Professor of Biology
Dean, School of Theoretical and Applied Science

Year Joined RCNJ: 1972

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-7723
• Email: esaiff@ramapo.edu
• Office: ASB-422
• Personal Website

Education:

• B.A., Rutgers University
• M.A., State University of New York, Buffalo
• Ph.D., Rutgers University

Courses Offered:

• Evolution
• Biology of Development
• Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
• Comparative Vertebrate Physiology
• Biogeography

Teaching Interest:

• Structure, function and evolution of vertebrates

Research Interest:

• Evolution of the higher taxa of birds, vertebrate structure, function and evolution

Interesting Publications:

• Saiff E. & M. Vagell – 2002 – Foot placement cues used by chameleons when walking and climbing. J. Ghana Science Association 3 (3): 22-29.
• Saiff E. – 2006 – The Middle Ear Anatomy of Falconiiformes. Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 75 (2): 69-96.
• Saiff E. – 2011 – The Middle Ear of Cariamiformes (Aves).  Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 80 (1): 29-33.