Adam Arkin Dept of Bioengineering Systems and Synthetic Biology, Environmental Microbiology of Bacteria and Viruses, bioenergy, Biomedicine, Bioremediation, space, green and sustainable manufacturing, sustainability
Charles L Briggs Dept of Anthropology social cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, folklore and performance, racialization, linguistic anthropology
Jamie H. D. Cate Dept of Chemistry Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology protein synthesis by the ribosome, RNA, antibiotics, human translation, escherichia coli
Michelle Chang Dept of Chemistry Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology biochemistry, enzymology, synthetic biology, biophysics
Jeffery S. Cox Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology TB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. tuberculosis, genetics, proteomics, transcriptional profiling, host-pathogen interactions, host-directed therapy
Jennifer A. Doudna Dept of Chemistry Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology RNA machines, hepatitis C virus, RNA interference, ribosomes, x-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Bethanie Edwards Dept of Earth and Planetary Science oceanography, chemical oceanography, environmental microbiology, molecular tools for microbial ecology, mass spectrometry, lipidomics, lipid metabolism, marine biogeochemistry, microbial carbon cycling, ocean carbon cycle dynamics
Mary K. Firestone Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management soils, miicrobial biology, environmental science
Suzanne M.J. Fleiszig School of Optometry immunology, eye, microbiology, infectious disease, corneal physiology, tear film physiology, bacterial pathogenesis, contact lenses, pseudomonas aeruginosa, epithelial cell biology, innate immunity
Graham R. Fleming Dept of Chemistry Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research chemistry, proteins, chemical and biological dynamics in the condensed phase, ultrafast spectroscopy, liquids, solutions, glasses, photosynthetic proteins, role of solvents in chemical reactions, electronic energy transfer, electron transfer, regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting
Karine Gibbs Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology microbiology, microbial development, microbial development; molecular genetics, biochemistry, biochemistry; molecular genetics; cell biology, microbial social behaviors, bacterial communities / microbiomes, collective behaviors
Mohammad Reza Kaazempur Mofrad Dept of Bioengineering Dept of Mechanical Engineering molecular cell biomechanics, bacterial communities / microbiomes, deep learning for biology and medicine
Nicole King Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology choanoflagellates, multicellularity, evolution of animals, host-microbe interactions, bacterial cues
Arash Komeili Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology microbiology, Biomineralization, bacterial organelles, Magnetic Nanoparticles
Britt Koskella Dept of Integrative Biology Bacteriophage, Microbiome, plant-pathogen interactions, disease ecology
Ksenia Krasileva Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology genome evolution, innate immunity, plant health, fungi
Joseph Lewnard School of Public Health infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, public health surveillance, mathematical modeling, Bayesian inference
Terry E. Machen Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology physiology pathophysiology secretory epithelial cells, airway, ion transport, cell regulationm, imaging microscopy, calcium pH redox, electrophysiology, green fluorescent protein, genetic targeting, innate immune defense
Michael A. Marletta Dept of Chemistry Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology chemical biology, molecular biology, structure/function relationships in proteins, catalytic and biological properties of enzymes, cellular signaling, nitric oxide synthase, soluble guanylate cyclase, gas sensing, cellulose degradation, polysaccharide monooxygenases
Norma Cecilia Martinez-Gomez Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology microbial physiology, one-carbon metabolism, microbial molecular biology, bacteria, enzymes, enzyme activity, enzymology, enzyme kinetics, protein biochemistry, protein characterization
Richard A. Mathies Dept of Chemistry genomics, biophysical, bioanalytical, physical chemistry; laser spectroscopy, resonance Raman, excited-state reaction dynamics photoactive proteins, rhodopsins, microfabricated chemical biochemical analysis devices, forensics, infectious disease detection
Anastasios Melis Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology photosynthesis, Metabolic Engineering, synthetic biology, bioproduction R&D
Hiroshi Nikaido Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology membrane biochemistry, bacterial physiology, bacteria, channel-forming proteins of the outer membrane, the diffusion of lipophilic compounds, mechanism and regulation of multidrug efflux transport systems, mycobacterial cell wall
Daniel A. Portnoy Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology microbiology, bacteriology, infectious diseases, intracellular pathogens, innate immunity, adaptive immunity, vaccines, cell biology