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Faculty

The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program is comprised of a diverse faculty with broad research interests ranging from the molecular control mechanisms of RNA stability to the definition of crystal structures of membrane and soluble proteins.

Professors  |  Associate Professors  |  Assistant Professors  |  Senior Lecturers  |  Emeritus Faculty
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Professor and Chairman

Dr. Kellems

Rodney E. Kellems, Ph.D
Professor
Chairman, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology



ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTORS, AUTOANTIBODIES, & DISEASE


Tel: 713.500.6124
Email: Rodney.E.Kellems@uth.tmc.edu

About Dr. Kellems

 


Professor and Vice-Chairman

Dr. Lever

Julia E. Lever, Ph.D.
Professor
Vice Chairman, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology



Tel: 713.500.6055
Email: Julia.E.Lever@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Lever


Professor and Director, BMB Graduate Program

Dr. Blackburn

Michael Blackburn, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Graduate Program

MOLECULAR MODELS OF ADENOSINE SIGNALING
AND CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE


Tel: 713.500.6087
Email: Michael.R.Blackburn@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Blackburn


Professor and Director, Center for Membrane Biology

Dr. Spudich

John Spudich, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Center for Membrane Biology

MEMBRANE PROTEIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION


Tel: 713.500.5473
Email: John.L.Spudich@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Spudich


Professor and Director, Structural Biology Imaging Center

Dr. Penczek

Pawel Penczek, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Structural Biology Imaging Center

STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF PROTEINS AND MOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES


Tel: 713.500.5416
Email: Pawel.A.Penczek@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Penczek

 

PROFESSORS

Dr. Dowhan

William Dowhan, Ph.D.
Professor and Holder of the John S. Dunn, Sr. Chair

STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND ASSEMBLY OF CELL MEMBRANES


Tel: 713.500.6051
Email: William.Dowhan@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Dowhan

Dr. Lee

Cheng Chi Lee, Ph.D.
Professor

MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMN AND HYPOMETABOLIC BEHAVIORS IN MAMMALS


Tel: 713.500.6051
Email: Cheng.C.Lee@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Lee

Dr. Putkey

John Putkey, Ph.D.
Professor

MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF CALCIUM-DEPENDENT CELL REGULATION


Tel: 713.500.6061
Email: John.Putkey@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Putkey

Dr. Shyu

Ann-Bin Shyu, Ph.D.
Professor and Jesse H. Jones Chair in Molecular Biology

MECHANISMS CONTROLLING MAMMALIAN MRNA TRUNOVER AND THEIR ROLES IN HUMAN DISEASE


Tel: 713.500.6068
Email: Ann-Bin.Shyu@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Shyu

 

Dr. Strobel

Henry Strobel, Ph.D.
Professor

CYTOCHROME P450 DEPENDENT DRUG METABOLISM


Tel: 713.500.6078
Email: Henry.W.Strobel@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Strobel

 

 

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Dr. Carpenter

Phil Carpenter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

CELL CYCLE CONTROL/DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE NETWORKS


Tel: 713.500.6032
Email: Phillip.B.Carpenter@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Carpenter

 

Dr. Jayaraman

Vasanthi Jayaraman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTORS


Tel: 713.500.6236
Email: Vasanthi.Jayaraman@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Jayaraman

 

Dr. Levine

Alan Levine, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH


Tel: 713.500.4497
Email: Alan.E.Levine@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Levine

 

Dr. Ridge

Kevin Ridge, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR FUNCTION


Tel: 713.500.5908
Email: Kevin.D.Ridge@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Ridge

 

Dr. Serysheva

Irina Serysheva, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS


Tel: 713.500.5523
Email: Irina.I.Serysheva@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Serysheva

 

 

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Dr. Jin

Jianping Jin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

UBIQUITIN SIGNALING PATHWAY & DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT CONTROL


Tel: 713.500.6093
Email: Jianping.Jin@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Jin

 

Dr. Li

Renhao Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

STRUCTURE & REGULATION OF CELL ADHESION RECEPTORS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF TRANSMEMBRANE SIGNALING


Tel: 713.500.7233
Email: Renhao.Li@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Li

Dr. Raman

C. S. Raman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF CELLULAR SIGNALING


Tel: 713.500.6284
Email: C.S.Raman@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Raman

 

Dr. Veeraraghavan

Sudha Veeraraghavan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

STRUCTURAL CELL BIOLOGY


Tel: 713.500.6089
Email:
Sudha.Veeraraghavan@uth.tmc.edu

About Dr. Veeraraghavan

 

Dr. Xia

Yang Xia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

MOLECULAR BASIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES


Tel: 713.500.5039
Email:
Yang.Xia@uth.tmc.edu

About Dr. Xia

 

Dr. Zheng

Lei Zheng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS


Tel: 713.500.6083
Email:
Lei.Zheng@uth.tmc.edu

About Dr. Zheng

 

 

SENIOR LECTURER

Dr. Seifert

William Seifert, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer





Tel: 713.500.6283
Email: William@uth.tmc.edu


About Dr. Seifert

 


PROFESSOR EMERITUS

John A. DeMoss, Ph.D.
Barbara Sanborn, Ph.D.

GRADUATE SCHOOL PROGRAM FACULTY


Joseph Alcorn, Ph.D.
Michael Blackburn, Ph.D.
Phil Carpenter, Ph.D.
Carmen Dessauer, Ph.D.
William Dowhan, Ph.D.
Hamed Jafar-Nejad, M.D.
Vasanthi Jayaraman, Ph.D.
Rodney E. Kellems, Ph.D.
Richard Kulmacz, Ph.D.
Cheng Chi Lee, Ph.D.
Julia E. Lever, Ph.D.
Renhao Li, Ph.D.
Kevin Morano , Ph.D.
Pawel Penczek, Ph.D.
John Putkey, Ph.D.
C.S. Raman, Ph.D.
Kevin Ridge, Ph.D.
Ann-Bin Shyu, Ph.D.
John Spudich, Ph.D.
James Stoops, Ph.D.
Henry Strobel, Ph.D.
Ah-Lim Tsai, Ph.D.
Ambro van Hoof, Ph.D.
Sudha Veeraraghavan, Ph.D.
Rick Wetsel, Ph.D.
Yang Xia, Ph.D.
Lei Zheng , Ph.D.


RESEARCH TRACK FACULTY


Mikhail Bogdanov, Ph.D.
Chyi-Ying Chen, Ph.D.
Misty Chen-Goodspeed, Ph.D.
Dong-Sun Lee, Ph.D.
Mary Marsh , Ph.D.
Eugenia Mileykovskaya, Ph.D.
Jun Sasaki , Ph.D.
Oleg Sineshchekov, Ph.D.
Cissy Chenyi Zhou, Ph.D.

CROSS-APPOINTED FACULTY


Joseph Alcorn, Ph.D.
Rowan Chang, Ph.D.
Hamed Jafar-Nejad, M.D.
Melvin Klegerman, Ph.D.
Mikhail Kolonin, Ph.D.
Richard Kulmacz, Ph.D.
Nami McCarty, Ph.D.
John O’Brien, Ph.D.
Paul J. Simmons, Ph.D.
James Stoops, Ph.D.
Ah-Lim Tsai, Ph.D.
Steven W. Wang, Ph.D.
Rick Wetsel, Ph.D.