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
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
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
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.