Faculty
Professor and Chair
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Phil Pellett
Professor and Chair
Dr. Pellett's research is aimed at understanding the biology of human herpesviruses and improving clinical outcomes of herpesvirus infections, with a focus on human cytomegalovirus (HCMV).
Dr. Pellett's research is aimed at understanding the biology of human herpesviruses and improving clinical outcomes of herpesvirus infections, with a focus on human cytomegalovirus (HCMV).
Faculty
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Sharon Ackerman
Associate Professor
Dr. Ackerman's research involves mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation with emphasis on the ATP synthase enzyme.
Dr. Ackerman's research involves mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation with emphasis on the ATP synthase enzyme.
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Robert Akins
Professor | Director of the BMI/BMB MS Program
Dr. Akins' research involves microbiomics, fungal exosomes, molecular diagnostics, and antifungal resistance.
Dr. Akins' research involves microbiomics, fungal exosomes, molecular diagnostics, and antifungal resistance.
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Brian Edwards
Professor
Dr. Edward's laboratory uses X-ray crystallography to elucidate the structure-function relationships of proteins.
Dr. Edward's laboratory uses X-ray crystallography to elucidate the structure-function relationships of proteins.
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David Evans
Professor
Dr. Evans’ research has always focused on the structure and regulation of complex proteins and how they are controlled within the cell.
Dr. Evans’ research has always focused on the structure and regulation of complex proteins and how they are controlled within the cell.
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Domenico Gatti
Associate Professor
Dr. Gatti's research involves Computational Biology, Scientific Computing, and Matlab Programming.
Dr. Gatti's research involves Computational Biology, Scientific Computing, and Matlab Programming.
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Yuan He
Associate Professor
Dr. He is interested in signaling pathways regulating innate immunity and the pathogenesis of inflammatory disease.
Dr. He is interested in signaling pathways regulating innate immunity and the pathogenesis of inflammatory disease.
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Matthew Jackson
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology
Dr. Jackson's research interest is the molecular analysis of the Shiga toxin family of bacterial cytotoxins.
Dr. Jackson's research interest is the molecular analysis of the Shiga toxin family of bacterial cytotoxins.
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Ladislau Kovari
Professor and Associate Chair
Dr. Kovari's research involves biochemical, structural, and drug design studies of viral proteases and their inhibitors, focusing on coronaviruses and COVID-19.
Dr. Kovari's research involves biochemical, structural, and drug design studies of viral proteases and their inhibitors, focusing on coronaviruses and COVID-19.
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QianQian Li
Associate Professor
Dr. Li's research involves stem cell biology, cell reprogramming, disease treatment, and cancer biology.
Dr. Li's research involves stem cell biology, cell reprogramming, disease treatment, and cancer biology.
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Dr. Mitra's research involves trace metals in biology.
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Marta Rodriguez Garcia
Associate Professor
Office: 306 Mott Center
marta.rodriguez-garcia@wayne.edu
Lab: 317 Mott Center
Dr. Rodriguez Garcia's research focuses on understanding the early events of mucosal HIV acquisition in women and how innate immune protection changes as women age
Dr. Rodriguez Garcia's research focuses on understanding the early events of mucosal HIV acquisition in women and how innate immune protection changes as women age
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Eric Sebzda
Associate Professor
A primary focus of the Sebzda laboratory is discovering new ways to manipulate adaptive immune responses to improve disease outcome in humans.
A primary focus of the Sebzda laboratory is discovering new ways to manipulate adaptive immune responses to improve disease outcome in humans.
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Kevin Theis
Associate Professor
Dr. Theis' lab takes a hologenomic approach to investigating pathogenic and beneficial host-microbe interactions within the realms of medicine and behavior.
Dr. Theis' lab takes a hologenomic approach to investigating pathogenic and beneficial host-microbe interactions within the realms of medicine and behavior.
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Raghavendar Thipparthi
Associate Professor
Post-transcriptional regulation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) gene expression
Post-transcriptional regulation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) gene expression
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JianJun Wang
Professor
Dr. Wang's research involves structure and functions of apolipoproteins and lipoproteins, heart disease, alzheimer's disease, and the development of ultra-high resolution in cell structural biology techniques.
Dr. Wang's research involves structure and functions of apolipoproteins and lipoproteins, heart disease, alzheimer's disease, and the development of ultra-high resolution in cell structural biology techniques.
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Jeffrey Withey
Professor
Dr. Withey's laboratory studies bacterial pathogenesis with an emphasis on host-pathogen interactions, environmental reservoirs and transmission, and the regulation of virulence gene expression.
Dr. Withey's laboratory studies bacterial pathogenesis with an emphasis on host-pathogen interactions, environmental reservoirs and transmission, and the regulation of virulence gene expression.
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Zhe Yang
Associate Professor
Structure and function of SET and MYND domain-containing (SMYD) proteins.
Structure and function of SET and MYND domain-containing (SMYD) proteins.
Research Staff
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Abdullah Al-Homoudi
Postdoctoral Fellow
4263 Scott Hall (Kovari lab)
cm0842@wayne.edu
I specialize in designing potential drug candidates through structural, computational, biochemical, and biophysical techniques. My expertise includes molecular cloning, protein expression and purification, X-ray crystallography, molecular modeling, assay development, and various pharmacokinetic applications related to drug disposition.
I specialize in designing potential drug candidates through structural, computational, biochemical, and biophysical techniques. My expertise includes molecular cloning, protein expression and purification, X-ray crystallography, molecular modeling, assay development, and various pharmacokinetic applications related to drug disposition.
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Jonathan Panzer
Postdoctoral Fellow
7130 Scott Hall
gc7938@wayne.edu
My research interests include host-pathogen interactions, virulence factors, and antibiotic resistant microorganisms.
My research interests include host-pathogen interactions, virulence factors, and antibiotic resistant microorganisms.
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Retreat
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Russell Finley
Professor
Dr. Finley's research includes regulatory networks that control cell proliferation, cell cycle regulation during development in Drosophila, and high throughput technologies to study biological networks.
Dr. Finley's research includes regulatory networks that control cell proliferation, cell cycle regulation during development in Drosophila, and high throughput technologies to study biological networks.
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Maik Huettemann
Professor and Division Director for Research
Dr. Huttemann's research includes cytochrome c and cytochrome c oxidase, the regulation of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation through cell signaling pathways, and mitochondria as a target for therapy and diagnostics in human diseases including ischemia reperfusion injury in the heart and brain and cancer.
Dr. Huttemann's research includes cytochrome c and cytochrome c oxidase, the regulation of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation through cell signaling pathways, and mitochondria as a target for therapy and diagnostics in human diseases including ischemia reperfusion injury in the heart and brain and cancer.
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Jeffrey Tseng
Associate Professor/tenure
Dr. Tseng's research interests include protein structure, function, classification and evolution.
Dr. Tseng's research interests include protein structure, function, classification and evolution.
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Kezhong Zhang
Tenure/Professor
Dr. Zhang's research involves cellular stress responses originated from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and/or mitochondria that modulate inflammation and metabolism that are associated with metabolic disease, autoimmune disease, and cancer.
Dr. Zhang's research involves cellular stress responses originated from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and/or mitochondria that modulate inflammation and metabolism that are associated with metabolic disease, autoimmune disease, and cancer.