Michelle Kulp McEliece, PhD, is the Chair of the Natural Sciences Department and a Professor for the Biology program, having joined the Gwynedd Mercy University faculty in 2003.
Dr. McEliece earned her BS in biology with a concentration in genetics and developmental biology from the Pennsylvania State University and her PhD in molecular biology from Lehigh University. Before joining the GMercyU faculty, Dr. McEliece was a post-doctoral fellow at Fox Chase Cancer Center and a member of the Biology faculty at Arcadia University.
At GMercyU, Dr. McEliece teaches Developmental Biology, General Biology I, Genetics, Immunology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology. Her research interests include various aspects of genetics, Drosophilaembryogenesis, cellular aging and cancer.