Faculty

Scott Briggs

Professor

sdbriggs@purdue.edu

765.494.0112

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Research

Epigenetics, Antifungal Drug Resistance and Fungal Pathogenesis

Benjamin Carter

Assistant Clinical Professor

bccarter@purdue.edu

BCHM 10

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Clint Chapple

Distinguished Professor

chapple@purdue.edu

765.494.0494

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Research

Biochemistry and molecular biology of plant secondary metabolism

Kyle Cottrell

Assistant Professor

cottrellka@purdue.edu

765.494.6941

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Research

RNA editing, post-transcriptional regulation, and cancer

Brian Dilkes

Professor

bdilkes@purdue.edu

765.496.2584

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Research

Plant Genetics

Natalia Dudareva

Distinguished Professor

dudareva@purdue.edu

765.494.1325

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Research

Plant biochemistry and molecular biology

Barbara Golden

Professor

barbgolden@purdue.edu

765.496.6165

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Research

Structural basis for RNA function

Humaira Gowher

Associate Professor

hgowher@purdue.edu

765.494.3326

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Research

Regulation of DNA methylation in development and disease

Hana Hall

Research Assistant Professor

hallh@purdue.edu

765.496.0745

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Research

Gene expression regulation and DNA repair in aging and neurodegenerative disease

Mark Hall

Associate Head | Professor

mchall@purdue.edu

765.494.0714

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Research

Cell cycle regulation and fungal pathogenesis

Orla Hart

Clinical Teaching Professor

ohart@purdue.edu

765.494.1644

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Majid Kazemian

Professor

kazemian@purdue.edu

765.494.9350

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Research

Studying gene regulation in viral associated cancers, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases

Ann Kirchmaier

Associate Professor

kirchmaier@purdue.edu

765.494.0977

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Research

Epigenetic processes that mediate heritable modifications to chromatin

Xing Liu

Associate Professor

xingliu@purdue.edu

765.494.1793

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Research

Roles and regulations of ubiquitin-proteasome dependent protein degradation

Andy Mesecar

Assistant Vice President for Research and Director of the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research | Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry | Walther Professor of Cancer Structural Biology

amesecar@purdue.edu

765.494.1924

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Research

Gene-to Lead Drug Discovery

Lisa Mydy

Assistant Professor

lmydy@purdue.edu

BCHM A343B

765.494.4157

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RESEARCH

Protein structure and function, enzyme mechanisms, and plant natural product biosynthesis

Joe Ogas

Department Head | Professor

ogas@purdue.edu

765.496.3969

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Research

Regulation of cell identity, signal transduction, chromatin remodeling

Sujith Puthiyaveetil

Associate Professor

spveetil@purdue.edu

765.494.8339

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Research

Genetic and molecular control of photosynthetic light utilization

W. Andy Tao

Professor

watao@purdue.edu

765.494.9605

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Research

Proteomics and biological mass spectrometry

Elizabeth Tran

Professor

ejtran@purdue.edu

765.496.3889

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Research

RNA helicases and Post-transcriptional gene regulation

Feng Wang

Biochemistry

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

wang6914@purdue.edu

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Research

Molecular mechanisms of RNA-mediated gene silencing

Vikki Weake

Professor

vweake@purdue.edu

765.496.1730

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Research

Chromatin modifying complexes in Drosophila development as a model for neurodegenerative disease and cancer

Joint Courtesy Appointment Faculty

Seema Mattoo

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences | Associate Professor of Biochemistry (by courtesy)

smattoo@purdue.edu

765.496.7293

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Research

(Biochemistry, Signal Transduction, and Microbiology) Investigation of Fic domain containing proteins in Cellular Signaling. Post-translational modification of proteins is a common theme in signal transduction.

John Morgan

Professor of Chemical Engineering | Professor of Biochemistry (by courtesy)

jamorgan@purdue.edu

765.494.4088

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Research

Metabolic engineering of photosynthetic microbes and mathematical modeling of metabolism and transport of plant volatiles

Pete Pascuzzi

Associate Professor, Purdue University Libraries | Associate Professor of Biochemistry (by courtesy)

ppascuzz@purdue.edu

765.494.3620

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Research

Bioinformatics; research data management; chromatin organization; DNA replication

Joshua Widhalm

Associate Professor, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture | Director, Center for Plant Biology | Associate Professor of Biochemistry (by courtesy)

jwidhalm@purdue.edu

765.496.3891

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Research

Evolution and metabolism of quinones (e.g. ubiquinone, vitamin K1, juglone, and other specialized quinones) in plants, Mechanisms of long-term plastid retention in photosynthetic sea slugs, Synthetic biology strategies to harness plant metabolites for human health and agriculture

Zhong-Yin Zhang

Professor, Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology | Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry | Robert C. and Charlotte P. Anderson Chair in Pharmacology | Director, Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery | Professor of Biochemistry (by courtesy)

zhang-zy@purdue.edu

765.494.1403

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Research

Cancer Biology & Therapeutics, Chemical Biology, Drug Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry, Cellular Signaling, Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases