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Minority Biomedical Research Support-
Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement

RISE Mentors: Research

Faculty/Research Mentors by College/Department


Agronomy & Horticulture
Animal & Range Science
Biology
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Entomology, Plant Pathology & Weed Science
Human Nutrition & Food Science
Physics
Psychology
Sociology & Anthropology



Faculty/Research Mentors by Name

Mentor/Professor
Dept & Room #
Area of Research
Contact
Dr. Jeff Arterburn
Research/Website
Research/Website II
Chem & BioChem
Room W294
Design and Synthesis of Radiopharmaceuticals, Antiviral Drugs, and New Metal Catalysts
Link to contact information
Dr. Donovan Bailey
Research/Website
Biology
Foster Hall, 263
Molecular Investigations into Plant Evolution
Link to contact information
Dr. Marvin Bernstein
Research/Website
Biology
Foster Hall, 310
Stroke
Link to contact information
Dr. Ann Bock
Research/Website
Research/Website II
Gerald Thomas, 363
The effect of various food constituents on the bioavailability of selected nutrients
Link to contact information
Dr. Chris Cramer
Research/Website
Research/Website II
Agronomy & Horticulture
Skeen Hall N346
Genetics, Genetic Enhancement, and Production of Onion and other Horticultural Crops
Link to contact information
Dr. Rebecca Creamer
Research/Website
Research/Website II
Skeen Hall
N248
Plant virus biology, ecology, and fungal endophyte biology and physiology
Link to contact information
Dr. Jennifer Curtiss
Research/Website
Biology
Foster Hall, 203
Eye development using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system.
Link to contact information
Dr. Angus Dawe
Research/Website
Biology
Foster Hall, 367
Molecular biology and genetics of fungi.
Link to contact information
Dr. Aravamudan Gopalan
Research/Website
Research/Website II
Chem & BioChem
Room 240
Synthesis of Biologically Active Molecules using Microbial Reductions
Link to contact information
Dr. John Gustafson
Research/Website
Biology
Foster Hall, 359
Antibotic resistance mechanisms of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus.
Link to contact information
Dr. Kathryn Hanley
Research/Website
Biology
Foster Hall, 361
Mechanisms of emergence in flaviviruses.
Link to contact information
Dr. Steve Hanson
Research/Website
Research/Website II
Skeen Hall
141
Host-pathogen interactions and virus replication mechanisms with the aim of devising virus control strategies.
Link to contact information
Dr. Dean Hawkins
Research/Website
Animal & Range Sciences
Knox Hall 229
Mechanisms governing Ovarian Steriodogenesis
Link to contact information
Dr. James W. Herndon
Research/Website
Chem & BioChem
Room 295
Design of novel Multiple Ring forming Reactions
Link to contact information
Dr. Daniel Howard
Research/Website
Biology
Foster Hall, 275A
Evolutionary Biology
Link to contact information
Dr. Michael Johnson
Research/Website
Chem & BioChem
Room 288A
Mechanisms and modeling of high oxidation state non-heme iron proteins. Exploration of biologically important vanadium complexes, particularly for the treatment of diabetes.
Link to contact information
Dr. Jim Kroger
Research/Website
Science Hall, 220
Brain mechanisms that underlie consciousness, thinking, emotion, problem-solving, and attention.
Link to contact information
Dr. Glenn Kuehn
Research/Website
Chem & BioChem
Room 373
Polyamine Oxidase and its Role in Apoptosis Induced by Oxidative Stress
Link to contact information
Dr. Peter Lammers
Research/Website
Research/Website II
Chem & BioChem
Room 371
DNA sequencing, Bioinformatics, Geonomics, Metabolic Reconstruction
Link to contact information
Dr. Antonio Lara
Research/Website
Chem & BioChem
Room 378
Direct Optical Resolution of Therapeutic Drugs by Chromatography with Clays
Link to contact information
Dr. Clint Loest
Research/Website
Animal & Range Sciences
Knox Hall 224
Ruminant nutrition
Link to contact information
Dr. Shelley Lusetti
Research/Website
Chem & BioChem
Room W370
The biochemical characterization of recombinational DNA repair enzymes
Link to contact information
Dr. Barbara Lyons
Research/Website
Chem & BioChem
Room W372
Cell signaling proteins involved incell migration and metastasis formation in cancer
Link to contact information
Dr. Michele K. Nishiguchi
Research/Website
Research/Website II
Biology
Foster Hall, 261
Evolutionary Biology-Marine Symbiosis
Link to contact information
Dr. Mary O'Connell
Research/Website
Medicinal Plant Website
Agronomy & Horticulture
GeraldThomas 179
Plant molecular genetics (metabolism, biotic/abiotic stress responses), medicinal plants and bioinformatics
Link to contact information
Dr. Ian Ray
Research/Website
Agronomy & Horticulture
Skeen Hall 342
Improving Osmotic Stress Tolerance in Alfalfa through Molecular Techniques and Conventional Breeding
Link to contact information
Dr. Gary Rayson
Research/Website
Chem & BioChem
Room 289
Investigation of metal atoms and ions in complex chemical environments.
Link to contact information
Dr. Tim Ross
Research/Website
Animal & Range Sciences
Knox Hall
Improving range sheep productivity
Link to contact information
Dr. Champa Sengupta-Gopalan
Research/Website
Agronomy & Horticulture
Skeen Hall N326
Regulation & Modulation of Plant Genes. Involved in Nitrogen Assimilation
Link to contact information
Dr. Elba Serrano
Research/Website
Biology
Jett Hall, 274
Neuroscience/ Molecular Genetic/ Biophysics
Link to contact information
Dr. Brad Shuster
Research/Website
Biology
Foster Hall, 463
Regulation of the Cytoskeleton and Cell Cycle in the Early Embryo
Link to contact information
Dr. Geoffrey Smith
Research/Website
Biology
Foster Hall, 363
Microbial Biodegradation of environmental pollutants and the use of molecular probes
Link to contact information
Dr. Jeremy Smith
Research/Website
Chem & BioChem
Room 293
Small molecule models of oxygen- and nitrogen-activating metalloenzymes
Link to contact information
Dr. Sergio Soto-Navarro
Research/Website
Animal & Range Sciences
Knox Hall 224
Investigation of nutritional factors that regulate vascularity, cellularity, and morphology of intestines in ruminants
Link to contact information
Dr. Rolston St.Hilaire
Research/Website
Agronomy & Horticulture
GeraldThomas 347
Environmental Stress Physiology of Plants and the use of Chloroplast DNA in Phylogeography
Link to contact information
Dr. Tracy Sterling
Research/Website
Research/Website II
Skeen Hall
N240
Oxidative stress tolerance, plant/insect interactions, chemical ecology, herbicide mode of action
Link to contact information
Dr. Milton G. Thomas
Research/Website
Animal & Range Sciences
Knox Hall 328
Physiological Genetics: Evaluating markers within genes that regulate metabolic hormones
Link to contact information
Dr. Laura A. Thompson
Research/Website
Science Hall, 330
Maternal/Infant synchrony in cortisol and behavior: relations with cognitive development.
Link to contact information
Dr. Wenda R. Trevathan
Research/Website
Breland Hall, 302
Maternal/Infant synchrony in cortisol and behavior: relations and cognitive development.
Link to contact information
Dr. Graciela A. Unguez
Research/Website
Biology
Foster Hall, 461
Developmental Neurobiology and Muscle Physiology
Link to contact information
Dr. Jacob Urquidi
Research/Website
Gardiner Thomas, 161
Biophysics
Link to contact information
Dr. Timothy Wright
Research/Website
Biology
Foster Hall, 375
Communitcation and evolution in Parrots
Link to contact information