Faculty

Alexandre, Gladys
Associate Professor
Bacterial chemotaxis and motility

Baudry, Jerome
Assistant Professor
Molecular modeling, molecular biophysics, drug discovery

Binder, Brad
Assistant Professor
Ethylene signaling in Arabidopsis

Bruce, Barry
Professor
Import of proteins into chloroplasts; molecular chaperones

Dockendorff, Tom
Research Professor

Fernandez, Elias 
Associate Professor
Three-dimensional structures of proteins and the  relevance of these structures in biology

Ganguly, Ranjan
Professor
Molecular genetics of insecticide resistance, Y-chromosome degeneration, dosage compensation

Goodchild, Rose
Assistant Professor
Cell biology, physiological and developmental functions of the nuclear envelope organelle; Cell biology of genetic neurodevelopmental disease. 

Guo, Hong
Associate Professor
Computational molecular and structural biology

Hall, Jim
Associate Professor
Neural basis of sound recognition in vertebrates; role of nitric oxide in hearing

Howell, Liz
Professor
Structure, function, assembly, and folding of the enzyme dihydrofolatereductase; comparison of chromosomal and R-plasmid forms

Jain, Nitin
Associate Professor
Structure and functional dynamics of proteins involved in biological electron transfer and immune response using NMR; protein-protein interactions; structure-based drug design

Jeon, Kwang
Professor Emeritus
Integration of intracellular symbionts into host cells leading to the acquisition of new cell components and cell variation; Membrane-protein recycling during endo- and exocytosis

Joy, David
Distinguished Professor
Electron, optical, and scanning tip microscopes; interaction of electrons with solids

Kitazono, Ana
Assistant Professor
Cell cycle regulation; mitosis; checkpoints; cyclin-dependent kinases  

Koontz, John
Professor

Labrador, Mariano
Assistant Professor
Chromosome structure and function; chromatin boundaries: function and evolution; retroviral integrates and retroviral insertion site determination

McKee, Bruce
Professor
Genetics; chromosome structure and function; meiosis

Millhorn, David
Professor
UT Vice President for Research and Economic Development

Mullin, Beth
Professor
Plant microbe interaction; Actinomycetes as nitrogen fixing symbionts

Nebenführ, Andreas
Associate Professor
Cell biology of organelle movement in Arabidopsis

Park, Jae
Associate Professor
Neurogenetics of biological rhythms and behavior; neurodevelopment in Drosophila

Peterson, Cynthia
Professor, Department Head
Protein folding and stability; macromolecular interactions; coagulation and fibrinolysis

Prosser, Rebecca
Associate Professor
Cellular basis of mammalian circadian rhythms

Roberts, Dan
Professor
Calcium signaling mechanisms in plant cells; structure and function of calmodulin and calcium dependent protein kinases

Serpersu, Engin
Professor, Associate Head
Antibiotic-target interactions; molecular basis of substrate promiscuity and principles of ligand recognition by enzymes

Shen, Tongye
Assistant Professor
Stability and dynamics of biomolecular structures and supramolecular assembly

Shpak, Elena
Assistant Professor
Plant growth and development; Signal transduction by receptor-like kinases in Arabidopsis

Smith, Jeremy
Governor's Chair and Director, UT/ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Venkatachalam, Sundar
Assistant Professor
Development and analysis of mouse models for cancer and aging

von Arnim, Albrecht
Professor
Molecular genetics of Arabidopsis; light signaling; translational regulation; in vivo protein interaction via resonance energy transfer