The Faculty and their Research Interests
PRIMARY FACULTY
Surinder K. Batra, Distinguished Helen Freytag Professor of Cancer Biology and Department Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Eppley Institute; Ph.D., Kurukshetra University (India), 1983. Structure/Function Analysis of Tumor-Associated Genes.
Steve Caplan, Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., Hebrew University (Jerusalem), 1998. Molecular mechanisms controlling endocytic recycling and internalization.
William G. Chaney, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Eppley Institute; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1979. Biological function of complex carbohydrates.
Pi-Wan Cheng, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1975. Glycobiology; Gene therapy.
Judith K. Christman, Stokes-Shackleford Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1967. Gene regulation; DNA methylation.
G. Stanley Cox, Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Eppley Institute; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1973. Chromatin structure; DNA methylation; Transcription factors; and Regulation of gene expression.
David W. Li, Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1992. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of the ocular diseases (cataractogenesis, glaucoma, and retina degeneration) and cancer.
Ming-Fong Lin, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo, 1983. Tyrosine phosphorylation and Redox signal transduction in androgen regulation of cell proliferation and carcinogenesis.
Richard G. MacDonald, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Eppley Institute; Ph.D., University of Vermont, 1981. Transmembrane signaling and regulation of cell growth.
Parmender P. Mehta, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, 1983. Connexins and cell-to-cell contact-dependent intercellular communication.
Paul Sorgen, Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., University of Florida, 1999. Structure, function, and regulation of cardiac gap junctions.
Laurey Steinke, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Protein Structure Core Facility; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1987. Meta-proteomics and metabolomics of microbial communities.
Gregory S. Taylor, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1999. Biochemistry of lipid phosphatases and phosphoinositide signaling.
RESEARCH FACULTY
Maneesh Jain, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., IMTECH, Chandigarh, India, 2002.
Development of diagnostics and therapeutics against cancer and allied diseases.
Fabien Kieken, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., University of Orleans, France, 2004.
David Klinkebiel, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1990. Influence of DNA methylation on gene expression and the association with cancer development.
Naava Naslavsky, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., Hebrew University (Jerusalem), 1998.
Control of receptor localization to the plasma membrane is central to normal cell function, and dysregulation is the underlying cause for diseases as diverse as atherosclerosis, diabetes and cancer.
EMERITUS FACULTY
Margaret L. Heidrick, Emeritus Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1971. Aging and immunology; Cytochrome P-450.
John F. Hofert, Emeritus Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1963. Metabolic alterations in diabetes mellitus; Cytochrome P-4502E1.
Robert F. Ramaley, Emeritus Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Pathology and Microbiology; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1964. Microbial enzymology of bacterial sporulation and the thermostable enzymes of bacteria.
COURTESY FACULTY
- Sudhakar Akulapalli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Boystown/Creighton
- Hamid Band, Ph.D., Professor, Eppley Institute
- Elliott Bedows, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Eppley Institute
- Robert G. Bennett, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
- Gloria Borgstahl, Ph.D., Professor, Eppley Institute
- Carol A. Casey, Ph.D., Professor, Internal Medicine
- Pawel Ciborowski, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmacology/Exp. Neuroscience
- Dominic Cosgrove, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Boys Town National Research Hospital
- John S. Davis, Ph.D., Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pharmacology, Director, Research & Development, Olson Center for Women's Health
- Terrence Donohue, Ph.D., Professor, Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Jack Hartwigsen, Ph.D., Senior Technology Marketing & Licensing Specialist, UneMED Corporation
- Michael Hollingsworth, Ph.D., Professor, Eppley Institute
- Keith R. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor, Eppley Institute
- Jodi Kreiling, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UNO
- Robert Lewis, Ph.D., Professor, Eppley Institute
- Oksana Lockridge, Ph.D., Professor, Eppley Institute
- Xu Luo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Eppley Institute
- Luis Marky, Ph.D., Professor, College of Pharmacy
- Sidney Mirvish, Ph.D., Professor, Eppley Institute
- Michel Ouellette, Ph.D., Assistant Professer, Eppley Institute
- Youri Pavlov, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Eppley Institute
- Angie Rizzino, Ph.D., Professor, Eppley Institute
- James M. Salhany , Ph.D., Professor, Internal Medicine
- Rakesh Singh, Ph.D., Professor, Pathology and Microbiology
- Joyce Solheim, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Eppley Institute
- Mark Swanson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, UNO
- William E. Tapprich, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Biology,UNO
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