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
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 and Vice-Chairman

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

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

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

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: 713.500.6051 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 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

 

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 CELL CYCLE CONTROL/DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE NETWORKS Tel: 713.500.6032 Email: Phillip.B.Carpenter@uth.tmc.edu About Dr. Carpenter

 

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

 

Alan Levine, Ph.D. Associate Professor EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Tel: 713.500.4497 Email: Alan.E.Levine@uth.tmc.edu About Dr. Levine

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

Sudha Veeraraghavan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor STRUCTURAL CELL BIOLOGY Tel: 713.500.6089 Email: Sudha.Veeraraghavan@uth.tmc.edu About Dr. Veeraraghavan

 

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

 

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

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.