Summer, 2008
PhD Program faculty
The Faculty of the Integrative Biology doctoral program is drawn from the participating units(Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Biomedical Science, and Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology), external partners(Harbor Branch Institution of Oceanography and the U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, U.S.D.A.), and other interested faculty at Florida Atlantic University. See below for link to current faculty members. Applicants interested in working with any of these individuals are encouraged to contact the individual faculty. Please note that the final decision about the student choice of a sponsor is made by the admissions committee and the Program Director.
| NAME | RANK | DEPARTMENT | RESEARCH FIELD | |
| ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE | ||||
| BALDWIN, J. | jbaldwin@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOL SCI | Population genetics and reproductive biology |
| BROOKS, W. | wbrooks@fau.edu | Prof | BIOL SCI | Marine behavioral ecology; symbiology; coral reefs |
| CHELLEMI, D. | dchellemi@ushrl.ars.usda.gov | Affiliate Assoc Prof | BIOLSCI/USDA** | Soil ecology and ecosystem function |
| DORN, N. | ndorn1@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOL SCI | Freshwater ecology, community ecology |
| ESIOBU, N. | nesiobu@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOL SCI | Environ microbiology, drug resistance, antimicrobiosis |
| GAWLIK, D. | dgawlik@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOL SCI | Avian and wetland ecology |
| HUGHES, C. | colin.hughes@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOL SCI | |
| KUMI-DIAKA, J. | jdiaka@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOL SCI | Reproductive pathopysiology - oncology |
| LAPOINTE, S. | Slapointe@ushrl.ars.usda.gov | Affiliate Prof | BIOLSCI/USDA** | Insect ecology, plant-insect interactions |
| NOONBURG, E. | enoonbur@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOL SCI | Ecological modelling and food web dynamics |
| PROFFITT, C.E. | cproffit@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOL SCI | Marine ecology; mangroves and restoration ecology |
| ROESIJADI, G. | groesija@fau.edu | Res Prof | BIOL SCI | Response to enviromental stress: natural & anthrogenic |
| IMMUNOLOGY | ||||
| AZAROLO, A. | aazzarol@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOMED SCI | Influence of sex hormones on autoimmune eye disease |
| HARTMANN, J. | jhartman@fau.edu | Prof | BIOL SCI | Immunotherapy for adult chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Lupus |
| IRAGAVARAPU-C, V. | iragavar@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOMED SCI | Immunology; research: inflammation and cancer |
| SHIBATA, Y. | yshibata@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOMED SCI | Immunology |
| MARINE BIOLOGY | ||||
| BOSSART, G. | gbossart@hboi.edu | Affiliate Prof | BIOLSCI/HB* | Marine mammal medicine and pathology |
| COOK, C. | ccook@hboi.edu | Affiliate Prof. | BIOLSCI/HB* | Algal symbiosis; coelenterate biology; coral reef biology; |
| DAVIS, M. | mdavis@hboi.edu | Affiliate Asst Prof | BIOLSCI/HB* | Aquaculture, marine ecology, aquaculture management |
| FRANK, T. | frank@hboi.edu | Affiliate Asst Prof | BIOLSCI/HB* | Sensory biology and population dynamics of pelagic organisms |
| HANISAK, D. | hanisak@hboi.edu | Afiliate Prof | BIOLSCI/HB* | Ecology and physiology of marine plants |
| HERZING, D. | wdpdenise@earthlink.net | Courtesy Asst Prof | BIOL SCI | Marine mammal behavior |
| KAJIURA, S. | kajiura@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOL SCI | Functional morphology marine animals; sensory biology |
| KOCH-ROSE, M. | mkoch@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOL SCI | Marine botany and nutrient cycling in tropical systems. |
| MCCARTHY, P. | pmccarthy@hboi.edu | Affiliate Prof | BIOLSCI/HB* | Microbial symbionts of sponges/drug discovery |
| MCKENZIE, C | cmckenzie@ushrl.ars.usda.gov | Affiliate Assoc Prof | BIOLSCI/USDA** | Entomology |
| PAUL, V. J. | Paul@si.deu | Head Scientist | Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce | |
| POMPONI, S. | pomponi@hboi.edu | Affiliate Prof | BIOLSCI/HB* | Marine invertebrates; sponge systematics, cell & molecular biology |
| SALMON, M. | salmon@fau.edu | Prof | BIOL SCI | Animal behavior |
| SUTTON, T. T. | tsutton@hboi.edu | Affiliate Assis Prof | BIOLSCI/HB | Fish ecology; pelagic ecosystem structure |
| WIDDER, E. | widder@hboi.edu | Affiliate Prof | BIOLSCI/HB* | Bioluminescence |
| WYNEKEN, J. | jwyneken@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOL SCI | Integrative Biology, Comparative & Functional Morphology |
| MOLECULAR GENETICS | ||||
| AYYANATHAN, K. | kayyanat@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOL SCI | Transcriptional Regulation, Chromatin, Epigenetics, Cancer |
| BAUSHER, M | mbausher@ushrl.ars.usda.gov |
Affiliate Prof | BIOLSCI/USDA** | Plant functional genomics, promoter isolation |
| BINNINGER, D. | binninge@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOL SCI | Role of oxidative damage to protein in aging |
| BOWMAN, K | kbowman@ushrl.ars.usda.gov | Affiliate Assoc Prof | BIOLSCI/USDA** | Plant genetics and breeding; horticultural science |
| BREW, K. | kbrew@fau.edu | Prof | BIOMED SCI | Protein engineering, glycobiology |
| BURNS, C | cburns11@fau.edu | Clin Asst Prof | BIOMED SCI | Microbial gene expression |
| CAPUTI, M. | mcaputi@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOMED SCI | Viral and cellular RNA processing, apoptosis |
| DOOLEY, C | cdooley@tpims.org | Assistant Member | Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies | Pain Management |
| ESIOBU, N. | nesiobu@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOL SCI | Environ microbiology, drug resistance, antimicrobiosis |
| HAERRY, T. | thaerry@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOL SCI | Cell growth and aging in Drosophila |
| HARTMANN, J. | jhartman@fau.edu | Prof | BIOL SCI | Immunotherapy for adult chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Lupus |
| IRAGAVARAPU-CHARYULU, V. | iragavar@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOMED SCI | Immunology; research: inflammation and cancer |
| KANTOROW, M. | mkantoro@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOMED SCI | Molecular genetics of eye disease |
| KIRCHMAN, P. | pkirchma@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of FAU | |
| LI, Z. | zli@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOMED SCI | RNA metabolism, oxidative stress, biodefense. |
| LIEBOVITCH, L. | liebovitch@clifford.ccs.fau.edu | Prof | COMPLEX SYS & PSY | Modeling molecular and cellular systems |
| LU, M. | mlu3@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOMED SCI | RNA metabolism, RNA therapy, bacterial genomics |
| MARI, F. | mari@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | CHEM&BIOCHEM | Drug development and characterization; conotoxins |
| MARTINEZ, K. M. | kmartinez@tpims.org | Assistant Member | Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies | Conformational analysis |
| MEDINA-FRANCO, J. L. | jmedina@tpims.org | Assistant Member | Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies | Computer Aided Drug Design |
| NARAYANAN, R. | rnarayanan@fau.edu | Prof | BIOL SCI | Bioinformatics, cancer gene discovery, antisense |
| SHATTERS, R. | rshatters@ushrl.ars.usda.gov | Affiliate Assoc Prof | BIOLSCI/USDA** | Molecular biology of plant-insect interactions |
| STROSBERG, D. | strosber@scripps.edu | Prof | Scripps | Protein-protein interactions in host pathogen relations |
| WAHLESTEDT, C. | clawah@scripps.edu | Prof | Scripps | Identification and Functional Analysis of Noncoding and Antisense Transcripts |
| WEISSBACH, H. | hweissba@fau.edu | Distinguished Res Prof | BIOL SCI | Oxidative damage,again, mol. Biol., biochemistry |
| MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY | ||||
| HUANG, X. | xhuang@fau.edu | Asst. Prof. | BIOMED SCI | Cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology, molecular cardiology |
| LYONS, H. | hlyons@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOL SCI | Cellular physiology, cell signaling processes |
| MILTON, S. | smilton@fau.edu | Res Asst Prof | BIOL SCI | Vertebrate anoxia tolerance, sea turtle physiology |
| PRENTICE, H. | hprentic@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOMED SCI | Hypoxia and the cardiovascular system |
| NEUROSCIENCE | ||||
| BLANKS, J. | blanks@fau.edu | Prof | BIOMED SCI | Retinal development, degeneration & gene therapy |
| BLANKS, R. | rhblanks@fau.edu | Prof | BIOMED SCI | Health outcomes, stress reduction, body-mind res. |
| BROADFIELD, D. | broadfie@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOMED SCI | neuroscience, anatomy, evolution |
| FRANK, T. | frank@hboi.edu | Affiliate Asst Prof | BIOLSCI/HB* | Sensory biology and population dynamics of pelagic organisms |
| GODENSCHWEGE, T. | godensch@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOL SCI | Neurological disorders & diseases, synaptogenesis |
| GUTHRIE, K. | kguthrie@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOMED SCI | Neurobiology |
| ISGOR, C. | cisgor@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOMED SCI | Risk-taking behavior, quantitative morphology, neurogenesis |
| KANTOROW, M. | mkantoro@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | BIOMED SCI | Molecular genetics of eye disease |
| MARI, F. | mari@fau.edu | Assoc Prof | CHEM&BIOCHEM | Drug development and characterization; conotoxins |
| MILTON, S. | smilton@fau.edu | Res Asst Prof | BIOL SCI | Vertebrate anoxia tolerance, sea turtle physiology |
| MURPHEY, R. | rmurphey@fau.edu | Prof & Chair | BIOL SCI | Developmental and Degeneration of Synapes |
| PERRY, G. | perryg@fau.edu | Prof | COMPLEX SYS & PSY | Neuroscience |
| SHEN, W. | wshen@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOMED SCI | Neurophysiology, receptor pharmacology, synapsis, glutamate toxicity |
| TAO, R. | rtao@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOMED SCI | Neuropharmacology |
| VERTES, R. | vertes@walt.ccs.fau.edu | Prof | Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences | Behavioral neuroscience, Functinal organization of the brainstem and its role in controlling the activity of the forebrain and Neurophysiology of the sleep |
| WEI, J. | jwei@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOMED SCI | Neurodegenerative disorders |
| WU, J. | jwu@fau.edu | Prof | BIOMED SCI | Neurotransmission and brain disorders |
| PLANT BIOLOGY | ||||
| BAUSHER, M | mbausher@ushrl.ars.usda.gov |
Affiliate Prof | BIOLSCI/USDA** | Plant functional genomics, promoter isolation |
| NIEDZ, R | rniedz@ushrl.ars.usda.gov | Affiliate Prof | BIOLSCI/USDA** | Plant cell, tissue and organ culture. |
| ZHANG, X.H. | xhzhang@fau.edu | Asst Prof | BIOL SCI | Plant molecular biology and biotechnology |
| *Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution | ||||
| **US Horticultural Research Laboratory, U.S.D.A | ||||
