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1000 West Cary Street
Box 842012
Richmond, Virginia 23284-2012
(804) 828-1562
Email: slss@vcu.edu
Rima Franklin, Ph.D.
Professor and director
For undergraduate programs, contact:
- Environmental studies: James Vonesh, Professor
- Biology: Jennifer Olson, Associate professor
- Bioinformatics: Andrew Sackman, Assistant professor
For graduate programs, contact:
- Environmental studies: Lesley Bulluck, Associate professor
- Biology: Derek Johnson, Associate professor
- Bioinformatics: Allison Johnson, Professor
- Integrative Life Sciences PhD program: Stephen Fong, Professor