Faculty

MBS Faculty

Ashok Upadhyaya, PhD

Ashok Upadhyaya 

Professor of Instruction

Brant Burkhardt, PhD

Brant Burkhardt

Associate Professor

Director of Graduate Studies

Research Focus: Biomedical Sciences

Fatema Chowdhury, PhD

Fatema Chowdhury

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Research Focus: Biomedical Sciences

Gary Daughdrill, PhD

Gary Daughdrill

Professor

Research Focus: Molecular Biophysics

Hufeza Dungrawala, PhD

Huzefa Dungrawala 

Assistant Professor

Research Focus: Genome Integrity

James Riordan, PhD

James Riordan

Professor of Instruction

Director of NT-MS Programs

Johnny El-Rady, PhD

Johnny El-Rady

Professor of Instruction

Kathiresan Selvam, PhD

Kathiresan Selvam

Assistant Professor

Research Focus: Genome Integrity

Kenyon Daniel, PhD

Kenyon Daniel

Joint Professor of Instruction 

MBS & Chemistry

Kristina Schmidt, PhD

Kristina Schmidt

Professor

Research Focus: Genome Integrity

Libin Ye, PhD

Libin Ye

Associate Professor

Research Focus: Molecular Biophysics

Lindsey Shaw, PhD

Lindsey Shaw

Professor 

Department Associate Chair

Richard & Patricia Endowed Chair in Natural Sciences

Director, Center for Antimicrobial Resistance

Research Focus:  Bacterial Pathogenesis 

Maksym Bobrovskyy, PhD

Maksym Bobrovskyy

Assistant Professor

Research Focus: Bacterial Pathogenesis

Marcus Cooke, PhD

Marcus Cooke

Professor

Department Chair

Research Focus: Genome Integrity

Meera Nanjundan, PhD

Meera Nanjundan

Associate Professor 

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Research Focus: Biomedical Sciences

Nathanial Torres, PhD

Nathanial Torres

Research Assistant Professor 

Research Focus: Bacterial Pathogenesis

Prahathees Eswara, PhD

Prahathees Eswara 

Associate Professor

Research Focus: Bacterial Pathogenesis

Prashanth Rao, PhD

Prashanth Rao

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Richard Pollenz, PhD

Richard Pollenz

Professor

Stanley Stevens, PhD

Stanley Stevens

Professor

Research Focus: Biomedical Sciences

Sameer Varma, PhD

Sameer Varma

Professor

Research Focus: Molecular Biophysics

Sample

Sandy Westerheide

Associate Professor

Research Focus: Biomedcal Sciences

Wenqi Yu, PhD

Wenqi Yu

Assistant Professor

Research Focus: Bacterial Pathogenesis

William Brazelle, PhD

Will Brazelle

Professor of Instruction

 

Honorary Faculty 

The honorary positions are created to enhance our student research training experience and deepen their understanding of the scientific process (including "how to succeed in science") by exposing our students to well-established, world-class researchers. While this could be achieved through invited speakers, we created the honorary faculty status to establish closer links between our students, faculty and the honorary faculty, not least through the regularity of onsite visits to the department.

Name    
NAS, NAI, AAM
NAS
NAS, APS, AAAS, RSC 

Retired MBS Faculty

Name Title
Garey, James Professor Emeritus; Founding Chair
Lim, Daniel Distinguished University Professor Emeritus
Romeo, John Professor Emeritus
Vandenbergh, Peter Professor of Instruction
Wunderlin, Richard Professor Emeritus
Te Strake, Diane Professor Emerita
Dao, My Lien Associate Professor
Jones-Mason, Mary Elizabeth (Beth)
Associate Professor of Instruction Emerita - "In memoriam"