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Faculty

Faculty in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology are vigorously engaged in research focused on understanding the biochemical and molecular bases of fundamentally important biological processes and drug interactions. Faculty are working at the forefront of research to probe the molecular mechanisms of cancer, diabetes, neurological disorders, addiction, and infectious diseases.

Professors

John J. Turchi, PhD

Chair, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Nickolay Brustovetsky, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Charlie Dong, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Millie M. Georgiadis, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Quyen Q. Hoang, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Thomas D. Hurley, PhD

Associate Dean for Graduate Education

Amber L. Mosley, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Lawrence A. Quilliam, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Ronald C. Wek, PhD

Showalter Professor of Biochemistry

Elizabeth S. Yeh, PhD

Robert B. Forney Professor of Toxicology

Associate Professors

AJ Baucum, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Alain Bopda Waffo, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Jill C. Fehrenbacher, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Travis J. Jerde, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Steven M. Johnson, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Jaeyeon Kim, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Tao T. Lu, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Yao-Ying Ma, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Richard M. Nass, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Jennelle D. Richardson, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Patrick L. Sheets, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Yuichiro Takagi, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Clark D. Wells, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Assistant Professors

Sabrina Absalon, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Scott T. Aoki, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Qiuyan Chen, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Evan M. Cornett, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Jonathan N. Flak, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Braulio A. Munoz Ramirez, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Hyun Cheol Roh, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Jeffery M. Tharp, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Jonah Vilseck, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Wen Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Associate Research Professors

Emma H. Doud, PhD

Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Mark A. Jarosinski, PhD

Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Yanwu Yang, PhD

Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Assistant Research Professors

Yen-Shan Chen, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Jason M. Conley, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Balamurugan Dhayalan, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Kathryn D. Fischer, PhD

Director, Behavioral Phenotyping Core

Changyong Guo, MD, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Chunna Guo, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Menghao Huang, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

James A. Johnson, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Matthew R. Jordan, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Simon N. Katner, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Jagannath Misra, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Yangshin Park, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Emanuele Pelosi, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Joseph Racca, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Ratan K. Rai, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Kirk A. Staschke, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology

Lifan Zeng, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Pharmacology