Faculty

Faculty	Research Area	Email
Oscar Alzate	Cell and Developmental Biology, Neuroproteomics and Neurodegeneration	alzate@email.unc.edu
Aravind Asokan	Genetics, Synthetic virology, gene therapy, virus-host interactions	aravind_asokan@med.unc.edu
Max Berkowitz	Chemistry, Surface hydration; Computational chemistry	maxb@unc.edu
Kerry Bloom	Biology, Molecular Biology; Chromosome and Spindle Dynamics	Kerry_Bloom@unc.edu
Robert Bourret	Microbiology, Molecular mechanism of signal transduction in bacteria	bourret@med.unc.edu
Sharon Campbell	Biochemistry and Biophysics, Structure/function of signaling proteins; Multi-D NMR	campbesl@med.unc.edu
Charlie Carter	Biochemistry and Biophysics, Structural basis for tRNA synthase function; molecular evolution; X-ray diffraction	carter@med.unc.edu
Xian Chen	Biochemistry and Biophysics, Proteomics and Mass Spectroscopy	xian_chen@med.unc.edu
Richard Cheney	Physiology, Cellular motor proteins; The myosin superfamily	cheneyr@med.unc.edu
Edward Collins	Microbiology and Immunology, MHC Complex protein folding; X-ray crystallography	edward_collins@med.unc.edu
Joe Costello	Cell Biology and Anatomy, Intercellular junctions; Lens Structure; Electron microscopy	mjc@med.unc.edu
Nikolay Dokholyan	Biochemistry and Biophysics, Associate Director MCBP; Computational structural biology	dokh@email.unc.edu
Tim Elston	Pharmacology, Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems	telston@med.unc.edu
Dorothy Erie	Chemistry, Structure of nucleic acid-protein complexes /Transcription regulation	derie@email.unc.edu
Michael Falvo	Physics, Physics of Supramolecular Protein Complexes; Cell Structure	falvo@physics.unc.edu
Chris Fecko	Chemistry, Physical Properties of Biological Systems; Optical Microscopy Techniques	cfecko@unc.edu
Gary Glish	Chemistry, Mass spectrometry of proteins and biomolecules	glish@unc.edu
Jack Griffith	Microbiology and Immunology, Biochemistry & visualization of protein-DNA interactions	jdg@med.unc.edu
Klaus Hahn	Pharmacology, Tools to Study Signaling Dynamics	khahn@med.unc.edu
Ken Jacobson	Cell Biology and Anatomy, Cell locomotion; Membrane dynamics	frap@med.unc.edu
Michael Jarstfer	Medicinal Chemistry, Enzyme function, drug-discovery, and biotechnology	jarstfer@email.unc.edu
Hengming Ke	Biochemistry and Biophysics, X-ray protein crystallography	hke@med.unc.edu
Brian Kuhlman	Biochemistry and Biophysics, Computational protein design / protein-protein interactions / structural biology	bkuhlman@med.unc.edu
Alain Laederach	Biology, Disease-associated mutations and their effect on RNA Structure	alain@unc.edu
David Lawrence	Chemistry, Chemical Biology	lawrencd@email.unc.edu
Andrew Lee	Medicinal Chemistry, Protein, Structure and Dynamics, NMR Spectroscopy	drewlee@unc.edu
Jian Liu	Medicinal Chemistry, Principles of heparin sulfate structural organization; Polysaccharide chemistry	liuj@email.unc.edu
Barry Lentz	Biochemistry and Biophysics, Director MCBP; Platelet membrane/blood coagulation; Membrane fusion	uncbrl@med.unc.edu
William Marzluff	Biochemistry and Biophysics, RNA structure/RNA-protein interactions	marzluf@med.unc.edu
Steve Matson	Biology, DNA structure; Helicase-catalyzed unwinding of DNA	smatson@unc.edu
Gerhard Meissner	Biochemistry and Biophysics, Mechanism of excitation-contraction coupling in muscle	meissner@med.unc.edu
Sorin Mitran	Mathematics, Computation	mitran@unc.edu
Saskia Neher	Biochemistry, Mutation and regulation of a group of human lipases	neher@email.unc.edu
Robert Nicholas	Pharmacology, Structure/Function of extracellular nucleotide receptors	nicholas@med.unc.edu
Amy Oldenburg	Physics, Biophotonics and biomechanics	aold@physics.unc.edu
Gary Pielak	Chemistry, Protein structure/function using 2-D NMR	gary_pielak@unc.edu
John Reader	Cell and Developmental Biology, Protein translation system and in particular the molecular evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and tRNAs; The molecular evolution of nucleic acids	jreader@med.unc.edu
Matthew Redinbo	Cell and Developmental Biology, Protein translation system and in particular the molecular evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and tRNAs; The molecular evolution of nucleic acids	redinbo@unc.edu
John Riordan	Biochemistry, Structure and Function of ABC Proteins	john_riordan@med.unc.edu
Michael Rubenstein	Chemistry, Polymer Theory and Computer Simulations	mr@unc.edu
Ed Salmon	Biology, Structure/dynamics of microtubule assembly/disassembly	tsalmon@email.unc.edu
Aziz Sancar	Biochemistry and Biophysics, Structure and function of DNA photolyase	aziz_sancar@med.unc.edu
Mark Schoenfisch	Chemistry, Implantable sensors, biomaterials, and scanning probe microscopy	schoenfisch@unc.edu
David Siderovski	Pharmacology, Structure/function of "regulator of G-protein signaling" (RGS) proteins	dsiderov@med.unc.edu
Kevin Slep	Biology, Cytoskeletal Structure and Dynamics; X-ray crystalography	Kslep@bio.unc.edu
Jack Snoeyink	Computer Science, Geographic Information Systems in analysis of protein folding/structure	snoeyink@cs.unc.edu
John Sondek	Pharmacology, Structural basis of signal transduction; X-ray crystallography	sondek@med.unc.edu
Richard Superfine	Physics and Astronomy, Cell surface structure; Scanning probe microscopy	rsuperphysics@unc.edu
Nancy Thompson	Chemistry, Cell surface immunochemistry; Fluorescence microscopy	nlt@unc.edu
Alex Tropsha	Medicinal Chemistry, Computer-assisted molecular modeling	alex_tropsha@unc.edu
Marcey Waters	Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Recognition	mlwaters@email.unc.edu
Kevin Weeks	Chemistry, Structure/function of RNA and protein-RNA complexes	weeks@unc.edu
Richard Wolfenden	Biochemistry and Biophysics, Enzyme action; Water in biological processes	water@med.unc.edu
Qi Zhang	Biochemistry, Molecular Basis of RNA Function; NMR	qi_zhang@med.unc.edu