Faculty

Photo	Name / job title	E-mail / phone / campus	Interests include
	Amin, Shantu Professor of Pharmacology	sga3@psu.edu 717-531-8285    (Hershey)	Design and synthesis of agents to study mechanisms of cancer etiology and develop anti-cancer agents.
	Bewley, Maria Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	mcb21@psu.edu 717-531-4321    (Hershey)	Investigation of protein function using structural techniques such as x-ray crystallography.
	Bond, Judith Professor and Chair Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	jbond@psu.edu 717-531-8586    (Hershey)	Structure, function, and regulation of proteolytic enzymes.
	Connor, James Distinguished Professor and Vice-Chair Department of Neurosurgery	jrc3@psu.edu 717-531-4541    (Hershey)	Creation of methods to regulate expression of iron-binding proteins in the nervous system.
	El-Bayoumy, Karam Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Associate Director of Basic Research, Penn State Cancer Institute	kee2@psu.edu 717-531-1005    (Hershey)	Understanding the mechanisms of tobacco carcinogenesis and developing appropriate strategies for cancer chemoprevention.
	Flanagan, John Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	jflanagan@psu.edu 717-531-4189    (Hershey)	Investigation of protein function, using a variety of biochemical, genetic and structural techniques including x-ray crystallography.
	Gowda, Channe Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	gowda@psu.edu 717-531-0992    (Hershey)	Understanding the structures and interactions between Plasmodium falciparum and human glycoconjugates that lead to malaria pathogenesis.
	Irby, Rosalyn Assistant Professor of Medicine	rirby@psu.edu 717-531-5035    (Hershey)	Etiology of large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia. Identification of the molecular basis for metastatic disease in colorectal cancer.
	Ishmael, Faoud Assistant Professor of Pulmonary Medicine	fishmael@hmc.psu.edu    (Hershey)	Focused on mechanisms of inflammatory responses in diseases such as allergy, asthma, and autoimmune disorders
	Jefferson, Leonard Evan Pugh Professor and Chair of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Co-Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Physiology	jjefferson@psu.edu 717-531-8567    (Hershey)	Structure, function and regulation of mRNA translation initiation factors.
	Mulder, Kathleen Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	kmm15@psu.edu 717-531-6789    (Hershey)	TGF-beta signal transduction, anti-cancer therapeutics and diagnostics, motor proteins, and intracellular trafficking.
	Prokopczyk, Bogdan Associate Professor of Pharmacology	bup10@psu.edu 717-531-5922    (Hershey)	The etiology of carcinogen- and virus-induced cancers.
	Robertson, Gavin Professor of Pharmacology, Pathology, and Dermatology	gprobertson@psu.edu 717-531-8098    (Hershey)	Genetic regulation of melanoma development.
	Ropson, Ira Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	iropson@psu.edu 717-531-4064    (Hershey)	Investigating the folding, stability and function of proteins using NMR spectroscopy.
	Spratt, Thomas Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Chair, Chemical Biology option of Integrative Biosciences Graduate Program	tes13@psu.edu 717-531-4623    (Hershey)	Design and synthesis of unnatural substrates to examine the mechanisms of DNA repair and mutagenesis.
	Tian, Fang Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	ftian@psu.edu 717-531-6775    (Hershey)	Focused on elucidating the structure, function, and dynamics of membrane proteins using NMR spectroscopy.

Graduate students

Photo	Name / job title	E-mail / phone / campus	Interests include
	Ebersole, Brittany Graduate student	bae154@psu.edu    (Hershey)
	Pang, Min Graduate student	mup165@psu.edu    (Hershey)