Meet the Amazing Members of the Biochemistry & Cell Biology Department
- Primary Faculty
Primary Biochemistry & Cell Biology Faculty
Mike Airola
Associate Professor
Director of the BSB Graduate Program
Membrane biochemistry, lipid metabolism and transport, cancer and antifungal drug development
Ivet Bahar
Professor
Louis and Beatrice Laufer Endowed Chair of Physical and Quantitative Biology
Director of the Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology
Bridging Structure and Function, via Dynamics
Lina Carlini
Assistant Professor
Laufer Center
Intracellular transport, organelle inheritance and dynamics
Vish Chandrasekaran
Assistant Professor
Structures and Mechanisms of Protein Translational Control
Vitaly Citovsky
Distinguished Professor
Intercellular transport, genetic transformation, and chromatin remodeling in plants
Neta Dean
Professor
Director of the BCB Masters Program
Protein glycosylation and cell wall biosynthesis in yeast and fungi
J. Peter Gergen
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor
Director of Undergraduate Biology
Regulation of gene expression during Drosophila development
Steven Glynn
Associate Professor
Director of the Center for Structural Biology
Structure and mechanism of protein-unfolding machines in mitochondria
Bernadette Holdener
Professor
Director of Undergraduate Biochemistry Studies
Understanding how defects in glycosylation lead to birth defects
Nancy M. Hollingsworth
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor
Chromosome behavior in yeast meiosis
Chi-Kuo Hu
Assistant Professor
Biology of dormancy during development and aging, with the African killifish as the main research organism
Wali Karzai
Professor
Chair of the Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Biochemical, structural, and mechanistic explorations of protein and RNA homeostasis
Jae Ho Lee
Assistant Professor
Linking ribosome translation kinetics to protein biogenesis and homeostasis
Erwin London
Distinguished Professor
Structure, organization, and function of membrane proteins and membrane lipids
Benjamin Martin
Professor
Director of the MCB Graduate Program
Stem cell maintenance and differentiation, Developmental mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis
Dada Pisconti
Associate Professor
Muscle stem cells; muscle development, regeneration and aging; muscular dystrophy; extracellular matrix; biology of proteoglycans
Keith Sheppard
Associate Professor
Director of Science Education
Three areas of science education - all with the fundamental aim of improving the teaching and learning of science at every level of education
- Joint Faculty
Joint Biochemistry & Cell Biology Faculty
Yusuf A. Hannun, M.D.
Joel Strum Kenny Professor in Cancer Research
Director of the Stony Brook Cancer Center
Vice Dean for Cancer Medicine
Primary Appointment in the Cancer Center
Bioactive lipids in cancer pathogenesis and therapeutics
Martin Kaczocha
Associate Professor
Primary Appointment in Anesthesiology
Role of fatty acid binding proteins in pain, inflammation, and related pathophysiologies: Endocannabinoid pharmacology and development of novel therapeutics
Lonnie Wollmuth
Professor
Primary Appointment in Neurobiology
Structural and functional mechanisms underlying the operation of ligand-gated ion channels
- Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Biochemistry & Cell Biology Faculty
Robert Haltiwanger
Adjunct Professor
GRA Eminent Scholar in Biomedical Glycosciences
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
University of Georgia
Role of protein glycosylation in signal transduction and quality control
John Shanklin
Adjunct Professor & Distinguished Biochemist
Chair of Biology at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Lipid modification enzymes, enzyme engineering
- iSTEM Faculty
iSTEM Faculty in Biochemistry & Cell Biology
David Bynum
Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
Director of LIGASE (Long Island Group Advancing Science Education)
K-Postdoc education and research including science teacher education
J. Peter Gergen
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor
Director of Undergraduate Biology
Regulation of gene expression during Drosophila development
Keith Sheppard
Associate Professor
Director of Science Education
Three areas of science education - all with the fundamental aim of improving the teaching and learning of science at every level of education
- Research Faculty
Research Faculty Associated with Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Guangtao Li
Research Assistant Professor
London Lab
Jae-Sook Park
Research Assistant Professor
Neiman Lab
- Lecturers
Biochemistry & Cell Biology Lecturers
Stefan Tafrov
Office phone: (631) 632 7442
Office hours: by appointment
Noureddine Hamamouch
Office phone: (631) 632 8562
noureddine.hamamouch@stonybrook.edu
Office hours: Tues and Thurs from 2-3 pm and by appointment
- Emeritus Faculty
Biochemistry & Cell Biology Emeritus Faculty
Deborah Brown
Professor Emeritus
David Bynum
Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
K-Postdoc education and research including science teacher education
Dale Deutsch
Professor Emeritus
The uptake of anandamide and 2-AG (the endocannabinoids) and the neurobiochemistry and cell biology of the enzymes involved in their metabolism
Bernard S. Dudock
Professor Emeritus
Structure and Function of RNA
Marty Freundlich
Professor Emeritus
Harvard Lyman
Associate Professor Emeritus
Photoregulation of Chloroplast Synthesis. Redox Regulation of Phototaxis
Kenneth B. Marcu
Professor Emeritus
Roles of the NF- k B activating IKKs in innate and adaptive immunity and cancer; Mechanisms of action AID in antibody class switching
Jakob Schmidt
Professor Emeritus
Sanford Simon
Professor Emeritus
Extracellular degradation by neutrophil proteases
- Administrative Staff
Biochemistry & Cell Biology Admin Team
- Research Staff
Biochemistry & Cell Biolgy Research Staff
Yasmine Addo
Research Assistant
Hu Lab
Richmond Asare-Bediako
Research Technician
Lin Lab
Chi Tong (Jason) Chan
Research Assistant / Specialist
Hu Lab
Jackson Chen
Research Technican
Nelson Lab
Victoria Coman
Research Technician
Neiman Lab
Nilufer Dilmen
Research Technician
Neiman Lab
Kaitlyn Donnelly
Research Analyst
Holdener Lab
Bob Gaglione
Research Tech III
Hollingsworth Lab
Richard Grady
Senior Research Support Specialist
Holdener Lab
Javon Lo
Research Technician
Karzai Lab
Donna Schmidt
Senior Technician
Wollmuth Lab
Lauren Todd
Research Support Specialist
Glynn Lab
Thomas Whitbread
Lab Technician
Gunn Lab
- Postdocs and Research Scientists
Biochemistry & Cell Biology Postdocs
Anupam Banerjee
Bahar Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Anthony Bogetti
Bahar Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Xiaowei Bogetti
Bahar Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Yumin Kan
Citovsky Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Bohdan Kysilov
Wollmuth Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Amalia Napoli
Wollmuth Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Justin Palermo
Lin Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Rostam Razban
Bahar Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Thiago Rodrigues
Karzai Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Daniel Sanya
Neiman Lab
Postdoctoral Associate
Biochemistry & Cell Biology Research Scientists
Pemra Doruker
Bahar Lab
Senior Scientist
Shujuan Gao
Airola Lab
Senior Scientist
Yasuno Iwasaki
Gergen Lab
Research Scientist
Benoit Lacroix
Citovsky Lab
Research Scientist
JiYoung Lee
Bahar Lab
Research Scientist
Shinako Kakuda
London Lab
Senior Research Scientist
Sanjiv Neupane
Holdener Lab
Research Scientist
Lihong Wan
Hollingsworth Lab
Senior Research Scientist
- Graduate Students
Graduate Students in Biochemistry & Cell Biology Labs
Christie Aprea
PhD Student
Wollmuth Lab
Neuroscience Program
Khalayi Martha Away
MD/PhD Student
Airola / Hannun Labs
Medical Scientist Training Program / Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Hannah Bochniak
PhD Student
Karzai Lab
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
Caitlin Bricault
PhD Student
Sharma Lab
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Caroline Casella
PhD Student
Nelson Lab
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
Francesco Castelli
PhD Student
Lin Lab
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
Jiyao Chai
PhD Student
Airola Lab
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
Lirong Chan
PhD Student
Luk/Martin Labs
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
Hasung Chong
Master's Student
Neiman Lab
Biochemistry and Cell Biology Program
Melanie Cragan
PhD Student
Karzai Lab
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
Emily de Onis
PhD Student
Luk Lab
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
Betty Du
PhD Student
London Lab
Microbiology and Immunology Program
Raunak Dutta
PhD Student
Hollingsworth Lab
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Eric Girardi
MD/PhD Student
Hu Lab
Medical Scientist Training Program / Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
Sabrina Hafeez
MD/PhD Student
Martin Lab
Medical Scientist Training Program / Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Andrew Hillowe
PhD Student
Sharma Lab
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Izza Ilya
Master's Student
Hollingsworth Lab
Biochemistry and Cell Biology Program
Ming Suet (Isabelle) Kwan
MD/PhD Student
Bahar Lab
Medical Scientist Training Program
Shazmin Lakhani
Master's Student
Wollmuth Lab
Physiology and Biophysics Program
Vincent Lam
Master's Student
Hu Lab
Biochemistry and Cell Biology Program
Matthew Licht
PhD Student
Bahar Lab
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Azadeh Mahdavinia
PhD Student
Gunn Lab
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Douglas Marr
PhD Student
Airola Lab
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
Rishav Mitra
PhD Student
Airola Lab
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Erica Nebet
MD/PhD Student
Wollmuth Lab
Medical Scientist Training Program / Neuroscience Program
Hoang Nguyen
PhD Student
Bahar Lab
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Diksha Parwana
PhD Student
Bahar Lab
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Christian Quiros
Master's Student
Wollmuth Lab
Neuroscience Program
Mariella Quispe-Carbajal
PhD Student
Glynn Lab
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Rideeta Raquib
PhD Student
Airola Lab
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Daisy Rubio
PhD Student
Nelson Lab
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
Satyaki Saha
PhD Student
Bahar Lab
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Cuilee Sha
MD/PhD Student
Wollmuth Lab
Medical Scientist Training Program / Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Kevin Shionarain
PhD Student
Airola Lab
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Samantha Sita
Master's Student
Holdener Lab
Biochemistry and Cell Biology Program
Samantha Stettnisch
PhD Student
Martin Lab
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Nate Sweet
PhD Student
Hu Lab
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Courtney Tello
PhD Student
Martin Lab
Genetics Program
Antonio Torlentino
PhD Student
Miller/London Labs
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Trevor van Brunt
MD/PhD Student
Wollmuth Lab
Medical Scientist Training Program / Neuroscience Program
Carlos Ventura
PhD Student
Bahar Lab
Chemistry Program
Samantha Rosie Walther
Master's Student
Airola Lab
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
Franceine Welcome
PhD Student
Airola Lab
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Lingshuang Wu
PhD Student
Airola Lab
Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program
Bingying Xia
PhD Student
London Lab
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
Haotian (Frank) Zhang
PhD Student
Bahar Lab
Computational Biology Program at CMU-Pittsburgh
Kai Zhang
PhD Student
Neiman Lab
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program