Faculty & Staff

Jacqueline Gapinski's profile

Jacqueline Gapinski

Program Chair, Associate Professor in Life Sciences and Molecular Biosciences

Biography:

Jacqueline Gapinski is the Program Chair of the Molecular Biosciences Program and a faculty member with joint appointments in the Life Sciences and Molecular Biosciences Programs. She has been an instructor at Bellevue College since 2016 and is passionate about finding new ways to teach genetics and molecular biology. Jackie received her Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular ...more about Jacqueline Gapinski


Stacy Alvares's profile

Stacy Alvares

Faculty

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Stacy is an integral faculty member of MBS, who teaches the seminar class and co-teaches our senior capstone series. She also often can be found teaching in the Life Sciences Department.

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Grady Blacken's profile

Grady Blacken

Associate Professor of Chemistry

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Pronouns: He/him/his Grady Blacken is a native of Washington and received his BA in chemistry from Whitman College and Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Washington. He followed these studies by spending five years as a postdoctoral research fellow at UW Hematology and the Puget Sound Blood Center (now Bloodworks Northwest). Grady’s research ...more about Grady Blacken


Bernard Greenspan's profile

Bernard Greenspan

Faculty

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Pronouns: he/him/his Dr. Greenspan is an independent consultant to pharmaceutical and biotech companies assisting them with building their IP strategies, IP diligence activities, managing their portfolios, and establishing IP in-house programs. He received his BA in physics from Clark University and his MS and Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of Rochester School of Medicine ...more about Bernard Greenspan


Annalisa Lembo's profile

Annalisa Lembo

Faculty

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Annalisa Lembo is a long-time adjunct instructor in Bellevue College's Life Science Department. We are lucky to have her teaching our MBS Immunology class.

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Jennifer Pang's profile

Jennifer Pang

MBS Program Manager Faculty

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Jenn Pang is currently the program manager for the Molecular Biosciences Program at Bellevue College. In addition she developed and teaches the MBS course on bioethics. She was previously the Director of the Science and Math Institute for a decade, the outreach office for Bellevue College's Science Division. Before coming to work in higher ed, ...more about Jennifer Pang


Jacqueline Drak's profile

Jacqueline Drak

Retired Faculty

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Pronouns: she/her/hers Jacqui Drak retired from Bellevue College end of Summer 2025. She was a faculty member at the college since 2007. She was the first Chair of the Molecular Biosciences program, having been involved in its creation. Jacqui grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay, a country with beautiful beaches, great guitar players, and the best ...more about Jacqueline Drak