Faculty by Research Divisions
Biochemistry
Primary
Dinler Amaral Antunes Computational Biology, Structural Bioinformatics, Immunology, T-cell-based Immunotherapy
Tasneem Bawa-Khalfe Post-translational Modifications, Ubiquitin/SUMO, Chromatin Remodeling, Cell-Cell Adhesion, Cancer Metastasis
James Briggs Computational Biochemistry/Biophysics; Computer-Aided Drug Design
Joseph Eichberg (Emeritus) Phosphoinositides and Phosphorylation in Signal Transduction
George E. Fox (Research Professor) RNA Structure, Function, and Evolution
Robert Fox The Physical Basis of Protein Structure and Function
Masaya Fujita Microbial Development and Gene Regulation
Preethi Gunaratne Genomics, Developmental Biology and microRNAs Underlying Gene Networks in Stem and Tumor Cells
Yu Liu Mechanisms of Heart Development and Diseases
Mehmet Şen Molecular Basis of Receptor Function and Ligand Interactions in Health and Disease
Robert Schwartz Molecular Development and Drug Discovery
Shiao-Chun David Tu (Emeritus) Redox Enzymes; Applications of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence
Quentin Vicens RNA structural biology, RNA-protein complexes, RNA-ligand interactions, regulatory RNA, mRNA, computational biology, cryo-electron microscopy, immunotherapy
Yuhong Wang Single Molecule Study of Ribosome-Small Molecule Interactions in Protein Biosynthesis
William Widger (Policy Leader, Biochemistry) Bioenergetics; Electron Transport; Photosynthesis; Cyanobacterial Genomics
Hye-Jeong Yeo Structural Molecular Biology; X-ray Crystallography
Ping Yi Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Nuclear Receptor Structure and Function
Joint/Adjunct
Patrick C. Cirino Biocatalysis, Metabolic Engineering, Protein Directed Evolution
Dan Graur Theoretical Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics
Ashok Kumar Growth and Regeneration of Skeletal Muscle
Brad McConnell Genetics, Physiology, and Pharmacology of Muscle Disease
Debora Rodrigues Environmental Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, Nanotechnology and Biotechnology
Jason A. Rosenzweig Bacterial Pathogenesis, Bacterial Stress Responses, RNA Metabolism, and Host Pathogen Interactions
Richard Willson Biomolecular Recognition, Diagnostics and Nanobiology
Cell and Molecular Biology
Primary
Sanghyuk Chung (Policy Leader, Cell and Molecular Biology) Roles of Hormones and Their Receptors in HPV-Induced Cervical Cancer
Jacob Daane Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics
Brigitte Dauwalder Genetic and Molecular Control of Complex Behaviors in Drosophila
Stuart Dryer Development and Molecular Neurobiology
Qin Feng Chromatin, Epigenetics, and Gene Regulation
Jan-Ake Gustafsson Nuclear Receptors (NRs), Esp. Estrogen Receptors and LXR Receptors, Nr Comodulators
Erin Kelleher Genome defense, transposable elements, DNA damage and repair, small RNA silencing, evolutionary genetics, natural variation
Seema Khurana Regulation of Epithelial Cell Biology and Pathobiology by Actin and Actin-Binding Proteins
Arne Lekven (Vice Chair) Vertebrate Development, Gene Regulation, Cell Signaling
Chin-Yo Lin Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation by Estrogen Receptor Alpha
Frank McKeon Adult Stem Cells, Transcription Factor, Cell Cycle, Cancer, Tissue Regeneration
Weiyi Peng Interplay between Cancer and the Immune System, Cancer Immunotherapy
Michael Rea Neurobiology of Circadian Clock; Neurochemical Regulation of Circadian Phase
Amy Sater Vertebrate Development; specification of neural and Glial Lineages; Neural Regeneration and Repair
Margaret Warner Ligand-Activated Nuclear Receptors in Health and Disease
Dan Wells (Dean) Vertebrate Genetics and Genomics; Evolution of Development
Wangchao Xu Neuroimmunology, Host-Microbe Interaction, Glia, Drosophila
Shaun Xiaoliu Zhang (Chair) Cancer Virotherapy, Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy
Jokubas Ziburkus Neurophysiology of Neuronal Network Interactions in Normal and Epileptic Tissue
Joint/Adjunct
Muayyad Al-Ubaidi Cell and Molecular Biology of Retinal Disease
Beau Alward Developmental, Cognitive, and Behavioral Neuroscience
Ricardo Azevedo (Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs) Evolutionary Genetics
Richard Bond Pharmacology of Receptor Theory; G Protein-Coupled Receptors
Joseph Eichberg (Emeritus) Phosphoinositides and Phosphorylation in Signal Transduction
Daniel Frigo Identification and Therapeutic Targeting of Novel Hormone-Regulated Signaling Pathways in Disease
Laura Frishman Visual Neuroscience: Retinal Function and Circuitry
Masaya Fujita Microbial Development and Gene Regulation
Marc Hamilton Physiology and Gene Regulation in Skeletal Muscle
Brian Knoll Receptor Theory; G Protein-Coupled Receptors
J. Leigh Leasure Behavioral Neuroscience: Recovery of function after CNS injury
Alison McDermott Ocular Surface Innate Immunity, Inflammation and Wound Healing
Rich Meisel Evolutionary and Functional Genomics
Muna Naash Genetics of Hereditary Retinal Disorders
Deborah Otteson Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression; Retinal Stem Cell Biology; Molecular Genetics of Retinal Development and Differentiation.
Mary A. Ottinger (Research Professor) Interdisciplinary and Comparative Biology
Maria Victoria Tejada-Simon Learning and Memory. Neurobiology of Cognitive Disorders
Shiao-Chun David Tu (Emeritus) Redox Enzymes; Applications of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence
Paul Webb Nuclear Hormone Receptors, Ligand Design, and Diabetes
Rebecca Zufall Genome and Molecular Evolution; Evolution of Protists
Ecology and Evolution
Follow UH Ecology & Evolution
Primary
Molly Albecker Physiological and Eco-evolutionary Mechanisms that Affect Adaptation to Environmental Change; Wetland Ecology; Amphibians
Heidi Appel Plant Acoustic Ecology, Plant-Insect Interactions
Ricardo Azevedo (Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs) Evolutionary Genetics
Blaine Cole Evolution of Social Behavior and Origin of Complex Traits
Kerri Crawford (Policy Leader, Ecology and Evolution) Plant Community Ecology, Ecological Consequences of Biodiversity, and Plant-Microbe Interactions
Tony Frankino (Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs) Evolution & Development; Ecology & Evolution of Multivariate Morphological Phenotypes
Dan Graur Theoretical Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics
Rich Meisel Evolutionary and Functional Genomics
Martin A. Nuñez Biological Invasions, Belowground Ecology, Plant Ecology
Mary A. Ottinger (Research Professor) Interdisciplinary and Comparative Biology
Steven Pennings Plant Community Ecology, Plant-Herbivore Interactions, Coastal Wetlands
Adam Stuckert Ecology and Evolution of Aposematism; Ecology and Evolution of Amphibians; Ecological Genomics
Diane Wiernasz Ecological Genetics and Sexual Selection
Rebecca Zufall Genome and Molecular Evolution; Evolution of Protists
Secondary
Amy Sater Vertebrate Development; Specification of neural and Glial Lineages; Neural Regeneration and Repair
Joint/Adjunct
Anna Armitage Coastal and Wetlands Community Ecology
Jacob Daane Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics
George E. Fox (Research Professor) RNA Structure, Function, and Evolution
Kresimir Josic Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience, Biological Networks
Erin Kelleher Evolutionary Genomics of Reproductive Biology and small RNA Mediated Silencing in Drosophila
Abdul Latif Khan Plant stress physiology and microbiome interaction; plant genomics; climate change and plant productivity
Janet Siefert
Alexander Stewart Mathematical and Computational Studies in Evolutionary Biology
Dan Wells (Dean) Vertebrate Genetics and Genomics; Evolution of Development