Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Primary Faculty

• Ananyeva, Natalya M., PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  nananyeva@som.umaryland.edu
• Ballin, Jeff D., PhD, Research Associate
  (410) 706-8903
  jball003@umaryland.edu
• Bibollet, Hugo , MSc, Research Fellow
• Cho, Suhan , PhD, MS, Post Doc Fellow
• Clark, Adam , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Corti, Paola , PhD, Assistant Professor
  pcorti@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: globins, nitric oxide, nitrite, zebrafish, embryonic development, cardiac regeneration
• Drohat, Alexander C., PhD, Professor
  adrohat@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: DNA Repair, Epigenetics and DNA methylation, Enzymology, NMR, Structural Biology, SUMO modification
• Du, Shaojun , PhD, Professor
  (410) 234-8854
  sdu@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Genetic and epigenetic regulation of gene expression, muscle, bone and adipocyte cell differentiation, molecular chaperones and protein stability, zebrafish models, gene transfer and genome editing.
• Emmanuvel, Arputharaj , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Fay, Jonathan F., PhD, Assistant Professor
  4107064353
  jfay@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Membrane protein, structure, structural biology, cryo-EM, GPCR
• Goelet, Philip , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Hasan, S. Saif , PhD, Assistant Professor
  240-314-6396
  sshasan@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Infectious Viruses, Inter-Organelle Trafficking, Membrane Proteins, Protein Secretion, Structural Biology, Vesicular Trafficking, Viral Structures, X-Ray Crystallography
• Hegde, Kavita R., MBBS, PhD, Adjunct Professor
• Huang, Chuan-Sheng , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Hunter, Daniel , MS, Post Doc Fellow
• Hurt, Elaine M., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
• Jeon, Hee-Young , DSc, Research Associate
• Karbowski, Mariusz , PhD, Associate Professor
  410-706-4018
  mkarbowski@umaryland.edu
  Keywords: mitochondrial membrane dynamics, impact of ubiquitin and proteasome-dependent control of mitochondria
• Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, Aikaterini , PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-5788
  akontrogianni@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: cytoskeleton, signaling, skeletal and cardiac muscle (patho)physiology, breast cancer
• Krauss, Christopher , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Kundan, Sivashanmugan , PhD, Research Associate
  410-706-8408
  skundan@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Single-molecule spectroscopy; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Nanoendoscopy; Plasmonic; SERS
• Lakowicz, Joseph R., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-8409
  jlakowicz@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Radiative Decay Engineering, Plasmon-controlled fluorescence
• Lattman, Eaton E., PhD, Adjunct Professor
• Lin, Jiayuh , PhD, Professor
  410-706-7469
  jlin@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: IL-6, GP130, STAT3, PARP, CDK4/6
• Mariano, Jennifer Megan , , Post Doc Fellow
• Medved, Leonid , ScD, PhD, Professor
  410-706-8065
  lmedved@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis, Plasma Proteins Structure and Interaction, Fibrinogen, Fibrin, Fibrin(ogen) Receptors, Fibrin-Dependent Inflammation.
• Neuwald, Andrew F., PhD, Adjunct Professor
  aneuwald@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Protein sequence and structural analysis, Bayesian statistics, Computational Biology
• Pidugu, Lakshmi Swarna Mukhi , PhD, Research Associate
• Pomerantz, Seymour , PhD, Professor Emeritus
• Pozharskiy, Edvin , PhD, Associate Professor
  240-314-6870
  Keywords: Protein crystallography, cryoelectron microscopy, structure based drug design, biomolecular recognition
• Qi, Jianfei , PhD, Associate Professor
  410-706-2192
  jqi@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: transcriptional gene regulation, epigenetics, signaling transduction, histone demethylase, ubiquitin ligase, androgen receptor, c-Myc, prostate cancer, castration-resistant prostate cancer, DNA damage response
• Ramani, Sivasubramanian , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
  (667) 312-0372
  sramani@som.umaryland.edu
• Ray, Krishanu , PhD, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-6175
  kray@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Super-resolution Imaging, Two-photon Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging, HIV Envelope, Fc gamma receptor, SARS-CoV-2, DNA Packaging Motor, Plasmonics
• Rosales-Soto, Giovanni , MS, Post Doc Fellow
• Samsuzzaman, Samsuzzaman , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Schneider, Martin F., PhD, Professor Emeritus
• Shakya, Anil , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Shi, Changyou , PhD, Research Associate
• Shriver, Marey R., PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-5434
  mshriver@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Professional Development, Career Development, Grant Writing, Grant Proposals, Summary Statements, Research Question Development, Early Project Development, Scientific Writing, Individual Consultations
• Singh, Suruchi , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Summers, Michael F., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
• Thompson, Richard B., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-7142
  richard.thompson@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: fluorescence, biosensor, fluorescence lifetime, fluorescence anisotropy, fluorescence polarization, FRET, zinc, copper, hydroxyapatite, retina, sub-RPE deposits, drusen, fiber optics, sensors, fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, age-related macular degeneration
• Varney, Kristen M., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-2110
  KVarney@Som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Drug design, Structural Biology
• Weber, David J., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-4354
  dweber@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Calcium-signaling, tumor suppression & cancer biology, structural biology
• Wilson, Gerald M., PhD, Professor
  410-706-8904
  gwilson@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Gene expression, RNA turnover, RNA-binding proteins, fluorescence spectroscopy, tumor progression, inflammatory mediators, lipoprotein receptors, high throughput drug screening, assay development
• Wu, Mei-Yi , PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-3169
  MWu@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Epigenetics, Chromatin remodeling protein, Breast cancer, Prostate Cancer, Kidney development, Neurodegeneration
• Yakovlev, Sergiy , PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-8066
  SYakovlev@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Fibrinogen, Fibrin, VLDL receptor, Endothelial cells, Leukocyte transmigration, Inflammation
• Zalzman, Michal , PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-7879
  mzalzman@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Stem cells, Embryonic stem cells, ESCs, Induced pluripotent stem cells, iPSCs, Multipotent stem cells, MSCs, Telomere, Cancer stem cells, CSCs, Parkinson's disease, Stroke, Conductive hearing loss, Bone reconstruction, 3D Printing, DeepFeeze-3D printing, Tissue-reconstruction, Regenerative-medicine, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, Bioengineering, Tissue engineering