Cellular and Molecular Biology Faculty

Carl F. Ansevin
E-mail: cansevin@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-726-7900

M.D., Ohio State University. Neuromuscular disorders, rippling muscles, myasthenia gravis and stretch activated channels. More on Ansevin

Ian Bratz
E-mail: ibratz@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6530
Fax: 330-325-5912

Ph.D., University of New Mexico. Functional roles of TRVP1 channels in coronary vascular tone and progession of diabetes. More on Bratz

Heather Caldwell
E-mail: hcaldwel@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3636
Fax: 330-672-3713

Ph.D., Georgia State University. Role of neuropeptides in regulating social behaviors and neuropsychiatric disorders. More on Caldwell

 Yeong-Renn Chen
 E-mail: ychen1@neoumed.edu
 Phone: 330-325-6537

Ph.D., Oklahoma State University. Oxygen free radicals, Nitric oxide, oxidative postranslational modifications, mitochondrial biology in myocardial infarction. More on Chen

 Wen-Hai Chou
 E-mail: wchou2@kent.edu
 Phone: 330-672-2979

Ph.D., Univeristy of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Protein kinase C in stroke-reperfusion injuries. More on Chou

 Wilson Chung
 E-mail: wchung@kent.edu
 Phone: 330-672-3641

Ph.D., University of Amsterdam. Neuroendocrine brain, androgens, fibroblast growth factor signaling. More on Chung

 Samuel Crish
 E-mail: scrish@neomed.edu
 Phone: 330-325-6680

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago. Glaucoma, axonal transport, structure and function. More on Crish

Derek Damron
E-mail: ddamron@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3370
Fax: 330-672-3713

Ph.D., Kent State University. Cardiac myocytes, signal transduction, protein kinases, contractility, anesthetic agents, calcium, cardiovascular disease. More on Damron

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 CNS membranes, nervous system trauma and recovery, biochemistry of multiple sclerosis. More on Dorman

Gail C. Fraizer
E-mail: gfraizer@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-1398
Fax: 330-672-3713

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Tumor suppressor genes and cancer, mechanisms of tumorigenesis including growth control pathways, prostate cancer. More on Fraizer

Ernest J. Freeman
E-mail: efreema2@kent.edu
Phone: 330-384-6391
Fax: 330-996-2383

Ph.D., Kent State University. Neurodegeneration, vascular smoothh muscle cell function, biochemistry of multiple sclerosis. More on Freeman

 Tobin L. Hieronymus 
 E-mail:
 thieronymus@neomed.edu
 Phone: 330-325-6635
 Fax: 330-325-5916

Ph.D., Ohio University. Pattern and process of skeletal evolution in vertebrates. More on Hieronymus

John D. Johnson
E-mail: jjohns72@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3899
Fax: 330-672-3713

Ph.D., University of Colorado. Neural-immune interactions, brain cytokines, mood, behavior, stress and immunity. More on Johnson

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

Edgar Kooijman
E-mail: ekooijma@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-8568
Fax: 330-672-3713

Ph.D., Utrecht University. Biophysics of lipid/protein interfaces, protein folding and lipid interactions. More on Kooijman

Yoon-Kwang Lee
E-mail: ylee3@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6415

Ph.D., Rutgers University. Structure and regulation of nuclear hormone receptors. More on Lee

Laura G. Leff
E-mail: lleff@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3788

Ph.D., University of Georgia. Molecular ecology of bacteria, bacterial enumeration and identification. More on Leff

 Tiangang Li
 E-mail: tli@neomed.edu
 Phone: 330-325-6468

Ph.D., Kent State University. Regulation of lipid metabolism, obestity and diabetes. More on Li

Yong Lu
E-mail: ylu@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6656

Ph.D., Unvi. Missouri-Columbia. Neurotransmitter systems, GABA, glutamate, audition. More on Lu

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

Ph.D., Illinois University at Champaign-Urbana. Ovarian follicle development, autocrine & paracrine regulation of ovarian function. More on Marcinkiewicz

Amy Milsted
E-mail: milsted@uakron.edu
Phone: 330-972-7976

Ph.D., City University of New York. Gene expression in hypertension, reninangiotensin system, SHR Y chromosome. More on Milsted

Eric Mintz
E-mail:emintz@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3847
Fax: 330-672-3613

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz. Behavioral neurology, circadian rhythms, social behavior, sex differences in brain. More on Mintz

Ph.D., University of Michigan. Research in microscopy techniques, cell structures, 3D imaging. More on Model

Ph.D., University of Georgia. Metatranscriptomics of bacteria, pathogens in ecosystem. More on Mou

Colleen Novak
E-mail:cnovak13@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3613
Fax: 330-672-3713

Ph.D., Michigan State University. Neural and endocrine mechanisms of thermogenesis in obesity, photic and nonphotic influences on the circadian clock. More on Novak

Helen Piontkivska
E-mail: opiontki@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3620
Fax: 330-672-3713

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Comparative and evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, molecular evolution. More on Piontivska

 Priya Raman
 E-mail: praman@neomed.edu
 Phone: 330-325-6425

Ph.D., Northeast Louisiana University. Regulation of thrombospondin-1 by leptin in vascular smooth muscle cells, atherosclerosis. More on Raman

 Merri J. Rosen
 E-mail: mrosen@neomed.edu
 Phone: 330-325-6516
 Fax: 330-325-5916

Ph.D., Duke University. Neural correlates of auditory perception: effects of hearing loss and experience during development. More on Rosen

 Prabodh Sadana
 E-mail:
 psadana@neomed.edu
 Phone: 330-325-6676
 Fax: 330-325-5936

Ph.D., University of Tennessee. Hormonal regulation of lipid metabolism. More on Sadana

Fayez Safadi
E-mail: fsafadi@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6619

Brett R. Schofield
E-mail: bschofie@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6655
Fax: 330-325-5916

Ph.D., Duke University. Functional anatomy of auditory pathways. More on Schofield

Shobhana Sivaramakrishnan
E-mail: ssivaram@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6639

Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin. Ion channels, synaptic transmission, neural networks. More on Sivaramakrishnan

 Johannes G.M. Thewissen
 E-mail: 
 thewisse@neomed.edu
 Phone: 330-325-6295

Ph.D., University of Michigan. Mammalian anatomy and evolution, morphological adaptations such as those for swimming and flight. More on Thewissen

 Charles Thodeti
 E-mail:
 cthodeti@neomed.edu
 Phone: 330-325-6423
 Fax: 330-325-5912

Ph.D., S.V. University. Mechanical control of integrin activation in capillary endothelial cells, signal transduction. More on Thodeti

Sean Veney
E-mail: sveney@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3325
Fax: 330-672-3713

Ph.D., University of Virginia. Behavioral neuroendocrinology, sexual differentiation of the brain, syrinz anatomy, neuroethology of birdsong. More on Veney

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 Vinyard
 E-mail:
 cvinyard@neomed.edu
 Phone: 330-325-6279

 Ph.D., Northwestern University. Function and evolution of primate head. More on Vinyard

Gary R. Walker
E-mail: grwalker@cc.ysu.edu
Phone: 330-941-7177

Ph.D., Wayne State University. Regulation of muscle contraction by mechanical stretch. More on Walker

Jeffrey J. Wenstrup
E-mail: jjw@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6630

Ph.D., Indiana University. Neural mechanisms of hearing, acoustic communication, including emotional responses to sound. More on Wenstrup

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

Ph.D., West Virginia University. Bacterial cell wall polymers in inflammation, sepsis and its sequelae, antibiotic delivery devices, microbial identification and neutralization devices. More on Woolverton

 Jesse Young
 E-mail:
 jwyoung@neomed.edu
 Phone: 330-325-6304
 Fax: 330-325-5916

 Ph.D., Stony Brook University. Comparative and developmental biomechanics of locomotion. More on Young

Yanqiao Zhang
E-mail: yzhang@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6693

M.D., Wuhan University. Role of FXR in lipid homeostasis and obesity, atherosclerosis and cholesterol transport. More on Zhang

Soumitra Basu
E-mail: sbasu@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3906
Fax: 330-672-3816

Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University. Quadraplex structures, insulin binding, gene structures and function. More on Basu

Nicola E. Brasch
E-mail: nbrasch@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9524

Ph.D., University of Otago (New Zealand). Vitamin B₁₂ and vanadium bioinorganic and medicinal chemistry, development of therapeutics. More on Brasch

Yijing Chen
E-mail: ychen@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9394
Fax: 330-672-3713

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison. Developmental biology and genetics. More on Chen

John Y.L. Chiang
E-mail: jchiang@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6694

Ph.D., SUNY Albany. Molecular cloning expression and regulation of cytochrome P-450 isoenzymes. More on Chiang

 Richard Carroll
 E-mail: rcarroll@neomed.edu
 Phone: 330-325-6657
 FAX: 330-325-5930

Ph.D., University of Toledo. Neurodevelopment, neurodegenerative diseases, Autism, Alzheimers, inflammation and recovery. More on Carroll

Bansidar Datta
E-mail: bdatta@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3304

Ph.D., University of Nebraska. Mechanism of protein synthesis initiation in mammals. More on Datta

Angelo Delucia
E-mail: ald@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6135

Ph.D., Purdue University. Molecular biology of DNA tumor viruses, genetics of viral DNA replication, viral etiology of cancer. More on Delucia

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 CNS membranes, nervous system trauma and recovery, biochemistry of multiple sclerosis. More about Dorman

Alexander Galazyuk
E-mail: agalaz@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6640
Fax: 330-325-5916

Ph.D., Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology. Neuroscience of hearing. More on Galazyuk

James P. Hardwick
E-mail: jph@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6684

Ph.D., Illinois State University. Functional role of autacoid P-450 isozymes in carcinogenesis, signal transduction in carcinogenesis and cell differentiation and proliferation. More on Hardwick

Walter E. Horton
E-mail: wehj@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6290

Ph.D., Cincinnati University. Cartilage biology, osteoarthritis, apoptosis, gene expression, tissue engineering. More on Horton

William P. Lynch
E-mail: wonk@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6137

Ph.D., Cornell University. Mechanisms of neurodegeneration, CNS gene therapy, RNA tumor virus assembly and pathogenesis, microglial developmental biology. More on Lynch

Hanbin Mao
E-mail: hmao@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-9380

Ph.D., Texas A&M University. Molecular biophysics, microfluids. More on Mao

Jennifer A. McDonough
E-mail: jmcdonou@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2383
Fax: 330-672-3713

Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Therapies for multiple sclerosis, mitochondrial dysfunctions and gene regulation, transcription factors. More on McDonough

Kenneth S. Rosenthal
E-mail: ksr@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6134

Ph.D., Illinois University. Herpesviruses - infection and immunity, flow cytometry, tumor and virus detection, vaccines. More on Rosenthal

Mary Russell
E-mail: mrussel1@kent.edu
Phone: 330-675-7613
Fax: 330-675-7676

Ph.D., Ohio State University. Intermdiate filament protein synemin, heart, protein kinases. More on Russell

Diane Stroup
E-mail: dstroup1@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-3352
Fax: 330-672-3816

Ph.D., Ohio State University. Transcriptional control, regulated transcription of CYP7A1. More on Stroup

Chun-Che Tsai
E-mail: ctsai@kent.edu
Phone: 330-672-2989

Ph.D., Indiana University. Interaction of drugs with nucleic acids, anticancer drugs, antiviral agents, interferon, X-ray diffraction. More on Tsai

June Yun
E-mail: jyun@neomed.edu
Phone: 330-325-6638
Fax: 330-325-5912

Ph.D., George Washington University. Signaling via adrenergic receptors, cardiac contractions and growth. More on Yun