Contact the Department of Biology The Department of Biology is located in the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Center at 33rd and Chestnut Streets. For faculty specific information, please view the directory. Main Office 123 Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building 3245 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone: 215.895.2788 Fax: 215.895.1273 biology@drexel.edu Department Leadership Mary Katherine Gonder, PhD Co-Interim Department Head, Professor Phone: 215.571.4638 | Office: PISB 420 Email: mkg62@drexel.edu Ira Taffer, PhD Co-Interim Department Head Phone: 215.895.2595 Email: ira.marc.taffer@drexel.edu Laura Duwel, PhD Assistant Department Head, Teaching Professor Phone: 215.895.2636 | Office: PISB 219 Email: l.duwel@drexel.edu Felice Elefant, PhD Director of the Biology Graduate Program, Associate Professor Phone: 215.895.0220 | Office: PISB 317 Email: fe22@drexel.edu Administration Von Briggs IT Support / Web Developer Phone: 215.895.2170 | Office: PISB Suite 221 Email: vcb22@drexel.edu Jenell Black Assistant Director of Teaching Laboratories Phone: 215.895.2634 | Office: PISB 121 Email: jb497@drexel.edu Brenda Jones Department Administrator Phone: 215.895.2788 | Office: PISB 123.03 Email: joneswbg@drexel.edu Matthew McDonald Director of Laboratory Services Phone: 215.895.1457 | Office: PISB 205.01 Email: mtm35@drexel.edu Kathleen Pelusi Program Manager (Graduate Adviser) Phone: 215.895.6374 | Office: PISB 123.05 Email: kp475@drexel.edu Katherine Shepard Research Technician Phone: 215.571.4529 | Lab: PISB 312 D-2 Email: kas533@drexel.edu Swathi Swaminathan Staff Scientist Phone: | Lab: Email: ss4266@drexel.edu