Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences
Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
Bio., Geo., & Env. Sciences
2121 Euclid Avenue, BGES
Cleveland, Ohio 44115-2214
Campus Location
Science Building (SI)
2399 Euclid Avenue, Rm. 219
Contact Us
Phone: 216.687.2440
Fax: 216.687.6972
bges@csuohio.edu
Faculty & Research
| NAME | DESCRIPTORS | RESEARCH INTERESTS |
| William Baldwin | CCF | cardiac and renal allograft rejection; vascular inflammation |
| CMB | ||
| Cornelia Bergmann | CCF | regulation of and function of CD8 T cells during viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) associated with demyelination |
| CMB | ||
| Kathleen L. Berkner | CCF | homeostasis and the physiology of vitamin K |
| CMB | ||
| Ruchi Bhattacharya | CSU | biogeochemistry, paleolimnology, computational geoscience |
| Meredith Bond | CSU | cardiovascular pathology |
| CMB | ||
| Vera Bonilha | CCF | ophthalmology, retina pigment epithelium biology |
| G. Valentin Boerner | CSU | molecular genetics: functional analysis of chromosome dynamics |
| CMB | ||
| Tatiana Byzova | CCF | cell adhesion molecules (integrins) in thrombosis, vascular biology and cancer; vascular endothelial growth factors, angiogenesis, extracellular matrix |
| CMB | ||
| Peiwen Chen | CCF | molecular and biological processes of primary & metastatic brain cancers |
| Feixiong Cheng | CCF | Alzheimer's Network Medicine Laboratory |
| Caitlin Colleary | CMNH | molecular preservation in vertabrate fossils |
| 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 | urological biomechanics; the nature of maternal birth injuries and the post-injury healing process; application of stem cell technology to facilitate injury recovery |
| CMB | ||
| 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 |
| Rebecca Drenovsky | JCU | plant-soil interface; resource availability influences on plant physiology and ecological processes; climate change, anthropogenic disturbance; invasive species |
| OEB, EVS | ||
| Ranjan Dutta | CCF | multiple sclerosis (MS); differences between relapse-remitting and progressive phases of MS; molecular changes underlying neuronal degeneration in MS and possible therapies |
| CMB | ||
| Mohammed Dwidar | CCF | microbes & microbiome dysbiosis in cancer, metabolic, and inflammatory diseases |
| Mary Gardiner | OSU | agricultural landscape ecology; invasive species; entomology; conservation of parasitoids, predators, and pollinators |
| OEB | ||
| Brian Gastman | CCF | tumor Immunology - induction of suppressor cells and immune evasion; cancer therapy resistance - oncogenes with anti-apoptotic and anti-senescent functions rendering tumors chemotherapy resistant |
| CMB | ||
| 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 |
| Zihua Gong | LRI | DNA repair pathway choice of BRCA1 and BRCA2 |
| Shamone Gore Panter | CSU | molecular cardiology, gene expression, cardiovascular genetics and electrophysiology, atrial fibrillation |
| CMB | ||
| Brice Grunert | CSU | remote sensing, GIS, geospatial datasets, ecosystem processes |
| Kailash Gulshan | CSU | cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, autophagy, inflammation, interleukins, sphingolipids |
| Neetu Gupta | CCF | molecular mechanisms regulating B cell antigen receptor signaling, B cell proliferation, and fate, Role for ezrin |
| CMB | ||
| Stanley Hazen | CCF | cell biology: biochemistry of oxidative tissue damage |
| CMB | ||
| Meagan Harless | CSU | herpetology; community ecology; ecotoxicology of pollutants in freshwater systems; conservation biology; parasitology in amphibians |
| Christopher Hine | CCF | aging, nutrition, metabolism, and stress resistance |
| Peng Jiang | CSU | data science, computational biology, bioinformatics, biostatistics, machine learning, gene regulation, developmental & regenerative biology |
| Trine Joergensen | CCF | autoimmunity; systemic lupus erythematosus; gender differences; role of interferons in autoimmunity |
| CMB | ||
| Jeffrey P. Johansen | JCU | botany: ecology and systematics of algae; use of diatoms as water quality indicators; biogeography of terrestrial algae; ecology and rehabilitation of cryptogamic soil crusts |
| OEB , EVS | ||
| Michael Kalafatis | CSU | biochemistry of blood coagulation and thrombosis |
| CMB | ||
| Mihriban Karaayvaz | CCF | early development stages of breast cancer and novel preventative measures |
| Sadashiva Karnik | CCF | molecular cardiology: molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in blood pressure regulation |
| CMB | ||
| Anton A. Komar | CSU | molecular biology: translational regulation of gene expression |
| CMB | ||
| Roman Kondratov | CSU | molecular mechanisms of aging and circadian rhythms |
| CMB | ||
| Robert A. Krebs | CSU | evolutionary biology: historical changes in freshwater mussel (Unionidae) distributions; models of genetic changes associated with colonization and isolation in refugia; mussel conservation |
| OEB, EVS | ||
| Justin Lathia | CCF | tumor microenvironment and communication mechanisms used by cancer stem cells |
| CMB | ||
| Bibo Li | CSU | 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 |
| CMB | ||
| Zihan Lin | CSU | environmental-health nexus, geospatial data science, urban green space |
| 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 |
| CMB | ||
| 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 | molecular biology: molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular disease; post-transcriptional regulation of pro-inflammatory gene expression in endothelial cells, monocytes, and macrophages |
| CMB | ||
| Keith McCrae | CCF | 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 |
| CMB | ||
| Tom McIntyre | CCF | uncontrolled oxidation of phospholipids; trafficking of inflammatory cells leading to cardiovascular disease |
| Barbara K. Modney | CSU | neuroscience: specificity of synaptic connections during development and following injury; development of neuronal circuits and behavior |
| CMB | ||
| Christine S. Moravec | CCF | molecular cardiology: decreased contractility in heart failure: Ca cycling, sarcoplasmic reticulum function, gene expression |
| CMB | ||
| Kevin Mueller | CSU | global change ecology; biodiversity; biogeochemistry; plant functional traits; land management; urban ecology; environmental pollution; paleoclimate & paleoecology; plant lipids & biomarkers (chemical fossils) |
| EVS, GEO | ||
| Laura Nagy | CCF | how chronic alcohol consumption contributes to chronic diseases, such as liver disease and diabetes |
| CMB | ||
| Imad Najm | CCF | Molecular mechanisms of cell damage following seizures and status epilepticus |
| Edward Plow | CCF | Integrin signaling in leukocyte responses during inflammation and platelet aggregation |
| CMB | ||
| Jun Qin | CCF | structural biology: relationships between protein structure and function in cellular signal transduction pathways |
| CMB | ||
| Gunnar Poplawski | CCF | in vitro culturing and in vivo models of neurodegeneration; neuronal rejuvenation; chronic spinal cord injury; inhibiting brain cancer cells from invading different brain areas |
| Sujata Rao | CCF | Diurnal regulation and circadian disruptions |
| Emily Rauschert | CSU | Plant ecology: population and spatial dynamics, dispersal, species coexistence, biological invasions and biotic homogenization |
| Ofer Reizes | CCF | obesity, adipose tissue development and maintenance, syndecans and heparan sulfate proteoglycan |
| CMB | ||
| Andrew Resnick | CSU | 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 |
| CMB | ||
| Tony L. Sahley | CSU | auditory neurophysiology and neuropharmacology |
| CMB | ||
| Tobili Y. Sam-Yellowe | CSU | microbiology, immunology, and parasitology: mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion in malaria; role of apical complex organelles in merozoite invasion in Plasmodium falciparum and P. chabaudi |
| CMB | ||
| Dennis Sampson | CSU | infectious disease microbiology, plant mating systems, plant stress physiology |
| OEB | ||
| Stephanie Schmit | CCF | molecular epidemiology of colorectal cancer |
| Sarah Schumacher Bass | CCF | molecular mechanisms underlying human cardiovascular disease processes |
| Aaron Severson | CSU | meiosis, DNA replication, generation of sister chromatid cohesion, homolog pairing, and crossover recombination, and unique pattern of chromosome segregation |
| CMB | ||
| Nima Sharifi | CCF | metabolic processes, prostate cancer |
| Girish Shukla | CSU | 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 |
| CMB | ||
| Robert H. Silverman | CCF | cancer biology: mechanism of action of interferons, particularly the role of RNase L |
| CMB | ||
| Jonathan D. Smith | CCF | mechanisms and pathways relevant to human cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, and HDL metabolism |
| CMB | ||
| Apollo Stacy | CCF | how metabolites regulate microbiome-host interactions; oral microbiome; bacterial metabolism; inflammation |
| George Stark | CCF | molecular biology: protein and nucleic acid biochemistry, DNA amplification, molecular biology of signal transduction pathways |
| CMB | ||
| Olga Stenina-Adognravi | CCF | vascular complications of diabetes |
| CMB | ||
| Dennis Stuehr | CCF | immunology: biology and biochemistry of nitric oxide, a molecule involved in cell signaling and host defense |
| CMB | ||
| Gavin Svenson | CMNH | systematics and phylogenetics of the praying mantises (Mantodea) |
| Wilson Tang | CCF | mechanistic determinants of cardiovascular disease, particularly in human heart failure and cardiomyopathy |
| CMB | ||
| Jackson Taylor | CSU | genetic regulation of aging and lifespan |
| Bruce D Trapp | CCF | 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). |
| CMB | ||
| John Van Stan | CSU | environmental science and geography, landscape ecology, wetlands, environmental science & policy |
| Jacqueline Vitali | CSU | protein crystallography, specifically biomedically important enzymes |
| CMB | ||
| B. Michael Walton | CSU | 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 |
| OEB, EVS | ||
| Na Wei | Holden Arboretum | evolutionary ecology |
| Crystal M. Weyman | CSU | cell biology: signaling pathways regulating proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and transformation of skeletal myoblasts |
| CMB | ||
| Jessica Williams | CCF, CMB | neuroimmunology; autoimmunity; cytokine signaling in glia during multiple sclerosis |
| Julie A. Wolin | CSU | environmental science: diatom assemblage analysis applied to current environmental impact studies and to paleolimnological reconstructions |
| OEB, EVS | ||
| 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 |
| GEO, EVS | ||
| Bin Zhang | CCF | early secretory pathway deficiencies in human diseases such as hemophilia A and cancer |
| CMB | ||
| HOME INSTITUTION | RESEARCH AREA | |
| CSU - Cleveland State University | CMB - Cell and Molecular Biology | |
| CCF - Cleveland Clinic Foundation | OEB - Organismal and Evolutionary Biology | |
| CWRU - Case Western Reserve University | GEO - Geology | |
| JCU - John Carroll University | EVS - Environmental Science | |
| CBG - Cleveland Botanical Garden | ||
| CMP - Cleveland Metroparks | ||
| CMZ - Cleveland Metroparks Zoo | ||
| CMNH - Cleveland Museum of Natural History | ||
Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
Bio., Geo., & Env. Sciences
2121 Euclid Avenue, BGES
Cleveland, Ohio 44115-2214
Campus Location
Science Building (SI)
2399 Euclid Avenue, Rm. 219
Contact Us
Phone: 216.687.2440
Fax: 216.687.6972
bges@csuohio.edu