UMD FACULTY
AFFILIATED FACULTY
EMERITUS
Faculty listed below are often categorized with one of the following symbols to indicate if they will be accepting students for the 2026-2027 academic year:
* = accepting students
% = might accept students
# = not accepting students
* Juan Angueyra | Assistant Professor | Department of Biology
E-mail: angueyra@umd.edu
# Alexandra Bely | Professor |
Department of Biology
Evolution of regeneration and asexual reproduction; freshwater invertebrate biology | E-mail: abely@umd.edu
Volker Briken | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Host cell manipulation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis | E-mail: vbriken@umd.edu
Kan Cao | Professor and Associate Chair | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Hutchinson Gilford progeria, telomere and cellular senescence, alternative splicing and human aging | E-mail: kcao@umd.edu
James Culver | Professor | Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Virus-host interactions | E-mail: jculver@umd.edu
% Jeffrey DeStefano | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Mechanism of retroviral reverse transcriptases | E-mail: jdestefa@umd.edu
Seth Dickey | Assistant Professor | Department of Veterinary Medicine
Novel antimicrobials and pathway analysis | E-mail: sdickey@umd.edu
Najib El-Sayed | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Genomics, Bioinformatics, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Parasitology | E-mail: elsayed@umd.edu
Megan Fritz | Associate Professor | Department of Entomology
Insect evolution | E-mail: mfritz13@umd.edu
Norberto Gonzalez-Juarbe | Assistant Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Host-Pathogen Interactions, Respiratory and Cardiac Infections, Multi-omics, Microbiome-Host Interactions | E-mail: ngj@umd.edu
Brantley Hall
| Assistant Professor
| Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
Functional modulation of the human gut microbiota | E-mail: brantley@umd.edu
% Iqbal Hamza | Professor | Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
Genetics and cell biology of iron metabolism and heme trafficking | E-mail: hamza@umd.edu
Osnat Herzberg | Professor | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, IBBR
Structural Genomics | E-mail: osnat@umd.edu
William Jeffrey | Professor |
Department of Biology
Developmental, Evolutionary, and Regenerative Biology | E-mail: jeffery@umd.edu
* Antony Jose | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
RNA regulation across space and time | E-mail: amjose@umd.edu
% Scott Juntti
| Assistant Professor
| Department of Biology
Social neuroscience | E-mail: sjuntti@umd.edu
Zvi Kelman | Research Biologist | National Institute of Standards & Technology, IBBR
Expression and purification of monoclonal antibodies | E-mail: zkelman@umd.edu
Catherine K. Kuo | Associate Professor | Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine | E-mail: ckk@umd.edu
# Vincent T. Lee | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Host-pathogen interaction, nucleotide signaling, microbial physiology | E-mail: vtlee@umd.edu
% Jiqiang (Lanny) Ling | Associate Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Translation, host-pathogen interaction, antibiotic tolerance | E-mail: jling12@umd.edu
Wolfgang Losert | Professor and Associate Dean | Department of Physics
Dynamics of living systems: Intracellular excitability, cell migration and collective behavior | E-mail: wlosert@umd.edu
Katharina Maisel | Assistant Professor | Department of Bioengineering
In vitro model systems, lymphatic physiology & therapeutic targeting, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, nanoparticle design and development | E-mail: maiselka@umd.edu
# Kevin McIver | Professor and Chair | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Gram-positive Bacterial pathogenesis, Host-Pathogen Interactions | E-mail: kmciver@umd.edu
% Erika Moore | Assistant Professor | Department of Bioengineering
In vitro model systems, innate immunology, cardiovascular biology, autoimmunity, fibrosis | E-mail: emt@umd.edu
John Moult | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Computational modeling of biological systems | E-mail: jmoult@umd.edu
Angus Murphy | Professor | Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter structure and function / plant hormone transport and homeostasis| E-mail: asmurphy@umd.edu
% Gilad Ofek | Associate Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, IBBR
Structural biology of viruses, recognition by molecules of the immune system | E-mail: gofek@umd.edu
% Jaekeun Park | Assistant Professor | Veterinary Medicine
Pathological mucosal immune responses to influenza viruses, therapeutic and vaccine interventions against influenza and other zoonotic respiratory viruses | E-mail: jpark138@umd.edu
Leslie Pick | Professor |
Department of Entomology
Evo-Devo, Drosophila development, RNAi in insects | E-mail: lpick@umd.edu
Yiping Qi | Assistant Professor | Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Plant Genome Engineering, Plant Innate Immunity | E-mail: yiping@umd.edu
Sean Riley | Assistant Professor | Department of Veterinary Medicine
Tick-transmitted pathogens of the genus Rickettsia | E-mail: sriley3@umd.edu
Margaret Scull | Assistant Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Respiratory virus - host interactions | E-mail: scull@umd.edu
Anne E. Simon | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Virus and independent mobile RNA replication/translation/vectors | E-mail: simona@umd.edu
Wenxia Song | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Regulatory mechanisms of B-lymphocyte activation and host responses to Neisseria gonorrhoeae | E-mail: wenxsong@umd.edu
Sergei Sukharev | Professor
|
Department of Biology
Membrane protein structure and function, bacterial physiology | E-mail: sukharev@umd.edu
# Lisa Taneyhill | Professor | Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
Early embryonic patterning of the nervous system | E-mail: ltaney@umd.edu
% Wade Winkler | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Bacterial RNAs | Email: wwinkler@umd.edu
* Shunyuan Xiao | Professor | Department of Plant Science and Agriculture, IBBR
Plant immunity and fungal genomics | E-mail: xiao@umd.edu
Xiaoping Zhu | Associate Dean, Department Chair, Professor | Department of Veterinary Medicine
Host mucosal immune responses to infections and the control of inflammation | E-mail: xzhu1@umd.edu
Georgiy Belov | Associate Professor |
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Enterovirus replication and virus-cell interaction | E-mail: gbelov@umd.edu
Debabrata Biswas | Professor | Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
Foodborne bacterial infection and prevention through microbiome modulation | E-mail: dbiswas@umd.edu
Andrew Broadbent | Assistant Professor | Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
Avian RNA viruses, virus-cell interactions, virus pathogenesis, anti-viral immune responses | E-mail: ajbroad@umd.edu
Caren Chang | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Molecular mechanisms and evolution of ethylene hormone signaling and biosynthesis | E-mail: carenc@umd.edu
% Charles Delwiche | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Genomics and evolution of algae; early eukaryotic evolution | E-mail: delwiche@umd.edu
# Jonathan Dinman | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Alternative readings of the genetic code | E-mail: dinman@umd.edu
Gregg Duncan | Assistant Professor | Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Biological soft matter and nanomaterials, pulmonary disease applications | E-mail: gaduncan@umd.edu
José Feijó
| Professor
| Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Development of integrated models of apical cell growth and morphogenesis | E-mail: jfeijo@umd.edu
Thomas Fuerst | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Structure-based protein and vaccine design for infectious disease and cancer | E-mail: tfuerst@umd.edu
Eric Haag | Professor and Director of Biological Sciences Graduate Program | Department of Biology
Evolutionary developmental biology, comparative genomics | E-mail: ehaag@umd.edu
Kelly Hamby |
Associate Professor | Department of Entomology
Sustainable insect pest management | E-mail: kahamby@umd.edu
David Hawthorne | Assiociate Professor |
Department of Entomology
E-mail: djh@umd.edu
% Steven M. Jay | Associate Professor |
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Human and prokaryotic extracellular vesicles: biotechnology, host-pathogen interactions, gut-organ axes, and antimicrobial resistance | E-mail: smjay@umd.edu
% Christopher Jewell | Institute Professor of Translational Engineering | Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices
Immune engineering, nanotechnology, autoimmunity, biomaterials | E-mail: cmjewell@umd.edu
# Philip Johnson | Associate Professor | Department of Biology
Theoretical population genetics | E-mail: plfj@umd.edu
# Jason D. Kahn | Professor | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Protein-DNA nanostructures; DNA flexibility and topology; hybridization thermodynamics | E-mail: jdkahn@umd.edu
Byung-Eun Kim | Associate Professor | Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
Metal Metabolism in Health and Disease | E-mail: bekim@umd.edu
* Daniel Leal | Assistant Professor | Plant Sciences & Landscape Architecture
Genetics of stem cell regulation, genome editing for crop improvement, mapping genetic interactions in CLAVATA pathways | E-mail: danielrl@umd.edu
Yuxing Li | Professor | Department of Microbiology, Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, IBBR
Viral Immunology, B cell biology, and vaccine/immunotherapeutics development | E-mail: yuxingli@umd.edu
% Yanxin Liu | Assistant Professor | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Cryo-electron microscopy; molecular dynamics simulation; chaperone; protein folding; organelle protein import; cellular stress response | E-mail: yxliu@umd.edu
Carlos A. Machado | Professor | Department of Biology
Evolutionary Genomics | Email: machado@umd.edu
Roy Mariuzza | Professor |
Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Structural Immunology | Email: rmariuzz@umd.edu
Shirley Micallef | Assistant Professor | Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Microbial ecology of bacteria | e-mail: smicall@umd.edu
* Sara Molinari | Assistant Professor | Department of Bioengineering
Synthetic Biology, Engineered Living Materials, Bacterial cell engineering, Probiotics | Email: saramol@umd.edu
# David Mosser | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Macrophages and dendritic cells | E-mail: dmosser@umd.edu
% Daniel Nelson | Professor | Department of Veterinary Medicine, IBBR
Bacteriophage endolysins, structure/function studies, alternative antimicrobials | E-mail: nelsond@umd.edu
* Utpal Pal | Professor | Department of Veterinary Medicine
Pathogenesis of Lyme disease | E-mail: upal@umd.edu
Brian Pierce | Associate Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, IBBR
Computational structural biology, protein design, immunology | E-mail: pierce@umd.edu
Tom E. Porter | Professor |
Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
E-mail: teporter@umd.edu
Shaik Rahaman | Professor | Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
* Sougata Roy | Associate Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Cell and Developmental Biology | E-mail: sougata@umd.edu
# Charles Seller | Assistant Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Molecular biology of environmental stress responses in plants, genomics, chromatin, stomata | E-mail: sellerc@umd.edu
Jiuzhou “John” Song | Associate Professor | Department of Avian and Animal Sciences
Statistical genetics and computational epigenetic methods | E-mail: songj88@umd.edu
# Daniel Stein | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Neisseria gonorrhoeae biology | E-mail: dstein@umd.edu
Nishanth E. Sunny | Assistant Professor | Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
Mitochondrial function and metabolism | E-mail: nsunny@umd.edu
Arpita Upadhyaya | Professor | Department of Physics
Mechanical regulation of immune cell signaling and gene expression; quantitative imaging and biophysical measurements | E-mail: arpitau@umd.edu
# Louisa Wu | Associate Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Host defense against pathogens | Email: louisa@umd.edu
Yanjin Zhang | Associate Professor | Department of Veterinary Medicine
Molecular virology, virus-cell interactions, innate immunity, and vaccine development | E-mail: zhangyj@umd.edu
* Hannah Zierden | Assistant Professor | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rationally engineering next generation therapies | E-mail: hzierden@umd.edu
Training with off-campus affiliate/adjunct faculty requires on-campus co-advisor.
Jeffrey Cohen | Chief, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | NIH
Herpesvirus vaccines and monoclonal antibodies; genetic and immunologic variants in hosts with severe virus infections | E-mail: jcohen@niaid.nih.gov
Eric Freed | Director & Head | HIV Dynamics and Replication Program | NIH
Virus-Cell Interaction | E-mail: efreed@mail.nih.gov
Audray Harris | Stadtman Investigator | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | NIH
Structural biology of antigen design, vaccine development, influenza structure and function | Email: harrisau@mail.nih.gov
* Elissa Lei | Senior Investigator | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH
Chromatin organization and regulation of gene expression in Drosophila and mouse | E-mail: leielissa@niddk.nih.gov
# John P. Marino |
Research Chemist & Group Leader |
National Institute of Standards & Technology, IBBR
Structural Biology | E-mail: john.marino@nist.gov
Bernard Moss | Chief | Laboratory of Viral Diseases; Genetic Engineering Section, NIAID, National Institutes of Health
E-mail: bmoss@niaid.nih.gov
Amy Rosenfeld | Principal Investigator | Food and Drug Administration
Picornaviruses, enterovirus, poliovirus, EV-D68, paralysis, immunity, animal models | E-mail: amy.rosenfeld@fda.hhs.gov
Patrick Dolan | Stadtman Investigator | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | NIH
Virus-host dynamics at single-cell resolution, Virus evolution within and across hosts, Systems biology of virus infection, and RNA Viruses | E-mail: patrick.dolan@nih.gov
Sridhar Hannenhalli | Senior Investigator | National Cancer Institute |
National Institutes of Health
Transcriptional regulation, Single cell omics, Cellular Heterogeneity, Cancer data science, Evolution | E-mail: sridhar.hannenhalli@nih.gov
Matthew Kelley | Section Chief | National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH
Development of the mammalian cochlea | E-mail: kelleymt@nidcd.nih.gov
Michael Lenardo | Chief, Molecular Development of the Immune System Section | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH
Immune homeostasis and autoimmunity, cell death, novel immunodiagnostics and immunotherapeutics | E-mail: mlenardo@niaid.nih.gov
Alison McBride | Chief, DNA Tumor Virus Section | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH
HPV Replication Mechanisms | Email: amcbride@niaid.nih.gov
Yosuke Mukoyama | Senior Investigator | National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Stem-cell and neuro-vascular biology | E-mail: mukoyamay@nhlbi.nih.gov
% Sandra Wolin | Chief | RNA Biology Laboratory | National Cancer Institute
Noncoding RNAs and their functions, RNA chaperones, RNA surveillance, and autoimmune disease | E-mail: sandra.wolin@nih.gov
Emeriti Faculty can serve on committees but not serve as primary or co-mentor.
# Norma Andrews | Professor Emeritus | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Intracellular protozoan parasites, mechanisms of plasma membrane repair | E-mail: andrewsn@umd.edu
# Rita Colwell | Distinguished University Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Global Infectious diseases, water and health | E-mail: rcolwell@umd.edu
# Elisabeth Gantt | Professor Emeritus and Distinguished University Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Cell biology: photosynthetic apparatus and accessory pigments; physiology of algae; phylogenetic relationships | E-mail: egantt@umd.edu
# Steve Mount | Professor Emeritus | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Bioinformatics and genomics, focusing on genetic information that specifies how messenger RNAs are processed | E-mail: smount@umd.edu
# Marco Colombini
| Professor Emeritus | Department of Biology
Membrane Transport Phenomena | E-mail: colombini@umd.edu
# Lindley Darden | Professor Emeritus | Department of Philosophy
Philosophy and history of biology; computational biology | E-mail: darden@umd.edu
# Zhongchi Liu | Professor Emeritus | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Genomic and genetic studies of fruit development in strawberry and related plants | E-mail: zliu@umd.edu
# Heven Sze | Professor Emeritus | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Membrane transport | E-mail: hsze@umd.edu