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Faculty
Bowen, Mark E., Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998. Single molecule spectroscopy; Coordination of post-synaptic glutamate receptor signaling by the MAGUK family of scaffolds.
Brink, Peter R., Professor and Chairman. Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1976. Biophysical properties of Gap junction channels.
Clausen, Chris, Associate Professor. Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1979. Electrical properties of transporting epithelia.
Cohen, Ira S., Leading Professor. M.D., Ph.D. New York University, 1974. Electrophysiology of the heart; synaptic physiology.
Johnson, Roger A., Professor. Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1968. Mechanism of hormone action; inter- and intracellular regulation of membrane-bound hormone-sensitive enzymes.
Mathias, Richard T., Professor. Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1975. Electrophysiology of cardiac muscle; volume regulation in the lens.
McLaughlin, Stuart, Professor. Ph.D. University of British Columbia, Canada, 1968. Biophysics of membranes.
Miller, W. Todd, Professor. Ph.D. Rockefeller University, 1988. Structure and function studies of enzymes involved in signal transduction.
Moore, Leon C., Professor. Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1976. Renal physiology.
Scarlata, Suzanne, Professor and Ph.D. Graduate Studies Director. Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1984. Mechanisms through which G proteins activate effectors.
Solomon, Irene, Associate Professor and M.S. Graduate Studies Director. Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1994. Reflex and central neural control of cardiovascular and respiratory function.
Spector, Ilan, Associate Professor. Ph.D. University of Paris, France, 1967. Electrophysiology of nerve and muscle cell lines; ion channels; neurotoxins.
Van der Kloot, William G., Professor Emeritus. Ph.D. Harvard University, 1952. Cellular neurophysiology.
White, Thomas W., Associate Professor. Ph.D. Harvard, 1994. Physiology and genetics of intercellular channels.
Research Faculty
Doronin, Sergey, Research Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia), 1991. Mechanism of nucleotide recognition by DNA polymerases.
El-Maghrabi, Raafat, Research Associate Professor. Ph.D. Wake Forest University, 1978. Enzyme regulation; hormonal control of metabolism.
Gao, Junyuan, Research Assistant Professor. Ph.D. SUNY at Stony Brook, 1994. Sodium potassium pump current in cardiac myocytes.
Guo, Yuanjian, Research Assistant Professor. M.D. University of Essen (Germany), 1999. Molecular aspects of signal transduction processes associated with enzyme phospholipase.
Kumari, Sindhu, Research Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Madurai-Kamaraj (India), 1988. Biochemical and molecular characterization of gap junction channels and sodium pump.
Lu, Zhongju, Research Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Koeln (Germany), 2001. Neurophysiology.
Nassar, Nicolas, Research Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Joseph Fourier (France). X-ray structures of signal transduction components.
Potapova, Irina, Research Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia), 1990. Investigation of dNTP-binding site of DNA polymerases by substrate analogs and site specific chemical modifications.
Rosati, Barbara, Research Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Milan (Italy), 2000. Regulation of cardiac ion channel gene expression.
Valiunas, Virginijus, Research Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Kaunas Medical Academy (Lithuania), 1992. Biophysics.
Varadaraj, Kulandaippan, Research Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Madurai-Kamaraj (India), 1991. Lens membrane proteins and gap junctions.
Wang, Hsien-yu, Research Associate Professor. Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1989. Signal transduction and development.
Joint Appointments with Anesthesiology
Dilger, James P., Professor. Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1980. Neuromuscular junction; ion channels in nerve membranes.
Pentyala, Srinivas N., Research Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Sri Venkateswara University (India), 1989. Molecular mechanisms of anesthetics.
Rebecchi, Mario J., Assistant Professor. Ph.D. New York University School of Medicine, 1984. Regulation and mechanism of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C.
Joint Appointments with Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Smith, Steven O., Professor. Ph.D. Berkeley, 1985. Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction.
Joint Appointments with Biomedical Engineering
Entcheva, Emilia, Assistant Professor. Ph.D. Memphis, 1998. Cardiac Cell Function.
Frame, Mary, Associate Professor. Ph.D. Missouri, 1990. Microcirculation; tissue engineering; nanofabrication.
Chon, Ki H., Associate Professor. Ph.D. USC, 1993. Biomedical signal processing; identification and modeling of physiological systems and medical instrumentation.
Joint Appointments with Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Carter, Carol, Professor. Ph.D. Yale, 1972. Assembly of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Konopka, Jamie, Professor. Ph.D. UCLA, 1985. G protein-coupled receptor signal transduction and yeast morphogenesis.
Joint Appointments with Medicine
Edelman, Norman H., Professor, M.D., NYU, 1961. Role of brain hypoxia in the control of breathing.
Kurland, Irwin J., Associate Professor, M.D., UCLA, 1985, Ph.D., Vanderbilt, 1992. Hepatic insulin action: role of the Pentose cycle.
Lin, Richard Z., Associate Professor, M.D., UCSF, 1988. Cell signaling and cardiac dysfunction.
Said, Sami, Professor. M.D. University of Cairo, Egypt 1951. Vasoactive intestinal peptides (VIP); acute lung injury.
Joint Appointments with Neurobiology and Behavior
Cabot, John B., Professor. Ph.D. University of Virginia, 1976. Central nervous system control of cardiovascular function.
McKinnon, David, Professor. Ph.D. Australian National University, 1987. Regulation of ion channel expression.
Mendell, Lorne, Distinguished Professor. Ph.D. MIT, 1965. Physiology and modifiability of synapses in the spinal cord.
Joint Appointment with the Department of Pharmacology
Crawford, Howard, Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 1993. Matrix Metalloproteinases in Pancreatic Cancer.
Joint Appointments with Surgery
Krukenkamp, Irvin B., Professor. M.D. Maryland, 1978. Surgical and pharamacologic preconditioning.
Joint Appointments with Urology
Khan, Sardar Ali, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.CS. Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, South India, 1964. Erectile Dysfunction, Pelvic Surgery and General Urology
Adjunct Appointments with Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York
Sutherland, John C., Adjunct Professor (Senior Biophysicist, Biology and National Synchrotron LightSource Departments, Brookhaven National Laboratory). Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 1967. Biological effects of ultraviolet radiation on DNA; spectroscopy; synchrotron radiation.
Adjunct Appointments with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Lowe, Scott W., Associate Professor. Ph.D. MIT, 1994. Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis in cancer.
Adjunct Appointments with SUNY Old Westbury
Stefano, George, Professor. Ph.D. Fordham, 1973. Opiate neurovascular immunology.
Adjunct Appointments with Pharmacology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
Rosen, Michael R., Professor. M.D. SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 1964. Developmental cardiac electrophysiology.