Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences
St.Albert Hall SAH
Queens, NY 11439
(718) 990-8226
zufferer@stjohns.edu
Rachel Zufferey, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor in the Department
of Biological Sciences, completed her doctorate at the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology. She subsequently pursued
postdoctoral training in Parasitology at the Washington University
School of Medicine. Dr. Zufferey’s research focuses on the
characterization of the enzymatic machinery involved in the
biosynthesis of glycerolipids in Leishmania and trypanosomes, and
in the identification of suitable targets for rational drug design.
Prior to joining St. John’s in January 2009, she was an Assistant
Professor of Biochemistry at Kansas State University and a Research
Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut Health
Center.