Lab Members

Marc S. Halfon, Ph.D. (Principal Investigator)   mshalfon@buffalo.edu (716) 881-7541
Professor, Department of Biochemistry,
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Biological Sciences
University at Buffalo-State University of New York
NY State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
Program in Genetics, Genomics, & Bioinformatics
JSMBS Room 5128
Marc Halfon received his bachelor’s degree in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University, his Ph.D. in Biology from Yale University, and was a postdoctoral fellow of the American Cancer Society and the Medical Foundation at Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women’s Hospital. He joined the faculty at the University at Buffalo-State University of New York in 2003, where he is currently a Professor in the Departments of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, and Biomedical Informatics.

Rasha Azrag, Ph.D. (Visiting Professor)   (716) 881-8042
Visiting Professor, Department of Biochemistry,
University at Buffalo-State University of New York
Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Khartoum, Sudan
JSMBS Room 5158
Dr. Azrag received her Ph.D. in Medical Entomology from the University of Khartoum and has been a member of the faculty there since 2008. She has published widely on topics relating to surveillance, ecology, and control of vector mosquitoes and other vector arthropods in Sudan.

Jack Leatherbarrow (lab manager/technician)   jl244@buffalo.edu (716) 881-8042
Department of Biochemistry
University at Buffalo-State University of New York
JSMBS Room 5160

Bill Reid, Ph.D. (Research Assistant Professor)   wreid@buffalo.edu (716) 881-8042
Department of Biochemistry
University at Buffalo-State University of New York
JSMBS Room 5160

James Weiser (GGB Master's student)   jweiser@buffalo.edu (716) 881-8042
Program in Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics
University at Buffalo-State University of New York
JSMBS Room 5160

Will Chaddock (GGB Master's student)   wchaddoc@buffalo.edu (716) 881-8042
Program in Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics
University at Buffalo-State University of New York
JSMBS Room 5160

Daren Liu (UB undergraduate)   darenliu@buffalo.edu (716) 881-8042
Department of Biomedical Informatics
University at Buffalo-State University of New York
JSMBS Room 5160

Yangting Li (UB undergraduate)   yangting@buffalo.edu (716) 881-8042
Department of Biological Sciences
University at Buffalo-State University of New York
JSMBS Room 5160

Genti Gashi (UB undergraduate)   gentigas@buffalo.edu (716) 881-8042
Department of Biological Sciences
University at Buffalo-State University of New York
JSMBS Room 5160
