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 (Assistant Chair for Research)
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
- 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
- Yuhong Wang
Single Molecule Study of Ribosome-Small Molecule Interactions in Protein Biosynthesis
- Richard Willson
Biomolecular Recognition, Diagnostics and Nanobiology
Cell and Molecular Biology
Primary
- Sanghyuk Chung
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 (Policy Leader, Cell and Molecular Biology)
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
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
Vertebrate Genetics and Genomics; Evolution of Development