Faculty

RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Neuroinflammation of neuroinfectious and neurodegenerative diseases LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. FUNK’S RESEARCH LAB WORK

RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Marine biologist TEACHING CONCENTRATION: BIOL 2120 BIOL 2130 BIOL 4600

RESEARCH CONCENTRATION:Molecular virology, anticancer therapy based on replication-competent viruses (“oncolytic virotherapy”), virus-host interactions, virus-based vectors. LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. GRDZELISHVILI’S RESEARCH LAB WORK

AWARD 2014 Building Educational Strengths and Talents (B.E.S.T) Outstanding Faculty Award TEACHING CONCENTRATION: Microbiology MORE ABOUT MELANIE

RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. JOHNSON’S RESEARCH LAB WORK

Microbial ecology, viruses, metagenomics, bioinformatics, oceanography, aquatic ecology LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. LUO’S RESEARCH LAB WORK

AWARD 2017 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Outstanding Teaching – Integration of Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: The initiation of immune responses LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. MARRIOTT’S RESEARCH LAB WORK

AWARDS: Recipient of the 2018 First Citizens Bank Scholars Award Recipient of the 2015 O. Max Gardener Award RESEARCH CONCENTRATION: Cancer Biology and Immunology LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. MUKHERJEE’S RESEARCH LAB WORK

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My research interests are focused on biological molecular motors. I study myosin, the protein responsible for force generation in muscle, cell locomotion and intracellular trafficking. I combine protein mutagenesis, site directed labeling, multifrequency electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and transient time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer (TR2FRET) to explore myosin functional dynamics on molecular and submolecular level. […]