Faculty Listing
Cell and Molecular Biology (CEMB) Program
For more application materials contact the Program Secretary. For detailed information about the program, contact the Program Director
| Name/E-mail |
Key Words |
Personal Web Site/Links |
| Adams, Paul |
Biophysical characterization of proteins associated with signal transduction |
website |
| Anthony, Nicholas |
Poultry breeding and quantitative genetics |
website |
| Bacon, Robert |
Wheat, oats and canola breeding and genetics; Molecular markers |
website |
| Beitle, Bob |
Bioseparation and fermentation |
website |
| Bluhm, Burton |
Plant Pathology |
website |
| Bottje, Walter |
Poultry physiology |
website |
| Burgos, Nilda |
Weed and herbicide physiology, genetic diversity of weeds, herbicide-resistant plants |
website |
| Cartwright, Rick |
Molecular aspects of plant host interaction with pathogens interaction and how to integrate this information into rice disease management. |
website |
| Chen, Pengyin |
Soybean breeding and genetics, molecular markers, seed chemistry, abiotic stress tolerance and host-pathogen interactions |
website |
| Correll, Jim |
Biology, genetics and molecular biology of fungal pathogens of vegetables and rice |
website |
| Curtin, Kathy |
Development and Cancer using Fruit Fly as a Model |
website |
| Davis, Dan |
Structure-function relationships involving proteins associated with photosynthetic processes |
website |
| Deaton, Russell |
Computer systems engineering |
website |
| Devareddy, Latha |
Role of food and plant components in prevention/treatment of cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, obesity, and aging |
website |
| Donoghue, Annie |
(USDA/ARS) Poultry Production and Product Safety Research Unit (research leader), physiology |
website |
| Donoghue, Dan |
Poultry physiology and food safety |
website |
| Dowling, Ashley |
Molecular systematics of Acari (mites) and other arthropods and its use in studying biogeography, evolution, and the evolution of parasitism; population genetics of pest mites focusing on origins, invasive pathways, and diagnostics. |
website |
| Du, Yuchun |
Mass spectrometry based quantitative proteomics; mammalian cell biology |
under construction |
| Durdik, Jeannine |
Genetics of the immune system |
website |
| Durham, Bill |
Electron-transfer reactions in biological systems with emphasis on the reactions involved in respiration |
website |
| Erf, Gisela |
Poultry immunology; autoimmunity |
website |
| Etges, William |
Population genetics, pheromone chemistry, genetics of reproductive isolation |
website |
| Fritsch, Ingrid |
Lab-on-a-chip design and analysis of biological substances: microorganisms, allergens, DNA, proteins |
website |
| Goforth, Robyn |
Protein export systems in pro- and eukaryotes; posttranslational SRP targeting
system in chloroplasts |
website |
| Goggin, Fiona L |
Host plant resistance and plant insect interaction |
website |
| Hargis, Billy |
Poultry veterinarian, poultry health lab director, poultry diseases |
website |
| Henry, Ralph |
Protein targeting, chloroplast biogenesis, agrimedicine, protein transport, recombinant protein expression |
website |
| Hestekin, Christa |
Separation of biomolecules (DNA and proteins) using microchannel electrophoresis for applications in medicinal and environmental applications. |
website |
| Hettiarachchy, Navam |
Nutraceuticals, phytochemicals, natural antioxidants, food safety; Biochemical mechanisms of biopeptides and diseases |
website |
| Ivey, Mack |
Molecular microbiology and genetics |
website |
| Jin, Sha |
Molecular genetics and cell biology in disease prevention, control, and drug discovery; Nanosensor development; Vaccine development; Gene therapy |
website |
| Johnson, Mike |
Microbial food safety; Listeria; monoclonals; bacteriocins; in vitro virulence assays |
website |
| Kavdia, Mahendra |
Biochemical pathway modeling, Computational modeling, Molecular and cellular modeling, and Vascular physiology and biotransport. |
website |
| Kim, Jin Woo |
Biocatalysis technology, nucleic acid technology, and micro/nano-biotechnology |
website |
| Kluess, Heidi |
Age and sex differences in vascular and neurologic function; Exercise physiology |
website |
| Koeppe, Roger |
Membrane biochemistry; ion channels for molecular signaling |
website |
| Kong, Byung-Whi |
Molecular virology; functional genomics in host-virus interactions. |
website |
| Korth, Ken |
Plant:insect interactions, plant gene expression, terpenoid metabolism |
website |
| Kral, Tim |
Methanogenic metabolism, physiology and ecology life on Mars; exobiology; astrobiology; bioastronomy |
website |
| Kreider, David |
Physiology and endocrine factors regulating postpartum anestrus in the cow |
website |
| Kuenzel, Wayne |
Poultry physiology; neurobiology |
website |
| Kwon, Young Min |
Genetic/genomic analysis of bacterial pathogens |
website |
| Lay, Jackson |
Protein mass spectrometry, biomarkers |
website |
| Lehmann, Michael |
Gene regulation, chromatin structure, steroid hormone action, apoptosis, Drosophila genetics and development |
website |
| Lessner, Daniel |
Archeobacteria; Sulfur cluster proteins |
website |
| Li, Jiali |
Nanofabrication, nanoscale materials science, and single DNA and protein detection |
website |
| Li, Yanbin |
Biosensors, food safety, biological security |
website |
| McIntosh, Matt |
Synthetic organic chemistry, natural product total synthesis, methods development |
website |
| McNabb, David |
Regulation of gene expression, pathogenesis of Candida albicans |
website |
| Millett, Frank |
Bioenergetics; electron transfer reactions |
website |
| Murphy, Brad |
Seed physiology, plant biochemistry and molecular biology |
website |
| Oosterhuis, Derrick |
Crop physiology; plant stress, photosynthesis, plant nutrition and plant water relations |
website |
| Paul, David |
Chemical sensors; electronics and transducer design; enzyme electrodes; acoustic wave devices for bioanaytical analysis, rapid diagnosis of food pathogens. |
website |
| Pinto, Ines |
Chromatin, histones, yeast, chromosome segregation, mitosis |
website |
| Pumford, Neil |
Protein biochemistry; mitochondria oxidative stress in poultry; chemical-induced autoimmunity |
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| Rath, Narayan |
Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Diseases in Poultry; Increasing Gastrointestinal Resistance to Disease |
website |
| Rhoads, Douglas, Director |
Eukaryotic molecular genetics; developmental genetics, genomics, transgenics |
website |
| Ricke, Steve |
Food Safety, Salmonella pathognenesis, genetics, and physiology; Food fermentations; Gastrointestinal microbiology |
website |
| Roper, Keith |
Photon-induced plasmons in nanoparticle-conjugated nucleotides for DNA assays, sensors, cancer therapy, and cell & gene engineering. |
website |
| Rorie, Rick |
Reproductive Physiology; In vitro investigations of infertility in livestock through oocyte maturation, and embryo culture; Physiological processes in fescue toxicosis in cattle. |
website |
| Rosenkranz, Charles |
Embryonic development, cloning, transgenics, gene regulation |
website |
| Rothrock, Craig |
Soilborne plant pathogens: chemical, cultural and alternative strategies for control. Sustainable cropping systems for cotton and other field crops. |
website |
| Sakon, Joshua |
Protein crystallography; structure of medically or industrially important proteins |
website |
| Savin, Mary |
Microbial ecology and soil biology. |
website |
| Servoss, Shannon |
Development of biomimetic, peptoid constructs for biomedical applications; peptoid-based affinity reagents and surface coatings for antibody microarrays. |
website |
| Silberman, Jeff |
Molecular phylogeny of eukaryotes to determine relationships within and among major protistan lines of descent, and assessing the contribution of prokaryotic genetic material that led to the creation of the eukaryotic cell and its integral components. |
website |
| Slavik, Mike |
Food safety/pathogenic bacteria |
website |
| Smith-Blair, Nan |
Research areas include muscle fatigue, diaphragm fatigue, diaphragm perfusion using microsphere techniques, free radical formation in diaphragm fatigue. |
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| Song, Joon Jin |
Bayesian analysis for microarray analysis and proteomics; statistical bioinformatics |
website |
| Spiegel, Fred |
Protozoology; mycology |
website |
| Srivastava, Vibha |
Development of molecular tools for precise integration of foreign genes in the plant genome and of strategies for generating environmentally safe transgenic plants |
website |
| Stenken, Julie |
Bioanalytical chemistry; Bioengineering; Signal transduction; Inflammatory responses to implants |
website |
| Stephenson, Steve |
Assemblages of myxomycetes associated with boreal forest, tundra and other ecosystems of high-latitude; the myxomycetes associated with Neotropical forests; the ecological distribution patterns of all three groups of mycetozoans |
website |
| Stewart, Mac |
Cotton genomics, molecular gene tagging, and utilization of exotic germplasm |
website |
| Stites, Wes |
Chemical and physical understanding of protein structure, interactions and function |
website |
| Szalanski, Allen |
Insect population genetics, molecular systematics, molecular diagnostics |
website |
| TeBeest, David |
Fungal Plant Pathology |
website |
| Thallapuranam, T Kumar Suresh |
Protein 3-D structure, dynamics, folding and interactions |
website |
| Tian, Ryan |
Nanostructure surface chemistry for biomedical application; sensor catalysis and nanoscale architecture |
website |
| Tzanetakis, Ioannis |
New plant diseases, plant virus characterization and epidemiology, virus genes as disease determinants. |
website |
| Wideman, Robert |
Physiological and genetic limitations associated with pumonary hypertension syndrome in the chicken |
website |
| Wilkins, Charles |
Bacteria and tissue analysis by mass spectrometry |
website |
| Ye, Kaiming |
Stem cell/tissue engineering, nanodiagnostics, vaccine development, biosensing/imaging, molecular cell biology. |
website |
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