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Administrative OfficeLaboratory StaffGreenhouse

Undergraduate Office, Department of Biology
102 Life Sciences Building
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto ON
M3J 1P3
Contact Us

Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM
*Summer Hours (June-August): The offices close at 2:30 PM on Fridays

Undergraduate Program Assistant
Vanessa Broughton (416)736-5311
Undergraduate Program Director
Tamara Kelly
First Year Program Assistant
Nalini Doodnauth (416)736-5745
First Year Program Coordinator
Nicole Nivillac
Field Course Coordinator
Renata Magalhaes
bioaccts@yorku.ca

Graduate Office, Department of Biology
102D Life Sciences Building
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto ON
M3J 1P3

Monday – Friday: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Graduate Program Director
Jean-Paul Paluzzi
221 Lumbers Building
416-736-2100 x20999
paluzzi@yorku.ca
Graduate Program Assistant
Dharti Patel
102D Life Sciences Building
416-736-2100 x22342
biogpa@yorku.ca

Administrative Office, Department of Biology
151 Farquharson Life Sciences Building **
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto ON
M3J 1P3

Monday – Friday: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

(416) 736-5243
(416)736-5698

**The Biology Administrative Office has moved to 151 Farquharson Life Sciences Building permanently

Chair of Biology
Robert Tsushima
151C Farquharson Life Sciences Building
biochair@yorku.ca
Operations Manager
Ming Jiang
429E Life Sciences Building
416-736-2100 x77850
mingj@yorku.ca
Accounts Assistant
Renata Magalhaes
151 Farquharson Life Sciences Building
416-736-2100 x33770
bioaccts@yorku.ca
Administrative Assistant
Pamela Fernandes
151 Farquharson Life Sciences Building
416-736-2100 x77848
pamf@yorku.ca
Departmental Secretary
Alice Dmello
151 Farquharson Life Sciences Building
416-736-5243
admello@yorku.ca

Our laboratory staff members have various offices and laboratories in the Life Sciences Building, the Farquharson Life Sciences Building, and the Lumbers Building.

Laboratory Technicians
Michael Belanger
George Bikopolous
Debbie Freele
Helen Jung
Maria Mazzurco
German Reyes
Uzma Muzamal
Irina Shuralyova
Krystina Strickler
Agnes Szelag
Laboratory Assistants
Paloma Chaves
Dilraj Rai

Greenhouse, Department of Biology
102 Farquharson Life Sciences Building
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto ON
M3J 1P3

Greenhouse Attendant
Glen Marlok
(416) 736-2100 x22307
marlok@yorku.ca

Faculty of Science
355 Lumbers Building
4700 Keele St.
Toronto, ON
M3J 1P3

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