Faculty

Jeonghyun Ahn, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
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Thomas H. Champney, Ph.D.

Professor, Educator Track, Cell Biology
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Biography: Dr. Thomas H. Champney earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1984. His research investigated the role of the pineal gland and its hormone melatonin on integrative physiology. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Delaware investigating reproductive physiology and then accepted a...
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Nevis L. Fregien, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Cell Biology

Biography: 1974 B.S. Biochemistry University of California at Davis
1981 Ph.D. Biochemistry University of Hawaii, Manoa
1981-1986 Postdoctoral Fellow; California Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Pasadena, CA. Advisor: Dr. Norman Davidson
1986-1993 Assistant Professor; University of Miami School of Medicine, Dept. of Cell Biology
1993-Present...
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Theodore J. Lampidis, Ph.D.

Professor, Cell Biology & Member of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Amanda Myers, Ph.D.

Professors of Cell Biology
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Biography: Amanda J Myers, PhD is the Principle Investigator of the Laboratory of Functional Neurogenomics at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and performed work there mapping the connections of retina midget and bipolar cells as well as mapping dopaminergic pathways in the midbrains of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s...
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Richard L. Rotundo, Ph.D.

Professor of Cell Biology
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Biography: Dr. Rotundo is a cell biologist whose research focuses on acetylcholinesterase (AChE), an important component of the neuromuscular junction and all cholinergic synapses in the central and peripheral nervous systems.

Our laboratory focuses on the regulation of neurotransmission via the enzyme, acetyl cholinesterase. We study: 1) The contributions of protein...
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Pedro J Salas, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Cell Biology
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Biography: Dr. Salas obtained his medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires (1976) and completed a PhD. (1981, same institution) in Biophysics focusing in paracellular (tight junction) diffusion of cations in epithelia. He continued his post-doctoral training at State University of New York (Downstate Medical Ctr) and Cornell University Medical College in New York city....
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Ronald Desrosiers, Ph.D.

Professor of Pathology
Phone: 305-243-3196
Address: Life Science Tech Park
Email: r.desrosiers@med.miami.edu

W. Dalton Dietrich, Ph.D.

Scientific Director, The Miami Project, Senior Associate Dean for Discovery Science, and Professor, Neurological Surgery, Neurology and Cell Biology
Phone: 305-243-2297
Address: Lois Pope LIFE Center 2-30
Email: DDietrich@miami.edu

Juan Dominguez-Bendala, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor of Diabetes Research Institute/Surgery
Phone: 305-243-4092
Address: Diabetes Research Institute, Room 5008
Email: jdominguez2@med.miami.edu

Roland Jurecic, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Phone: 305-243-6002
Fax: 305-243-4409
Address: Papanicolaou Building, Room 314
Email: rjurecic@med.miami.edu

Richard Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Neuroscience Program
Phone: 305-326-6000
Address: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Email: RLee@med.miami.edu

Carlos T. Moraes, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Neurology
Phone: 305-243-5858
Fax: 305-243-3914
Address: 230 Two Story Lab
Email: cmoraes@med.miami.edu

Daniel Pelaez

Research Assistant Professor, Opthalmology
Phone: 305-482-4850

Valery Shestopalov, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Phone: 305-547-3680
Address: McKnight Vision Research Center – 617
Email: VShestopalov@med.miami.edu

Mario Stevenson, Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Phone: 305-243-3106
Fax: 305-243-4555
Address: Life Science Technology Park, Room #2331
Email: mstevenson@med.miami.edu

Pantelis Tsoulfas, M.D.

Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
Phone: 305-243 3433
Fax: 305-243 3434
Address: Lois Pope LIFE Center 4-21
Email: ptsoulfa@med.miami.edu

Susana G. Rossi, Ph.D.

Voluntary Research Assistant Professor, Cell Biology
Phone: 305-243-6940
Address: Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room #4168
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Robert Warren, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Emeritus, Cell Biology
Phone: 305-243-6923
Address: Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room #4136
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