Susan T. Bagley
Professor, Biological Sciences

• microbial degradation and decomposition
• microbial control
• toxicology of environmental contaminants

Michael Gretz
Professor, Biological Sciences

• algal extracellular polymers
• cell wall polysaccharides
• biogenesis of biopolymer

 

Ramakrishna Wusirika
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

• gene regulation by transposable elements
• evolution of plant disease resistance genes
• bidirectional promoters

Heather Youngs
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

• plant biochemistry
• protein engineering
• peptidomimetics

David Shonnard
Professor, Chemical Engineering

• enzyme directed evolution
• metabolic engineering
• environmental life cycle assessment

Lanrong Bi
Assistant Professor, Chemistry

• molecular probes for DNA sequencing analysis
• disease gene discovery
• new therapeutic agents towards cancer and  cardiovascular disease

Shiyue Fang
Assistant Professor, Chemistry

• organic synthetic methodology
• asymmetric catalysis
• nucleic acid chemistry

Patricia Heiden
Professor, Chemistry

• bio- and nanocomposites and biomaterials
• nanoparticles, nanofibers & controlled release
• environmentally benign synthesis & processing

Haiying Liu
Associate Professor, Chemistry

• bacterial biosensors
• carbon and boron nitride nanotube arrays
• luorescent conjugated glycopolymers

Pushpalatha Murthy
Professor, Chemistry

• signal transduction in plants
• inositol phosphate metabolism
• molecular biology of phytases

Martin J. Thompson
Assistant Professor, Chemistry

• posttranslational modification of proteins
• acetylation dependence of gene regulation
• histone-protein interactions

Jason Carter
Exercise Science, Health & Physical Education

• regulation of arterial blood pressure
• vestibulosympathetic reflex
• adaptations to microgravity and exercise

Huann-Sheng Chen
Associate Professor

• statistics
• statistical genetic

Qiuying Sha
Assistant Professor

• statistics
• statistical genetics

Shuanglin Zhang
Professor

• statistics
• statistical genetics
• bioinformatics

Tammy Haut Donahue
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

meniscus mechano-biology
• orthopaedic biomechanics
• computational mechanics

Seth W. Donahue
Associate Professor

• bone tissue engineering
• bone cell mechanotransduction
• osteoporosis

Megan Frost
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

• Novel anti-clotting coatings for implantable biomaterials

Ryan J. Gilbert
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

• nerve regeneration using polymer fibers
• cartilage tissue engineering
• neural tissue engineering with hydrogels

Jeremy Goldman
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

• vascular remodeling
• lymphangiogenesis

Keat Ghee Ong
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

• implantable biosensors
• medical devices
• wireless sensors

Rupak Rajachar
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

• cell-instructive materials
• vascular calcification
• cell mechanotransduction

Victor Busov
Associate Professor, Forest Resources and Environmental Science

• gibberellins
• activation tagging
• insertional mutagenesis

Chandrashekhar P. Joshi
Director & Professor, Forest Resources and Environmental Science

• cellulose and lignin biosynthesis
• wood development and tree growth
• bioinformatics and genomics

Leah M. Vucetich
Research Assistant Professor, Forest Resources and Environmental Science

• conservation genetics
• molecular genotyping
• Isle Royale population dynamics

Hairong Wei

• Gene network construction
• Gene regulation for wood development
• Biological knowledge discovery via computational means