Faculty Member

P. Bagavandoss
Email: pbagavan@stark.kent.edu
Phone: (330) 244-3423
FAX: (330) 494-6121

Ph.D. University of Michigan. Ovarian physiology, angiogenesis, corpus luteum development and regression, matricellular proteins.  More on Bagavandross

James L. Blank
E-mail: jblank@kent.edu 
Phone: (330) 672-2984 
FAX: (330) 672-3713 

Ph.D., Indiana University. Neuroendocrine regulation of gonadal function and metabolism in male mammals, environmental regulation of seasonal breeding cycles; behavioral endocrinology. More on Blank

Brent C. Bruot
E-mail: bbruot@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-3614
FAX: (330) 672-3713

Ph.D., Oklahoma State University. Cellular aspects of reproductive endocrinology, regulation of steroid hormone synthesis and secretion. More on Bruot

Dean E. Dluzen 
E-mail: ded@neoucom.edu
Phone: 330-325-6300
FAX: 330-325-5913

Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology. The role of dopamine in corpus striatum as function of age, influence of sex pheromones on neurotransmitter release and in olfactory area. More on Dluzen

Robert V. Dorman
E-mail: rdorman@kent.edu 
Phone: (330) 672-2363 
FAX: (330) 672-3713

Ph.D., Ohio State University. Biochemistry and functions of  membranes; signal transduction, nervous system trauma and recovery, multiple sclerosis. More on Dorman

J. David Glass
E-mail: jglass@kent.edu
Phone: (330) 672-2934 
FAX: (330) 672-3713 

Ph.D., Wesleyan University. Molecular and cellular neuroscience; neural regulation of the circadian clock, neurochemical processes regulating behavioral and metabolic rhythms in mammals, including primates; cellular and behavioral plasticity of the adult brain. More on Glass

Robert T. Heath
E-mail: rheath@kent.edu
Phone: (330) 672-7828 
FAX: (330) 672-3713

Ph.D., University of Southern California. Metabolic and genetic control of DNA and RNA synthesis in natural populations of aquatic bacteria and algae in the Great Lakes and coastal wetlands. More on Heath

Douglas Kline
E-mail: dkline@kent.edu
Phone: (330) 672-3810 FAX: (330) 672-3713 

Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Gamete physiology, oocyte maturation, in vitro fertilization of mammalian eggs and the regulation of egg activation. More on Kline

Jennifer L. Marcinkiewicz
E-mail: jmarcink@kent.edu
Phone: (330) 672-5554 
FAX: (330) 672-3713

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Ovarian physiology, ovarian follicle development, oocyte-somatic cell interactions, effects of cytokines on ovarian function. More on Marcinkiewcz

Ronald L. Salisbury
E-mail:rsalisbury@uakron.edu

Ph.D., Medical College of Virginia; Steroid hormone action in the central nervous system; brain sexual differentiation; neuroendocrinology of gonadotropin secretion. More on Salisbury

John R.D. Stalvey
E-mail: jstalvey@kent.edu
Phone: (330) 672-2945
FAX: (330) 672-3713

Ph.D., University of Southern California. Molecular analysis of steroidogenic enzymes, interaction between hormonal and genetic factors regulating steroid biosynthesis. More on Stalvey

S. Vijayaraghavan
E-mail: svijayar@kent.edu
Phone: (330) 672-9598
FAX: (330) 672-3713

Ph.D., All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Signal transduction, sperm physiology, fertilization, contraception. More on Vijayaraghavan

Christopher J. Woolverton
E-mail: cwoolver@kent.edu
Phone: (330) 672-4648
FAX: (330) 672-3713

Ph.D., West Virginia University. Induction and propagation of chronic inflammatory disease by bacterial antigens, cytokine regulation of inflammatory disease, cardiovascular responses to bacterial polymers, novel antimicrobial therapies.  More on Woolverton

Daniel L. Ely
E-mail: ely1@uakron.edu
Phone: (330) 972-7159

Ph.D., University of Southern California. Hypertension mechanisms, hormonal, neural, and genetic interactions, development of congenic hypertensive rat strains.  More on Ely

Ernest J. Freeman
E-mail: efreema2@kent.edu           
Phone: (330) 672-2388

Ph.D., Kent State Univeristy. Biochemistry, diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases, vascular physiology and biochemistry. More on Freeman

Hans Folkesson
Email: hgfolkes@neoucom.edu
Phone: (330) 325-6436

Ph.D., Lund University. Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in premature infants. More on Folkesson

Ellen L. Glickman
E-mail: eglickma@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2857

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. Metabolic and thermal responses to acute cold exposure.  More on Glickman

Michael Kalinski
E-mail: mkalinsk@kent.edu
Phone: (330) 672-2857

Ph.D., Academy of Science of Ukraine. Biochemical adaptation to exercise, sport nutrition. More on Kalinski

Gary Meszaros
E-mail:jgmeszar@neoucom.edu
Phone: (330) 325-6432

Ph.D., University of Texas. G Protein-coupled receptor signaling in the myocardium.  More on Meszaros

Amy Milsted
E-mail:amilsted@uakron.edu
Phone: (330) 972-7976

Ph.D., CUNY. Renin-angiotensin system; sexual dimorphism; homeostatic mechanisms in blood pressure regulation; genetics of hypertension.  More on Milsted

Gary D. Niehaus
E-mail:gdn@neoucom.edu
Phone: (330) 325-6420

Ph.D., Wisconsin University. Cardiopulmonary physiology,  macrophages in systemic host-defense, modulation of lung disease by phagocytes.  More on Niehaus

Charles F. Pilati
E-mail:pc@neoucom.edu
Phone: (330) 325-6423

Ph.D., Kent State University. Myocardial fluid balance and cardiac dynamics.  More on Pilati

Stephen P. Schmidt
E-mail: schmidt@brain.biomed.uakron.edu
Phone: (330) 375-3693

Ph.D., Idaho State University. vascular cell physiology, artificial vascular graft development, endicrine role in atherogenesis. More on Schmidt

Jon M. Walro
E-mail:jmw@neoucom.edu
Phone: (330) 325-6287

Ph.D., Ohio University. Neuromuscular plasticity, myosin gene expression in developing and regenerating skeletal muscles.  More on Walro