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  |  Adjunct Faculty  |  Emeritus Faculty
Graduate School Program Faculty  |  Research Track Faculty  |  Cross-Appointed Faculty

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Professor and Chairman

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, Vice-Chairman, and GSBS Dean

Michael Blackburn, Ph.D. Professor Vice Chairman, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 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, BMB Graduate Program

Vasanthi Jayaraman, Ph.D. Professor Director, BMB Graduate Program STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTORS Tel: 713.500.6236 Email: Vasanthi.Jayaraman@uth.tmc.edu About Dr. Jayaraman

Professor and Director, Center for Membrane Biology

John Spudich, Ph.D. Professor and Holder of the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry 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

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

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

Cheng Chi Lee, Ph.D. Professor MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMN AND HYPOMETABOLIC BEHAVIORS IN MAMMALS Tel: 713.500.6832 Email: Cheng.C.Lee@uth.tmc.edu About Dr. Lee

 

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

Ann-Bin Shyu, Ph.D. Professor and Jesse H. Jones Chair in Molecular Biology mRNA TURNOVER; TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL; MICRO-RNA-MEDIATED GENE SILENCING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS IN GENE REGULATION; AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION Tel: 713.500.6068 Email: Ann-Bin.Shyu@uth.tmc.edu About Dr. Shyu

 

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

Phil Carpenter, Ph.D. Associate Professor EPIGENETICS AND THE NSD FAMILY IN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE Tel: 713.500.6032 Email: Phillip.B.Carpenter@uth.tmc.edu About Dr. Carpenter

 

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

Yang Xia, Ph.D. Associate Professor MOLECULAR BASIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES Tel: 713.500.5039 Email:Yang.Xia@uth.tmc.edu About Dr. Xia

 

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Zheng (Jake) Chen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor FUNCTION AND REGULATION OF BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS Tel: 713.500.6284 Email: zheng.chen.1@uth.tmc.edu About Dr. Chen

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

Eric J. Wagner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor RNA METABOLISM THROUGH THE CELL CYCLE Tel: 713.500.6246 Email:Eric.J.Wagner@uth.tmc.edu About Dr. Wagner

 

Lei Zheng, Ph.D. Assistant Professor STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS Tel: 713.500.6083 Email:Lei.Zheng@uth.tmc.edu About Dr. Zheng

 

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

Nancy O. McNiel, Ph.D.

PROFESSOR EMERITUS

John A. DeMoss, Ph.D.
Julia Lever, Ph.D.

Barbara Sanborn, Ph.D.

GRADUATE SCHOOL PROGRAM FACULTY

Joseph Alcorn, Ph.D.
Michael Blackburn, Ph.D.
Phil Carpenter, Ph.D.
Zheng Chen, Ph.D.
Carmen Dessauer, Ph.D.
William Dowhan, Ph.D.
David Gorenstein, Ph.D.
Alemayehu A. Gorfe, Ph.D.
Vasanthi Jayaraman, Ph.D.
Jianping Jin, Ph.D.
Rodney E. Kellems, Ph.D.
Richard Kulmacz, Ph.D.
Cheng Chi Lee, Ph.D.
Julia E. Lever, Ph.D.
Kevin Morano , Ph.D.
Pawel Penczek, Ph.D.
John Putkey, Ph.D.
Irina Serysheva, Ph.D.
Ann-Bin Shyu, Ph.D.
John Spudich, Ph.D.
James Stoops, Ph.D.
Henry Strobel, Ph.D.
Qingchun Tong, Ph.D.
Ah-Lim Tsai, Ph.D.
Ambro vanHoof, Ph.D.
Eric Wagner, Ph.D.
Rick Wetsel, Ph.D.
Yang Xia, Ph.D.
Wenzheng Zhang, Ph.D.
Lei Zheng , Ph.D.

RESEARCH TRACK FACULTY

Mikhail Bogdanov, Ph.D.
Chyi-Ying Chen, Ph.D.
Mary Marsh , Ph.D.
Eugenia Mileykovskaya, Ph.D.
Oleg Sineshchekov, Ph.D.
Yujin Zhang, Ph.D.
Zhaoyang Zhao,Ph.D.

CROSS-APPOINTED FACULTY

Joseph Alcorn, Ph.D.
Rowan Chang, Ph.D.
Hamed Jafar-Nejad, M.D.
David Gorenstein, Ph.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.