People: Faculty
Laura Carrel
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Genetic, epigenetic, and genomic regulation of expression on the mammalian X chromosome.
Rita Castro
Associate Research and Teaching Professor of Nutritional Sciences
How nutrition, including maternal nutrition, shapes vascular and metabolic health and influences disease risk
Jeffrey Catchmark
Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Cellulose synthesis and organization, cellulosic composites and coatings, microbial cellulose production, and chemically powered microfluidic and biological devices and sensors.
Isabella Cattadori
Professor of Biology
Immuno-epidemiology of co-infection, how host immunity modulates parasite interactions and transmission and how host molecular processes explain the dynamics of infection at the population level.
Douglas Cavener
Huck Distinguished Chair in Evolutionary Genetics; Professor of Biology; Former Dean, Eberly College of Science
Regulation of protein synthesis and control of translation initiation of mRNAs in higher eukaryotes and the evolution of tissue specific transcriptional regulation.
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 differences in stress and health in the natural environment.
John Challis
Professor of Kinesiology
Biomechanics and the coordination and function of the musculo-skeletal system
Anne-Marie Chang
Assistant Professor in Biobehavioral Health
Genetic analysis of sleep and circadian rhythms, cardio-metabolic function in humans; effects of light on sleep, circadian physiology, and neurobehavioral performance.
Anil Chaudhary
Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
Long-Qing Chen
Advisor for the Center for Mathematics of Living and Mimetic Matter
Christopher Chen
Assistant Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences
Understanding cerebellar nonmotor functions by examining its connections with the rest of the brain.
Keith Cheng
Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and of Pharmacology
Computational phenomics, image informatics, and "Geometry of Life" based on x-ray histotomography, population, genomic, and functional genomic analyses of complex traits in human and zebrafish; web-based science resources.
Bo Cheng
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Bioinspired robotics and animal locomotion
Francesca Chiaromonte
Director of the Genome Sciences Institute; Huck Chair in Statistics for the Life Sciences; Professor of Statistics
Developing methods for the analysis of large, high-dimensional and complex data.
Stephen Chmely
Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Sung Hyun (Joseph) Cho
Co-Director, Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility; Associate Research Professor
Surinder Chopra
Professor of Maize Genetics
Regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis during plant development and plant-pathogen interaction. Epigenetic regulation and allele specific patterns.
Ephraim Church
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Radiology
Cerebrovascular neurosurgery (including direct bypass for moyamoya disease, intracranial stenosis and complex cerebral aneurysm) as well as endovascular neurosurgery and medical ethics
Daniel Ciolkosz
Co-Director, Center for Biorenewables; Associate Research Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering