Faculty
Associate Chair
Tanya Bekyarova, Ph.D.
Associate Chair for Biology
Office: 182D Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3428
E-mail: bekytan@iit.edu
Research & Teaching
Grant B. Bunker, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
Associate Dean for Research, College of Science and Letters
Acting Chair, BCHS Department
Office: 174A Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3385
E-mail: bunker@iit.edu
Andrew J. Howard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology and Physics
Office: 174B Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.5881
E-mail: howard@iit.edu
Thomas C. Irving, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology and Physics
Executive Associate Chair, Biology Division, BCS Department
Director, Biophysics Collaborative Access Team (BioCAT)
Office: 182B Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3489
E-mail: irving@iit.edu
Robert E. Brackett, Ph.D.
Vice President and Director, Institute for Food Safety and Health
Professor of Biology
Office: 231, Bldg. 90, Moffett Campus
Phone: 708.563.1577
E-mail: rbrackett@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: 383 Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312-567-8849
E-mail: mdushay@iit.edu
John J. Kilbane, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Biology
Phone: 815.245.6306
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
Genoveva Murillo, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Joseph Orgel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology and Biomedical Engineering
Associate Director of BioCAT
Office: 132 Technology Park Building
Phone: 312.567.3398
E-mail: orgel@iit.edu
Marvin Rubenstein, Ph.D.
Phone: 312.864.4621
E-mail: DrMarv@Prodigy.net
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
Benjamin C. Stark, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Office: 298 Life Sciences Building
Phone: 312.567.3488
E-mail: starkb@iit.edu
Cynthia Stewart, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Jason Wan, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Dale A. Webster, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Biology
Distinguished Professor of Biology
E-mail: dale.webster@iit.edu
Jialing Xiang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Office: 294 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.
Associate Professor of Biology
Associate Professor of Food Microbiology
Office: Room 233, Institute for Food Safety and Health
Phone: 708.563.2980
E-mail: zhangw@iit.edu
