Faculty Profiles

Blumental-Perry, Anna

Assistant Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Apoptosis and cell death; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Protein Folding; Protein Function and Structure; RNA; Stem Cells; Pulmonary
Buck, Michael

PhD

Professor and Director Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics

Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Computational Biology; Developmental Biology; Epigenetics; Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics; Microbiology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Stem Cells; Team Science; Transcription - Gene; Transcription and Translation; Transcription Factors
Charney, Rebekah

PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Developmental Biology; Epigenetics; Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Stem Cells; Transcription Factors; Transcriptomics
Chen, Dahong

PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Autism; Bioinformatics; Computational Biology; Developmental Biology; Epigenetics; Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Retina – retinal disease and therapy; Transcription - Gene; Transcriptomics; Transgenic organisms
Estrada, D. Fernando

PhD

Associate Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Metalloenzymes; Protein Function and Structure; Vitamins and Trace Nutrients
Specialty/Research Focus: Autoimmunity; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Gene Expression; Immunology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Signal Transduction; Transcription and Translation; Transgenic organisms
Halfon, Marc

PhD

Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Biomedical Informatics; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Computational Biology; Developmental Biology; Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Signal Transduction; Transcription - Gene; Transgenic organisms
Kosman, Daniel

PhD

SUNY Distinguished Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Metalloenzymes; Neurobiology; Protein Function and Structure; Vitamins and Trace Nutrients
Lee, Techung

PhD

Associate Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Cell growth, differentiation and development; Gene Expression; Molecular Basis of Disease; Signal Transduction
Lombardo, Andrew

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Biophysical Modeling; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Image Processing and Analysis; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Protein Function and Structure
Nowak, Norma

PhD

Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular genetics
O‘Brian, Mark

PhD

Professor and Chair

Specialty/Research Focus: Gene Expression; Metabolism; Microbial Pathogenesis; Molecular and Cellular Biology
Park, Yungki

PhD

Associate Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Neurobiology
Patel, Mulchand

PhD

SUNY Distinguished Emeritus Professor,

Specialty/Research Focus: Endocrinology; Inherited Metabolic Disorders; Metabolism; Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Protein Function and Structure; Transgenic organisms
Ponticelli, Alfred

Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Education

Specialty/Research Focus: Gene Expression; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular genetics; Protein Function and Structure; Transcription and Translation
Popescu, Gabriela

PhD

Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Brain Research; Ion channel kinetics and structure; Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Neuropharmacology; Protein Function and Structure; Signal Transduction; Neurodegenerative disorders
Schaner Tooley, Christine

PhD

Associate Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Ageing; Cell growth, differentiation and development; DNA Replication, Recombination and Repair; Gene Expression; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Signal Transduction; Stem Cells; Transcription Factors
Sinha, Satrajit

PhD

Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular and Cellular Biology
Surtees, Jennifer

PhD

Professor; Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and STEM Outreach

Specialty/Research Focus: Cell Cycle; Community Based Participatory Research; DNA Replication, Recombination and Repair; Genome Integrity; Genomics and proteomics; Infectious Disease; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Protein Function and Structure; Public Health; Team Science; Viral Pathogenesis
Sutton, Mark

PhD

Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: DNA Replication, Recombination and Repair; Gene Expression; Genome Integrity; Microbiology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Protein Function and Structure; Signal Transduction
Taub, Mary

Ph.D.

Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Cell growth, differentiation and development; Cell Metabolism; Inherited Metabolic Disorders; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Molecular and Cellular Biology; RNA; Signal Transduction; Stem Cells; Transcription - Gene; Transcription Factors

Collaborating Faculty

Bowman, Sarah

PhD

Research Assistant Professor HS

Specialty/Research Focus: Metalloenzymes; Microbial Pathogenesis; Protein Function and Structure; X-ray Crystallography
Bowman, Sarah

PhD

Research Assistant Professor HS

Specialty/Research Focus: Metalloenzymes; Microbial Pathogenesis; Protein Function and Structure; X-ray Crystallography
Deangelis, Margaret

M.S., Ph.D

Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry

Farkas, Michael

PhD

Research Assistant Professor HS

Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Eukaryotic Pathogenesis; Gene Expression; Gene Therapy; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular genetics; RNA; Stem Cells; Vision science
Fliesler, Steven

PhD

Professor HS

Specialty/Research Focus: Apoptosis and cell death; Inherited Metabolic Disorders; Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Transgenic organisms; Vision science
Jacobs, Amy

PhD

Research Associate Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Microbial Pathogenesis; Microbiology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Protein Function and Structure; Viral Pathogenesis; Virology
Melendy, Thomas

PhD

Associate Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: DNA Replication, Recombination and Repair; Drug Discovery; Emergent Pathogens; Genome Integrity; Infectious Disease; Microbiology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Virology
Mu, Xiuqian

MD, PhD

Secondary Professor HS

Specialty/Research Focus: Cell growth, differentiation and development; Developmental Biology; Epigenetics; Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics; Models - cell and animal; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Transcription Factors; Transcriptomics; Vision science
Read, Laurie

PhD

Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Eukaryotic Pathogenesis; Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics; Infectious Disease; Microbial Pathogenesis; Microbiology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Protein Function and Structure; RNA
Zhang, Xin

M.D.

Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Apoptosis and cell death; Gene Expression; Gene Therapy; Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Protein Folding; Signal Transduction; Vision science; Ophthalmology; Retina

Volunteer Faculty

Bailey, Danielle
Bard, Jonathan, PHD
Gluck, Christian, MD
Homiski, Caleb
Liu, Tao, PHD
Marziali, Leandro, PHD
Montagna, Richard, PHD
Prasad, Maneeshi, MS, DSC
Qu, Jun, PhD
Reid, William, MS, PHD
Romano, Rose-Anne, PHD
Small, Sandra, PHD
Stoj, Christopher, PHD