Full Directory
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Abbondanzieri, Elio
- Research Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Ablaeva, Julia
- Research Specialist, Gorbunova/Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Akhter, Nasima
- First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Athar, Fathima
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Augustin, Marlie
she/her/hers, they/them/theirs
- Data Entry Clerk
- Office Location
- 402F Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3859
B
Bai, Huiru
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Balakrishnan, Aiswarya
- First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Bellomio, Philip
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: Incorporation of oxidized methionine within the nascent polypeptide during protein translation
Bennett, Danielle (Dani)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Benyajati, Cheeptip
- Associate Professor
- Director of Student Relations for Biology
- Office Location
- 474 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8040
Interests: Regulation of gene expression during development of Drosophila; Transcription, chromatin structure, and mechanisms of developmental chromatin structure remodeling
Berger, Kyle
he/him/his
- Research Associate, Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Bi, Xin
he/him/his
- Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
Undergraduate researchersPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 307 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6922
- xin.bi@rochester.edu
Interests: Epigenetic regulation of eukaryotic gene expression; Structural and functional domains of the genome; Chromatin boundary elements; Gene silencing; DNA damage repair and tolerance
Biashad, Seyed Ali
- Research Technician, Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Bickel, Ryan
- Associate Professor of Instruction
- Assistant Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine
- Office Location
- 486 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7226
Bissell, Mary
- Biology Space Planning Administrator
- Office Location
- 213 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8059
Bouzas, Santiago Oscar
he/him/his
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Brisson, Jennifer
she/her/hers
- Professor
Research Active
- Office Location
- 310 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8392
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolution of morphology; Molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity; Evolution and development in the pea aphid; The role of epigenetics in polyphenism
C
Cammarota, Christian
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Daniel Bergstralh
- Office Location
- 330 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-6680
Interests: Biological physics and the role of mechanics in tissue development and cell processes
Casler, Karli
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Patrick Murphy
- Office Location
- 2-9878 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2414
Interests: TBD
Castano, Maria Isabel
- PhD Student
- Advisor: J. Albert C. Uy
- Office Location
- 340 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1309
Interests: Behavioral ecology and speciation of Neotropical birds
Cefaloni, Eric
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Paula Vertino
- Office Location
- 3-0852 Wilmot Cancer Center
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9983
Interests: Epigenetic mechanisms driving breast cancer and epithelial to mesenchymal transition
Chen, Minhao
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: TBD
Chen, Nancy
she/her/hers
- Assistant Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD studentsPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 477 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7149
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Population genetics with pedigrees; Contemporary evolution in natural populations; Evolutionary genetics; Conservation genomics; Avian genomics
Chhibber, Hannah
she/her/hers
- Fly Food Technician, Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Clark, Michael
- Associate Professor of Instruction
- Office Location
- 444 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3432
Couderc, Chloe
- Research Technician, Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Culver, Gloria
she/her/hers
- Professor
- Office Location
- 484 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 274-2567
Interests: Macromolecular assembly; RNA-protein recognition; Dynamics of RNA folding
Cutting, Joseph
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
D
Dao, Thao Kim
- PhD Student
- Advisor: David Lambert
- Office Location
- 338 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7521
Interests: The roles of retinoic acid in shell and embryonic development in the mollusc Ilyanassa
Deem, Kevin
he/him/his
- Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Deng, Chenghong
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Dragony Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Interests: The role of tRNA modification in neuron development
De Silva, Manikkuwadura
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: TBD
Di Fraia, Domenico
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
DiGiorgio, Patricia
- Graduate Course Administrator
- Office Location
- 475 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7991
Driscoll, Rose
she/her/hers
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Jennifer Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Interests: Evolutionary genetics of phenotypic plasticity in aphids
E
Edvalson, Logan
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Amanda Larracuente
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
Interests: TBD
Eickbush, Danna
- Research Associate, Larracuente/Eickbush
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
Eickbush, Thomas H
- Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
- Office Location
- 613 Hylan
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7247
F
Fay, Justin
- Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
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Undergraduate researchersPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 319 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2998
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolution of gene regulation; Comparative genomics and domestication; Disease consequences of human evolution
Femiano, Donna
- Temp - Undergraduate Secretary
- Office Location
- 488 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-3685
Ferro, Juan Martin
- Research Associate, F. Uy
- Office Location
- 340 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6066
Firsanov, Denis
- Research Associate, Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Fratianni, Caroline
she/her/hers
- UPBM Administrator & Curriculum Advisor
- Office Location
- 487 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3850
Fry, James D
- Associate Professor
- Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine
Research Active
Now accepting:
Undergraduate researchersPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 318 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7835
Interests: Genetics of ecological adaptation in Drosophila; Evolutionary effects of deleterious mutations; Quantitative-genetic theory and methodology
Fu, Dragony
- Associate Professor
- Director of Graduate Affairs & Admissions in Biology
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD studentsPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 333 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3346
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: RNA modification and translation regulation; Neurodevelopmental disorders linked to RNA function; Biochemistry and molecular biology
Fuda, Nicholas
- Research Associate, Larracuente
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
G
Gangan, Manasi
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Gaydash, Elka (Yulia)
- First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Ghaemmaghami, Sina
- Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
George Y. and Catherine H. Wu Professor in Chemistry
Professor of Biology - Director, AS&E Undergraduate Research
Research Active
Now accepting:
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Undergraduate researchersPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 326A Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4829
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Protein folding and degradation; Neurodegenerative diseases and aging; Prion biology; Proteomics
- Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
Gigas, Jonathan
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Biochemistry and function of human Sirtuin-6 in cancer and aging
Glastad, Karl
- Assistant Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
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- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Gene regulation, hormonal signalling, molecular and cellular determinants of aging and lifespan; Mechanisms and evolution of plasticity; Arthropod genomics; Video games
Goldfarb, David
- Professor Emeritus
- Office Location
- 436 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3890
Gona, Ram
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Anne S. Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Interests: TBD
Gorbunova, Vera
- Doris Johns Cherry Professor
Professor of Biology - Co-director, Rochester Aging Research Center
Research Active
Now accepting:
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Undergraduate researchersPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 434 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7740
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Mechanisms of aging; Comparative biology of aging; Comparative biology of aging; DNA repair and genomic instability; Anticancer therapy
- Doris Johns Cherry Professor
Gourdain, Rebecca
- Stockroom Clerk
- Office Location
- 213 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3886
Gregory, Lauren
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Jennifer Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Interests: Investigation of the proximate basis of the aphid wing polyphenism
Gu, Ningyang
- PhD Student
- Advisor: David Dean
- Office Location
- 3-11311 MRBX
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3577
Interests: Using microinjection, FISH, and single-particle tracking to understand the intranuclear movement of plasmids
Guthikonda, Prashanth Kumar
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
H
Hamazaki, Sakura
- PhD Student
- Advisor: John Lueck
- Office Location
- 4-8517 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 276-5489
Interests: Investigating the role of calcium mishandling in Myotonic Dystrophy Type I ( DM1) myopathy
Hansen, Barbara
- Research Technician, Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
He, Luying (Louise)
- Research Technician, Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Heinze, Eric
- First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Herrera-Perez, Marisol
- Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- 215 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2312
- Web Address
- Website
Hillpot, Eric
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Hinkle, David C.
- Professor Emeritus
- Office Location
- 315A Hutchison
Holz, Jonathan
he/him/his
- Associate Professor of Instruction
Not Research Active
Now accepting:
Undergraduate researchersPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 483 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8973
Interests: Pedagogy; Open educational resources; Equity in education; Physiology, Anatomy, Toxicology
Hopkins, Brian
he/him/his
- On leave - Undergraduate Course Administrator
- Office Location
- 488 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-3685
Hu, Gang
- Master's Student
- Advisor: David Mathews
Interests: Improving RNA structure stability predictions by creating a software model that uses updated nearest neighbor parameters for more accurate estimations of melting temperatures and interacting strand concentrations
Hua, Shan
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Patrick Murphy
- Office Location
- 2-9633 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0113
Interests: Investigating the role of H2A.Z and ANP32E on regulating gene expression
I
Ibragimov, Airat
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Irvin, Joseph
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Gail Johnson
- Office Location
- 4-6314 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3740
Interests: The role of mitophagy on caspase 3 contingent tau pathology in neurons
J
Jaenike, John
- Professor Emeritus
- Office Location
- 438A Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4594
Jain, Anushka
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: TBD
Jencik, Brian
- Research Specialist, Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Johnson, Brad
he/him/his
- Customer Technology Support Tech
- Office Location
- 216 Hutchison
Johnson, Alycia
- First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
K
Kassanoff, Jordan
- Research Technician, Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Keister, Jennifer
- Research Technician, Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Kelchner, Katelyn
- First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Kim, Sei Joong
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Kingsley, Alec
- Project Assistant, Werren
- Office Location
- 309 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3889
Kirz, Brian
- First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Korotkov, Anatoly
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Kovelakuntla, Vamsi
he/him/his
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Anne S. Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Interests: Bacterially-mediated fabrication of artificial nacre
Kruelski, Natasha
- Research Technician, Larracuente
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
L
Lai, Timothy
he/him/his
- Research Technician, Fay
- Office Location
- 313 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3843
Lambert, J. David
- Professor
- Office Location
- 344 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2482
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: The evolution of developmental mechanisms; Early patterning in molluscs and related groups; Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions; Evolution of novel phenotypes
Larkin, Linaria
she/her/hers
- Research Technician, Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Larracuente, Amanda
she/her/hers
- Associate Professor
- Associate Chair
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD studentsPlease email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchersPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 343 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1693
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Intragenomic conflict and the evolution of selfish DNA; Evolutionary and functional genomics of satellite DNA; Sex chromosome and dot chromosome evolution in Drosophila; Centromere organization and evolution
Lawrence, Deborah
- Receptionist and Department Coordinator
- Office Location
- 402B Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1139
Lee, Minseon
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Vera Gorbunova; Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: The role of SIRT6 in rejuvenating the epigenome and maintaining heterochromatin stability in aged cells
Leigh, Jennifer
- Master's Student
Interests: The potential role of mitochondrial dysfunction in Tubular Aggregate Myopathy
Leo, Cailyn
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Dragony Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Interests: Determining the spatial and temporal effects of TRMT1 on neurodevelopment of mice
Lewis, Aaron
- Facilities Operations Assistant
- Office Location
- 213 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8909
Liang, Yuan
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Vera Gorbunova; Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Lindley, Sean
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Douglas Anderson
- Office Location
- G.11201G MRBX
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7726
Interests: RNA trans-splicing in cells
Lindsay, Matthew
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Amanda Larracuente
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
Interests: Evolutionary Genetics of Gene Drives and Repetitive DNA in Drosophila melanogaster
Liu, Xiaomi
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Jennifer Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Interests: Wing plasticity in aphids, with a focus on a computational approach
Longan, Emery
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Justin Fay
- Office Location
- 313 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3843
Interests: Genetic constraints on adaptation and their role in the evolution of domestication associated traits in the Saccharomyces yeasts
Lyon, Hiram
he/him/his
- Project Assistant, Culver
- Office Location
- 301 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2372
M
Macoretta, Nicholas
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Marti, Emiliano
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Amanda Larracuente; Daven Presgraves
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
Interests: Evolutionary history and molecular mechanisms of meiotic drive (sensu lato). Consequences of intragenomic conflicts in genome evolution and the origin of the species
Marvin-Foley, Sarah
- Undergraduate Course Administrator
- Office Location
- 488 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-5181
Meadow, Michael
he/him/his
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Vera Gorbunova; Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: Cross-species proteomics to study aging!
Meyer, Anne S.
she/her/hers
- Associate Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD studentsPlease email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchersPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 472 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9290
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Synthetic biology; 3D printing of bacteria; Engineering of bacteria to produce biomaterials; Survival strategies of bacteria; Organization of bacterial DNA
Miller, James
- Research Specialist, Fay
- Office Location
- 313 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3843
Minckley, Robert L.
- Professor of Instruction
Research Active
- Office Location
- 446 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0272
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Ecology and evolution of host breadth in bees; Community structure of desert bees; Conservation biology of pollinators
Moeller, Eric
- First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Morandini, Francesco
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (525) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Muirhead, Christina
- Research Associate, Presgraves
- Office Location
- 480 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2183
Murphy, Patrick J.
- Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- 2-9619 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0113
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Regulation of vertebrate gene transcription in vivo; Epigenetics and chromatin; Zebrafish genetics and genomics; Developmental cell state transitions; Bioinformatics
O
O'Neil, Alyssa
- Research Technician, Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Olmsted, Joanna B.
- Dean Emerita of the School of Arts and Sciences
Orr, H. Allen
- Shirley Cox Kearns Professor
Professor of Biology - On sabbatical until July 2024
- Office Location
- 342 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3838
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Genetics of speciation in Drosophila; Genetics and theory of adaptation; Population genetics
- Shirley Cox Kearns Professor
P
Paige, Victoria
she/her/hers
- Research Specialist, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Park, Jaeyoung (Jay)
- Master's Student
- Advisor: David Lambert
Interests: Developmental roles of retinoic acid signaling in Tritia
Peter, Benjamin
he/him/his
- Assistant Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD studentsPlease email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchersPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 478 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2634
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Population genetics; Evolutionary genetics; Human genetic history; Ancient DNA; Population structure
Phromsiri, Pakinee
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: Mechanisms and consequences of histone buffering in the early Drosophila embryo
Portman, Douglas
- Professor
Research Active
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PhD studentsPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 2-9647 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7414
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Genetics of development and behavior in C. elegans; Neural cell fate specification; Sex differences in neural circuit function; Sexual dimorphism in developmental patterning
Presgraves, Daven C.
- Dean's Professor
Professor of Biology
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD studentsPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 481 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0925
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolutionary genetics ; Speciation genetics; Molecular population genetics; Selfish gene complexes
- Dean's Professor
Q
Qin, Ruisi (Teresa)
she/her/hers
- Research Technician, Wang
R
Rechsteiner, Cheyenne
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Reger, Noah
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: TBD
Reid, Jennifer
- Research Technician, Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Romero, Faye
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Nancy Chen
- Office Location
- 476 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7153
Interests: Evolutionary and population genomics; genetic causes and consequences of inbreeding depression in the Florida Scrub-Jay
Rossow, Lisa
- Accounting Assistant
- Office Location
- 402F Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3586
Roth, Haley
she/her/hers
- Research Technician, Presgraves
- Office Location
- 480 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2183
Rybak, Brenna
- Manager, Business Administration
- Office Location
- 402D Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8837
Rydkina, Elena
- Teaching Lab Specialist
- Office Location
- 215 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9051
S
Saleh Ziabari, Omid
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Jennifer Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Interests: The parallel evolution of wings in aphids
Sanberg, Victoria (Tori)
- Research Technician, Werren
- Office Location
- 309 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3889
Schmidt, James
he/him/his
- Research Technician, Chen
- Office Location
- 476 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7153
Seidman, Daniel
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chen
- Office Location
- 476 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7153
Sellix, Michelle
- Grants Management Specialist
- Office Location
- 402F Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2823
Seluanov, Michael
- Research Technician, Teaching Lab
- Office Location
- 215 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9051
Seluanov, Andrei
- Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD studentsPlease email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchersPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 432 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6636
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Molecular and cell biology; Tumor suppressor mechanisms in log-lived rodents the Naked Mole-Rat and Eastern Grey Squirrel; Mammalian Sirt proteins in regulation of stress response during aging; Anti-cancer mechanisms in whales
Shannon, Regina
- Ordering Liasion
- Office Location
- 402F Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4147
Shipley, Alicia
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: The mechanism of H2Av exchange between lipid droplets in Drosophila embryogenesis and its temporal regulation at the midblastula transition
Shogren, Elsie
- Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Uy
- Office Location
- 340 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6066
Sia, Elaine
she/her/hers
- Professor
- Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Not Research Active
- Office Location
- 334A Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9275
Interests: Molecular biology and genetics; Mutagenesis and repair of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sidor, Lynn
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Anne Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Interests: Using synthetic biology to engineer bacteria to be able to polymerize a layer of polysilicate surrounding themselves, allowing for the creation of bacterial microlenses
Stein, Alexis
- Assistant Professor of Instruction
- Office Location
- 216B Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3848
Sterne, Gabriella R.
- Assistant Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD studentsPlease email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 2-9639 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1447
- Web Address
- Website
Summers, Jeremy
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Nancy Chen
- Office Location
- 476 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7153
Interests: The demographic and genetic effects of habitat fragmentation and degradation on the Florida Scrub-Jay
T
Tahir, Imran
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Arshad Rahman
- Office Location
- 3-11301 MRBX
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4650
Interests: Studying endothelial barrier dysfunction in the context of acute lung injury
Tan, Ruiyue
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: snRNA modification and its role in the pre-mRNA splicing
Tolibzoda, Fara
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Vera Gorbunova; Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Investigation of biochemical contributors of health in long-living animals and their role in aging associated neurodegeneration
Tombline, Gregory
- Research Associate, Seluanov/Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Turner, Milla
- Master's Student
Interests: TBD
U
Uy, J. Albert C.
- Professor and Chair
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD studentsPlease email with inquiries.
Undergraduate Unpaid Interns (or BIOL 395s)Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 450 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1309
- al.uy@rochester.edu
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolutionary Ecology; Behavioral Ecology; Evolutionary Genetics; Speciation; Conservation
Uy, Floria Mora-Kepfer
she/her/hers
- Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- 460 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4891
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolution of sociality; Neuroethology; Host-parasite interactions; Behavioral Ecology; Conservation
V
VanDeMar, Erin
- Senior Financial Analyst
- Office Location
- 402E Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-5416
Volobaev, Valentin
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
W
Walker, Tyler
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Anne S. Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Interests: The protection of DNA in response to stress in bacteria
Walunjkar, Nilima
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Justin Fay
- Office Location
- 313 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3843
Interests: Causes and consequences of thermal divergence in Saccharomyces species
Wang, Ning
- Assistant Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD studentsPlease email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchersPlease email with inquiries.
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular genetics; Organelle biogenesis; Organelle degradation through selective autophagy; Organelle aging and neurodegeneration
Welte, Michael
he/him/his
- Professor
- Office Location
- 317 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3897
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Cell and developmental biology; Intracellular trafficking of proteins, RNAs, and organelles; Regulation of motor-driven transport; Cell biology of lipid droplets; Lipid droplets in protein sequestration and innate immunity
Werren, John H.
- Research Professor
- Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor in Biology
- Office Location
- 306 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3694
Interests: Evolutionary genetics, genomics, and proteomics. The unifying theme is how interacting elements shape systems at different levels of biological organization. A current research project focuses on combining computational and molecular evolutionary approaches to investigate protein function and protein-protein interactions relevant to biology and disease. Other research topics include the genetics of speciation, nuclear-mitochondrial coevolution, microbe-host interactions, and parasitism across biological levels.
White, Roger
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: The role fatty acid trafficking and usage during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis
Wnuk, Hayley
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Kuan Hong Wang
- Office Location
- G-9617 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 276-5162
Interests: The influence of emotional well-being on Alzheimer's Disease progression
Wright , Lori
- Research Specialist, Presgraves
- Office Location
- 480 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2183
Y
Yang, Sifan
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Andrew Samuelson
- Office Location
- 2-9915 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2544
Interests: Role of SUMOylation and NEDDylation in aging and proteostasis
Z
Zacher, Maxwell
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Genetic mechanisms underlying longevity and cancer resistance in the bowhead whale
Zarr, Mikayla
she/her/hers
- Research Technician, Lambert
- Office Location
- 338 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7521
Zhang, Jiarui
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Doug Portman
- Office Location
- 2-9905 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7915
Interests: Molecular mechanism of juvenile-to-adult maturation in the C. elegans nervous system
Zhang, Kejia
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Dragony Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Interests: Molecular functions of tRNA methyltransferase in neuronal development
Zhang, Rui
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Yi-Tao Yu
- Office Location
- 3.7531 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 275-1226
Interests: Pseudouridylation of snRNA and the mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing
Zhang, Zhihui
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Vera Gorbunova; Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Anti-aging and anti-cancer effects of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid
Zheng, Zhizhong
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Zhu, Mingyi
- PhD Student
- Advisor: Dave Mathews
- Office Location
- 3-8816 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 275-1734
Interests: RNA secondary structure prediction