Faculty and Staff
Department Chair | Dept. Administrative Aides | Full-time Faculty | Part-time Faculty | Staff
Department Chair
Email: jennifer.capparella@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7730
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 211
Educational Background
BS, Biology, Syracuse UniversityMS, Public Health/Epidemiology, Emory University
Department Administrative Aides
Email: sueneysha.halipa@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2122
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 211
Email: linda.white@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7824
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 211
Full-time Faculty
Email: abdulai.barrie@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7826
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 238
Educational Background
BS, University of Sierra LeoneMS, Texas Southern University
MD, St. George’s University
Email: thomas.chen@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7633
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 205
Educational Background
BS, Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VAMS, Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
PhD, Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Courses Taught
Spring 2019: CHEM 131 lecture/discussion, CHEM 132 lecture/discussion/lab, CHEM 272
CHEM 099 coordinator
Email: antonio.delcastillo-olivares@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5406
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 202
Biography
I am a professor in Biology Department at Montgomery College, Maryland. I am a native of Spain and received my PhD, in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Masters in Biochemistry and Bachelors in Life Sciences from the University of Malaga, Spain. I also hold a certificate degree in Pedagogy from the same institution.For the past 25 years, I have balanced my passion for teaching with the love for scientific research. My research experience ranges from cancer redox systems, cancer nitrogen metabolism, cholesterol and bile acid metabolism, sex determination transcriptional factors to human immunological molecular interactions. During my research career, I have mentored many undergraduate and graduate research students. Some of the courses that I currently teach and/or have taught include Chemistry I CHEM 131 lab, General Biology BIOL 101, Principles of Biology I BIOL 150, Genetics BIOL 222, Molecular and Cellular Biology BIOL 230 and Scientific Research SCIR 297. SCIR 297 is a course that I created in 2012, aim to provide our students with opportunities to do undergraduate scientific research at Montgomery College. Eventually, faculty from other STEM disciplines have also joined the team, providing opportunities for undergraduate students to gain research experience.
From Fall 2014 until Spring 2018, I was the BIOL 150 coordinator as well as one of the part-time faculty coordinators 2016-2018 for Rockville campus. During that time, and as part of the Z-degree initiative at Montgomery College, I have led Biology faculty to develop and offer an Open Educational Resources OER-based BIOL 150 course.
At the moment, I have the honor and privilege to be the Biology program advisor for the Rockville campus and to serve the college mission as a member of the Institutional Review Board for Montgomery College. As a Hispanic member of the Montgomery College family I embrace our policy of radical inclusion for our students. If you are a biology student, I will be happy to meet with you to discuss the courses that you need to take and plan your future semesters at Montgomery College. I am also a Paul Peck Humanities Institute/Smithsonian Institution Fellow.
Outside of Montgomery College, I love raising my three children together with my wife and training horses and dogs.
Educational Background
BS, Life Sciences, University of Malaga, SpainMS, Biochemistry, University of Malaga, Spain
PhD, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Malaga, Spain
Certificate in Pedagogy, University of Malaga, Spain
Email: satish.gupta@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-1912
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 239
Educational Background
B.SC, Biology and Chemistry, Panjab UniversityMS, Zoology, Kurukshetra University
MS, Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
PhD, Biology, University of Calcutta
Email: lori.kelman@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-6929
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 204
Educational Background
AB, Biochemistry, Mount Holyoke CollegeMS, Biology, Saint John’s University
MBA, Management, Iona College
PhD, Molecular Biology, Cornell University
Email: joseph.koussa@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-6913
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 240
Educational Background
PhD in Biology, New York University, New York City, United States of AmericaMS in Molecular Biology, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon
BS in Biology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Email: james.lipchock@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7781
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 208
Educational Background
PhD, Biophysical Chemistry, Yale University
MS, Biophysical Chemistry, Yale University
BA, ACS-certified Chemistry and Physics, McDaniel College
Email: kiersten.newtoff@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-1852
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 254
Biography
Professor Newtoff's interests are based around environmental science. Her master's thesis examined mercury distributions in pelican colonies in North Carolina and she worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center using satellite imagery to answer ecological problems.Professor Newtoff continues her environmental stewardship in teaching Environmental Biology BIOL 105/106 and Principles of Biology II BIOL 151 which focuses on ecology and evolution. If you drive along Middlebrook Road, you may see the Adopt-a-Road signs labeled Montgomery College in which she organizes monthly clean-ups. Some other ongoing projects include maintaining the three Germantown campus bird feeders used in research projects, collecting pictures from a wildlife camera in the local woods, developing pedagogy that develop students' quantitative skills, and advising the Environmental Club. She also serves as the Biological Sciences, Environmental Science & Policy, and Bioinformatics Program Advisor on the Germantown campus. You may see her around campus with a Guiding Eyes for the Blind service-dog-in-training, who you are welcome to come meet and assist in their progression!
Educational Background
BS, Biology, Radford University
MS, Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Email: james.smith@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-1345
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 241
Educational Background
BS, Biology, Southern CollegePhD, Biology, Loma Linda University
Part-time Faculty
Email: margery.anderson@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2076
Educational Background
BS, Biology and Secondary Education, University of PittsburghMEd, Health Care Professionals, University of Cincinnati
PhD, Physiology and Biophysics, Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
Email: Vanessa.Hobbs@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2076
Educational Background
BS, Chemistry, University of TennesseeMS, Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
MS, Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University
Email: brian.kram@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2076
Education Background
BS, Cell Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth
MS, Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth
Email: behrouz.meyssami@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2076
Education Background
BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
MS, Food Science and Nutrition, University of Maryland, College Park
PhD, Food and Biochemical Engineering, University of Florida
Email: shilpi.mishra@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2076
Education Background
BS, Botany, Chemistry, Zoology, CSJM University, India
MS, Organic Chemistry, CSJM University, India
PhD, Chemistry, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India
Postdoc, NIDDK/NIH, Bethesda, MD
Email: Hankyel.Park@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2076
Educational Background
BA, Art, Dartmouth CollegePhD, Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania
J.D, Intellectual Property, University of Baltimore School of Law
Email: Paria.Parto@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2076
Educational Background
D.V.M. School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz, IranPhD, Comparative Histology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz, Iran
Email: rema.santhappan@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2076
Education Background
BS, Biochemistry, Bharathiar University, India
MS, Biochemistry, Bharathiar University, India
PhD, Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Periyar University, India
Email: Krista.Spreng@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2076
Educational Background
BS, Biology, Niagara UniversityPhD, Microbiology, University of Missouri
Email: deborah.sterner-krizman@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2076
Education Background
BS, Biology, Hope College
PhD, Molecular Virology, UTHSC-H Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (Work done at University of Texas MD Anderson Center)
Postdoc, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry
Email: hsinyi.tsang@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2076
Education Background
BS, Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park
PhD, Biology (Bioinformatics), Johns Hopkins University
Email: susan.wollman@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2076
Educational Background
BS, Chemistry, Michigan State UniversityMS, Analytical Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MS, Teaching of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Staff
Email: saleh.ahmed@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2071
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 113
Email: janine.askins@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-1952
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 113
Email: te.cao@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7827
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 223
Email: meena.chandok@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2445
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 254
Email: victoria.duncan@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2112
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 121
Biography
Bachelor of Science degree from Benedict College, in Columbia SC. Works in Biology department in Germantown as Laboratory Coordinator. I have worked at Montgomery College over 10 years as an Instructional Laboratory Coordinator for Biology 101 laboratory. With over 30 years of work experience in the field of research, clinical, and aerospace.
Email: omoleye.fadikpe@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2072
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 223
Email: Pamela.Gold@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7792
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 003
Email: vivian.kruft@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7800
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 227
Email: honore.lekeufack@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-7801
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 133
Email: mark.nardone@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2159
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 255
Email: jennifer.ortiz@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2021
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 105
Email: christin.slaughter@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-2079
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 112
Email: maxim.suvorov@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-1830
Office Location: Germantown Campus, BE 017