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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
James Vonesh, Ph.D.
Professor and associate director of undergraduate studies
Stephen Fong, Ph.D.
Professor and associate director of graduate studies
For undergraduate programs, contact:
- Environmental studies: Daniel Albrecht-Mallinger, Assistant professor
- Biology: Jennifer Olson, Associate professor
- Bioinformatics: Andrew Sackman, Associate professor
- Outdoor Leadership Certificate: Andrew Parent, Senior assistant director
- Sustainable Innovation Certificate: Katie Foster, assistant professor
For graduate programs, contact:
- Environmental studies: Lesley Bulluck, Professor
- Biology: Derek Johnson, Associate professor
- Bioinformatics: Allison Johnson, Professor
- Integrative Life Sciences Ph.D. program: Stephen Fong, Professor