Michael A. Kotarski
Associate Professor of Biology
(Ph.D. Cornell University)

Dr. Kotarski joined the Niagara University faculty in 1994. He uses Drosophila as a convenient model system to study molecular genetics and development. He also has an interest in the application of Chaos theory to biology. Dr. Kotarski earned his B.A. at The University of Buffalo,his Ph.D. in Genetics at Cornell University, and has done post doctoral work at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine and at The Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.