Faculty
CMSB faculty at symposium
Students interested in the CMSB program should review the research interests of the CMSB faculty below. Any CMSB faculty member may serve as a thesis/dissertation advisor.
| Faculty | Department | PhD Institution | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actis, Luis | Microbiology | Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina, 1982 | molecular genetics and cellular biology of bacterial virulence factors |
| Baker, Rob | Biology | University of Colorado at Boulder | origin and maintenance of biodiversity, specifically plant form and function |
| Balish, Mitchell F. | Microbiology | Emory University, 1998 | subcellular organization and pathogenicity of mycoplasmas |
| Blitz, Dawn M. | Biology | University of Pennsylvania, 1998 | cellular, synaptic and circuit level mechanisms underlying selection of behaviorally appropriate motor outputs; neural circuit feedback; neuromodulation of motor systems |
| Bollmann, Annette | Microbiology | Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, 1996 | eco-physiology of environmentally important bacteria |
| Bridge, Eileen | Microbiology | Johns Hopkins University, 1990 | nuclear organization of gene expression in adenovirus-infected cells |
| Carlin, Joseph | Microbiology | Michigan State University, 1985 | molecular mechanisms of chlamydial evasion of immunity |
| Cheng, Xiao-Wen | Microbiology | Clemson University, 1998 | development of environmentally friendly viral insectasides for control of agricultural, forestry and medical pests using baculoviruses |
| Crowder, Michael | Chemistry & Biochemistry | University of Virginia, 1993 | mechanistic and structural characterization of metalloproteins |
| Dabney-Smith, Carole | Chemistry & Biochemistry | University of Tennessee, 2001 | protein targeting and transport; chloroplast biogenesis |
| Del Rio-Tsonis, Katia | Biology | National University of Mexico, Mexico, 1996 | molecular and cellular biology of vertebrate lens and retina regeneration |
| Ferguson, D.J. | Microbiology | The Ohio State University, 2000 | physiology of methylotrophic methanogens |
| Fernandes, Joyce J. | Biology | University of Bombay, India, 1994 | development and patterning of the adult motor system in the fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster; formation of adult-specific neural circuits involved in new adult behaviors |
| Finley, Natosha | Microbiology | University of Cincinnati, 2005 | NMR and biophysical characterization of bacterial exotoxins; molecular basis of heritable muscle defects; structural biology |
| Gladish, Dan | Biology | University of California (Davis), 1995 | physiological and developmental responses of root systems to environmental stresses |
| Hagerman, Ann | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Purdue University, 1980 | tannins; plant polyphenols; antioxidants |
| Harding, Paul A. | Biology | Ohio University, 1994 | molecular characterization of growth factors and their role in adipogenesis |
| Hoffman, Susan M.G. | Biology | University of Michigan, 1991 | molecular evolution in mammals |
| Isaacson, Lori G. | Biology | Michigan State University, 1986 | neuronal survival: molecular and cellular mechanisms |
| James, Paul F. | Biology | Boston University School of Medicine, 1996 | molecular biology and physiology of membrane transporters |
| Janik, James M. | Biology | Rutgers University, 1990 | mechanisms of opiate peptides regulating anterior pituitary function |
| Kennedy, Michael | Chemistry & Biochemistry | University of South Carolina, 1989 | structural biology; DNA repair; NMR-based metabonomics; x-ray crystallography |
| Killian, Kathy A. | Biology | Rutgers University, 1990 | adult neurogenesis; brain and behavioral plasticity |
| Kravats, Andrea | Chemistry & Biochemistry | University of Cincinnati, 2013 | chaperone assisted protein remodeling; protein quality control; protein-protein interactions; computational modeling; molecular dynamics simulations |
| Liang, Chun | Biology | University of Georgia, 1999 | bioinformatics; plant genomics, proteomics and metabolics; biological databases and data mining |
| Lorigan, Gary | Chemistry & Biochemistry | University of California, Davis, 1996 | structural and dynamic properties of membrane-bound proteins and peptides in lipid bilayers |
| Makaroff, Chris | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Purdue University, 1986 | chromosome biology; protein structure-function relationships |
| McMurray, Matthew | Psychology | University of North Carolina, 2011 | rat models of decision-making; in vivo electrophysiology; developmental neuroplasticity; neuropharmacology; addiction |
| Money, Nik | Biology | University of Exeter, England, 1986 | physiology of fungal growth, reproduction, and pathogenesis |
| Morgan-Kiss, Rachael | Microbiology | University of Western Ontario, 2000 | microbial adaptation to permanently low temperature ecosystems; making links between lab-controlled and in situ research |
| Moore, Richard C. | Biology | Pennsylvania State University, 1999 | plant evolutionary biology; evolutionary genetics and genomics; duplicate gene evolution; evolution of sexual reproduction systems; evolution of plant development (evo-devo) |
| Oris, James | Biology | Michigan State University, 1985 | biochemical and molecular toxicology in aquatic organisms |
| Page, Rick | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Florida State University, 2008 | structural and biophysical studies of protein quality control systems (X-ray crystallography, NMR) |
| Pennock, David | Biology | University of Washington, 1986 | molecular genetics and biology of the cytoskeleton |
| Robinson, Michael L. | Biology | University of South Carolina, 1992 | developmental genetics concentrating on lens and smooth muscle development |
| Schaeffer, Paul | Biology | Northern Arizona University, 2000 | comparative physiology of energetics and muscle metabolism |
| Schumacher, Jennifer | Biology | University of Pennsylvania, 1986 | developmental biology, specifically cardiovascular development using the zebrafish as a model organism |
| Shi, Haifei | Biology | Georgia State University, 2004 | physiological and molecular metabolic contribution of adipose tissue to energy balance and glucose homeostasis; sexual dimorphism in regulation of energy balance |
| Tierney, David L. | Chemistry & Biochemistry | University of Michigan, 1996 | structural spectroscopy (X-ray and magnetic resonance) of metalloenzymes to relate structure to function |
| Tomoyasu, Yoshi | Biology | National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan, 2001 | analyzing evolution of developmental system using insect wings as a model system; analyzing systemic aspect of RNA interference and its possible applications |
| Urayama, Paul | Physics | Princeton University, 2001 | pressure effects on biomolecules; piezophysiology; development and application of fluorescence-based sensing and microscopy imaging at high pressure |
| Vaughn, Jack | Biology | University of Texas, 1964 | eukaryotic gene regulation; molecular development |
| Vishwanath, Karthik | Physics | University of Michigan, 2005 | spectroscopy of brain tissues; translational biophotonics; hemodynamics; imaging vascular form and structure |
| Wang, Xin | Microbiology | University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2013 | metabolic engineering principles to create microbes to suit various applications in medicine, energy production, and environment protection; problems associated with the gut microbiome |
| Wilson, Timothy | Microbiology | Washington University in St. Louis, 2007 | -- |