BGES Faculty members represent a number of area institutions and are engaged in a host of different research activities. Symbols serve to indicate the institution and research area for each faculty member are explained at the bottom.
Listing of Regular and Adjunct Faculty
| Name | DESCRIPTORS | RESEARCH INTERESTS |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandru Almasan |
CCF |
apoptosis and cell cycle control of tumor cells; genotoxic stress; radiobiology |
| William Baldwin | CCF CMB |
cardiac and renal allograft rejection; vascular inflammation |
| Cornelia Bergmann | CCF CMB |
regulation of and function of CD8 T cells during viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) associated with demyelination |
| Kathleen L. Berkner | CCF CMB |
homeostasis and the physiology of vitamin K |
| Meredith Bond | CSU CMB |
cardiovascular pathology |
| G. Valentin Börner | CSU CMB |
molecular genetics: functional analysis of chromosome dynamics |
| Tatiana Byzova | CCF CMB |
Cell adhesion molecules (integrins) in thrombosis, vascular biology and cancer; vascular endothelial growth factors, angiogenesis, extracellular matrix |
| Andrea Corbett | CSU | Plant Ecology: Plant competition, root-soil dynamics, community ecology, community diversity, secondary succession in old-fields, invasive species, solar tracking in arctic flowers |
| Margot Damaser | CCF CMB |
Urological Biomechanics; the nature of maternal birth injuries and the post-injury healing process; application of stem cell technology to facilitate injury recovery |
| R. Jeffrey Dean | CSU | neuroscience: motor control of limb movement & coordination in insects, amphibians, humans and robots; neuroethology: lateral line orientation; cybernetics, neural modeling & artificial neural networks |
| Carol De La Motte | CCF CMB |
mechanisms of intestinal health and disease including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis; mechanism of bacterial protection stimulated by human milk |
| Rebecca Drenovsky | JCU OEB, EVS |
plant-soil interface; resource availability influences on plant physiology and ecological processes; climate change, anthropogenic disturbance; invasive species |
| Donna Driscoll | CCF CMB |
Selenoproteins and their unusual mRNA coding and translation; Selenium insufficiency and disease, including atherosclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer |
| Ranjan Dutta | CCF CMB |
multiple sclerosis (MS); differences between relapse-remitting and progressive phases of MS; molecular changes underlying neuronal degeneration in MS and possible therapies |
| Thomas Egelhoff | CCF CMB |
cell migration and invasion, with emphasis on understanding the roles and regulation of myosin II; relevance to cancer cell metastasis and wound healing |
| Mary Gardiner | OSU OEB |
agricultural landscape ecology; invasive species; entomology; conservation of parasitoids, predators, and pollinators |
| Brian Gastman | CCF CMB |
tumor Immunology - induction of suppressor cells and immune evasion; cancer therapy resistance - oncogenes with anti-apoptotic and anti-senescent functions rendering tumors chemotherapy resistant |
| Merlin Nithya Gnanapragasam | CSU | Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of mammalian erythropoiesis, Hemoglobin gene switching, Anemias such as Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemias, Sickle Cell Anemia, and Beta Thalassemia, and Erythroleukemias |
| Shamone Gore Panter | CSU
CMB |
molecular cardiology, gene expression, cardiovascular genetics and electrophysiology, atrial fibrillation |
| CSU | remote sensing, GIS, geospatial datasets, ecosystem processes | |
| Kailash Gulshan | CSU | cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, autophagy, inflammation, interleukins, sphingolipids |
| Neetu Gupta | CCF CMB |
molecular mechanisms regulating B cell antigen receptor signaling, B cell proliferation, and fate, Role for ezrin |
| Stanley Hazen | CCF CMB |
cell biology: biochemistry of oxidative tissue damage |
| Meagan Harless | CSU | herpetology; community ecology; ecotoxicology of pollutants in freshwater systems; conservation biology; parasitology in amphibians |
| Peng Jiang | CSU | data science, computational biology, bioinformatics, biostatistics, machine learning, gene regulation, developmental & regenerative biology |
| Trine Joergensen | CCF CMB |
autoimmunity; systemic lupus erythematosus; gender differences; role of interferons in autoimmunity |
| Jeffrey P. Johansen | JCU OEB , EVS |
botany: ecology and systematics of algae; use of diatoms as water quality indicators; biogeography of terrestrial algae; ecology and rehabilitation of cryptogamic soil crusts |
| Andrew Jones | CMNH OEB, EVS |
phylogeography of birds in island and mountain habitats; avian natural history |
| Michael Kalafatis | CSU CMB |
biochemistry of blood coagulation and thrombosis |
| Sadashiva Karnik | CCF CMB |
molecular cardiology: molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in blood pressure regulation |
| Anton A. Komar | CSU CMB |
molecular biology: translational regulation of gene expression |
| Roman Kondratov | CSU CMB |
molecular mechanisms of aging and circadian rhythms |
| Robert A. Krebs | CSU OEB, EVS |
evolutionary biology: historical changes in freshwater mussel (Unionidae) distributions; models of genetic changes associated with colonization and isolation in refugia; mussel conservation |
| Justin Lathia | CCF CMB |
tumor microenvironment and communication mechanisms used by cancer stem cells |
| Bibo Li | CSU CMB |
molecular biology: telomere functions; pathogenesis of Trypanosoma brucei (a protozoan parasite causing sleeping sickness in humans and Nagana in cattle) in relation to telomere function and regulation of surface antigen switching to avoid immune responses |
| Xiaoxia Li | CCF CMB |
immunology: molecular biology of interferon signaling pathways |
| Michelle Longworth |
CCF |
mechanism of DNA organization as it pertains to proper chromosome segregation during cell division as well as the regulation of transcription relevant to development, innate immune signaling and the pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| Kristen Lukas | CMZ |
study and conservation of African apes focusing on the impact of environmental factors on behavior, the etiology of abnormal behavior, and factors influencing conservation attitudes |
| Barsanjit Mazumder | CSU CMB |
molecular biology: molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular disease; post-transcriptional regulation of pro-inflammatory gene expression in endothelial cells, monocytes, and macrophages |
| Keith McCrae | CCF CMB |
function of blood vessels in health and disease; antiphospholipid syndrome; microparticles--small pieces of cells that circulate in the blood, and promote blood clotting; role of kininogen in regulating vascular functions |
| Tom McIntyre | CCF | uncontrolled oxidation of phospholipids; trafficking of inflammatory cells leading to cardiovascular disease |
| Ronald J. Midura | CCF CMB |
molecular physiology: analysis of vertebrate biomineralization mechanisms and embryonic skeletogenesis |
| Barbara K. Modney | CSU CMB |
neuroscience: specificity of synaptic connections during development and following injury; development of neuronal circuits and behavior |
| Christine S. Moravec | CCF CMB |
molecular cardiology: decreased contractility in heart failure: Ca cycling, sarcoplasmic reticulum function, gene expression |
| Kevin Mueller |
CSU |
global change ecology; biodiversity; biogeochemistry; plant functional traits; land management; urban ecology; environmental pollution; paleoclimate & paleoecology; plant lipids & biomarkers (chemical fossils) |
| Laura Nagy | CCF CMB |
how chronic alcohol consumption contributes to chronic diseases, such as liver disease and diabetes |
| Edward Plow | CCF CMB |
Integrin signaling in leukocyte responses during inflammation and platelet aggregation |
| Jun Qin | CCF CMB |
structural biology: relationships between protein structure and function in cellular signal transduction pathways |
| Emily Rauschert | CSU |
Plant ecology: population and spatial dynamics, dispersal, species coexistence, biological invasions and biotic homogenization |
| Ofer Reizes | CCF CMB |
obesity, adipose tissue development and maintenance, syndecans and heparan sulfate proteoglycan |
| Andrew Resnick | CSU CMB |
sensory cilia in cellular mechanosensation; optical probes of matter; epithelial cell culture, electrophysiology, microscopy and laser tweezers, microfluidics and analytical modeling; renal and airway epithelial tissue |
| Terry L. Robison | CMP OEB, EVS |
genetics, reforestation, ecosystem and pest management; influence of disturbances on ecosystem services |
| Tony L. Sahley | CSU CMB |
auditory neurophysiology and neuropharmacology |
| Tobili Y. Sam-Yellowe | CSU CMB |
microbiology, immunology, and parasitology: mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion in malaria; role of apical complex organelles in merozoite invasion in Plasmodium falciparum and P. chabaudi |
| Dennis Sampson |
CSU OEB |
infectious disease microbiology, plant mating systems, plant stress physiology |
| Aaron Severson | CSU CMB |
Meiosis, DNA replication, generation of sister chromatid cohesion, homolog pairing, and crossover recombination, and unique pattern of chromosome segregation |
| Nima Sharifi | CCF | metabolic processes, prostate cancer |
| Girish Shukla | CSU CMB |
Molecular Biology of RNA: in vivo and in vitro mechanisms of nuclear pre-mRNA splicing, structure-function of small RNAs, understanding the role of miRNAs in prostate cancer, modulation of androgen receptor by miRNAs in prostate cancer |
| Robert H. Silverman | CCF CMB |
Cancer biology: mechanism of action of interferons, particularly the role of RNase L |
| Jonathan D. Smith | CCF CMB |
mechanisms and pathways relevant to human cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, and HDL metabolism |
| George Stark | CCF CMB |
Molecular biology: protein and nucleic acid biochemistry, DNA amplification, molecular biology of signal transduction pathways |
| Olga Stenina-Adognravi | CCF CMB |
Vascular complications of diabetes |
| Dennis Stuehr | CCF CMB |
Immunology: biology and biochemistry of nitric oxide, a molecule involved in cell signaling and host defense |
| Gavin Svenson | CMNH |
systematics and phylogenetics of the praying mantises (Mantodea) |
| Wilson Tang | CCF CMB |
mechanistic determinants of cardiovascular disease, particularly in human heart failure and cardiomyopathy |
| Angela H Ting | CCF CMB |
mechanisms of epigenetic gene silencing and understanding the functional relevance of DNA methylation in cancer development and progression |
| Bruce D Trapp | CCF CMB |
cellular/molecular events involved in glial cell development and myelin formation in the central and peripheral nervous systems (CNS and PNS); pathogenic mechanisms involved in permanent neurological disability in human diseases of myelin such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS). |
| Vincent K. Tuohy | CCF CMB |
Cancer Vaccines, Cancer Immunotherapy, Primary Immunoprevention of Breast and Ovarian Cancer |
| John Van Stan | CSU | environmental science and geography, landscape ecology, wetlands, environmental science & policy |
| Jacqueline Vitali | CSU CMB |
protein crystallography, specifically biomedically important enzymes |
| B. Michael Walton | CSU OEB, EVS |
ecological physiology and evolutionary biology: studies of behavioral energetics, whole-organism performance, and the relationship of these variables to growth and survival in natural populations of reptiles and amphibians |
| Crystal M. Weyman | CSU CMB |
cell biology: signaling pathways regulating proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and transformation of skeletal myoblasts |
| Jessica Williams | CCF, CMB | neuroimmunology; autoimmunity; cytokine signaling in glia during multiple sclerosis |
| Julie A. Wolin | CSU OEB, EVS |
environmental science: diatom assemblage analysis applied to current environmental impact studies and to paleolimnological reconstructions |
| Jingqi Yan | CSU | neuroscience, biophysics, brain function and pathophysiology of autism and metabolic disorders |
| Fasong Yuan |
CSU |
geology and environmental science: geochemical and isotopic tracers to investigate physical processes occurring in lakes and rivers, aqueous and environmental geochemistry to assess anthropogenic disturbances, environmental indicators for modern and ancient aquatic systems |
| Bin Zhang | CCF CMB |
early secretory pathway deficiencies in human diseases such as hemophilia A and cancer |
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