Faculty Mentors

Name Areas of Expertise
Matthew Allen, Ph.D., Chemistry Contrast agents for imaging
Ramona Benkert, Ph.D., Nursing Quality outcomes in primary care delivery, traditional and nurse managed center models; Perceptions of racism and mistrust in health care; Provider­Patient relationships
James Bour, Ph.D., Chemistry  Catalysis, organometallics, porous organic materials, methodology development
Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences The synthesis and use of naturally and synthetically modified nucleosides and nucleotides in the determination of disease etiology and drug design and development
Jacob Burmeister, Ph.D., Medical Physics Radiation oncology physics, radiobiology
Eduard Chekmenev, Ph.D., Chemistry, IBio Magnetic resonance imaging
Christine Chow, Ph.D., Chemistry RNA structure and targeting
Charles Chung, Ph.D., Physiology Cardiac relaxation and muscle structure-function
Jessica Damoiseaux, Ph.D., Psychology, Institute of Gerontology Neuroimaging, resting state fMRI, functional connectivity, aging, neurodegenerative disease
Deborah Ellis, Ph.D., Family Medicine Behavioral intervention for diabetes management
Charlie Fehl, Ph.D., Chemistry Developing and utilizing highly selective chemical reactions that are able to occur in living cells to track sugar signaling motifs in disease states characterized by altered sugar metabolism
James Granneman, Ph.D., Molecular Medicine & Genetics Diabetes, endocrine, & metabolic research
Miriam Greenberg, Ph.D., Biological Sciences Lipid homeostasis and cardiolipin function
Mark Greenwald, Ph.D., Psychiatry, Behavioral & Translational Neuroscience Substance abuse
Carolyn Harris, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Biomaterials and neural prosthetics
Tanja Jovanovic, Ph.D., Psychiatry PTSD neurobiology and brain development
Donna Kashian, Ph.D., Biological Sciences Ecology and environmental sciences
Ashok Kumar, Ph.D., Ophthalmology, Visual, & Anatomical Sciences Infectious diseases and host-pathogen interactions
Jun Li, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology Inherited peripheral nerve diseases
Li Li, Ph.D., Molecular Medicine & Genetics Smooth muscle dysfunction and vascular development and diseases
Wen Li, Ph.D., Chemistry Ultrafast spectroscopy and mass-resolved momentum imaging
Karen List, Ph.D., Pharmacology Tumor metastasis & progression; serine proteases
Wanqing Liu, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences Genomics and liver disease
Mark Lumley, Ph.D., Psychology Psychological treatments for somatic disorders
Larry Matherly, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology Drug discovery, preclinical pharmacology, membrane transport
Nihar Nayak, Ph.D., OB/Gyn Pregnancy, disease, placental development
Noa Ofen, Ph.D., Psychology Cognitive neuroscience and memory systems
Stephan Patrick, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology DNA Repair
Shane Perrine, Ph.D., Psychiatry, Behavioral, and Translational Neuroscience Neurobiology of addiction and addition stress
Izabela Podgorski, Ph.D., Pharmacology Prostate cancer, bone metastasis, adiposity
Lisa Rapport, Ph.D., Psychology Clinical neuropsychology
Monohar Ratnam, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology Molecular endocrinology of cancer
Malathy Shekhar, Ph.D., Oncology DNA damage response, cell signaling, drug resistanc
Valerie Simon, Ph.D., Psychology Biopsychosocial development among victimized youth
Timothy Stemmler, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences Metalloprotein structure and function
Jennifer Stockdill, Ph.D., Chemistry Synthesis of small molecule and peptide natural products
Chris Trentacosta, Ph.D., Psychology Early childhood development, behavior problems
Nerissa Viola, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology Metal-based radiopharmaceuticals; non-invasive PET imaging
Jiemei Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences Non-coding RNA regulation of tissue regeneration; Endothelial injury and repair in disease settings
Kay-Uwe Wagner, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology Breast and pancreatic cancer
Robert Wessells, Ph.D., Physiology Exercise, aging, drosophila
Jennell White, Ph.D., Pharmacology Sickle cell disease
Gen Wu, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology MAPKs & phosphatases in cancer, TRAIL signaling
Zeng-quan Yang, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology Epigenetics and regulators in human cancer
Zhengping Yi, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences, IBio Vascular biology & stress signaling in metabolic diseases
Jinsheng Zhang, Ph.D., Otolaryngology; Commun Sci & Disorders Tinnitus, hearing loss, auditory prostheses
Samuele Zilioli, Ph.D., Psychology Racial health disparities