Directory
Choon-Sik Jhun
Associate Professor of Surgery
Design, development, and translational evaluation of pediatric and adult mechanical circulatory support devices, including continuous-flow ventricular assist devices and total artificial heart technologies
Xiangming Ji
Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Metabolic studies in the airway epithelium, spanning from normal cells to at-risk epithelial cells, and ultimately to cancer cells.
Wen Jiang
Faculty Director of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility; Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
María del Mar Jiménez Gasco
Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental Mictobiology; Head, Dept of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Rong Jin
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Ischemic Stroke; Traumatic Brain Injury; Cerebral Small Vessel Disease and VCID
Dezhe Jin
Associate Professor of Physics
Computational models of neural basis of motor control and learning; theoretical analysis of biological neural networks.
Ilhyeong Jo
Graduate Student
Improving CRISPR/Cas genome editing tools for functional genomics and crop improvement
Joyce Jose
Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Virus-host interactions involved in the pathogenesis of alphaviruses and flaviviruses. Analysis of virus induced structures and cytoskeletal modifications in mammalian host and insect vector using high-resolution live cell imaging and electron microscopy. Viral determinants of neurotropism, encephalitis, transmission and persistence in BSL-3 pathogens.
Otto Kailing
Graduate Student
Investigating the interactions between pathogens and disease-suppressive microbiomes in the tomato phyllosphere
Parisa Kalantari
Assistant Professor of Immunology
Host-parasite interactions using Schistosoma mansoni-induced liver inflammation in mouse models. Modulation of immune responses by the parasite as well as the role of inflammasomes in inducing schistosomiasis.
Helen Kamens
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Identification of genetic mechanisms that contribute to complex behaviors with a special emphasis on alcohol and tobacco use.
