MARC Program mentors

Name Laboratory interest Department Research interests
Athar Ansari Biochemistry Biological Sciences Regulation of transcription and cotranscriptional RNA processing
Christine Chow Biochemistry Chemistry Modified RNAs; drug targeting of RNA; metal complexes that bind RNA
Alice Walker Biochemistry Chemistry Computational biochemistry
Charlie Fehl Biochemistry Chemistry Chemical biology, glycobiology, metabolic disease, cancer
Markus Friedrich Biological sciences Biological Sciences Evolutionary biology
Miriam Greenberg Biological sciences Biological Sciences Lipid function and homeostasis; cardiolipin function; inositol-depleting drugs
Penelope Higgs Biological sciences Biological Sciences Microbiology/signal transduction
Victoria Meller Biological sciences Biological Sciences Epigenetics, IncRNA, siRNA, X chromosome recognition
Lori Pile Biological sciences Biological Sciences Epigenetic gene regulation
Hanna Hariri Biological sciences Biological Sciences Aging and metabolic disorders, nutrient signaling, lipid trafficking
Christopher Kelly Biomedical physics Physics Biophysics
Carolyn Harris Chemical engineering Chemical Engineering & Material Sciences Biomaterial, neural prosthetics
Matthew Allen Chemistry Chemistry Contrast agents for imaging, catalysis, f-block elements
Jeremy Kodanko Chemistry Chemistry Organic, inorganic and medicinal chemistry; drug discovery
Federico Rabuffetti Chemistry Chemistry Solid-state materials and nanomaterials chemistry
Aaron Rury Material science Chemistry Emergent and exotic materials
Howard Matthew Chemical engineering Chemical Engineering Tissue engineering of cardiovascular, bone and liver systems
Sokol Todi Neuroscience/physiology Pharmacology Neurodegenerative diseases
Yifan Zhang Nutrition and food science Nutrition and Food Science Food microbiology and antimicrobial resistance
Gino Panza Physiology and rehabilitation science Occupational Therapy Spinal cord injury, intermittent hypoxia
Larry Matherly Oncology Oncology Cancer metabolism, cancer drug discovery
Stephan Patrick Oncology Oncology DNA repair
Nerissa Viola Oncology Oncology Molecular imaging
Ryan Insolera Neurodegeneration Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases
Karin List Pharmacology/oncology Pharmacology Cancer biology
Robert Wessells Physiology Physiology Exercise, aging metabolism
Chris Trentacosta Psychology Psychology Child development, families in poverty
Alana Conti Psychology/neuroscience Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience Traumatic brain injury/traumatic stress and substance abuse
Shane Perrine Psychology/neuroscience Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience Behavioral effects of drugs of abuse; exposure to traumatic stress
Patricia Wren Public health Public Health Patient-centered outcomes
Tricia Miranda-Hartsuff Public health Public health Health disparities, intersectionality, and evaluation
Sarah Vaughan Public health Public health Health disparity and environment, impact on birth outcomes.
Emily Grekin Psychology Psychology Predictors of alcohol use disorders, computerized interventions for problem alcohol use
Gregory W. AunerĀ  Health care innovation Surgery Cancer, infectious disease, neural and physiology, cardiology