Faculty

Danillo Augusto, PhD
RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Genetics of the immune system, molecular biology, genomics, transcriptomics, human population genetics, molecular basis of disease mechanisms LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. AUGUSTO’S RESEARCH LAB WORK

Tonya C. Bates, MS
AWARD 2020 Recipient of the UNC Charlotte Teaching Excellence Award; 2015 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Outstanding Teaching Teaching by a Full-Time Lecturer Award TEACHING CONCENTRATION: Microbiology MORE ABOUT TONYA

Sharon Bullock, PhD
TEACHING CONCENTRATION:Molecular and Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Pathophysiology MORE ABOUT DR. BULLOCK

Tuan Cao, PhD
TEACHING CONCENTRATION: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology MORE ABOUT DR. CAO

Morgan Carter, PhD
RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Molecular host-microbe-microbe interactions; plants, fungi, and bacteria LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. CARTER’S RESEARCH LAB WORK

Kausik Chakrabarti, PhD
RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Genome Replication, Dynamic structure of Telomerase, Transcriptomics, Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Human Parasitic and Viral Diseases. LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. CHAKRABARTI’S RESEARCH LAB WORK

Richard Chi, PhD
RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Molecular and Cell Biology. Membrane trafficking, yeast genetics, protein biochemistry, molecular biology and live cell fluorescence microscopy LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. CHI’S RESEARCH LAB WORK

Ticiana Della Justina Farias PHD
Studies polymorphism of genes with impact on immune-function (immunogenetics) in complex diseases, such as HLA, KIR and LRC genes.

Didier Dréau, PhD
AWARD 2020 CLAS Excellence in Teaching: Integration of Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Mechanisms of Cancer Metastasis, Vascular and Immune Interactions During Cancer Growth. LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. DREAU‘S RESEARCH LAB WORK

Farzana Ferdous, PhD
Teaching Concentration:Principles of Biology, Parasitology, Animal Health Research Concentration: Host-pathogen interaction, the immunological capacity of nucleated platelets (thrombocytes), and immunomodulatory properties of mesoporous silica nanoparticles.