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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Primary Faculty

  • Adhikary, Gautam , PhD, Assistant Professor
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    Keywords: Regulation of cancer stem cell survival.
  • Ananyeva, Natalya M., PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
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  • Badugu, Ramachandram , PhD, Assistant Professor
    (410) 706-7500
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    Keywords: Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Sensing, Radiative Decay Engineering, Plasmon-Controlled Fluorescence, Plasmonic Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology.
  • Ballin, Jeff D., PhD, Research Associate
    (410) 706-8903
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  • Benedetti, Francesca , PhD, Research Associate
    410-706-4657
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    Keywords: Microbiota, Cancer biology, p53, Mycoplasma
  • Bucci, Enrico , MD, PhD, MD, Professor Emeritus
    (410) 706-6380
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  • Cho, Suhan , MS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Clark, Adam , DPhil, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Collins, John H., PhD, Professor Emeritus
    (410) 706-8102
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  • Corti, Paola , PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Dey, Debajit , MA, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Drohat, Alexander C., PhD, Professor
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    Keywords: DNA Repair, Epigenetics and DNA methylation, Enzymology, NMR, Structural Biology, SUMO modification
  • Du, Shaojun , PhD, Professor
    (410) 234-8854
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    Keywords: Genetic and epigenetic regulation of gene expression, muscle, bone and adipocyte cell differentiation, molecular chaperones and protein stability, zebrafish models, gene transfer and genome editing.
  • Eckert, Richard L., PhD, Professor
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    Keywords: Tumor Suppression Function, MAPK Signal Transduction, Transcriptional Regulation, Epigenetic Regulation, Transglutaminase Function, Nutrition and Cancer Prevention, Hippo Signaling, Mouse Disease Models, Oncogenes, Cancer Stem Cell Survival Factors
  • Fay, Jonathan F., PhD, Assistant Professor
    4107064353
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    Keywords: Membrane protein, structure, structural biology, cryo-EM, GPCR
  • Goelet, Philip , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
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  • Hasan, S. Saif , PhD, Assistant Professor
    240-314-6396
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    Keywords: Cancer Biology, Cardiac Disease, Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Epidemic Viruses, G-Proteins, Infectious Viruses, Membrane Proteins, Structural Biology, Transporters, Trans-Membrane Signaling, Viral Structures, Vesicular Trafficking, X-Ray Crystallography
  • Hernandez-Ochoa, Erick O., MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
    (410) 706-5787
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    Keywords: Excitability, calcium signals, voltage-gated ion channels, neurons, skeletal muscle cells. Calcium channel regulation, calcium dysregulation, pathophysiology of diabetes, skeletal muscle diseases.
  • Hurt, Elaine M., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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  • Kaetzel, David M., PhD, Adjunct Professor
    (410) 706-5080
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    Keywords: Cancer, melanoma, metastasis, metastasis suppressor genes, cancer stem cells, gene transcription, DNA repair, double-strand break repair, whole genome sequencing (WGS)
  • Kalari Kandy, Rakhee , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Karbowski, Mariusz , PhD, Associate Professor
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  • Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, Aikaterini , PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-5788
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    Keywords: cytoskeleton, signaling, skeletal and cardiac muscle (patho)physiology, breast cancer
  • Krauss, Christopher , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Lakowicz, Joseph R., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-8409
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    Keywords: Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Radiative Decay Engineering, Plasmon-controlled fluorescence
  • Lattman, Eaton E., PhD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Lee, Seung Jae , PhD, Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow
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  • Lin, Jiayuh , PhD, Professor
    410-706-7469
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    Keywords: IL-6, IL-11, GP130, STAT3
  • Lu-Chang, A-Lien , PhD, Adjunct Professor
    410-706-4356
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    Keywords: DNA repair, DNA damage response, protein-protein interaction, protein modification, cancer treatment
  • Medved, Leonid , ScD, PhD, Professor
    410-706-8065
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    Keywords: Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis, Plasma Proteins Structure and Interaction, Fibrinogen, Fibrin, Fibrin(ogen) Receptors, Fibrin-Dependent Inflammation.
  • Neuwald, Andrew F., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-6724
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    Keywords: Protein sequence and structural analysis, Bayesian statistics, Computational Biology
  • Oshima, Yumiko , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Pidugu, Lakshmi Swarna Mukhi , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Pomerantz, Seymour , PhD, Professor Emeritus
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  • Pozharskiy, Edvin , PhD, Associate Professor
    240-314-6870
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    Keywords: Protein crystallography, structure based drug design, biomolecular recognition
  • Qi, Jianfei , PhD, Associate Professor
    410-706-2192
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    Keywords: transcriptional gene regulation, signaling transduction, histone demethylase, ubiquitin ligase, androgen receptor, c-Myc, prostate cancer, castration-resistant prostate cancer, DNA damage response
  • Ray, Krishanu , PhD, Associate Professor
    (410) 706-6175
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    Keywords: Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Super-resolution imaging, HIV Envelope, Fc gamma receptor, DNA Packaging Motor, Plasmonics
  • Rosales-Soto, Giovanni , MS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Schneider, Martin F., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-7812
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    Keywords: Skeletal muscle, calcium signaling, muscle cell signaling, excitation-contraction coupling, membrane voltage sensors, gating currents, Ca2+ channels, excitability, neuronal signaling, nucleo-cytoplasmic signaling, NFAT, HDAC, Foxo, cell membrane biophysics, cell electrical properties, muscle plasticity, muscle fiber type, muscle growth, muscular dystrophy, hypokalemic periodic paralysis, muscle membranes, muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release, cytoplasmic Ca2+ transients, local Ca2+ signals, Ca2+ sparks, S100A1, calmodulin, calmodulation.
  • Shriver, Marey R., PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-5434
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    Keywords: Professional Development, Career Development, Grant Writing, Grant Proposals, Summary Statements, Research Question Development, Early Project Development, Scientific Writing, Individual Consultations
  • Singh, Suruchi , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Sivashanmugan, Kundan , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Summers, Michael F., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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  • Thompson, Richard B., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-7142
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    Keywords: fluorescence, biosensor, fluorescence lifetime, fluorescence anisotropy, fluorescence polarization, FRET, zinc, copper, hydroxyapatite, retina, sub-RPE deposits, drusen, fiber optics, sensors, fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, age-related macular degeneration
  • Varney, Kristen M., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-2110
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    Keywords: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Drug design, Structural Biology
  • Weber, David J., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-4354
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    Keywords: Calcium-signaling, tumor suppression & cancer biology, structural biology
  • Wilson, Gerald M., PhD, Professor
    410-706-8904
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    Keywords: Gene expression, RNA turnover, RNA-binding proteins, fluorescence spectroscopy, tumor progression, inflammatory mediators, lipoprotein receptors
  • Wu, Mei-Yi , PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Yakovlev, Sergiy , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-8066
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    Keywords: Fibrinogen, Fibrin, VLDL receptor, Endothelial cells, Leukocyte transmigration, Inflammation
  • Zalzman, Michal , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-7879
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    Keywords: Stem cells, Telomere, Cancer, Parkinson's disease, Conductive hearing loss, Bone reconstruction, 3D Printing, Tissue reconstruction, Regenerative medicine, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry,
  • Zella, Davide , PhD, Assistant Professor
    (410) 706-0995
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    Keywords: Cancer biology, p53, microbiota, Mycoplasma.
  • Zhao, Chengguang , PhD, Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow
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  • Zhou, Qun , MD, PhD, Associate Professor
    410-706-1615 (Office)
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