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* Faculty members of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies have been drawn together from around the world to meet common goals within eight challenging research disciplines. Among these talented faculty members are authors of some of the most widely cited articles in their disciplines, and pioneers of groundbreaking technology.

Alumni of some of the world’s most prestigious institutions, these researchers are combining their extensive experience and knowledge to solve the complicated demands of the biotechnology field; these dedicated experts also are educating tomorrow’s biotechnology leaders today:

Abrajano, Jun Environmental fate of biogenic organics in ground water
Akella, Srinivas Algorithms for digital microfluidic biochips for combinatorial biosynthesis; protein folding using motion planning; robotics
Akpalu, Yvonne Polymers and bionano composites
Barquera, Blanca Bacterial energy metabolism
Belfort, Georges Biomolecular interactions in protein separations, surface science, and protein misfolding (amyloids, surfaces)
Bennett, Kristin P. Artificial intelligence in solving biological and medial problems
Bequette, B. Wayne Systems engineering applied to biomedicine and bioprocessing
Bjornsson, Chris Characterizing and minimizing the brain’s reactive responses to neural prosthetic device insertion
Breneman, Curtis M. Molecular modeling of structure function relationships
Brunski, John Biomechanics of implants and the bone-implant interface
Bystroff, Christopher Bioinformatics, protein folding and design
Collins, Cynthia Synthetic biology: cell-cell communication, microbial ecosystems, metabolic and protein engineering
Colón, Wilfredo Biochemistry and biophysics of protein folding and misfolding
Coppens, Marc-Olivier Nature inspired chemical engineering
Corr, David T. Wound healing, musculoskeletal soft tissue mechanics
Cramer, Steven Novel bioseparation technologies
Dai, Guohao Cardiovascular biomechanics and its role in vascular disease and tissue regeneration process
Damljanovic, Vesna Cellular mechanics: force generation and transmission as precursors in tissue formation
DePaola, Natacha Fluid mechanics and mass transport in mammalian cell function
Drew, Donald A. Mathematical biology models for processes in cells
Dordick, Jonathan S. Biocatalysis in drug discovery and nanotechnology
Ehrlich, Henry L. Metal mobilization and immobilization by bacterial redox reactions
Embreachts, Mark Automated drug design and discovery
Ferland, Russell Neurodevelopment, neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders, and brain plasticity
Ferris, James P. Origins of life and photochemistry in the atmosphere of Titan
Finger, Fern Functions of C. elegans Septin-family GTP-binding proteins in nervous system and organ development
Garcia, Angel E. Computational and theoretical studies of biomolecular structure, dynamics and folding
Garde, Shekhar Molecular thermodynamics and simulations of biological systems
Gilbert, Susan P. Structure and mechanism of molecular motors involved in cell motility and the cytoskeleton
Han, Jong-In Environmental microbiology and quorum sensing
Holmes, Mark Mathematical models for physiological systems
Intes, Xavier Optical molecular imaging
Isaacson, David Mathematics applied to the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and cancer
Jansen, Kenneth E. Computational bio-fluid dynamics (cardiovascular and respiratory systems)
Kane, Ravi S. Research at the interface of biotechnology and nanotechnology
Kempf, James Functional dynamics of biological macromolecules from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
Kilduff, James Adsorption and membrane processes
Koretz, Jane Modeling the human visual process; biophysics of small heat shock proteins
Ledet, Eric Biomechanics of the spine, low back pain, traumatic fracture repair, and mechanobiology
Ligon, Lee Cell biology/neuroscience with focus on cytoskeleton
Linhardt, Robert J. Biocatalysis focused on glycobiology
Makhatadze, George Protein engineering and design, experimental and computational studies of biomacromolecular interactions
McCallum, Scott A. Characterizing macromolecular interactions and structure-function relationships by NMR
McGown, Linda G-quadruplex DNA in cellular processes and biotechnology
McLaughlin, Joyce Nonlinear analysis in medical diagnosis
Monastersky, Glenn M. Mammalian gene regulation and expression, transgenic disease models and protein production
Morgan, Joel Reverse engineering enzymes that work as molecular energy transducing machines, feature size: 1 atom
Newell, Jonathan Electrical Impedance Tomography focused on breast cancer diagnosis
Nierzwicki-Bauer, Sandra Microbiology of fresh water systems
Nyman, Marianne Environmental fate of hydrophobic organic compounds
Page-McCaw, Andrea Protease-mediated cell-cell signaling and tissue remodeling in Drosophila
Page-McCaw, Patrick Using zebrafish as a model for human disease
Palazzo, Robert E. Cell biology and biochemistry of centrosomes
Paluh, Janet L. Cell cycle signaling for G2/M/G1 and asymmetry pathways in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and human ESCs
Pell, Richard Mapping the genetic relationships between workhorse species within the engineered tree of life
Platt, Mark D. Development of novel proteomic approaches and applications of biological mass spectrometry
Plopper, George Extracellular matrix and cell function
Ramanath, Ganapathiraman Assembly of nanoscale structures
Roysam, Badrinath “Badri” Multi-dimensional biological image analysis
Schadler, Linda S. Interfacial behavior of polymer nanocomposites and mechanical and electrical behavior
Sharfstein, Susan Mammalian cell biotechnology and bioprocessing focused on recombinant biopharmaceutical production
Siegel, Richard Nano structured materials and biomaterials
Spilker, Robert L. Computational modeling in biomedical systems
Stegemann, Jan P. Cell-matrix interactions in 3D as applied to biomaterials and regenerative medicine
Stewart, Charles Algorithms for automatic biomedical image registration
Sukumar, N. Quantum chemistry, drug design, cheminformatics, geometric phase, nonadiabatic couplings
Swank, Douglas M. Muscle physiology and motor proteins
Tessier, Peter

Protein folding and aggregation of prions, amyloids and therapeutic antibodies, bionanotechnology

Thompson, Deanna M. Neural engineering
Vashishth, Deepak Tissue engineering of hard tissues
von Maltzahn, Wolf Biomedical engineering (currently acting VP of Research)
Wang, Chunyu NMR of proteins in Alzheimer’s disease and intein splicing
Wentland, Mark P. Medicinal chemistry focused on drug discovery
Wilke, Ingrid Ultrafast laser applications in biology and medicine
Xu, George X. Radiation dosimetry and image-based human computation
Zagorevski, Dmitri

Gas-phase ion chemistry; Development of mass spectrometry methods of analyses of variety of compounds; Elucidation of structures of molecules and gas-phase ions.

Zaki, Mohammed J. Data mining, database indexing, bioinformatics
Zhang, Fuming Biomolecular interactions, glycomics and glycoengineering
Zhang, Xi-Cheng Terahertz (Thz) optics sensing and imaging
Zuker, Michael Algorithms and software for nucleic acid folding, hybridization and melting profile prediction
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