Pharmacology & Physiology - Primary Faculty

• Ahodantin, James , PhD, Research Associate
  jahodantin@ihv.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Virology, Immunology, Immunotherapy, humanized mice, Liver diseases
• Anderson, David A., PhD, Research Associate
• Antalis, Toni M., PhD, Professor
  410-706-8222
  tantalis@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: thrombosis, ovarian cancer, fibrinolysis, coagulation, membrane serine protease, protease-activated receptor, PAR
• Barlow, Samuel , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Bergman, Daniel R., PhD, Assistant Professor
• Blanpied, Thomas A., PhD, Professor
  410-706-4769
  tblanpied@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Synaptic transmission, neural plasticity, neuronal cell biology, optical physiology, spatial proteomics, neurophysiology, live-cell confocal imaging, super-resolution imaging, DNA PAINT, single-molecule tracking.
• Bloch, Robert J., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-3020
  rbloch@umaryland.edu
• Boyman, Liron , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
  Keywords: Calcium Signaling, Calcium Sparks, Calcium-Dependent Arrhythmogenesis, Excitation-Contraction (EC) Coupling, Sodium Calcium Exchange Mechanisms, Cardiac Hypertrophy, Heart Failure, Cardiac Myocytes, Cardiac Mitochondria, Cardiac Cellular Physiology, Computational Biology, Super-Resolution Imaging, Confocal Imaging
• Bruce, Matthew , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Buzza, Marguerite , PhD, Research Associate
  (410) 706-8223
  mbuzza@som.umaryland.edu
• Cao, Chunzhang , PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-8041
  ccao@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: integrin CD11b/CD18 signaling, macrophages, neutrophils, NETS, atherosclerosis mouse model, multiple sclerosis mouse model
• Casin, Kevin , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Cooper, Joanna M., PhD, Research Associate
• Dambaeva, Ariuna , MD, Post Doc Fellow
• Damenti, Martina , MSc, Post Doc Fellow
• De Matos Manoel, Beatriz , MSc, Research Fellow
• Dick, Ivy E., PhD, Associate Professor
  ied@som.umaryland.edu
• Dilip Kumar, Shilpa , PhD, Assistant Professor
• Duru, Nadire , PhD, Research Associate
• Fang, Shengyun , PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-2220
  sfang@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Proteostasis, UBA1 activity enhancers, RNF5 inhibitor and degrader, drug discovery, ubiquitination, ERAD, unfolded protein response, ER-phagy, VEXAS syndrome, spinal muscular atrophy, α-1-antitrypsin deficiency-associated liver disease, obesity-related cancer, aging, and age-related diseases.
• Ferrer, Christina M., PhD, Assistant Professor
  4107063261
  cferrer@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: cancer metastasis, pancreatic cancer, metastasis-initiating cells, dissemination, pancreatic cancer metastasis
• Garg, Vivek , PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-7407
  vgarg@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Mitochondrial biology, calcium and redox signaling, cardiovascular physiology, muscle physiology, ion channels, transporters, membrane biophysics, electrophysiology, confocal imaging, metabolic disorders (Heart failure).
• Geng, Degui , PhD, Assistant Professor
• Greiser, Maura , MD, PhD, Research Associate
• Gu, Jiajia , MD, Post Doc Fellow
• Hamlyn, John M., PhD, Professor
  410-706-3479
  jhamlyn@umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Ouabain, Calcium Metabolism, Vascular Function, Brain, Hypertension, Heart Failure, Kidney Failure
• Herb, Brian R., PhD, Research Associate
  bherb@som.umaryland.edu
• Kao, Joseph P., PhD, Professor
  410-706-4167
  jkao@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Molecular probes, cellular physiology, neurophysiology, erythrocyte biology, optical microscopy, fluorescence, caged molecules, spin probes, magnetic imaging modalities, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
• Kight, Katherine E., PhD, Assistant Professor
• Klotz, Remi V., PhD, Assistant Professor
• Krueger, Bruce K., PhD, Professor
  410-706-5065
  bkrueger@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Autism, intellectual disability, brain development, valproic acid (VPA), gene-environment interactions, genomics, next-generation RNAseq, Down syndrome
• Lederer, W. Jonathan , MD, PhD, Professor
  410-706-8181
  jlederer@umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Calcium Signaling, Calcium Sparks, Calcium-Dependent Arrhythmogenesis, Excitation-Contraction (EC) Coupling, Sodium Calcium Exchange Mechanisms, , X-ROS Signaling, , Cardiac Hypertrophy, Heart Failure, Cardiac Myocytes, Cardiac Mitochondria, Cardiac Cellular Physiology, Computational Biology, Super-Resolution Imaging, Confocal Imaging
• Legenzov, Eric A., PhD, Research Associate
• Levy, Aaron , PhD, Research Associate
  410-706-0515
  aaron.levy@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: confocal microscopy, super-resolution microscopy, DNA-PAINT, synapse organization, neuronal cell biology, molecular biology, NMDA receptors, parvalbumin interneuron, nanostructure
• Li, Guangming , PhD, Assistant Professor
  4107067977
  guangming.li@IHV.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: HIV-1, plasmacytoid dendritic cells, Immunopathology, immunotherapy, humanized mice, CAR-T
• Li, Wei , PhD, Faculty Member
• Li, Yi , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Longden, Thomas A., PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-1956
  thomas.longden@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: brain blood flow, neurovascular coupling, functional hyperemia, smooth muscle, endothelium, pericytes, astrocytes, neurons, ion channels, G-protein coupled receptors, ependymal cells, choroid plexus, plasticity, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, electrophysiology, optogenetics, multiphoton imaging
• Lukyanenko, Valeriy I., PhD, Research Associate
• Martin, Stuart S., PhD, Professor
  410-706-6601
  ssmartin@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: cancer, breast cancer, metastasis, bioengineering, confocal microscopy
• Mathur, Brian N., PhD, Professor
  410-706-8239
  bmathur@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Systems neuroscience
• Matteson, Donald R., PhD, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-1809
  dmatteso@umaryland.edu
• Mauban, Joseph Ryan H., PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-3925
  jmauban@umaryland.edu
• McCarthy, Margaret M., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-2655
  mmccarth@umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Neuroendocrinology, postnatal brain development, steroid hormone action, sex differences, epigenetics, neuroinflammation, neonatal hypoxia ischemia, behavior, neurohypophyseal hormones, endocannabinoids, amino acid transmitters, postnatal neurogenesis, synaptogenesis, astrocytes, microglia and mast cells.
• Meredith, Andrea L., PhD, Adjunct Professor
• Mong, Jessica A., PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-4295
  jmong@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Sleep, Sleep circuity, Sex differences, Estradiol, Median Preoptic Nucleus, Women's Health, Insomnia, Arousal
• Muriel-Gonzalez, Joaquin , PhD, Research Associate
  (410) 706-6028
  jmuri001@umaryland.edu
• Nguyen, Dung M., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Njar, Vincent C.O., PhD, Professor
  410-706-6364 (Baltimore); 240-314-6448 (Rockville)
  vnjar@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Medicinal Chemistry, oncopharmacology, anti-cancer drug discovery and development, small-molecule design and synthesis, cancers (breast, prostate, pancrease, skin), steroidal compounds, retinoidal compounds, steroid and retinoid-mimetics, pharmacokinetics, anti-tumor xenograft studies, inhibitors of CYP26, CYP17 and CYP19 (aromatase), AR antagonists, AR/AR-Vs degraders, Mnk1/2 degraders, inhibitors of oncogenic protein translation, Mnk1/2, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4F/ eukaryotic initiation factor 4E, inhibitors of tumor growth and metastasis, mechanisms of action of anti-cancer agents.
• Pollitt, Stephanie , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
  spollitt@som.umaryland.edu
• Poulopoulos, Alexandros , PhD, Assistant Professor
  apoulopoulos@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: cortical development; synaptogenesis; cell adhesion; mTOR; Neuroligin; epilepsy; autism; schizophrenia, neurodegeneration, CRISPR; in utero electroporation
• Puranik, Puru , PhD, Assistant Professor
• Qiu, Yun , PhD, Professor
  (410) 706-4535
  yqiu@som.umaryland.edu
• Rizzo, Megan A., PhD, Associate Professor
  (410) 706-2421
  mrizzo@som.umaryland.edu
• Robertson, Colin , BS, Research Fellow
• Su, Lishan , PhD, Professor
  410-706-7878
  lsu@ihv.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Immunology, virology, immunotherapy, humanized mice, CAR-T
• Sun, Yilun , PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-7287
  yilun.sun@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Topoisomerases, PARP, chemotherapies, DNA repair, ubiquitin-like modifications
• Thomas, Elizabeth , PhD, Research Associate
• Trudeau, Matthew C., PhD, Professor
  410-706-5551
  mtrudeau@som.umaryland.edu
• Vieira, Daiana C O., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Vitolo, Michele I., PhD, Assistant Professor
  410-706-3331
  mvitolo@som.umaryland.edu
• Vogel, Bruce E., PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-4516
  BVogel@som.umaryland.edu
• Wang, Wei , PhD, Research Associate
• Weir, Nicholas J., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Wolff, Steffen B.E., PhD, Assistant Professor
  swolff@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Motor skill learning, Learning and Memory, Basal Ganglia, Motor Cortex, Thalamus
• Wong, Shenq Huey , PhD, Research Associate
  (410) 706-4343
  shwong@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Glucokinase, biosensor, mouse model, islet, metabolism, imaging.
• Woodward, Owen M., PhD, Associate Professor
  410 706 1760
  owoodward@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Uric Acid, Urate, Gout, Kidney, Renal Physiology, Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Wulff, Andreas , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
• Yan, Wenjing , DSci, Research Associate
• Yang, Xi , DM, Research Associate
• Yu, Min , PhD, Associate Professor
  410-706-6479 (office)
  Min.Yu@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Circulating tumor cells, Cancer metastasis, Brain metastasis, Breast cancer, Liquid Biopsy
• Zhang, Li , PhD, Professor
  410-706-8040
  lizhang@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Cardiovascular diseases, Autoimmunity, inflammation, stem cells, macrophages, integrin, cell adhesion
• Zhang, Yinghua , MD, PhD, Research Associate
  410-706-6028
  yzhan004@umaryland.edu
• Zhao, Guiling , PhD, Assistant Professor
  (410) 706-6240 (office)
  gzhao@som.umaryland.edu
  Keywords: Physiology, Calcium Signaling, Microcirculation, Blood flow control, Arterial smooth muscle cell, Ventricular Myocyte, Endothelial Cell, Cerebral Artery, Coronary Artery, Electrophysiology, Super Resolution Imaging, Confocal Imaging, Patch Clamp, Pressurized artery, Capillary, Pericyte, Electro-Metabolic Signaling
• Zhong, Yongwang , DSci, Research Associate
  (410) 706-3443
  yzhong@umaryland.edu