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| There are currently over 50 affiliated and resident faculty members from 12 campus departments as well as from neighboring institutions. |
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| Mosser, David, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen): Dr. Mosser is the Founding Director of MPRI and Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics. The research interests in the Mosser lab include innate and adaptive immunity to microbial pathogens. |
| Baya, Ana, Ph.D. (Animal Health Lab): Dr. Baya is interested in new pathogens/emerging diseases for fish mainly striped bass and collaborates with researchers in fish disease and fish health problems both within and outside the State of Maryland. |
| Bentley, William, Ph.D. (Bioengineering): Dr. Bentley is director of the Bioengineering Graduate Program and the Herbert Rabin Distinguished Professor in Engineering. Bentley is a professor of chemical engineering, holding a joint appointment with Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute or MTECH, which is formerly the Engineering Research Center and University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute. |
| Briken, Volker, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen): |
| Colwell, Rita, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen/Ctr Bioinformatics and Comp Biol): The Colwell laboratory is focused on the use of both environmental and molecular genetic data to provide rapid diagnostic identification and detection, particularly of pathogenic agents. Environmental modeling is employed to develop a capacity to predict and prevent infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics, in essence, a “preemptive medicine” model. Determining conditions conducive to onset of epidemics of infectious disease and developing preemptive medicine protocols will permit efficient allocation of resources to prevent or reduce epidemics. |
| Connolly, Martha J., Ph.D. (MTECH): Dr. Connolly is the Director of the Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS), a program of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH). |
| Culver, James, Ph.D. (CBR): Dr. Culver is an Associate Professor in the Center for Biosystems Research. Research in his laboratory is directed at understanding how viruses replicate and cause disease or induce resistance responses. |
| DeShong, Philip, Ph.D. (Chem and Biochem): Dr. DeShong is a Professor in the Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry. His research interests include the synthesis of heterocyclic natural products, development of methodology for organic synthesis, mechanistic organomanganese chemistry, organic/ organometallic reactions at high pressure, chemistry of carbohydrate, hypervalent silicon derivatives, new methods for the synthesis of combinatorial libraries. |
| DeStefano, Jeffrey, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen): Research in Dr. DeStefano's laboratory focuses on the role of HIV-reverse transcriptase (RT) and nucleocapsid protein (NC) in the processes of retroviral recombination and replication. |
| Ehrman, Sheryl, Ph.D. (Chem and Biomolecular Engineering): Dr. Ehrman's current research interests concern fine particles (micron or less). The field of fine particle research can be roughly subdivided into the wet and the dry, and the good and the bad. Wet or dry describes how the particles are formed, either in solution or by gas-to-particle conversion, respectively. |
| El-Sayed, Najib, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen/Ctr for Bioinformatics and Comp Biol): Dr. Najib's research program is focused on the study of the biology of parasitism and host-pathogen interactions using genomic approaches with the ultimate goal of better understanding infection and survival mechanisms. These approaches include the development and application of molecular, computational and phylogenetic tools. In the long term, our research will contribute to better diagnosis, prevention and therapeutics of parasite- and bacteria-caused diseases in humans, animals and plants. |
| Frauwirth, Kenneth, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen): Dr. Frauwirth's laboratory is interested in understanding how T cells differentially respond to antigens that lead to tolerance vs. those that lead to a productive immune response. |
| Fredericksen, Brenda, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen): Dr. Fredericksen's research interests include defining the molecular mechanism(s) by which flaviviruses evade and/or block the host innate antiviral response. |
| Gao, Liayong, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen): The research in Dr. Gao's lab focuses on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of Mycobacteria pathogenesis. |
| Hamza, Iqbal, Ph.D. (Animal Sci): The Hamza lab utilizes a genomic and molecular approach to identify the genes and molecules involved in heme homeostasis and trafficking in humans by using Caenorhabditis elegans as a genetic animal model of heme auxotrophy. |
| Hutcheson, Steven, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen): The primary research program of the Hutcheson laboratory is examining the role and regulation of type III protein secretion in the pathogenicity of Pseudomonas syringae. |
| Joseph, Samuel, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen): In collaboration with others, the Joseph lab has studied various features of the Salmonella on-farm contamination problem in poultry houses and transportation. |
| Kingsford, Carl, Ph.D. (Computer Sci/Ctr Bioinformatics and Comp Biol): Dr. Kingsford's lab focused on: transcription termination in bacteria, protein structure prediction, overlapping genes in bacteria, evolution of the influenza genome, motif finding, and protein function prediction. |
| Kofinas, Peter, Ph.D. (Bioengineering): The research in the Kofinas lab involves. separation of viruses and virus-like particles from various media. This represents an enormous challenge to the fields of medicine, healthcare, and biotechnology. |
| Lampel, Keith, Ph.D. (FDA): |
| Lee, Vincent, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen): Dr. Lee's research interestst include host-pathogen interactions, in particular, molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and allosteric regulation of molecular complexes. |
| Lee, Sang Bok, Ph.D. (Chem and Biochem): Electrochemical synthesis of nanotube-structured materials for ultrafast electrochromics, supercapacitors, and solar cells. |
| Lo, Y. Martin (Nutr and Food): |
| McIver, Kevin, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen): Dr. McIver's lab interests include host-bacterial pathogen interactions, molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis for Streptococcus pyogenes and Francisella tularensis, and gene regulation. |
| Mount, Stephen, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen/Ctr Bioinformatics and Comp Biol): The Mount lab is interested in splice site selection during pre-mRNA splicing in eukaryotes. The research takes a genetic approach to this problem using Arabidopsis thaliana and Drosophila melanogaster. |
| Parish, Mickey, Ph.D. (Nutr and Food Sci): Primary interests are related to food and nutrition policy development and implementation with emphasis on risk assessment and risk analysis. |
| Payne, Greg, Ph.D. (Ctr for Biosystems Res/Univ Maryland Biotech Inst) |
| Perez, Daniel, Ph.D. (Vet Med): |
| Pop, Mihai, Ph.D. (Computer Sci/Ctr Bioinformatics and Comp Biol): |
| Salzberg, Steven, Ph.D. (Computer Sci/Ctr Bioinformatics and Comp Biol): |
| Sapkota, Amy, Ph.D. (MD Inst for Applied Health) |
| Seog, Joonil, Ph.D. (Materials Sci): |
| Shapiro, Benjamin, Ph.D. (Bioengineering): |
| Shirmohammadi, Adel, Ph.D. (Bioengineering): |
| Smela, Elisabeth, Ph.D. (Mechanical Eng): |
| Song, Wenxia, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen): The broad interest of my laboratory is to understand how the cellular activities of B-lymphocytes are regulated. |
| St. Leger, Ray, Ph.D. (Entomology): |
| Stein, Daniel, Ph.D. (Cell Biol and Molec Gen): |
| Tao, Yang (Bioengineering): |
| Tishkoff, Sarah, Ph.D. (Biology): |
| Wu, Louisa, Ph.D. (Ctr for Biosystems Res): Dr. Wu's research focuses on host defense against pathogens and signal transduction and cell-cell signaling in the innate immune response in insects. |
| Yorke, James, Ph.D. (Math and Physics): |
| Zhang, Yanjin, Ph.D. (Vet Med): |
| Zhu, Xiaoping, Ph.D. (Vet Med): |
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