Faculty and Professional Interests

Manuel Ares Jr., Professor of Biology
Gene expression, RNA processing, structure and function of small nuclear RNAs

Roberto A. Bogomolni, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Biophysical chemistry, photobiology, light energy conversion and signal transduction in biological systems

Barry Bowman, Professor of Biology
Membrane biochemistry and genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology of membrane proteins

Andrew D. Chisholm, Associate Professor of Biology
Genetics and development of C. elegans

Joshua M. Deutsch, Professor of Physics
Condensed matter theory

Ólöf Einarsdóttir, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Time-resolved spectroscopy, biophysics and bioenergetics, ligand binding and electron transfer dynamics of redox metalloproteins, heme-copper oxidases, proton translocation

Jerry F. Feldman, Professor of Biology
Molecular genetics, genetics and biochemistry of biological clocks

Anthony L. Fink, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Molecular basis of protein deposition diseases—for example, Parkinson’s disease and amyloidoses; protein folding, intermediates, and aggregation; biophysical studies of protein structure

Lindsay Hinck, Assistant Professor of Biology
Neurobiology, cell biology, development

Theodore Holman, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Bioinorganic and biological chemistry

Yishi Jin, Associate Professor of Biology
Neurobiology, molecular genetics, development

Douglas R. Kellogg, Associate Professor of Biology
Cell biology, biochemistry

R. Scott Lokey, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Organic chemistry; combinatorial synthesis, biotechnology, molecular cell biology

Robert A. Ludwig, Professor of Biology
Biochemistry and molecular biology, regulation of gene expression and enzyme activity, genetics, biological nitrogen (gas) fixation, Arabidopsis (plant) growth and development

Pradip K. Mascharak, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Bioinorganic chemistry, design of antitumor drugs, modeling of active sites of metalloenzymes, design of catalysts for hydrocarbon oxidation, studies on intermediates in non-heme oxygenase chemistry, design of NO-donors for photodynamic therapy

Glenn L. Millhauser, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Electron spin resonance; nuclear magnetic resonance, melanocortin receptor signaling, agouti proteins, prions, peptide synthesis

Harry F. Noller, Robert L. Sinsheimer Professor of Molecular Biology
Ribosomes, RNA structure and function, RNA protein interaction

Clifton A. Poodry, Professor Emeritus of Biology

Thomas W. Schleich, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Biomedical magnetic resonance spectroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, biophysical chemistry

William G. Scott, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Structure and function of RNA, proteins, and their complexes

Jane Silverthorne, Associate Professor of Biology
Plant gene expression and development

William T. Sullivan, Professor of Biology
Genetics, cell biology, development of the Drosophila embryo

Lincoln Taiz, Professor of Biology
Plant development, light regulation of stomatal opening

Frank J. Talamantes, Professor of Biology
Biochemical and molecular endocrinology, regulation of expression of the growth hormone receptor, regulation of expression and function of placental lactogens and hormonal carcinogenesis

John W. Tamkun, Professor of Biology
Transcriptional regulation, molecular genetics of Drosophila development, regulation of gene expression

Alan M. Zahler, Associate Professor of Biology
Molecular biology, RNA processing, regulation of precursor messenger, RNA splicing

Martha C. Zúñiga, Professor of Biology
Molecular, cellular, and developmental biology of the immune system