Department Chair

  • Jan Factor

    Jan Robert Factor

    Professor of Biology
    • BS, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
    • MS, PhD, Cornell University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Internationalization
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
    jan.factor@purchase.edu

Full-Time Faculty

Part-Time Faculty

  • Naydu Carmona

    Naydu Carmona

    Lecturer of Biology
    • BA, Manhattanville College
    • PhD, Graduate Center, CUNY


Contributing Faculty

Faculty Emeriti

  • Elysse Craddock

    Research Professor of Evolutionary Biology
    Professor 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
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
    lee.ehrman@purchase.edu
  • Joanne Kivela Tillotson

    Associate Professor Emerita of Biology
    • BS, University of Dubuque
    • PhD, Michigan State University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Jim Utter (with Ned Sullivan) in the Great Swamp

    James Utter

    Associate Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies and Biology
    • BS, SUNY Oneonta
    • PhD, Rutgers University
    james.utter@purchase.edu