Faculty

TypeCampusGraduate ProgramsResearch Areas
NameResearch DescriptionResearch Areas
Michelle AartsBiochemistry and signal transduction in ischemia, proteomics, molecular biology, ion channel biology, neuroscience.
Mounir AbouHaidarVirology. Research interests lie in the area of the molecular biology of plant and animal viruses. Development of "transgenic" plants resistant to viruses: mechanisms of resistance. Research interests lie in the area of the molecular biology
James B. AndersonPopulation genetics & evolution of fungi
Michael BarrettInsect Physiology and Biochemistry
Thomas BerlethDevelopmental Genomics
Rudy BoonstraThe Role Stress in Natural Populations
Ian R. BrownMolecular Biology, Neurobiology
Ashley BruceAnalysis of early development in the zebrafish
Leslie BuckMetabolic and Neurophysiology
David G. ButlerHormonal control of salt and water balance in vertebrate animals. Hormonal regulation of (a) avian nasal salt glands and kidneys; (b) thirst and sodium appetite in mammals; and (c) osmoregulation in euryhaline fishes.
Malcolm CampbellFunctional genomics of plant growth and development
Belinda ChangMolecular Evolution of Vision, Experimental Studies of Ancestral Proteins
Dinesh ChristendatPlant biochemistry, proteomics and analysis of protein structure.
John R. ColemanMolecular biology & biochemisty of photosynthesis
Asher D. CutterEvolutionary Genomics; Breeding System and Sex Ratio Evolution; Population Genetics; Molecular Evolution; Caenorhabditis; Evolution of Cooperation
Nancy G. DenglerPlant Anatomy & Development
Sherwin S. DesserStudy of the systematics, life history, morphology, epizootiology, ultrastructure and pathogenesis of protistan, moneran and certain viral parasites in their vertebrate and invertebrate hosts
Darrell DesveauxMechanisms of bacterial virulence and plant disease resistance
Elizabeth EdwardsBioremediation of contaminated soil & ground water
Ingo Ensminger
George S. EspiePhotosynthesis, CO2 concentrating mechanisms (CCM), membrane transport CO2 /HCO3-, carboxysome structure / function, carbonic anhydrase structure / function / evolution, microalgal photosynthesis & CCMsmitochondion / chloroplast interactions
Mark FitzpatrickEvolutionary genetics of behaviour
James H. FullardInsect Neuroethology and Sensory Ecology
Roberta FulthorpeMicrobial ecology
Sonia GazzarriniFunctional genomics and molecular genetics of seed germination and foliar organ identity.
Robert GerlaiBehavioural genetics and neuroscience, animal behaviour, rodents and fish
Dorothea GodtCell and Molecular Biology of Development
Daphne GoringCell-cell communication, receptor kinase signalling, and protein ubiquitination in plants
David S GuttmanComparative, evolutionary and functional genomics. Evolution of host specificity and virulence in pathogenic bacteria.
Tony HarrisCell Polarity and Animal Development
Rene Harrisoncell biology, osteoclasts, cytoskeleton, vesicle trafficking, microscopy
Clare HasenkampfMeiosis & chromosome function
Michele C. HeathPlant-microbe interactions and mycology. Cellular and molecular studies of plant resistance or susceptibility to biotrophic fungal pathogens. * Emeritus Member, no active lab.
Johan A. HellebustBiochemistry and physiology of osmoregulation * Emeritus Member, no active lab
Verna J. HigginsPlant pathology/host-parasite interactions. Physiological basis of genetically determineddisease resistance. * Emeritus Member, no active lab.
Linda M. KohnFungal evolution: systematics, population biology and ecology.
Herbert J. KronzuckerIon Transport in Plants
Angela LangeIntegrative aspects of insect reproductive physiology
Ellie W. LarsenDevelopmental Genetics and Evolution
Joel LevineCircadian Clocks and Social Behavior in Drosophila
David LovejoyHormone form & function
Nathan Lovejoy
Andrew C. MasonNeuroethology, bioacoustics, invertebrate sensory systems
Emma MasterBiocatalysts for the production of new materials from plant biomass. Enzyme Engineering, Fungal genomics and proteomics.
Yoshio MasuiDevelopmental Biology
Peter McCourtMolecular genetics of plant hormone signal transduction
Jennifer MitchellGenome Folding and Regulation of Gene Expression
Jean-Marc MoncalvoMycology, molecular systematics, biogeography & biodiversity of fungi
Alan MosesRegulatory sequences and networks. Evolution of regulatory systems. Comparative genomic and other computational and experimental approaches.
Nicholas MrosovskyPhysiology and behaviour
Eiji NambaraPlant hormone metabolism and its action
Joanne NashCell and molecular mechanisms underlying pathogenesis and symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Melody NeumannLecturer BIO 240/241 & CSB 349
Danton H. O'DayRoles of calmodulin binding proteins (CaMBPs) in cell function
Ian OrchardInsect Neurophysiology
John PeeverNeurobiology of Sleep
Nicholas ProvartBioinformatics; gene expression in plants in response to abiotic and biotic stresses; use of gene expression data to study genome evolution
Stephen G. ReidRespiratory Physiology and Neurobiology
C. Daniel RiggsCellular & molecular aspects of plant development; homedomain proteins & chromatin structure
Maurice RinguetteMolecular Biology and Development
Patricia RomansMolecular Genetics of the Malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae
Betty I. Roots
William RyuBiological Physics, Sensorimotor behavior
Colin ShapiroPsychiatry, Health & Disease
J.J. Berry SmithSensory Physiology and Behavioural Mechanisms in Insects
Marla B. SokolowskiBehaviour Genetics
Richard StephensonSleep research
Bryan StewartNeurophysiology; Molecular Genetics of Synaptic Transmission; Synaptic Development
John StinchcombeMolecular Ecology & Ecological Genomics
Ulrich TepassCell and Molecular Biology of Development
Mauricio R. TerebiznikCellular microbiology.
Stephen S. TobeArthropod endocrinology
Vincent TropepeMolecular Developmental Neurobiology and Adult Neurogenesis
Greg VanlerbergheMy research program applies physiological, biochemical and molecular biological approaches to study various aspects of metabolism, nutrition, and cell physiology in plants.
Sue VarmuzaMolecular Developmental Biology
Kenneth Welchmuscle metabolism and mechanical performance; control, fueling and powering of locomotion; physiological ecology of nectarivores
J. Tim WestwoodRegulation of Gene Expression
John P. WilliamsDetermination of the metabolic pathways and sites of biosynthesis of lipids in plants. * Emeritus Member, no active lab.
Rudolf WinklbauerAmphibian Gastrulation
Melanie WoodinActivity-Induced Plasticity of Inhibitory Synapses
Guojun YangActivity, regulation and evolution of mobile genetic elements; development of bioinformatics tools
Keiko YoshiokaPlant-microbe interaction
John H. Youson
Rongmin ZhaoMolecular chaperones; Cellular protein homeostasis