Graduate Faculty for Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
CBMG

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Ades, Ibrahim Z. Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Los Angeles, 1971; Ph.D., 1976.
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Chair, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Baehrecke, Eric Adjunct Member
B.S.,University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1986; M.S., Texas A&M-University-Galveston, 1988; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison,1992.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Bean, George A. Regular Member
B.S., Cornell University, 1958; M.S.,University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1960; Ph.D., 1963.
- Professor, Food Science
   website: http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/nfsc/
- Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Benson, Spencer A. Regular Member
B.A.,University of Vermont, 1973; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1978.
- Associate Professor, Master of Life Sciences
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Education: Curriculum and Instruction
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Briken, Volker Regular Member
Ph.D., University of Paris (France), 1998
- Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Chang, Caren Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Berkeley, 1982; Ph.D.,California Institute of Technology, 1988.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Colombini, Marco Regular Member
B.S., McGill University-Montreal, 1970; Ph.D., 1974.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Affiliate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Associate Chair, Biology
   website: http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/faculty/colombini/index.html
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Colwell, Rita R. Regular Member
B.S., Purdue University, 1956; M.S., 1958; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1961.
- Professor Emerita, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Cooke, Todd J. Regular Member
B.S.,Antioch College, 1974; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1979.
- Professor, Plant Biology
- Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Director, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Culver, James N. Regular Member
B.S.,Oklahoma State University-Stillwater, 1985; M.S., Oklahoma State University, 1987; Ph.D., University of California-Riverside, 1991.
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
- Assistant Professor, Center for Agricultural Biotechnology
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Delwiche, Charles Francis Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Berkeley, 1984; Ph.D.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990.
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Biology
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

DeStefano, Jeffrey J. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Connecticut-Storrs, 1983; Ph.D., 1990.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Dinman, Jonathan D. Regular Member
A.B., Oberlin College, 1980; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, M.D.-Ph.D., 1989
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

DiRuggiero, Jocelyne Regular Member
B.S., University of Lyon, France, 1984; M.S., University of Lyon, France, 1985; Ph.D., University of Lyon, France, 1989
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Frauwirth, Kenneth Regular Member
B.S., Brown University, 1992; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1997.
- Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Freed, Eric Adjunct Member
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Gantt, Elisabeth Regular Member
B.A., Blackburn College, 1958; M.S., Northwestern University, 1960; Ph.D., 1963.
- Professor, Plant Biology
- Distinguished University Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Gao, Lian-Yong Regular Member
B.S. Ocean University of Qingdao, 1983; M.S., Western Kentucky University, 1995; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1999
- Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Hamza, Iqbal Adjunct Member
Ph.D., State University of New York School of Medicine, 1998
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Hutcheson, Steven W. Regular Member
A.B.,University of California-Santa Cruz, 1975; Ph.D.,University of California-Berkeley, 1982.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Jeffery, William Richard Regular Member
B.S., University of Illinois-Chicago, 1967; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1971.
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Affiliate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Professor, Biology

Joseph, Sammy W. Regular Member
B.S., University of Florida, 1956; M.S., St. John's University, 1964; Ph.D., 1970.
- Professor, Food Science
   website: http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/nfsc/
- Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Kwak, June Regular Member
B.S., Yonsei University, Korea, 1987; M.S., Pohan Univesity of Science & Technology, korea, 1993; Ph.D., Pohang University of Science and Technology, 1997
- Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Liu, Zhongchi Regular Member
B.S.,Wuhan University, 1982; M.A., Harvard University, 1985; Ph.D., 1990.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Mather, Ian Regular Member
Ph.D., University College of North Wales, 1971
- Affiliate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Moss, Bernard Regular Member
B.A., New York University, 1957; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966.
- Adjunct Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Mosser, David M. Regular Member
B.S., University of Bridgeport, 1974 M.S., Univeristy of Bridgeport, 1975 Ph.D., North Carolina State, 1983
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Mount, Stephen M. Regular Member
B.A., Rice University, 1978; Ph.D., Yale University, 1983.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Nuss, Donald Regular Member
B.A., Edinboro State College, 1969; Ph.D. Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 1973.
- Adjunct Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Perez, Daniel Regular Member
B.S./M.S., National University of Cordoba, Argentina; Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1995. Dr. Perez' current interests include the interspecies transmission, pathogenesis, and evolution of avian influenza viruses and the role of cross-protective immunity in the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses to other birds and mammals.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
- Associate Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences

Simon, Anne E. Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-San Diego, 1978; Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1982.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Song, Wenxia Regular Member
M.S.,Academia Sinica-Institute of Biophysics, Beijing-China, 1986; Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1991.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Stein, Daniel C. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Notre Dame, 1977; M.S., University of Rochester, 1981; Ph.D.,1981.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Stewart, Richard C. Regular Member
B.S.,College of William & Mary-Williamsburg, 1980; Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1984.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Straney, David C. Regular Member
B.S., Brown University, 1982; M.S., Yale University, 1984;Ph.D., 1987.
- Associate Professor, Plant Biology
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Sze, Heven Regular Member
B.S.,National Taiwan University, 1968; M.S., University of California-Davis, 1970;Ph.D., Purdue University, 1975.
- Professor, Plant Biology
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Vakharia, Vikram Regular Member
B.S., Bombay University, 1971; M.S., Wichita State University, 1979; Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1983.
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Weiner, Ronald M. Regular Member
B.S.,City University of New York-Brooklyn College, 1964; M.S.,Long Island University-Brooklyn, 1967; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1970.
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor Emeritus, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Wolniak, Stephen M. Regular Member
B.A., State University of New York-Oswego, 1972; M.S., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1974; Ph.D.,University of California-Berkeley, 1979.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Chair, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Yuan, Robert T. Regular Member
B.S., Antioch College, 1960; Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1966.
- Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics