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Program Mentors

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Name Degree Rank Primary Dept Res Interest
Apodaca, Gerard PhD Prof Medicine, Pitt Urothelial Cell Biology
Arndt, Karen M. PhD Prof Biological Sciences, Pitt Eukaryotic transcription regulation and chromatin modification
Banerjee, Shiladitya PhD Asst Prof Physics, CMU Modeling cellular structures and how changes impact cell behavior
Berman, Andrea PhD Asst Prof Biological Sciences, Pitt RNA-binding proteins
Boyle, Jon PhD Assoc Prof Biological Sciences, Pitt Molecular and Cellular Parasitology
Brodsky, Jeffrey L. PhD Avinoff Prof of Biol. Sci. Biological Sciences, Pitt Cellular Protein Quality Control and Diseases Associated with Protein Misfolding
Butterworth, Michael PhD Assoc Prof Cell Biology, Pitt Regulation of ion transport in the by hormones and non-coding RNAs
Cahoon, Laty PhD Asst Prof Biological Sciences, Pitt Gram positive bacterial secretion mechanisms
Carlson, Anne PhD Asst Prof Biological Sciences, Pitt Ion channels and fertilization
Dahl, Kris PhD Prof Chemical Engineering, CMU Cell Mechanics
Deserno, Markus PhD Prof Physics, CMU Theoretical & Computational membrane biophysics
Ford, Marijn PhD Asst Prof Cell Biology, Pitt Structural and cell biological studies of membrane- remodeling proteins
Freyberg, Zachary MD, PhD Asst Prof Psychiatry, Pitt Endoplasmic reticulum; regulation of dopamine signaling
Hainer, Sarah PhD Asst Prof Biological Sciences, Pitt Gene expression; cell fate
Hammond, Gerald PhD Asst Prof Cell Biology, Pitt Integration of plasma membrane function by inositol lipids
Hatfull, Graham F. PhD Prof Biological Sciences, Pitt Mycobacterial Genetics
Hiller, N. Luisa PhD Assoc Prof Biological Sciences, CMU Microbial Pathogenesis
Jacob, Tija PhD Asst Prof Pharmacology & Chemical Biology GABA A receptor neurotransmission in health and disease
Kiselyov, Kirill PhD Assoc Prof Biological Sciences, Pitt Lysosomal ion channels; Membrane traffic
Kleyman, Thomas MD Division Chief/ Prof Medicine (Renal- Electrolyte), Pitt Structure and regulation of epithelial Na and K channels
Kwiatkowski , Adam PhDImage removed. Asst Prof Cell Biology, Pitt Cardiomyocyte cell-cell adhesion
Lamitina, T odd PhD Assoc Prof Pediatrics, Pitt Organismal stress response pathways, disease modeling in C. elegans
LeDuc, Philip PhD William J. Brown. Prof. Mechanical Engineering, CMU Linking mechanics to biochemistry through exploring the science of molecular to cellular biomechanics through nano- & micro- technology & comp biology
Lee, Christina H. PhD Assoc Prof Biological Sciences CMU Membrane structure, membrane fusion
Linstedt, Adam D. PhD Prof Biological Sciences CMU Membrane trafficking, O- glycosylation
McCartney, Brooke PhD Assoc Prof Biological Sciences, CMU Cell signaling and regulation of the cytoskeleton
McManus, Charles J. PhD Image removed. Assoc Prof Biological Sciences, CMU Evolutionary Systems Biology
Murray, Sandra PhD Prof Cell Biology, Pitt Cell-cell communication; protein trafficking
Oesterreich, Steffi PhD Prof Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Hormone Action in Women’s Cancer
O’Donnell, Allyson F. PhD Asst Prof Biological Sciences, Pitt Alpha-arrestin regulation of protein trafficking
Pipas, James M. PhD Prof Biological Sciences, Pitt. Mechanisms of viral entry and propagation
Rebeiz, Mark PhD Assoc Prof Biological Sciences, Pitt Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology
Schwartz, Russell PhD Prof Biological Sciences CMU Systems and Computational Biology
Shiva, Sruti PhD Associate Profess or Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Redox regulation of mitochondrial signaling
Sorkin, Alexander PhD Depart. Chair/ Prof Cell Biology, Pitt Endocytosis and trafficking of receptors and transporters
Stolz, Donna B. PhD Assoc Prof Cell Biology, Pitt Cell Biology and physiology of liver and kidney; development of new electron microscopy methodologies
Subramanya, Arohan MD Assoc Prof Medicine, Pitt Coordination of Renal Sodium and Potassium Transport
Tsang, Michael PhD Assoc Prof Developmental Biology, Pitt Heart development & regeneration
VanDemark, Andrew P. PhD Assoc Prof Biological Sciences, Pitt Structural Biology
Watkins, Simon PhD Prof Cell Biology, Pitt Optical Imaging
Wayne, Elizabeth PhD Asst Prof Chemical Engineering, CMU Immune cell polarization dynamics; biomaterials
Weisz, Ora PhD Prof Medicine, Pitt Endocytosis in the proximal tubule
Woolford, John L. PhD Prof Biological Sciences, CMU Ribosome Assembly
Zhang, Huaiying PhD Asst Prof Biological Sciences, CMU Intracellular phase transition
Zhao, Yongxin (Leon) PhD Asst Prof Biological Sciences, CMU Development of novel fluorescent imaging tools for biological systems