Graduate Research Mentors
Graduate Research Mentors
A list of faculty across the University of Delaware who can act in a mentorship role for graduate students.
| Faculty Name | Email Address | Brief Research Descriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Behnam Abasht | abasht@udel.edu | General research area: avian genomics, and genetics of muscle diseases in chickens |
| Robert Akins | rakins@nemours.org | Cardiac tissue engineering and nerve/muscle interactions |
| Sonali Barwe | sonali.barwe@nemours.org | Cancer drug resistance |
| Mona Batish | batish@udel.edu | Single molecule RNA imaging of novel cancer biomarkers |
| Jeremy Bird | jgbird@udel.edu | Mechanism of transcription, metabolism, epitranscriptomics, RNA capping |
| Esther Biswas-Fiss | ebiswas@udel.edu | Biomolecular analysis of inherited visual disease; HPV oncogenesis |
| E. Fidelma Boyd | fboyd@udel.edu | Bacterial evolution and pathogenesis |
| Bruce Boman | brucemboman@gmail.com | Cancer Stem Cells |
| Matthew Butchbach | butchbach@nemoursresearch.org | Spinal muscular atrophy pathogenesis |
| Jeffrey Caplan | jcaplan@udel.edu | Programmed cell death in plant innate immunity |
| Clara Chan | cschan@udel.edu | Iron metabolizing bacteria |
| Carlton R. Cooper | crcooper@udel.edu | Bone metastasis & prostate and breast cancer racial disparity |
| Melinda Duncan | duncanm@udel.edu | Cataract, cataract surgical side-effects, and eye development |
| David Edwards | dge@udel.edu | Cardiovascular physiology |
| William Farquhar | wbf@udel.edu | Cardiovascular and exercise physiology |
| Velia Fowler | vfowler@udel.edu | Actin cytoskeleton, red blood cells, eye lens, super-resolution imaging, cell and tissue mechanics |
| Deni Galileo | dgalileo@udel.edu | Brain development and brain tumor invasion |
| Jason Gleghorn | gleghorn@udel.edu | Lung and kidney development, pancreatic cancer. |
| Catherine Grimes | cgrimes@udel.edu | Host pathogen interactions |
| Tom Hanson | tehanson@udel.edu | Microbial communities |
| Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert | anjl@udel.edu | Study sex-specific differences in meiotic chromosome dynamics |
| Xinqiao Jia | xjia@udel.edu | Cell signaling in engineered environment & tissue engineering |
| Kristi Kiick | kiick@udel.edu | Biopolymeric materials for regenerative medicine |
| Amber Krauchunas | arkrauch@udel.edu | Fertilization, gamete activation, C. elegans |
| Salil Lachke | salil@udel.edu | Genetics of ocular disease; RNA granule function |
| Chi Keung Lam | lamcg@udel.edu | Heart disease, calcium regulation, stress signaling, chaperone, proteasome |
| Sigrid Langhans | langhans@nemoursresearch.org | Ion channels, cell signaling, and cancer |
| Gary Laverty | laverty@udel.edu | Epithelial transport systems in cultured tissues |
| Jung-Youn Lee | lee@dbi.udel.edu | Cell-to-cell communication through plant plasmodesmata |
| Huey-Jen Lin | hlin@udel.edu | Cancer epigenetics |
| Zhengyu (Mark) Ma | zma@nemours.org | Using the adaptive immune system to treat cancer and allergy |
| Julia Maresca | jmaresca@udel.edu | Bacterial pigmentation and phototrophy |
| Joshua Neunuebel | jneunuebel@psych.udel.edu | Neurobiology of social communication |
| Ramona Neunuebel | neunr@udel.edu | Molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis |
| Anja Nohe | anjanohe@udel.edu | Biomedical imaging techniques |
| Eleftherios Papoutsakis | epaps@udel.edu | Microbial metabolic engineering; platelet biology; thrombosis |
| Vijay Parashar | parashar@udel.edu | Structure function analysis of microbiome cell signaling |
| Mark Parcells | parcells@udel.edu | Tumor virology and immunology; Marek’s Disease Virus |
| Justin Parreno | jparreno@udel.edu | Actin Cytoskeleton, Tissue Engineering, Mechanotransduction, Cartilage, Lens |
| Shawn Polson | polson@udel.edu | Environmental metagenomics |
| Valerie Sampson | valerie.sampson@nemours.org | Treatments for pediatric sarcoma |
| Carl J. Schmidt | schmidtc@udel.edu | Bioinformatics and avian genomics |
| Karl Schmitz | schmitzk@udel.edu | Biochemistry and molecular microbiology of bacterial proteases |
| Erica Selva | selva@udel.edu | Signal transduction during Drosophila development |
| Lisha Shao | shaol@udel.edu | Behavior, imaging, neurogenetics, reward circuit |
| Robert Sikes | rasikes@udel.edu | Mouse prostate development and human prostate cancer |
| Erin Sparks | esparks@udel.edu | Regulation of shoot-borne brace roots in maize |
| J Sims-Mourtada | jsimsmourtada@christianacare.org | Cancer stem cells and treatment resistance |
| Jia Song | jsong@udel.edu | Regulatory roles of small RNAs in early development |
| Molly Sutherland | msuther@udel.edu | Cytochrome c biogenesis, membrane proteins, heme, microbiology |
| Jessica Tanis | jtanis@udel.edu | Ion channel regulation in Caenorhabditis elegans |
| Shunji Tomatsu | stomatsu@nemours.org | Therapy for skeletal dysplasia and lysosomal storage disorders |
| Kenneth van Golen | klvg@udel.edu | Rho GTPases in cancer |
| Liyun Wang | lywang@udel.edu | Musculoskeletal mechanobiology |
| Shuo Wei | swei@udel.edu | Proteases in cancer and development |
| Robert Witt | RobertLWitt@gmail.com | Tissue engineering for cancer survivors |
| Eric Wommack | wommack@dbi.udel.edu | Role of viruses/viral infection in microbial communities |
| Donna S. Woulfe | dswoulfe@udel.edu | Translational cardiovascular biology |
| Cathy Wu | wuc@udel.edu | Bioinformatics and computational systems biology |
| Yvette Yien | yyien@udel.edu | Developmental and tissue-specific regulation of heme synthesis |
| Soonmoon Yoo | yoo@medsci.udel.edu | Molecular regeneration and neuroimaging |
