Chemistry
Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
Dept. of Chemistry
2121 Euclid Ave., CHM
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
Campus Location
Science & Research Center (SR)
2351 Euclid Avenue, Rm. 397
Contact Us
Phone: 216.687.2451
Fax: 216.687.9298
m.r.jones@csuohio.edu
Affiliated Faculty Information
I. Affiliated Faculty, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
| Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/urology-kidney/depts/reproductive-medicine Biological markers of oxidative stress; proteomic and bioinformatics in DNA damage, apoptosis and preserving fertility in patients with cancer; laboratory and clinical studies assessing the efficacy of certain antioxidants in improving male fertility |
| Suneel Apte, M.B.B.S, Ph.D. https://lerner.ccf.org/biomedical-engineering/apte/ Extracellular matrix; proteolysis; metalloproteinases; ADAMTS proteases; ADAMTS-like proteins; proteomics; morphogenesis; cardiovascular; musculoskeletal; birth defects; fetal-maternal medicine; eye disorders; neural tube; craniofacial development; smooth muscle; post-translational modification; inherited connective tissue disorders; osteoarthritis; primary cilium |
| Mark Aronica, M.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/inflammation-immunity/aronica/ Mechanisms by which specific ECM proteins contribute to the onset of asthma |
| Kathleen Berkner, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cardiovascular-metabolic/berkner/ Vitamin K; vitamin K-dependent protein carboxylation; hemostasis; anticoagulation; calcification; vitamin K-dependent clotting factors deficiency (VKCFD); pseudoxanthoma elasticum; warfarin resistance; gamma-glutamyl carboxylase; vitamin K oxidoreductase (VKOR) |
| Mark Brown, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cardiovascular-metabolic/brown/ Lipid metabolism; lipoprotein metabolism; atherosclerosis; obesity; diabetes; reverse cholesterol transport; triacylglycerol; nutrition |
| Tatiana Byzova, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/neurosciences/byzova/ Angiogenesis; endothelial cells; integrins; extracellular matrix; cell adhesion; tumor progression; vascular biology; signal transduction in endothelium and platelets; oxidative stress and vasculature; toll-like receptors in angiogenesis |
| Donna Driscoll, Ph.D. RNA biology; mRNA translational control; nutritional regulation of gene expression; selenium |
| Serpil Erzurum, M.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/inflammation-immunity/erzurum/ Asthma; pulmonary vascular disease; hypoxia; metabolism |
| Stanley Hazen, M.D., Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cardiovascular-metabolic/hazen/ Inflammation; atherosclerosis; asthma; myeloperoxidase; cardiovascular diseases; HDL; peroxidases; airway remodeling; intestinal microbiota; gut flora; cardiometabolic disease |
| Christopher Hine, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cardiovascular-metabolic/hine/ Dietary restriction; aging; lifespan extension; stress resistance; exercise; hydrogen sulfide (H2S) production and metabolism; sulfur amino acid metabolism; endocrine signaling and longevity |
| Sadashiva Karnik, Ph.D. GPCRs; angiotensin receptors; ARBs; biased signaling; cardiac hypertrophy; hypertension; heart failure; structure-function of GPCRs; transmembrane signaling; microRNA; gene expression; chromatin protein modifications; STAT3 and U-STAT3 signaling; RGS proteins |
| Xiaoxia Li, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/inflammation-immunity/li/ Signal transduction in innate and adaptive immunity |
| Daniel Lindner, M.D., Ph.D. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/3044-daniel-lindner Mechanisms of acquired drug resistance in renal cancer, development of more effective drugs to treat myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myelogenous leukemia |
| Thomas McIntyre, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cardiovascular-metabolic/mcintyre/ Lipid mediators; inflammatory signaling; platelet biology; biochemistry; acute kidney injury |
| Richard Padgett, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cardiovascular-metabolic/padgett/ Transcription; RNA processing; RNA splicing; splicing factors; relation to cancer and developmental diseases; gene structure and function; genomics; evolution of genomes; RNA biochemistry |
| Eugene Podrez, M.D., Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/inflammation-immunity/podrez/ Atherosclerosis; thrombosis; atherothrombosis; platelets; macrophage; scavenger receptors; LDL; HDL; cholesterol; phospholipids; oxidative stress; lipid peroxidation |
| Jun Qin, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cardiovascular-metabolic/qin/ Signal transduction; integrin; cell adhesion; cell migration; kinase; heart disease; cancer; structural biology; protein NMR; protein crystallography |
| Sujata Rao, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/ophthalmic-research/rao/ Eye; developmental biology; circadian clock; neurovascular development; thyroid hormone signaling; cone photoreceptors; vascular remodeling |
| Nima Sharifi, M.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cancer-biology/sharifi/ Prostate cancer; androgens; metabolism; steroids; castration-resistant prostate cancer; androgen receptor; hormone therapy; medical oncology; dihydrotestosterone; enzymes; biochemistry |
| Robert Silverman, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cancer-biology/silverman/ Interferon; rnase l; antiviral innate immunity; oncolytic virotherapy, DNA methyltransferase inhibitor |
| Jonathan Smith, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cardiovascular-metabolic/smith/ Atherosclerosis; HDL metabolism; atrial fibrillation; genetics; genomics; eQTL; gene expression; reverse cholesterol transport; dysfunctional HDL; RNAseq; allelic expression imbalance; ABCA1; mouse models; zinc finger nuclease |
| George Stark, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cancer-biology/stark/ Interferons; IL-6; NFkB; STAT3; EGFR; drug resistance; DNA repair; lung cancer; breast cancer; prostate cancer; glioblastoma; septic shock |
| Dennis Stuehr, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/inflammation-immunity/stuehr/ Inflammation; nitric oxide; heme transport; soluble guanylate cyclase; electron transfer |
| Wai Hong Wilson Tang, M.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cardiovascular-metabolic/tang/ Heart failure; cardiomyopathy; nitrative stress; metabolomics; cardio-renal syndrome |
| Bruce Trapp, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/neurosciences/trapp/ Multiple sclerosis; glia; oligodendrocytes; astrocytes; neuroprotection; myelin, autism |
| Bin Zhang, Ph.D. https://www.lerner.ccf.org/genomic-medicine/zhang/ Mechanism of intracellular trafficking in human disease development; protein secretion; endoplasmic reticulum stress; hemophilia; alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, cardiovascular diseases; cancer |
II. Affiliated Faculty, Doctoral Clinical Laboratory Scientists
| A. Robert J. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/pathology |
|---|
| Edmund Z. Reineks, M.D., Ph.D., DABCC https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/15151-edmunds-reineks Point of care testing; quality; lab directorship; special topics |
| Adam McShane, Ph.D., DABCC https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/22478-adam-mcshane Automated chemistry; cardiovascular disease; blood gases |
| Marvin Natowicz, M.D., Ph.D. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/4098-marvin-natowicz Biochemical genetics; metabolic diseases |
| Jessica Colon-Franco, Ph.D., DABCC https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/24086-jessica-colon-franco Endocrinology; special chemistry; leadership |
| Kamran Kadkhoda, Ph.D., DABMLI https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/24007-kamran-kadkhoda Immunopathology; serology; allergy; cellular immunology |
| Grace Kroner, Ph.D. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/26703-grace-kroner Special chemistry; diabetes testing; laboratory test utilization; data analytics |
| B. Department of Pathology, Metrohealth Medical Center www.metrohealth.org/pathology |
|---|
| C. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron www.akronchildrens.org/locations/Pathology-and-Laboratory-Medicine.html |
|---|
| D. Quest Diagnostics Cleveland Hearthlab Center of Excellence www.clevelandheartlab.com |
|---|
| Deborah Sun, Ph.D. Clinical laboratory operations and management |
III. Affiliated Faculty Case Western Reserved University or MetroHealth/Case Western Reserve University
| *Faculty with Primary position at MetroHealth Medical Center |
|---|
| Romani Andrea M.D., Ph.D. https://physiology.case.edu/people/faculty/andrea-romani/ Regulation of magnesium homeostasis and transport in mammalian cells |
| Ge Jin, Ph.D. https://case.edu/dental/node/2466 Mechanism of cancer cell-derived cytokines and/or metabolites; immune response and role of HIV-infection in development/progression of non-AIDS-defining cancers |
| *Jeffrey Schelling, M.D. (MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University) https://physiology.case.edu/people/visitor/jeffrey-r-schelling/ Mechanisms of chronic kidney disease progression; in vitro molecular and cellular methods, animal models and human studies investigating glomerular and tubulointerstitial pathophysiology |
| *Bing-Cheng Wang, Ph.D. (MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University) https://case.edu/medicine/pharmacology/people/bingcheng-wang Roles of Eph receptor tyrosine kinases in invasive growth and distal metastasis of cancer cells |
| Wen-Quan Zou, M.D., Ph.D. https://case.edu/medicine/pathology/faculty/wen-quan-zou Protein aggregation in the conformational diseases; pathologic prion proteins (PrPC and PrPSc) in prion diseases (PrD); neurotoxic amyloid β (Aβ) in Alzheimer disease (AD); Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) |
IV. Affiliated Faculty, Cleveland State University
| Jamila Hirbawi, Ph.D. Manager, Freshman Chemistry Program, Department of Chemistry |
V. Affiliated Faculty, NASA
| James L. Smialek Ph.D. https://www.linkedin.com High-temperature oxidation; coatings |
Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
Dept. of Chemistry
2121 Euclid Ave., CHM
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
Campus Location
Science & Research Center (SR)
2351 Euclid Avenue, Rm. 397
Contact Us
Phone: 216.687.2451
Fax: 216.687.9298
m.r.jones@csuohio.edu