Faculty Profiles

Ahmed, Rasha Siddig Azrag

Ph. D.

Visiting Assistant Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Epidemiology; Microbiology
Bard, Jonathan

Research Assistant Professor; Associate Director of Bioinformatics Genomics and Bioinformatics Core

Specialty/Research Focus: Artificial Intelligence; Bioinformatics; Computational Biology; Genomics and proteomics; Transcriptomics
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
Bowman, Sarah

PhD

Associate Professor

Specialty/Research Focus: Metalloenzymes; Microbial Pathogenesis; Protein Function and Structure; Structural Biology; X-ray Crystallography
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; Neurobiology; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Retina – retinal disease and therapy; Transcriptomics
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

PhD

Director of Master's Program in Biomedical Sciences

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

PhD

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

Deangelis, Margaret

MS, PhD

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
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
Ramachandra Rao, Sriganesh

MS, PhD

Assistant Professor HS

Specialty/Research Focus: Apoptosis and cell death; Biomedical Imaging; Cell Metabolism; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Developmental Biology; Inflammation; Inherited Metabolic Disorders; Lipid Homeostasis; Lysosomal Storage Diseases; Models - cell and animal; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Pathophysiology; Protein Function and Structure; Retina – retinal disease and therapy; Team Science; Transgenic organisms; Translational Research; Vision science; Genetics; Retinopathy
Zhang, Xin

MD, FARVO

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, PHD
Gluck, Christian, MD
Nowak, Linda, PHD
Prasad, Maneeshi, PHD
Qu, Jun, PhD
Reid, William, MS, PHD
Romano, Rose-Anne, PHD
Small, Sandra, PHD
Stoj, Christopher, PHD