Regular Faculty
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Alejandra MartÃnez Berdeja
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Ph.D, University of California, Riverside

Stephanie S.L. Birnbaum
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., Emory University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
John Black
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S. Missouri State University; M.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Babak Hassanzadeh
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., UCLA; Ph.D. University of Southern California
Amina Kinkhabwala
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A. Columbia University; M.A. Stony Brook University; Ph.D. Cornell University

Zoë J. Kitchel
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., Yale University; Ph.D, Rutgers University
Karen Molinder
Resident Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A. Occidental, Ph.D U.C.L.A.
Dr. Molinder teaches biochemistry and molecular biology.

Gary Schindelman
Resident Professor, Biochemistry
B.S., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., New York University
In addition to teaching at Occidental, Gary Schindelman is a biological curator for WormBase at Caltech.


Jonathan P. Williams
Resident Senior Instructor, Biology
B.S., UNC Wilmington, M.S., CSU Northridge
Research Scientist, Vantuna Research Group

Sigfrido A. Zimmermann
Visiting Instructor, Biology
B.A., M.S., California State University, Northridge