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The faculty members in each Research and Training cluster are listed below. Additional details about each cluster are are given on the individual Research and Training cluster pages, accessible through the navigation bar or the icons below.

Biophysics & Structural Biology

Brian Baker Chemistry and Biochemistry	Structural biology and biophysics of recognition and signaling in immunity, cancer, and antibiotic resistance
Basar Bilgicer Chemistry and Biochemistry	Biophysical chemistry and biomolecular drug design
Jessica Brown Chemistry and Biochemistry	Studies of RNA triple helices using structural and biochemical approaches
Francis Castellino Chemistry and Biochemistry	In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation
Patricia L. Clark Chemistry and Biochemistry	Protein biophysics in living cells
Steve Corcelli Chemistry and Biochemistry	Theoretical and computational studies of reaction dynamics
Saurja DasGupta Chemistry and Biochemistry	RNA structure, function, and evolution, RNA Biology, Origins of life
Juan Del Valle Chemistry and Biochemistry	Design, chemical synthesis, biological evaluation of modulators of protein-protein interactions, ER stress response inhibitors, non-ribosomal peptide natural products; cancer, neurodegenerative disease, bacterial infections
Holly Goodson Chemistry and Biochemistry; Biological Sciences	Molecular and cell biology and biophysics
Shahriar Mobashery Chemistry and Biochemistry	Bioorganic and biochemistry of antibiotic resistance and cancer metastasis
Brittany Morgan Chemistry and Biochemistry	Targeting RNA-binding proteins to understand structure, function, and dynamics
Jeffrey Peng Chemistry and Biochemistry; Physics	NMR methods and biomolecular dynamics
Anthony S. Serianni Chemistry and Biochemistry	Biomolecular structure and NMR spectroscopy
Arnaldo Serrano Chemistry and Biochemistry	Nonlinear spectroscopic studies of protein dynamics
Zoltan Toroczkai Physics	Network modeling in biochemistry, biophysics, and biology
Katharine White Chemistry and Biochemistry	Cellular pH dynamics; pH-sensitive mechanisms regulating proteins, pathways, and cancer cell behaviors
Olaf Wiest Chemistry and Biochemistry	Computational drug design
Jeremiah Zartman Biological Sciences	systems biology of organ growth and regeneration; reverse-engineering signaling networks and biophysical mechanisms that regulate cell decisions such as differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, as it relates to organogenesis, cancer, and wound healing

Cancer Biology

Brian Baker Chemistry and Biochemistry	Structural biology and biophysics of recognition and signaling in immunity, cancer, and antibiotic resistance
Brian Blagg Chemistry and Biochemistry	Mechanisms of protein folding and their contribution to cancer and/or neurodegeneration
David Boone Microbiology & Immunology (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)	Genetics, cancer, and intestinal inflammation
Francis Castellino Chemistry and Biochemistry	In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation
Juan Del Valle Chemistry and Biochemistry	Design, chemical synthesis, biological evaluation of modulators of protein-protein interactions, ER stress response inhibitors, non-ribosomal peptide natural products; cancer, neurodegenerative disease, bacterial infections
Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey Biological Sciences	Signal integration and cancer progression
Bei Hu Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics	Mathematical modeling of tumor growth
Jianneng Li Biological Sciences	My laboratory focuses on the functions of steroid hormones including their precursors and receptors in prostate cancer as well as related diseases
Laurie Littlepage Chemistry and Biochemistry	Modeling cancer progression in vivo to develop biomarkers and therapies; contributions of the microenvironment to breast and prostate cancers
Xin Lu Biological Sciences	Molecular Understanding and Immunotherapy of Metastatic Cancer; Novel Animal Models for Rare Cancers
Shahriar Mobashery Chemistry and Biochemistry	Bioorganic and biochemistry of antibiotic resistance and cancer metastasis
Brittany Morgan Chemistry and Biochemistry	Targeting RNA-binding proteins to understand structure, function, and dynamics
Jenifer Prosperi Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)	Breast cancer biology and chemotherapeutic resistance
Zachary Schafer Biological Sciences	Cancer cell biology and metabolism
Molly Duman Scheel Medical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)	Genetic and comparative analysis of invasive cellular growth; vector mosquito developmental genetics
Margaret Schwarz Pediatrics (IUSM-SB) and Chemistry and Biochemistry (ND)	Anti-angiogenic factors in lung and tumor development
Bradley Smith Chemistry and Biochemistry	Biooganic and supramolecular chemistry; development of new reagents for biomedical imaging
Sharon Stack Chemistry and Biochemistry	Proteolysis and adhesion in cancer metastasis
Kevin Vaughan Biological Sciences	Molecular basis of organelle transport
Matthew Webber Chemistry and Biochemistry	Engineering improved therapeutics and biomimetic and bio-insprired materials
Katharine White Chemistry and Biochemistry	Cellular pH dynamics; pH-sensitive mechanisms regulating proteins, pathways, and cancer cell behaviors
Olaf Wiest Chemistry and Biochemistry	Computational drug design
Jeremiah Zartman Biological Sciences	systems biology of organ growth and regeneration; reverse-engineering signaling networks and biophysical mechanisms that regulate cell decisions such as differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, as it relates to organogenesis, cancer, and wound healing

Cellular & Molecular Biology

Alvaro Acosta Serrano

Biological Sciences

We study the biology of kinetoplastid parasites and their insect vectors using biochemical, molecular and cellular approaches and develop new tools to prevent transmission of vector-borne pathogens

Katrina Adams

Biological Sciences

We ask how different populations of neural stem and glial progenitor cells within the mammalian brain respond to injury and disease including in individuals with Multiple Sclerosis

Francis Castellino

Chemistry and Biochemistry

In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation

Patricia A. Champion

Biological Sciences

Molecular genetics of mycobacterial protein secretion and pathogenesis

Patricia L. Clark

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Protein biophysics in living cells

Saurja DasGupta

Chemistry and Biochemistry

RNA structure, function, and evolution, RNA Biology, Origins of life

Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey

Biological Sciences

Signal integration and cancer progression

Ana Lidia Flores-Mireles

Biological Sciences

Molecular, Cellular, and Immunological Analysis of the Pathogenesis of Catheter-associated Infections

Kelsey Gasior

Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics

Using an interdisciplinary approach to understand the multiscale dynamics controlling spatio-temporal patterns necessary for cellular function

Holly Goodson

Chemistry and Biochemistry; Biological Sciences

Molecular and cell biology and biophysics

Kasturi Haldar

Biological Sciences

Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases

David R. Hyde

Biological Sciences

Visual System Development and Dysfunction

Shaun Lee

Biological Sciences

Molecular microbiology and biosynthesis of peptide antibiotics

Jianneng Li

Biological Sciences

My laboratory focuses on the functions of steroid hormones including their precursors and receptors in prostate cancer as well as related diseases

Laurie Littlepage

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Modeling cancer progression in vivo to develop biomarkers and therapies; contributions of the microenvironment to breast and prostate cancers

Xin Lu

Biological Sciences

Molecular Understanding and Immunotherapy of Metastatic Cancer; Novel Animal Models for Rare Cancers

Mary Ann McDowell

Biological Sciences

Immunoparasitology

Joseph O'Tousa

Biological Sciences

Photoreceptor function and processes of retinal degeneration

Christopher Patzke

Biological Sciences

Human Neurons and Synapses: Development, Function and Disease

Jenifer Prosperi

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)

Breast cancer biology and chemotherapeutic resistance

Felipe H Santiago-Tirado

Biological Sciences

Cryptococcal cell biology and host interactions important for disease

Zachary Schafer

Biological Sciences

Cancer cell biology and metabolism

Molly Duman Scheel

Medical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)

Genetic and comparative analysis of invasive cellular growth; vector mosquito developmental genetics

Jeff Schorey

Biological Sciences

Immunology and Cell Biology of Mycobacterium - Host Cell Interactions

Margaret Schwarz

Pediatrics (IUSM-SB) and Chemistry and Biochemistry (ND)

Anti-angiogenic factors in lung and tumor development

Joshua Shrout

Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences; Biological Sciences

Bacterial biofilms, cell-cell signaling, and surface motility

Cody J. Smith

Biological Sciences

Development and Regeneration of the Nervous System

Sharon Stack

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Proteolysis and adhesion in cancer metastasis

Richard Taylor

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Synthetic organic chemistry; polyketide natural products as chemotherapeutic agents

Kevin Vaughan

Biological Sciences

Molecular basis of organelle transport

Katharine White

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Cellular pH dynamics; pH-sensitive mechanisms regulating proteins, pathways, and cancer cell behaviors

Rebecca Wingert

Biological Sciences

Developmental biology and regeneration

Jeremiah Zartman

Biological Sciences

systems biology of organ growth and regeneration; reverse-engineering signaling networks and biophysical mechanisms that regulate cell decisions such as differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, as it relates to organogenesis, cancer, and wound healing

Chemical Biology & Molecular Pharmacology

Basar Bilgicer Chemistry and Biochemistry	Biophysical chemistry and biomolecular drug design
Brian Blagg Chemistry and Biochemistry	Mechanisms of protein folding and their contribution to cancer and/or neurodegeneration
Saurja DasGupta Chemistry and Biochemistry	RNA structure, function, and evolution, RNA Biology, Origins of life
Juan Del Valle Chemistry and Biochemistry	Design, chemical synthesis, biological evaluation of modulators of protein-protein interactions, ER stress response inhibitors, non-ribosomal peptide natural products; cancer, neurodegenerative disease, bacterial infections
Ana Lidia Flores-Mireles Biological Sciences	Molecular, Cellular, and Immunological Analysis of the Pathogenesis of Catheter-associated Infections
Kasturi Haldar Biological Sciences	Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases
Shaun Lee Biological Sciences	Molecular microbiology and biosynthesis of peptide antibiotics
Christian Melander Chemistry and Biochemistry	New Approaches for Antibiotic Discovery
Shahriar Mobashery Chemistry and Biochemistry	Bioorganic and biochemistry of antibiotic resistance and cancer metastasis
Brittany Morgan Chemistry and Biochemistry	Targeting RNA-binding proteins to understand structure, function, and dynamics
Santiago Schnell Biological Sciences	Derivation of rate equations and design of experiment protocols to measure the physical constants of enzyme catalyzed and protein aggregation reactions
Anthony S. Serianni Chemistry and Biochemistry	Biomolecular structure and NMR spectroscopy
Bradley Smith Chemistry and Biochemistry	Biooganic and supramolecular chemistry; development of new reagents for biomedical imaging
Richard Taylor Chemistry and Biochemistry	Synthetic organic chemistry; polyketide natural products as chemotherapeutic agents
Matthew Webber Chemistry and Biochemistry	Engineering improved therapeutics and biomimetic and bio-insprired materials
Olaf Wiest Chemistry and Biochemistry	Computational drug design

Computational Biology & Bioinformatics

Brian Baker Chemistry and Biochemistry	Structural biology and biophysics of recognition and signaling in immunity, cancer, and antibiotic resistance
Patricia L. Clark Chemistry and Biochemistry	Protein biophysics in living cells
Steve Corcelli Chemistry and Biochemistry	Theoretical and computational studies of reaction dynamics
Jeffrey Feder Biological Sciences	Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of interactions between disease carrying insects and their human hosts; Chagas, malaria
Michael Ferdig Biological Sciences	Genetics and genomics of drug resistance and virulence in the malaria parasite
Kelsey Gasior Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics	Using an interdisciplinary approach to understand the multiscale dynamics controlling spatio-temporal patterns necessary for cellular function
Holly Goodson Chemistry and Biochemistry; Biological Sciences	Molecular and cell biology and biophysics
Kasturi Haldar Biological Sciences	Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases
Bei Hu Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics	Mathematical modeling of tumor growth
Jun Li Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics	Applied Statistics, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, specialized in modeling, inferring, and testing on large datasets, developing new statistical and machine learning methods for challenging datasets (e.g., RNA-seq)
Shahriar Mobashery Chemistry and Biochemistry	Bioorganic and biochemistry of antibiotic resistance and cancer metastasis
Jeffrey Peng Chemistry and Biochemistry; Physics	NMR methods and biomolecular dynamics
Alex Perkins Biological Sciences	Infectious disease transmission and control; mathematical, computational, and statistical approaches
Robert Rosenbaum Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics	Computational Neuroscience, Motor Learning, Cortical Microcircuits
Santiago S. Schnell Biological Sciences	Development of meta-analysis studies to assess the reproducibility of findings, and promote approaches to report findings with rigor, reproducibility, and robustness in the biomedical sciences
Jeremiah Zartman Biological Sciences	systems biology of organ growth and regeneration; reverse-engineering signaling networks and biophysical mechanisms that regulate cell decisions such as differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, as it relates to organogenesis, cancer, and wound healing
Yongtao Zhang Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics	Application of numerical algorithms to spatio-temporal patterning in biology

Genomics & Proteomics

Alvaro Acosta Serrano

Biological Sciences

We study the biology of kinetoplastid parasites and their insect vectors using biochemical, molecular and cellular approaches and develop new tools to prevent transmission of vector-borne pathogens

Francis Castellino

Chemistry and Biochemistry

In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation

Matthew Champion

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Primarily interested in developing and exploiting novel approaches to identify and characterize the components of secreted proteins from virulent microorganisms.

Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey

Biological Sciences

Signal integration and cancer progression

Jeffrey Feder

Biological Sciences

Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of interactions between disease carrying insects and their human hosts; Chagas, malaria

Michael Ferdig

Biological Sciences

Genetics and genomics of drug resistance and virulence in the malaria parasite

Ana Lidia Flores-Mireles

Biological Sciences

Molecular, Cellular, and Immunological Analysis of the Pathogenesis of Catheter-associated Infections

Kasturi Haldar

Biological Sciences

Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases

David R. Hyde

Biological Sciences

Visual System Development and Dysfunction

Cristian Koepfli

Biological Sciences

Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases in Africa, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific

Laurie Littlepage

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Modeling cancer progression in vivo to develop biomarkers and therapies; contributions of the microenvironment to breast and prostate cancers

Xin Lu

Biological Sciences

Molecular Understanding and Immunotherapy of Metastatic Cancer; Novel Animal Models for Rare Cancers

Mary Ann McDowell

Biological Sciences

Immunoparasitology

Brittany Morgan

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Targeting RNA-binding proteins to understand structure, function, and dynamics

Christopher Patzke

Biological Sciences

Human Neurons and Synapses: Development, Function and Disease

Michael Pfrender

Biological Sciences

Ecological genomics; adaptation in natural populations; plasticity

Molly Duman Scheel

Medical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)

Genetic and comparative analysis of invasive cellular growth; vector mosquito developmental genetics

Cody J. Smith

Biological Sciences

Development and Regeneration of the Nervous System

Kevin Vaughan

Biological Sciences

Molecular basis of organelle transport

Immunology & Infectious Disease

Alvaro Acosta Serrano

Biological Sciences

We study the biology of kinetoplastid parasites and their insect vectors using biochemical, molecular and cellular approaches and develop new tools to prevent transmission of vector-borne pathogens

Brian Baker

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Structural biology and biophysics of recognition and signaling in immunity, cancer, and antibiotic resistance

David Boone

Microbiology & Immunology (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)

Genetics, cancer, and intestinal inflammation

Francis Castellino

Chemistry and Biochemistry

In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation

Patricia A. Champion

Biological Sciences

Molecular genetics of mycobacterial protein secretion and pathogenesis

Patricia L. Clark

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Protein biophysics in living cells

Ana Lidia Flores-Mireles

Biological Sciences

Molecular, Cellular, and Immunological Analysis of the Pathogenesis of Catheter-associated Infections

Kasturi Haldar

Biological Sciences

Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases

Cristian Koepfli

Biological Sciences

Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases in Africa, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific

Shaun Lee

Biological Sciences

Molecular microbiology and biosynthesis of peptide antibiotics

Xin Lu

Biological Sciences

Molecular Understanding and Immunotherapy of Metastatic Cancer; Novel Animal Models for Rare Cancers

Mary Ann McDowell

Biological Sciences

Immunoparasitology

Christian Melander

Chemistry and Biochemistry

New Approaches for Antibiotic Discovery

Shahriar Mobashery

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Bioorganic and biochemistry of antibiotic resistance and cancer metastasis

Bernard Nahlen

Biological Sciences

Studies of efficacy/effectiveness of tools for control of communicable diseases, interactions between HIV and malaria, malaria prevention

Alex Perkins

Biological Sciences

Infectious disease transmission and control; mathematical, computational, and statistical approaches

Felipe H Santiago-Tirado

Biological Sciences

Cryptococcal cell biology and host interactions important for disease

Molly Duman Scheel

Medical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)

Genetic and comparative analysis of invasive cellular growth; vector mosquito developmental genetics

Jeff Schorey

Biological Sciences

Immunology and Cell Biology of Mycobacterium - Host Cell Interactions

Margaret Schwarz

Pediatrics (IUSM-SB) and Chemistry and Biochemistry (ND)

Anti-angiogenic factors in lung and tumor development

Joshua Shrout

Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences; Biological Sciences

Bacterial biofilms, cell-cell signaling, and surface motility

Neuroscience

Katrina Adams Biological Sciences	We ask how different populations of neural stem and glial progenitor cells within the mammalian brain respond to injury and disease including in individuals with Multiple Sclerosis
Francis Castellino Chemistry and Biochemistry	In vitro and in vivo relationships between hemostasis and inflammation
Juan Del Valle Chemistry and Biochemistry	Design, chemical synthesis, biological evaluation of modulators of protein-protein interactions, ER stress response inhibitors, non-ribosomal peptide natural products; cancer, neurodegenerative disease, bacterial infections
Jeffrey Feder Biological Sciences	Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of interactions between disease carrying insects and their human hosts; Chagas, malaria
Holly Goodson Chemistry and Biochemistry; Biological Sciences	Molecular and cell biology and biophysics
Kasturi Haldar Biological Sciences	Understanding disease pathology and developing treatments in rare and neglected diseases
David R. Hyde Biological Sciences	Visual System Development and Dysfunction
Joseph O'Tousa Biological Sciences	Photoreceptor function and processes of retinal degeneration
Christopher Patzke Biological Sciences	Human Neurons and Synapses: Development, Function and Disease
Robert Rosenbaum Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics	Computational Neuroscience, Motor Learning, Cortical Microcircuits
Molly Duman Scheel Medical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)	Genetic and comparative analysis of invasive cellular growth; vector mosquito developmental genetics
Cody J. Smith Biological Sciences	Development and Regeneration of the Nervous System
Zoltan Toroczkai Physics	Network modeling in biochemistry, biophysics, and biology
Kevin Vaughan Biological Sciences	Molecular basis of organelle transport

Faculty by Cluster

Biophysics & Structural Biology

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry; Biological Sciences

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry; Physics

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Physics

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Biological Sciences

Cancer Biology

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Microbiology & Immunology (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Biological Sciences

Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics

Biological Sciences

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Biological Sciences

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)

Biological Sciences

Medical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)

Pediatrics (IUSM-SB) and Chemistry and Biochemistry (ND)

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Biological Sciences

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Biological Sciences

Cellular & Molecular Biology

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Biological Sciences

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics

Chemistry and Biochemistry; Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)

Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Medical and Molecular Genetics (IUSM-SB) and Biological Sciences (ND)

Biological Sciences

Pediatrics (IUSM-SB) and Chemistry and Biochemistry (ND)

Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences; Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Biological Sciences