Graduate Faculty for Molecular and Cell Biology
MOCB

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Ades, Albert Regular Member

- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Director, Molecular and Cell Biology

Allewell, Norma M. Regular Member
B.Sc., Biochemistry, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario, 1965 Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics, Yale University, 1969
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Ames, James Regular Member

- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

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

Beckett, Dorothy Regular Member
B.A., Barnard College, 1980;Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1986.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biochemistry

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

Bryan, Philip N. Regular Member
B.A., University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1975; Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge, 1979.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Carr, Catherine E. Regular Member
B.Sc, University of Capetown, 1976; M.A.,State University of New York-Buffalo, 1977; Ph.D., University of California-San Diego, 1984.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

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

Coleman, Gary D. Regular Member
B.S., Colorado State University, 1978; M.S., 1986; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1989.
- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Natural Resource Sciences

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

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

De Cuevas, Margaret Regular Member
B.S., Yale University, 1985; A.M., Harvard University, 1987; Ph.D., 1994.
- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

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

Dube, Shyam K. Regular Member
for Agricultural Biotechnology, MBI.B.S., Agra University, 1952; M.S., 1954; Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1961.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Eisenstein, Edward Regular Member
B.S., St. Joseph's University, 1979; Ph.D., Georgetown University, 1985.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Fenselau, Catherine C. Regular Member
A.B., Bryn Mawr College, 1961; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1965.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biochemistry
- Professor, Chemistry
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

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

Gilson, Michael Regular Member
Ph.D. Columbia University 1988
- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://gilsonlab.umbi.umd.edu/

Goode, M. Dennis Regular Member
B.A., University of Kansas, 1963; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1967.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Haag, Eric S. Regular Member
B.A., Oberlin College, 1990; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1997
- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Hamza, Iqbal Regular Member
B.S., Bombay University, 1989; M.S., 1991; PhD, SUNY, Buffalo, 1998
- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/Hamza.html - 2003-02-21

Hansen, J. Norman Regular Member
B.A., Drake University, 1964; Ph.D.,University of California-Los Angeles, 1968.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biochemistry
- Professor, Chemistry

Herzberg, Osnat Regular Member
B.S., Technion-Israel Institute of Tech-Haifa, 1971; M.S., Weizmann Institute of Science-Rehovoth, 1976; Ph.D., 1982.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Howard, Bruce H. Regular Member
M.D., University of California-Hastings College of Law, 1972.
- Research Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

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

Julin, Douglas A. Regular Member
B.A., Haverford College, 1978 Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1984.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Chemistry
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry

Kahn, Jason D. Regular Member
B.A., Harvard University, 1983; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1990.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Biochemistry
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Kelman, Zvi Regular Member
B.S., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1987 M.Sc., Weizmann Institute of Science, 1989 Ph.D., Cornell University Medical School, 1996
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

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

Lorimer, George H. Regular Member
B.S., University of St. Andrews, 1965;M.S., University of Illinois-Chicago, 1968; Ph.D., Michigan State University,1972.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Distinguished University Professor, Chemical Physics
   website: http://www.chem.umd.edu/Faculty_Directory/faculty.php?id=27
- Professor, Biochemistry

Ma, Michael C. Regular Member
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1973; M.S.,1975; Ph.D., 1978.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Entomology

Marino, John Regular Member

- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Mariuzza, Roy Regular Member

- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Mather, Ian H. Regular Member
B.Sc., University of Wales, 1966; Ph.D., 1971.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/ian.html#anchor377584

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

Moult, John Regular Member
B.S., University of London, 1965; D.Phil., University of Oxford, 1970.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

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

Mushinski, J. Frederic Regular Member
B.A., Yale University,1959; M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1963.
- Research Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Nirenberg, Marshall W. Regular Member
Ph.D.,University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1959.
- Research Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

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

O'Brochta, David A. Regular Member
B.S., University of Kansas, 1977; Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 1985
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Orban, John P. Regular Member
B.S., University of Adelaide, 1980; Ph.D.,Australian National University-Canberra, 1985; Ph.D., 1985.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Ottinger, Mary A. Regular Member
B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1972; M.S., 1974; Ph.D., 1977.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/maryann.html

Ozato, Keiko Regular Member
M.S., Kyoto University, 1967; Ph.D., 1973.
- Research Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Payne, Richard Regular Member
B.A., University of Cambridge, 1977; Ph.D.,Australian National University-Canberra, 1982.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Chair, Biology

Pick, Leslie Regular Member
B.S., Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1977 Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 1986
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Porter, Tom E. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1983; Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1988.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Chair, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/porter.html
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Animal Sciences

Potter, Michael Regular Member
A.B., Princeton University, 1945; M.D.,University of Virginia, 1949.
- Research Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Adjunct Professor, Biology

Ridge, Kevin Regular Member
B.S., Grove City College, 1983; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1989.
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Samal, Siba K. Regular Member
B.V.Sc., Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, 1976; M.S., Texas A&M University, 1981; Ph.D., Texas A&M University & Baylor College of Medicine, 1986. Dr. Samal's research is focused on molecular biology and pathogenesis of two economically important negative-strand RNA viruses, bovine respiratory syncytial virus and Newcastle disease virus.
- Associate Dean, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
   website: www.vetmed.vt.edu
- Professor, Animal Sciences
- Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

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

Smith, Harold Adjunct Member
Ph.D. Columbia University, New York, 1994
- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Solomos, Theophanes Regular Member
B.S., Athens College of Agriculture (Greece), 1956; M.S., 1957; Ph.D., Cambridge University (England), 1963.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Natural Resource Sciences
- Professor Emeritus, Food Science
   website: http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/nfsc/

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

St.Leger, Raymond J. Regular Member
B.S., University of Exeter, 1978; M.S., University of London, 1980; Ph.D., England, 1987.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Entomology

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

Stoltzfus, Arlin Adjunct Member
B.A., Grinnell College, 1985; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1991.
- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

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

Sukharev, Sergei I. Regular Member
M.S., Russia, 1980; Ph.D., M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1987.
- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Biology

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

Tuchman, Mendel Adjunct Member
M.D., Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv Univ., 1978
- Adjunct Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Vakharia, Vikram Regular Member
B.S., Bombay University, 1971; M.S., Wichita State University, 1979; Ph.D.,University of Kansas, 1983. Dr. Vakharia is studying the molecular biology of economically important poultry disease viruses which cause immunosuppression. His research interests are in developing rational strategies for the diagnosis and control of viral infections.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Vijay, Inder K. Regular Member
B.S., Punjab University, 1961; M.S., University of Saskatchewan-Saskatoon, 1966; Ph.D., University of California-Davis, 1971.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor Emeritus, Nutrition
   website: http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/nfsc/
- Professor Emeritus, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/vijay.html
- Professor Emeritus, Food Science
   website: http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/nfsc/
- Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cell Biology

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

Wu, Louisa Regular Member

- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology