Faculty
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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
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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
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Sharon Bullock, PhD
TEACHING CONCENTRATION:Molecular and Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Pathophysiology MORE ABOUT DR. BULLOCK
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Tuan Cao, PhD
TEACHING CONCENTRATION: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology MORE ABOUT DR. CAO
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Morgan Carter, PhD
RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Molecular host-microbe-microbe interactions; plants, fungi, and bacteria LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. CARTER’S RESEARCH LAB WORK
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Kristen Funk, PhD
RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Neuroinflammation of neuroinfectious and neurodegenerative diseases LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. FUNK’S RESEARCH LAB WORK