masters in Health Physics Program
Office: 174B Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.5881
E-mail: howard@iit.edu
Thomas C. Irving, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology and Physics
Director, Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation(CSRRI)
Director, Biophysics Collaborative Access Team (BioCAT)
Office: 166 C Life Sciences
Phone: 312.567.3489
E-mail: thomas.irving@iit.edu
John Kilbane, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Biology
Office:
Phone:
E-mail: kilbane@iit.edu
David McCormick, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Senior Vice President and Director, IIT Research Institute
Office: IITRI LSR 1A1-1
Phone: 312.567.4972
E-mail: dmccormick@iitri.org
Rajendra Mehta, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Head, Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, IITRI
Office: IITRI LSR
Phone: 312.567.4970
E-mail: rmehta@iitri.org
Nick Menhart, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: 358 Life Sciences
Phone: 312.567.3123
E-mail: menhart@iit.edu
Joseph Orgel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Assoc. Director of Fiber Crystallography BioCAT
Office: 146D Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3398
E-mail: orgel@iit.edu
Samuel Palumbo, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Biology
Office: Moffett Campus
Phone: 708.563.8287
E-mail: palumbo@iit.edu
Peter Slade, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor of Biology
Director of Food Safety and Technology Graduate Programs
Office: Moffett Campus 338
Phone: 708.563.8172
E-mail: slade@iit.edu
Kathryn M. Spink, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer of Biology
Chief Health Professions Advisor
Chair of University Premedical Advisory Committee
Office: 146C Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3441
E-mail: spink@iit.edu
Cynthia Stewart, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor of Biology
Office: Moffett Campus
Phone: 708.563.8175
E-mail: stewartc@iit.edu
Dale A. Webster, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Biology
Distinguished Professor of Biology
Office: 396 Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3491
E-mail: dale.webster@iit.edu
Jialing Xiang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office: 396 Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3491
E-mail: xiang@iit.edu
Chunbo Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office: 392 Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3575
E-mail: zhangc@iit.edu
Wei Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Joint Assist. Prof. of Food Microbiology
Office: R318, B90, Moffett Campus
Phone: 708.563.2980
E-mail: zhangw@iit.edu
Yuzhu Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Office: 342 Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3484
E-mail: zhangy@iit.edu
