Program Director
Ramesh Raina (Executive Director of Biotechnology Program)
464 Life Sciences Complex
raraina@syr.edu
Surabhi Raina (Director of Biotechnology Graduate Programs)
462 Life Sciences Complex
sraina@syr.edu
Contact
Sarah Hartmann
Graduate Academic Support Coordinator
114 Life Sciences Complex
315.443.9154
biograd@syr.edu
Faculty
BIOLOGY:
Yasir Ahmed-Braimah, Abrar Aljiboury, Melanie Blanden, Carlos Castañeda, Heather Coleman, Steve Dorus, Christopher Fernandez, Scott Erdman, Thomas Fondy, Austin Garner, Sarah Hall, Heidi Hehnly, James Hewett, James Hougland, Louis James (Jamie) Lamit, Katharine Lewis, Sarah Lucas, Jessica MacDonald, Eleanor Maine, Allison Oakes, Angela Oliverio, Melissa Pepling, Ramesh Raina, Surabhi Raina, Robert Silver, Roy Welch, Jason Wiles
CHEMISTRY:
Arindam Chakraborty, Robert Doyle, James Hougland, Yan-Yeung Luk, Mathew Maye, James Spencer, Michael Sponsler, Rachel Steinhardt, Nancy Totah
ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE:
Jesse Bond, Eric Finkelstein, Julie Hansenwinkel, James Henderson, Xiyuan Liu, Zhen Ma, Dana Radcliffe, Dacheng Ren, Pranav Soman, Pun Yung
WHITMAN:
Robert Florence, Don Harter, Alexandra Kostakis, Peter Koveos, E. Scott Lathrop, Catherine Maritan, Alexander McKelvie, Kira Reed, Ravi Shukla, John Torrens, Johan Wiklund, Zhengping Wu
Program Description
The Biotechnology MS program is designed to create a strong scientific workforce by providing students with advanced training appropriate for jobs in academia, government, or the private sector. This three-semester, non-thesis academic and laboratory master’s-level training program prepares students for careers in biotechnology research, industry or management, while also offering excellent preparation for further training in graduate school or professional doctoral programs.
Gateway Courses (21 credits)
All students are required to complete a series of seven Gateway courses in biological sciences, business management, and industrial biotechnology.
Elective Courses (15 credits)
In addition, elective courses allow each student’s program to be individually structured to provide maximum flexibility in choice of coursework. The rich variety of available biotechnology course offerings spans three different colleges at Syracuse University:
Students are able to personalize their curriculum with elective courses in one of four tracks:
- General Biotechnology Track
- BioBusiness Track
- BioMedical Sciences Track
- Industrial Biotechnology Track
Students wishing to follow the General Biotechnology track may select elective courses from all three of the other areas.