Faculty

MBS Faculty

Ashok Upadhyaya, PhD

Ashok Upadhyaya

Professor of Instruction

Brant Burkhardt, PhD

Brant Burkhardt

Associate Professor

Director of Graduate Studies

Research Focus: Biomedical Sciences

Chung-Liang Chen

Assistant Research Professor
Research Focus: Molecular Biophysics

Fatema Chowdhury, PhD

Fatema Chowdhury

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Research Focus: Biomedical Sciences

Gary Daughdrill, PhD

Gary Daughdrill

Professor

Research Focus: Molecular Biophysics

Hufeza Dungrawala, PhD

Huzefa Dungrawala 

Associate Professor

Research Focus: Genome Integrity

James Riordan, PhD

James Riordan

Professor of Instruction

Director of NT-MS Programs

Johnny El-Rady, PhD

Johnny El-Rady

Professor of Instruction

Kathiresan Selvam, PhD

Kathiresan Selvam

Assistant Professor

Research Focus: Genome Integrity

Kenyon Daniel, PhD

Kenyon Daniel

Joint Professor of Instruction 

MBS & Chemistry

Kristina Schmidt, PhD

Kristina Schmidt

Professor

Research Focus: Genome Integrity

Libin Ye, PhD

Libin Ye

Associate Professor

Research Focus: Molecular Biophysics

Lindsey Shaw, PhD

Lindsey Shaw

Professor 

Department Associate Chair

Richard & Patricia Endowed Chair in Natural Sciences

Director, Center for Antimicrobial Resistance

Research Focus:  Bacterial Pathogenesis 

Maksym Bobrovskyy, PhD

Maksym Bobrovskyy

Assistant Professor

Research Focus: Bacterial Pathogenesis

Marcus Cooke, PhD

Marcus Cooke

Professor

Department Chair

Research Focus: Genome Integrity

Meera Nanjundan, PhD

Meera Nanjundan

Associate Professor 

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Research Focus: Biomedical Sciences

Namrata Gautam

Namrata Gautam 

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Prahathees Eswara, PhD

Prahathees Eswara 

Associate Professor

Research Focus: Bacterial Pathogenesis

Prashanth Rao, PhD

Prashanth Rao

Associate Professor of Instruction

Richard Pollenz, PhD

Richard Pollenz

Professor

Smitha Sivapragasam

Smitha Sivapragasam

Assistant Research Professor

Research Focus: Genome Integrity

Stanley Stevens, PhD

Stanley Stevens

Professor

Research Focus: Biomedical Sciences

Sameer Varma, PhD

Sameer Varma

Professor

Research Focus: Molecular Biophysics

Sample

Sandy Denslow

Associate Professor

Research Focus: Biomedcal Sciences

Yu-Chen Yen, Ph.D.

Yu-Chen Yen

Assistant Professor

Research Focus: Molecular Biophysics

Wenqi Yu, PhD

Wenqi Yu

Assistant Professor

Research Focus: Bacterial Pathogenesis

William Brazelle, PhD

Will Brazelle

Professor of Instruction

Honorary Faculty 

The honorary positions are created to enhance our student research training experience and deepen their understanding of the scientific process (including "how to succeed in science") by exposing our students to well-established, world-class researchers. While this could be achieved through invited speakers, we created the honorary faculty status to establish closer links between our students, faculty and the honorary faculty, not least through the regularity of onsite visits to the department.

Name    
Dr. Herbert Weissbach NAS, NAI, AAM
Dr. Peter Wright  NAS
Dr. Tom Kornberg NAS
Dr. William A. Goddard III  NAS, APS, AAAS, RSC 

Emeritus & Retired Faculty

Name Title
Arendash, Gary Professor Emeritus
Dao, My Lien Associate Professor
Garey, James Professor Emeritus; Founding Chair
Jones-Mason, Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Associate Professor of Instruction Emerita - "In memoriam"
Lim, Daniel Distinguished University Professor Emeritus
Romeo, John Professor Emeritus
Te Strake, Diane Professor Emerita
Vandenbergh, Peter Professor of Instruction
Wunderlin, Richard Professor Emeritus

Affiliate Faculty

Name Name

Abate-Daga, Daniel

Associate Professor

Monteiro, Alvaro

Professor

Alexandrow, Mark

Associate Professor

Oskarsson, Thordur

Assistant Professor

Anderson, Alexander

Professor

Padron, Eric

Associate Professor

Andor, Noemi

Assistant Professor

Park, Jong

Professor

Avram, Dorina

Professor

Pinilla, Javier

Professor

Basanta, David

Professor

Rejniak, Katarzyna

Associate Professor

Binning, Jennifer

Assistant Professor

Reuther, Gary

Professor

Brady-Nicholls, Renee

Assistant Professor

Rix, Uwe

Professor

Chen, Jiandong

Professor

Robertson-Tessi, Mark

Assistant Professor

Da Silva Gomes, Ana

Associate Professor

Rodriguez, Paulo

Professor

Eschrich, Steven

Professor

Ruffell, Brian

Associate Professor

Gatenby, Robert

Professor

Smalley, Inna

Assistant Professor

Jaeger, Alexander

Assistant Professor

Smalley, Keiran

Professor

Ji, Haitao

Associate Professor

Soupir, Alex

Assistant Professor

Koomen, John

Professor

Sutton, Steven

Associate Professor

Lawrence, Nicholas

Professor

Teer, Jamie

Professor

Lopchuk, Justin

Assistant Professor

Teng, Mingxiang

Assistant Professor

Luca, Vincent

Associate Professor

Wan, Lixin

Associate Professor

Mann, Karen

Associate Professor

Ward, Nathan

Assistant Professor

Mansilla-Soto, Jorge

Assistant Professor

West, Jeffrey

Assistant Professor

Marusyk, Andriy

Associate Professor

Wright, Kenneth

Professor

Medina, Christopher

Assistant Professor

Yu, Xiaoqing

Associate Professor

Molgora, Martina

Assistant Professor

Zhu, Yu

Assistant Professor