Grad Programs Directory
Meet the faculty, staff, and students advancing life sciences research and education across the Huck Institutes.
Liana Burghardt
- Director of the Center for Root and Rhizosphere Biology
- Huck Early Career Chair of Root Biology and Rhizosphere Interactions
Plant-microbe-climate interactions; the evolution and ecology of legumes and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia; the genomic basis and. . .
Peter Butler
- Professor of Bioengineering
Fundamental molecular mechanisms by which vascular endothelial cells sense the forces from flowing blood and transduce this. . .
Orfeu Buxton
- Elizabeth Fenton Susman Professor of Biobehavioral Health
The causes of chronic sleep deficiency in the workplace, home, and society; the health consequences of chronic sleep. . .
Laura Cabrera
- Huck Early Career Chair in Neuroethics
- Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
The ethical and societal implications of neurotechnologies used for treatment as well as for enhancement purposes.
Margherita Cantorna
- Director of the Center for Molecular Immunology and Infectious Disease
- Distinguished Professor of Molecular Immunology
Understanding the working of the immune system. Utilizing animal models of several human diseases including enteric. . .
John Carlson
- Professor of Molecular Genetics
- Director, Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics
Genome mapping, including genetic linkage mapping, molecular cytogenetics; studies of genetic diversity in forests.
Laura Carrel
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Genetic, epigenetic, and genomic regulation of expression on the mammalian X chromosome.
Jeffrey Catchmark
- Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Cellulose synthesis and organization, cellulosic composites and coatings, microbial cellulose production, and chemically. . .
Isabella Cattadori
- Professor of Biology
Immuno-epidemiology of co-infection, how host immunity modulates parasite interactions and transmission and how host. . .
Douglas Cavener
- Huck Distinguished Chair in Evolutionary Genetics
- Professor of Biology
Regulation of protein synthesis and control of translation initiation of mRNAs in higher eukaryotes and the evolution of. . .
Sonia Cavigelli
- Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Neuroscience
- Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Development of temperament/personality; relationship of temperament and social status to stress and health; individual. . .