Faculty

• Alphabetical

  Faculty

  Michael Airola,  Assistant Professor, Structural biology of lipid modifying enzymes

  Elizabeth Boon ,   Professor, Chemistry,  Nitric oxide signaling bacteria and regulation of biofilm formation

  Mark Bowen , Professor, Physiology and Biophysics,  Single molecule spectroscopy; Coordination of post-synaptic glutamate receptor signaling by the MAGUK family of scaffolds

  Isaac Carrico , Professor, Chemistry, Chemical biology

  Saikat Chowdhury ,   Assistant Professor,   Cytoskeletal dynamics and regulation, cryo-electron microscopy and cell biology

  Ken Dill ,  Professor, Laufer Center,   Computer modeling of protein molecules and theory and principles of the machine mechanisms and evolution of cells

  Miguel-Garcia Diaz , Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Mechanisms of mitochondrial gene expression

  J. Peter Gergen  , Professor, Regulation of gene expression during Drosophila development

  David Green , Professor,  Applied Math and Statistics,  How can macromolecular interactions be engineered in a rational manner to have the desired effects in a complex environment, such as a living organism?

  Steven Glynn , Associate Professor, Structure and mechanism of protein-unfolding machines in mitochondria

  Yusuf A. Hannun ,   Professor, Medicine, Bioactive lipids in cancer pathogenesis and therapeutics

  Bernadette Holdener , Associate Professor, Understanding how defects in glycosylation lead to birth defects

  Nancy M. Hollingsworth , Distinguished Teaching Professor, Chromosome behavior in yeast meiosis

  Wali Karzai,   Professor, Structure and function of RNA-binding proteins and biochemical studies of the SmpB.tmRNA quality control system.

  Martin Kaczocha,  Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Role of fatty acid binding proteins in pain, inflammation, and related pathophysiologies: Endocannabinoid pharmacology and development of novel therapeutics.

  Avi Leftin, Assistant Professor, Radiology

  Chang-Jun Liu , Brookhaven National Lab, Flavinoid/isoflavinoid & Plant cell wall pathways, Protein engineering

  Qun Liu , Brookhaven National Lab,   Structural biology of membrane proteins in cell death and stress; technology development for X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM.

  Erwin London , Distinguished Professor,  Structure, organization, and function of membrane proteins and membrane lipids.

  Ed Luk ,  Assistant Professor, Chromosome biology and genome regulation

  Benjamin Martin , Associate Professor, Stem cell maintenance and differentiation, Developmental mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis

  David Q. Matus,  Assistant Professor , Cell cycle regulation of morphogenesis and cell invasive behavior

  Lisa Miller , Brookhaven National Lab, Study of the chemical makeup of cells and tissues using synchrotron-based infrared and x-ray imaging

  Todd Miller ,  Professor and Chair , Physiology and Biohysics,  Signal transduction by tyrosine kinases 

  Aaron Neiman , Professor and Chair Biochemistry, The cell biology of sporulation in yeast

  Lina Obeid , Professor, Medicine, Bioactive lipids in Inflammation, aging and cancer

  Dada Pisconti   , Associate Professor, Muscle stem cells; muscle development, regeneration and aging; muscular dystrophy; extracellular matrix; biology of proteoglycans.

  Robert Rizzo , Professor, Applied Math and Statistics, Structure-based drug design using computational methods; docking, molecular dynamics, virtual screening

  Adam Rosebrock , Assistant Professor, Pathology, Regulation of central carbon metabolism during cell growth and division. Development of big data approaches for mass spectrometry metabolomic data

  Nicole Sampson , Professor, Chemistry, Chemical biology, enzymology and metabolomics

  Jorg Schwender , Brookhaven National Lab, Metabolic flux analysis, central carbon metabolism pathways

  Jessica Seeliger , Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Infectious disease, tuberculosis, lipid biosynthesis, membrane biology, enzymology

  Markus  Seeliger , Associate Professor, Pharmacology,  Mechanism of protein kinases and ubiquitin ligases in cancer and aging

  John Shanklin , Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lipid modifying enzymes, Protein engineering, Plant oils

  Carlos Simmerling , Professor, Chemistry, Computational structural biology: to accurately simulate known properties of molecules, assist in the refinement and interpretation of experimental data and predict the results of future experiments

  Sanford Simon , Professor, Extracellular degradation by neutrophil proteases.

  Steven O. Smith , Professor, Structure and function of membrane proteins

  Dongyan Tan , Assistant Professor, Pharmacology,  Structure and function of macromolecules involved in epigenetic regulation of gene expression

  Gerald Thomsen , Professor, Mechanisms of cell fate determination and embryonic development

  Peter Tonge , Professor, Chemistry,  How proteins control and modulate the properties of small molecule ligands

  Jin Wang , Professor, Chemistry,   Biomolecular folding and recognition, especially protein folding and protein-protein/protein-DNA interactions

  Lonnie Wollmuth,  Professor, Neurobiology,   Fundamental mechanisms underlying the operation of ionotropic glutamate receptors, ligand-gated ion channels that mediate fast cell-to-cell signaling in the nervous system 

• Biochemistry

  Biochemistry

  Michael Airola,  Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Structural biology of lipid modifying enzymes

  Elizabeth Boon ,   Professor, Chemistry,    Nitric oxide signaling bacteria and regulation of biofilm formation

  Mark Bowen ,  Professor, Physiology and Biohysics,  Single molecule spectroscopy; Coordination of post-synaptic glutamate receptor signaling by the MAGUK family of scaffolds

  Isaac Carrico , Professor, Chemistry, Chemical biology

  Saikat Chowdhury , Biochemistry,  Cytoskeletal dynamics and regulation

  Miguel-Garcia Diaz , Professor, Pharmacology,  Mechanisms of mitochondrial gene expression

  J. Peter Gergen  , Professor, Regulation of gene expression during Drosophila development

  Steven Glynn , Associate Professor, Structure and mechanism of protein-unfolding machines in mitochondria

  Yusuf A. Hannun ,    Professor, Medicine, Bioactive lipids in cancer pathogenesis and therapeutics

  Bernadette Holdener , Associate Professor,  Understanding how defects in glycosylation lead to birth defects

  Nancy M. Hollingsworth , Distinguished Teaching Professor, Chromosome behavior in yeast meiosis

  Wali Karzai,   Professor, Structure and function of RNA-binding proteins and biochemical studies of the SmpB.tmRNA quality control system.

  Martin Kaczocha,   Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Role of fatty acid binding proteins in pain, inflammation, and related pathophysiologies: Endocannabinoid pharmacology and development of novel therapeutics.

  Chang-Jun Liu , Brookhaven National Lab, Flavinoid/isoflavinoid & Plant cell wall pathways, Protein engineering

  Erwin London , Distinguished Professor,  Structure, organization, and function of membrane proteins and membrane lipids.

  Ed Luk ,  Assistant Professor, Chromosome biology and genome regulation

  Benjamin Martin , Associate Professor, Stem cell maintenance and differentiation, Developmental mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis

  David Q. Matus,  Assistant Professor , Cell cycle regulation of morphogenesis and cell invasive behavior

  Todd Miller ,  Professor and Chair , Physiology and Biohysics,  Signal transduction by tyrosine kinases 

  Aaron Neiman , Professor and Chair, The cell biology of sporulation in yeast

  Lina Obeid , Professor, Medicine, Bioactive lipids in Inflammation, aging and cancer

  Dada Pisconti  ,Associate Professor, Muscle stem cells; muscle development, regeneration and aging; muscular dystrophy; extracellular matrix; biology of proteoglycans.

  Adam Rosebrock , Assistant Professor, Pathology, Regulation of central carbon metabolism during cell growth and division. Development of big data approaches for mass spectrometry metabolomic data

  Nicole Sampson , Professor, Chemistry, Chemical biology, enzymology and metabolomics

  Jorg Schwender , Brookhaven National Lab, Metabolic flux analysis, central carbon metabolism pathways

  Jessica Seeliger , Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Infectious disease, tuberculosis, lipid biosynthesis, membrane biology, enzymology

  Markus  Seeliger , Associate Professor, Pharmacology,  Mechanism of protein kinases and ubiquitin ligases in cancer and aging

  John Shanklin , Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lipid modifying enzymes, Protein engineering, Plant oils

  Sanford Simon , Professor, Extracellular degradation by neutrophil proteases.

  Steven O. Smith , Professor, Structure and function of membrane proteins

  Dongyan Tan , Assistant Professor, Pharmacology,  Structure and function of macromolecules involved in epigenetic regulation of gene expression

  Gerald Thomsen , Professor, Mechanisms of cell fate determination and embryonic development

  Peter Tonge , Professor, Chemistry,  How proteins control and modulate the properties of small molecule ligands

  Lonnie Wollmuth,   Professor, Neurobiology,   Fundamental mechanisms underlying the operation of ionotropic glutamate receptors, ligand-gated ion channels that mediate fast cell-to-cell signaling in the nervous system 

• Computational Biology

  Computational Biology 

  Ken Dill ,  Professor, Laufer Center,   Computer modeling of protein molecules and theory and principles of the machine mechanisms and evolution of cells

  David Green , Professor, Applied Math and Statistics,  How can macromolecular interactions be engineered in a rational manner to have the desired effects in a complex environment, such as a living organism?

  Robert Rizzo , Professor, Applied Math and Statistics, Structure-based drug design using computational methods; docking, molecular dynamics, virtual screening

  Markus  Seeliger , Associate Professor, Pharmacology,  Mechanism of protein kinases and ubiquitin ligases in cancer and aging

  Carlos Simmerling , Professor, Chemistry, Computational structural biology: to accurately simulate known properties of molecules, assist in the refinement and interpretation of experimental data and predict the results of future experiments

  Jin Wang , Professor, Chemistry,   Biomolecular folding and recognition, especially protein folding and protein-protein/protein-DNA interactions

• Structural Biology

   Structural Biology

  Michael Airola,  Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Structural biology of lipid modifying enzymes

  Elizabeth Boon ,   Professor, Chemistry,   Nitric oxide signaling bacteria and regulation of biofilm formation

  Mark Bowen ,   Professor, Physiology and Biohysics,  Single molecule spectroscopy; Coordination of post-synaptic glutamate receptor signaling by the MAGUK family of scaffolds

  Saikat Chowdhury , Biochemistry,  Cytoskeletal dynamics and regulation

  Ken Dill ,  Professor, Laufer Center,  Computer modeling of protein molecules and theory and principles of the machine mechanisms and evolution of cells

  Miguel-Garcia Diaz , Associate Professor, Pharmacology,  Mechanisms of mitochondrial gene expression

  Steven Glynn , Associate Professor, Structure and mechanism of protein-unfolding machines in mitochondria

  Qun Liu , Brookhaven National Lab,   Structural biology of membrane proteins in cell death and stress; technology development for X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM.

  Lisa Miller , Brookhaven National Lab, Study of the chemical makeup of cells and tissues using synchrotron-based infrared and x-ray imaging

  Adam Rosebrock , Assistant Professor, Pathology, Regulation of central carbon metabolism during cell growth and division. Development of big data approaches for mass spectrometry metabolomic dat

  Markus  Seeliger , Associate Professor, Pharmacology,  Mechanism of protein kinases and ubiquitin ligases in cancer and aging

  John Shanklin , Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lipid modifying enzymes, Protein engineering, Plant oils

  Steven O. Smith , Professor, Structure and function of membrane proteins

  Dongyan Tan , Assistant Professor, Pharmacology,  Structure and function of macromolecules involved in epigenetic regulation of gene expression

  Peter Tonge , Professor, Chemistry,  How proteins control and modulate the properties of small molecule ligands

  Jin Wang , Professor, Chemistry,   Biomolecular folding and recognition, especially protein folding and protein-protein/protein-DNA interactions

• Membrane Biology

  Membrane Biology

  Michael Airola,  Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Structural biology of lipid modifying enzymes

  Saikat Chowdhury , Biochemistry,  Cytoskeletal dynamics and regulation

  Steven Glynn , Associate Professor, Structure and mechanism of protein-unfolding machines in mitochondria

  Yusuf A. Hannun ,    Professor, Medicine, Bioactive lipids in cancer pathogenesis and therapeutics

  Martin Kaczocha,   Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Role of fatty acid binding proteins in pain, inflammation, and related pathophysiologies: Endocannabinoid pharmacology and development of novel therapeutics.

  Qun Liu , Brookhaven National Lab,   Structural biology of membrane proteins in cell death and stress; technology development for X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM.

  Erwin London , Distinguished Professor,  Structure, organization, and function of membrane proteins and membrane lipids

  Aaron Neiman , Professor and Chair, The cell biology of sporulation in yeast

  Lina Obeid , Professor, Medicine, Bioactive lipids in Inflammation, aging and cancer

  Jessica Seeliger , Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Infectious disease, tuberculosis, lipid biosynthesis, membrane biology, enzymology

  Markus  Seeliger , Associate Professor, Pharmacology,  Mechanism of protein kinases and ubiquitin ligases in cancer and aging

  John Shanklin , Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lipid modifying enzymes, Protein engineering, Plant oils

  Steven O. Smith , Professor, Structure and function of membrane and amyloid proteins

  Lonnie Wollmuth,   Professor, Neurobiology,   Fundamental mechanisms underlying the operation of ionotropic glutamate receptors, ligand-gated ion channels that mediate fast cell-to-cell signaling in the nervous system 

• Neurobiology

  Neurobiology

  Saikat Chowdhury, Biochemistry,  Cytoskeletal dynamics and regulation, cryo-electron microscopy and cell biology

  Steven O. Smith , Professor, Structure and function of membrane and amyloid proteins

  Martin Kaczocha,   Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Role of fatty acid binding proteins in pain, inflammation, and related pathophysiologies: Endocannabinoid pharmacology and development of novel therapeutics.

  Lonnie Wollmuth,    Professor, Neurobiology,   Fundamental mechanisms underlying the operation of ionotropic glutamate receptors, ligand-gated ion channels that mediate fast cell-to-cell signaling in the nervous system 

• Drug Design and Development

  Drug Design and Development

  
  

  Michael Airola,  Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Structural biology of lipid modifying enzymes

  Elizabeth Boon ,   Professor, Chemistry,    Nitric oxide signaling bacteria and regulation of biofilm formation

  Yusuf A. Hannun ,    Professor, Medicine, Bioactive lipids in cancer pathogenesis and therapeutics

  Martin Kaczocha,   Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Role of fatty acid binding proteins in pain, inflammation, and related pathophysiologies: Endocannabinoid pharmacology and development of novel therapeutics.

  Robert Rizzo , Professor, Applied Math and Statistics, Structure-based drug design using computational methods; docking, molecular dynamics, virtual screening

  Nicole Sampson , Professor, Chemistry, Chemical biology, enzymology and metabolomics

  Markus  Seeliger ,   Associate Professor, Pharmacology,  Mechanism of protein kinases and ubiquitin ligases in cancer and aging

  Jessica Seeliger , Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Infectious disease, tuberculosis, lipid biosynthesis, membrane biology, enzymology

  Carlos Simmerling , Professor, Chemistry, Computational structural biology: to accurately simulate known properties of molecules, assist in the refinement and interpretation of experimental data and predict the results of future experiments

  Peter Tonge , Professor, Chemistry,  How proteins control and modulate the properties of small molecule ligands

   

• Chemical Biology

  Chemical Biology

  
  

  Elizabeth Boon ,   Professor, Chemistry,    Nitric oxide signaling bacteria and regulation of biofilm formation

  Isaac Carrico , Professor, Chemistry, Chemical biology

  Dada Pisconti ,   Associate Professor, Muscle stem cells; muscle development, regeneration and aging; muscular dystrophy; extracellular matrix; biology of proteoglycans.

  Nicole Sampson , Professor, Chemistry, Chemical biology, enzymology and metabolomics

  Markus  Seeliger ,   Associate Professor, Pharmacology,  Mechanism of protein kinases and ubiquitin ligases in cancer and aging

  Jessica Seeliger , Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Infectious disease, tuberculosis, lipid biosynthesis, membrane biology, enzymology

  Peter Tonge , Professor, Chemistry,  How proteins control and modulate the properties of small molecule ligands

   

• Cancer Biology

   Cancer Biology

  Miguel-Garcia Diaz , Associate Professor, Pharmacology,  Mechanisms of mitochondrial gene expression

  Yusuf A. Hannun ,    Professor, Medicine, Bioactive lipids in cancer pathogenesis and therapeutics

  Benjamin Martin , Associate Professor, Stem cell maintenance and differentiation, Developmental mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis 

  David Q. Matus,  Assistant Professor , Cell cycle regulation of morphogenesis and cell invasive behavior

  Markus  Seeliger ,   Associate Professor, Pharmacology,  Mechanism of protein kinases and ubiquitin ligases in cancer and aging

   

• Cell Biology

  Cell Biology 

  Saikat Chowdhury , Biochemistry,  Cytoskeletal dynamics and regulation, cryo-electron microscopy and cell biology

  Bernadette Holdener , Associate Professor, Understanding how defects in glycosylation lead to birth defects

  Martin Kaczocha,   Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Role of fatty acid binding proteins in pain, inflammation, and related pathophysiologies: Endocannabinoid pharmacology and development of novel therapeutics

  David Q. Matus,  Assistant Professor , Cell cycle regulation of morphogenesis and cell invasive behavior

  Erwin London , Distinguished Professor,  Structure, organization, and function of membrane proteins and membrane lipids

  Benjamin Martin , Associate Professor, Stem cell maintenance and differentiation, Developmental mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis

  Aaron Neiman , Professor and Chair, The cell biology of sporulation in yeast

  Dada Pisconti ,    Associate Professor, Muscle stem cells; muscle development, regeneration and aging; muscular dystrophy; extracellular matrix; biology of proteoglycans.