Biochemistry at 绿帽社 is a program, not a department, so faculty who can host students are from different departments. Biochemistry research takes place in many different laboratories across the university. Many of the labs are listed below. In order to do an honors thesis, your work must relate to biochemistry in some way.
Chemistry Department
![headshot of Ming An](/img/hi-res/directory/aming.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Organic
- bio-organic
- medicinal
- biological
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- chemical biology
- drug discovery
![headshot of Susan Bane](/img/hi-res/directory/sbane.jpg?resolution=200)
Susan Bane
Professor; Biochemistry Program Director
Chemistry; Biochemistry Program
Research Interests
- Chemical Biology
- Microtubules
- Molecular mechanism of Taxol chemotherapy
- Site-specific fluorescent labeling of proteins
- Molecular mechanisms of colchicine and related drugs
![headshot of Christof T. Grewer](/img/hi-res/directory/cgrewer.jpg?resolution=200)
Christof T. Grewer
Professor; Department Chair
Chemistry
Research Interests
- Biophysical chemistry
- Dynamics of the transport process
- Development of pharmacological tools
- Inhibitor synthesis and characterization
- Computational studies
![headshot of Wei Qiang](/img/hi-res/directory/wqiang.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Biological solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Membrane biophysics
- Structural biology of amyloid aggregates
![headshot of Eriks Rozners](/img/hi-res/directory/erozners.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Chemical approaches to control the function of regulatory RNAs
- Non-ionic backbone-modified RNA analogs
- Molecular recognition of folded RNA using Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNAs)
- Triplex-forming PNAs to control function of SARS-CoV-2 RNA
![headshot of Sozanne Solmaz](/img/hi-res/directory/ssolmaz.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Brain and muscle developmental diseases in infants, including spinal muscular atrophy
- Roles of nuclear pore complexes in brain development
- Structure-based design of therapies for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease
- Cytoskeletal motors
- Structural biology, x-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy
![headshot of Mathew J. Vetticatt](/img/hi-res/directory/vetticatt.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Organocatalysis
Biology Department
![headshot of David G. Davies](/img/hi-res/directory/dgdavies.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Microbiology
- Bacterial physiology
- Biofilm research
![headshot of Kathleen L. Horwath](/img/hi-res/directory/khorwath.jpg?resolution=200)
Kathleen L. Horwath
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Research Interests
- Comparative and environmental biochemistry
- Molecular cell biology
- Development and physiology of insects
![headshot of Dennis W. McGee](/img/hi-res/directory/dmcgee.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Intestinal epithelial cell biology and immunology
![headshot of Carol I. Miles](/img/hi-res/directory/cmiles.jpg?resolution=200)
Carol I. Miles
Associate Professor/ Undergraduate Program Director
Biological Sciences
Research Interests
- Neurobiology
- Development and behavior of insects
![headshot of Laura Musselman](/img/hi-res/directory/lmusselm.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Systems physiology of obesity
- Lipid and sugar metabolism
- Interactions between the diet and genotype
![headshot of Karin Sauer](/img/hi-res/directory/ksauer.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Biofilm development and resistance
![headshot of Jeffrey W. Schertzer](/img/hi-res/directory/jschertz.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Bacterial communication
- Toxin trafficking
- Biofilm formation
![headshot of Julian Shepherd](/img/hi-res/directory/jshepher.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Reproductive physiology of insects and arachnids
![headshot of Steven P. Tammariello](/img/hi-res/directory/tammarie.jpg?resolution=200)
Steven P. Tammariello
Associate Chair; Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Research Interests
- Equine performance genomics
![headshot of Robert G. Van Buskirk](/img/hi-res/directory/rvanbus.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Cell Stress Pathways
- Stem Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering
- Medical Device Development
Anthropology Department
![headshot of Jeffrey K. Lum](/img/hi-res/directory/klum.jpg?resolution=200)
Research Interests
- Molecular anthropology
- Forensic genetics
- Malaria
- epidemiology; Melanesia
- Melanesia
![headshot of D. Andrew Merriwether](/img/hi-res/directory/andym.jpg?resolution=200)
D. Andrew Merriwether
Professor; Collegiate Professor for College in the Woods
Anthropology; Residential Life
Research Interests
- Ancient DNA/PaleoGenomics
- Molecular Anthropology
- Peopling of the New World and The Pacific
- Plant and Animal Domestication
- Population Genetics/Phylogenetics
- Forensic DNA
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Biomedical Anthropology
- Evolutionary Biology/Molecular Evolution
- Paleodemography
Pharmacy School
![]() Nathan TumeyAssistant Graduate Director and Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical SciencesSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Interests
![]() Tracy BrooksAssociate Professor and Vice Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Menner Family Endowed Faculty FellowSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Interests
![]() Tony DavisAssistant Professor, Pharmaceutical SciencesSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Interests
![]() Yetrib HathoutGraduate Director and Professor, Pharmaceutical SciencesSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Interests
![]() Kuo-Ching (KC) MeiAssistant Professor, Pharmaceutical SciencesSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Interests
![]() Tao ZhangAssistant Professor, Pharmaceutical SciencesSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Interests
![]() Katie EdwardsAssistant Professor, Pharmaceutical SciencesSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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