Faculty Mentors
Primary Department or Program
Research Interests/Skills/Webpage
Allen, Matt
Chemistry
Contrast agents for imaging, catalysis, F-block elements/MRI, organic and inorganic synthesis
https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/dv3651
Ansari, Athar
Biological Sciences
Regulation of transcription and cotranscriptional RNA processing in eukaryotes/biochemistry, transcription
https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/bb2749
Aras, Siddhesh
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Mitochondrial biology, genetics
https://www.aras-lab.com/
Bryant-Friedrich, Amanda
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Chemical tools to study oxidative damage in DNA and RNA/chemical synthesis, automated nucleic acid synthesis, photochemistry
https://cphs.wayne.edu/profile/ag3496
Chekmenev, Eduard
Chemistry, IBio
Hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging/MRI, physical chemistry
Chow, Christine
Chemistry
RNA structure, RNA modifications, and RNA targeting/biophysical chemistry, drug design
http://www.clas.wayne.edu/chow/
Dent, Matthew
Chemistry
Protein engineering; biosensors; redox biology and signaling
https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/hr0215
Espinosa-Diez, Cristina
Physiology
Chromatin remodeling, DNA methylation, and non-coding RNA
https://www.espinosadiezlab.com/
Fehl, Charlie
Chemistry
Protein O-GlcNAcylation/organic synthesis, photochemistry, gene editing, drug design
Firestine, Steve
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Anti-infective drug discovery, anticancer drug discovery/drug design, enzymology, organic synthesis
https://cphs.wayne.edu/profile/ay1872
Gavande, Navnath
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Anticancer drug discovery/drug design, nanotechnology, immunotherapy
https://cphs.wayne.edu/sciences/profile/gz2495
Greenberg, Miriam
Biological Sciences
Function and homeostasis of lipids; mitochondrial and cellular functions of cardiolipin; mechanisms of inositol-depleting drugs/lipidomics, yeast model systems
https://s.wayne.edu/greenberg/
Gu, Haidong
Biological Sciences
Virus-host Interaction, infectious diseases, innate immunity/virology, cell biology
Hariri, Hanaa
Biological Sciences
Inter-organelle contact sites; lipid trafficking, storage, and utilization; nutrient signaling; aging and metabolic disorders; organization of metabolic networks
https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/hg7223
Higgs, Penelope
Biological Sciences
Signal transduction, microbial development and multicellularity/bacteriology, developmental biology
https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/fm0291
Hüttemann, Maik
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Mitochondria, cytochrome c, cytochrome c oxidase, posttranslational modifications, cell signaling, infrared light technology/molecular biology, biochemistry, mouse animal models
https://www.genetics.wayne.edu/faculty/maik-huttemann
Iyer, Arun
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutics, drug delivery and nanomedicine/organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, drug design & delivery
https://cphs.wayne.edu/profile/fp2146
Kassotis, Chris
Pharmacology
Endocrine disrupting chemicals, toxicology, metabolic health, mixtures
Kenney, Justin
Biological Sciences
Individual differences in zebrafish behavior, machine learning, transgenic zebrafish, chemogenetics
https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/gl4448
Kodanko, Jeremy
Chemistry
Light-activated chemical tools and therapeutics/organic and organometallic synthesis, enzymology, drug design
http://chem.wayne.edu/kodankogroup/Welcome.html
Lee, Pei-Chung
Biological Sciences
Host pathogen interactions, innate immunity, host hippo kinases, protein phosphorylation
https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/hb8242
Linz, Thomas
Chemistry
Bioanalysis/bioanalytical chemistry, digital assays, electrophoretic separations
List, Karin
Pharmacology
Extracellular proteases, signaling, role of cell surface proteases in epithelial development and carcinogenesis using genetic mouse models
https://pharmacology.med.wayne.edu/profile/ci3803
Liu, Wanqing
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Genomics, fatty liver disease, gene therapy, siRNA-based drug discovery, cancer therapeutics
https://applebaum.wayne.edu/profile/gm2360
Menkes, Ulrike
Physiology
Inflammation and wound healing in controlling performance and function of implantable devices and biomaterials
https://physiology.med.wayne.edu/profile/gg3733
Nguyen, Hien
Chemistry
Drug discovery, cancer therapeutics, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and vaccine adjuvants
https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/gl9580
Park, Joongkyu
Pharmacology
Memory, synaptic molecular dynamics, neurological disorders, long-term potentiation
https://pharmacology.med.wayne.edu/profile/gl7971
Pflum, Mary Kay
Chemistry
Post-translational modifications, epigenetics, medicinal chemistry
Pique-Regi, Roger
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Bioinformatics, gene regulation, statistical genetics/genomics, computation, statistical analysis
http://piquelab.grid.wayne.edu/wordpress/
Podgorski, Izabela
Pharmacology
Prostate cancer, bone metastasis, marrow adiposity, inflammation, chemoresistance/mouse model systems, cell biology, lipidome technology
https://pharmacology.med.wayne.edu/profile/ak5520
Ruden, Douglas
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Pharmacology, & Physiology
Epigenomics, neurotoxicology, genetics/cancer stem-like cells, genomics
https://physiology.med.wayne.edu/profile/bb2944
Sadagurski, Marianna
Biological Sciences, IBio
CNS metabolic regulation, neuroinflammation/mouse model systems, genomics
https://s.wayne.edu/sadagurski-lab/
Todi, Sokol
Pharmacology
Age-related neurodegeneration/Drosophila melanogaster model system, cell biology
https://pharmacology.med.wayne.edu/profile/ej5561
Walker, Alice
Chemistry
Computational biochemistry, fluorescent sensors, carbohydrate drugs, machine learning
https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/fg3012
Wang, Jiemei
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Endothelial injury and repair in disease settings
hhttps://applebaum.wayne.edu/profile/fs9294
Wessells, Robert J.
Physiology
Exercise, aging, drosophila/Drosophila melanogaster model system, genetics
https://physiology.med.wayne.edu/profile/dy4360
White, Jennell
Pharmacology
Hematopoesis, erythroid signaling, RBC adhesion, micri-fluidics, sickle cell disease, hypoxia
https://pharmacology.med.wayne.edu/profile/ah9626
Yi, Zhengping
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Proteomics, Diabetes, Insulin Signaling, Insulin Resistance/Proteomics, Cell Biology, Human Clinical Studies
https://cphs.wayne.edu/profile/eq8441