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Trainers in the Biophysics program come from fifteen different Departments belonging to five different Colleges. The research areas cover a wide selection of topics in biophysics and in the quantitative biosciences.

You can filter your search below by Departmental Affiliation and/or Research Areas to narrow down the trainer lists to those who best match your interests.

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Paul G. Ahlquist

Credentials: Dept. of Oncology & Institute for Molecular Virology

Molecular mechanisms of virus replication and host interactions

Margaret Alexander

Credentials: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Defining Mechanisms of Diet-Host-Microbiota-Immune Interactions

Jon Audhya

Credentials: Department of Biomolecular Chemistry

Regulation of membrane transport during development and disease

Jose Ayuso Dominguez

Credentials: Department of Dermatology

Microphysiological systems

David Baum

Credentials: Department of Botany

Plant phylogenetics; conceptual issues in evolution and systematics; origin of life

David Beebe

Credentials: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Investigating cellular scale phenomena from both a physical and biological sciences perspective

William Bement

Credentials: Department of Integrative Biology & Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging

Self-organization in cell division and cell repair

Joshua Brockman

Credentials: Department of Biomedical Engineering

Measuring and programming cellular mechanobiology

Thomas Brunold

Credentials: Department of Chemistry

Spectroscopic methods applied to metalloenzyme structure and function

Andrew R. Buller

Credentials: Department of Chemistry

Protein engineering and biocatalysis

Briana M. Burton

Credentials: Department of Bacteriology

DNA transport across membranes

Samuel E. Butcher

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Structural biology of RNA interactions that regulate gene expression

Silvia Cavagnero

Credentials: Department of Chemistry

Protein structure, folding, dynamics and aggregation in the cell; role of ribosome and molecular chaperones

Edwin Chapman

Credentials: Dept. of Neuroscience & Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Molecular mechanisms that underlie neuronal exocytosis

Snehal N. Chaudhari

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Interactions of the gut microbiome with the host; intestinal metabolism in health and disease

Joshua J. Coon

Credentials: Department of Chemistry

Bioanalytical chemistry, mass spectrometry and proteomics

Scott M. Coyle

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Understanding and engineering microscale molecular and cellular machines

Jared Cregg

Credentials: Departments of Neuroscience & Neurology

Brainstem Circuits for Motor Control

Cynthia M. Czajkowski

Credentials: Department of Neuroscience

Structure/function relationship in neurotransmitter receptors

Katrina T. Forest

Credentials: Department of Bacteriology

Structures, functions and mechanisms of microbial proteins; using crystallography, protein engineering, biochemistry, chemical biology and classic microbiology

Samuel H. Gellman

Credentials: Department of Chemistry

Proteins and protein-like molecules: design, synthesis, structure and function

Pupa Gilbert

Credentials: Department of Physics

Biophotonics; gadolinium neutron capture therapy

Christopher Gisriel

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Molecular basis of bioenergetic systems involved in photosynthesis

Randall H. Goldsmith

Credentials: Department of Chemistry

Single-molecule methods to study chemical reactions, biophysical processes, and materials properties

Timothy Grant

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry & Morgridge Institute for Research

Studying the structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules using cryo-EM

Aviad Hai

Credentials: Department of Biomedical Engineering

Bioelectronic sensors for non-destructive electrophysiology

Jeffrey D. Hardin

Credentials: Department of Integrative Biology

Epithelial migration and embryonic development

Katherine Henzler-Wildman

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Dynamics and function of integral membrane proteins, secondary active transport, ion channels

Mrinalini Hoon

Credentials: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Mechanisms regulating retinal circuit organization and maintenance

Aaron A. Hoskins

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Mechanistic studies of eukaryotic RNA processing using chemical, genetic, and biophysical approaches

Xin Huang

Credentials: Department of Neuroscience

Neural basis of vision and visually guided behavior

Xuhui Huang

Credentials: Department of Chemistry

Unraveling Protein Dynamics with Molecular Simulations and Machine Learning Tools

Meyer B. Jackson

Credentials: Department of Neuroscience

Biophysical studies of neuronal signaling

Jiaoyang Jiang

Credentials: Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy

Structure, mechanism and function of protein glycosylation in biology and disease

Betul Kacar

Credentials: Department of Bacteriology

Investigating molecular mechanisms of evolution and the origins of life

James L. Keck

Credentials: Department of Biomolecular Chemistry

Structural mechanisms of genome maintenance

Robert N. Kirchdoerfer

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry & Institute for Molecular Virology

Structural and biochemical exploration of RNA virus entry and replication

Robert Landick

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

RNA polymerase structure/function; regulation of transcript elongation in bacteria and humans

Lingjun Li

Credentials: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Drug Action and Drug Discovery

Ci Ji Lim

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Mechanism of telomere maintenance; Structure-function studies of biological machines by cryo-EM and single-molecule imaging

Megan McClean

Credentials: Department of Biomedical Engineering

Systems biology, synthetic biology, cellular engineering, signal processing

Kavi Mehta

Credentials: Department of Comparative Biosciences

How do leading and lagging strand stress responses and mutagenic bias differ?

Matthew J. Merrins

Credentials: Dept of Biomolecular Chemistry and Dept of Medicine

Enzymatic regulation of nutrient metabolism and hormone secretion in pancreatic islets

Monica E. Neugebauer

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Discovery, characterization, and evolution of enzymes for biocatalysis and chemical biology

Jacob Notbohm

Credentials: Department of Engineering Physics

How biological cells adhere, push, pull, and move, using mechanics, soft matter physics, applied math, and cell biology

Andrea Putnam

Credentials: Department of Biomolecular Chemistry and Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging

Function and regulation of RNA condensates in development

Srivatsan Raman

Credentials: Departments of Biochemistry

Protein allostery, orthogonal transcriptional systems, programmable synthetic bacteriophages

Chad M. Rienstra

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Development and application of solid-state NMR spectroscopy to protein, lipid and small molecule structure and dynamics

Abbas Rizvi

Credentials: Department of Neuroscience

Genomic Organization and Transcriptional Regulation

Gail A. Robertson

Credentials: Department of Neuroscience

Molecular mechanisms of ion channel function

Krishanu Saha

Credentials: Department of Biomedical Engineering

Stem cell biology, genome engineering and biomaterials expertise to ask unique questions about human biology and disease

Alessandro Senes

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Biochemical and computational studies of membrane protein interactions

Nathan M. Sherer

Credentials: Dept. of Oncology & Institute for Molecular Virology

Cell biology of viral HIV-1 replication; single cell imaging technologies and biochemical and cell-based assays

Raunak Sinha

Credentials: Department of Neuroscience

Visual processing in the retina: How cellular, synaptic and circuit mechanisms shape retinal structure and function

Melissa Skala

Credentials: Department of Biomedical Engineering

Combating cancer using photonics-based technologies and developing personal cancer treatment strategies

Lloyd M. Smith

Credentials: Department of Chemistry

Development and application of novel bioanalytical tools

Aussie Suzuki

Credentials: Department of Oncology

Cell biology, machanobiology, cancer biology, nanobiology, and biophysics in cell division machinery

Reid C. Van Lehn

Credentials: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Biomolecular simulation; nano-bio interactions; complex bio interfaces; cotranslational protein synthesis; biomembranes

Jade Wang

Credentials: Department of Bacteriology

Bacterial Stress Response, Nucleotide Signaling, Mutagenesis, Antibiotic Resistance

Hannah Wayment-Steele

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Predicting biomolecular dynamics; understanding roles of dynamics in function, evolution, design

Amy M. Weeks

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Spatially-resolved mapping of post-translational modifications; protein engineering; chemoproteomics

Elizabeth R. Wright

Credentials: Dept. of Biochemistry & Morgridge Institute for Research

3D structure of viruses, bacteria, and mammalian cells by cryo-electron microscopy

Yongna Xing

Credentials: Department of Oncology

Structural biology of cancer

Duo Xu

Credentials: Department of Biochemistry

Protein-Protein Interactions At The Host-Pathogen Interface

Filiz Yesilkoy

Credentials: Department of Biomedical Engineering

Developing new bioanalytical methods using nanophotonic tools

John Yin

Credentials: Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering

Theoretical and experimental approaches to understand how viruses grow and evolve

Martin Zanni

Credentials: Department of Chemistry

We develop and utilize ultrafast multidimensional spectroscopies to study topics in biophysics and materials science

Wang Zheng

Credentials: Department of Neuroscience

Demystifying Mechanotransduction in Brain Development and Disorders