Faculty

Ibolya Edit Andras, M.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-0261
Email: IAndras@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #528B
Research Summary: The role of the blood-brain barrier in the HIV-1 infected brain’s amyloid beta pathology.
Publications: PubMed

Eleonore Beurel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Joint Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-0263
Email: ebeurel@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #415
Research Area: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Publications: Scopus

Luisa Cimmino, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-0208
Email: luisa.cimmino@med.miami.edu
BRB 711
Research Area: Understanding how environmental factors, such as micronutrients, influence the activity of epigenetic regulators to control hematopoietic stem cell maintenance and transformation.
Publications: PubMed

Sylvia Daunert, Pharm.D., M.S., Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Lucille P. Markey Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director, Dr. JT Macdonald Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute
Director of Research, Center for Integrative and Complementary Medicine
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-4005
Email: sdaunert@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #239DA
Research Area: Biomolecules and bionanotechnology
Lab Website: DaunertLab.com
Publications: PubMed

Sapna Deo, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director of Graduate Studies of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director of Molecular Medicine Pathway of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-4421
Email: sdeo@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #239DB
Research Area: Bionanotechnology, Biosensing and Molecular Diagnostics
Lab Website: Deo-group.com
Publications: PubMed

Shanta Dhar, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Assistant Director of Technology and Innovation, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
NanoTherapeutics Research Laboratory
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-1292
Email: shantadhar@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #317
Research Area: NanoTherapeutics Research
Lab Website: NanoTherapeutics Research Lab
Publications: Click here to see her publications

Amjad Farooq, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-2429
Email: a.farooq@miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #116
Research Area: Macromolecular Biophysics
Lab Website: farooqlab.net
Publications: PubMed

Flavia Fontanesi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-7215
Email: ffontanesi@med.miami.edu
NRB (former TSL building) #103B
Research Area: My research interests focus on mitochondrial function and biogenesis.
Lab Website: Barrientos’ Lab
Publications: PubMed

Feng Gong, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Associate Director of the BMB Executive PhD Program
FBS1 Course Coordinator
Co-director of Molecular Medicine Pathway
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology(305) 243-9270

Email: fgong@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #303
Research Area: To understand the mechanisms of chromatin dynamics during DNA repair.
Publications: PubMed

Thomas K. Harris, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Director, BMB Undergraduate Program
Director, BMB Medical Education
Undergrad Advisor
Medical MBL Course Coordinator
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-3358
Email: tharris@miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #111
Publications: PubMed

Chaitanya Jain, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-7229
Email: cjain@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #114
Research Area: DEAD-box proteins, Ribonucleases and Ribosome Assembly.
Publications: PubMed

Richard Jope Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Joint Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-0262
Email: rjope@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #416
Research Area: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Publications: SCOPUS

Ralf Landgraf, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Member Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Sheila and David Fuente Graduate Program in Cancer Biology
Primary Appointment: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-5815
Email: RLandgraf@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #316
Research Area: Bionanotechnology and Molecular Diagnostics, Drug Discovery, Molecular Biology of Cancer and Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism
Publications: Click here

Giacomo Lanzoni, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Email: GLanzoni@med.miami.edu
1450 NW 10TH AVENUE Room 5010
Research Area: The development of Regenerative Medicine strategies for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and regenerating and protecting pancreatic islet β cells – the cells that produce insulin and that are lost due to an autoimmune attack in T1D patients.
Publications: PubMed

Stephen Lee, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director, The Executive Ph.D. Program
Leader of the Tumor Biology Program, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chair, The Scientific Advisory Board, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-5177
Email: stephenlee@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #216
Research Area: RNA Structure & Metabolism.
Lab Website: StephenLeeLab.com
Publications: PubMed

Fan Liu, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-0885
Email: fliu@med.miami.edu
Fox Building Room #403A
Research Area: Epigenetic regulation in normal and malignant hematopoiesis.
Publications: PubMed

Arun Malhotra, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director of Master’s in Biomedical Sciences
Director of the MIBS Academic Curriculum
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-2826
Email: amalhotra@miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #109A
Research Area: Molecular Biophysics & Structure of Protein-Ligand Interactions.
Publications: PubMed

Richard Myers, Ph.D.

enior Lecturer of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-2305
Email: rmyers@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #305
Research Area: The mechanics of inheritance, DNA damage repair and its consequences, genome engineering using viral recombinases.
Publications: PubMed

Zafar Nawaz, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-1456
Email: znawaz@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #315
Research Area: Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Genetic Disease and Cancer.
Publications: PubMed

Min Seon Park, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-0261
Email: mspark@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #528B
Research Area: Role of actin cytoskeleton in METH-induced alterations of TJ protein expression.
Publications: PubMed

Michal Toborek, M.D., Ph.D.

Leonard M. Miller Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor and Vice-Chair for Research for the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Email: mtoborek@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #528E
Research Area: Integrity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and how different pathological conditions can lead to the disruption and/or dysfunction of the BBB.
Lab Website: ToborekLab.com
Publications: PubMed
CV: Click here

Nickolas Tsinoremas, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Health Science Informatics, and Computer Science
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Email: Idsc.miami.edu
Publications: National Library of Medicine
Research Area: computational genomics and bioinformatics

Fenghua Yuan, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Proffessor
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Email: fyuan@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #334
Research Area: Mechanisms of Human DNA Repair, Interstrand Cross-Link Repair and Mismatch Repair.
Lab Info: Dr. Yanbin Zhang Lab

Yanbin Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-9237
Email: yzhang4@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #311
Research Area: Mechanisms of Human DNA Repair, Interstrand Cross-Link Repair and Mismatch Repair.
Lab Info: Dr. Yanbin Zhang Lab
Publications: PubMed

Jean-Marc Zingg Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Email: jaz42@miami.edu
Telephone: 305-243-3531
Publications: Bibliography
Research Area: 1) Development of Point of Care methods to detect emerging pathogens (SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), human papilloma virus (HPV), Zika virus); 2) Development of biosensors for molecules involved in Quorum Sensing and Positional Sensing in bacterial biofilms; 3) Regulatory effects of micronutrients and vitamin E on signaling and gene expression relevant for inflammation and the formation of foam cells

Ashutosh Agarwal, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Email: a.agarwal2@miami.edu
Research Area: Organs on Chips, Hydrogels, Stem Cells,
Microfluidics, Cardiac Tissue Engineering
Lab Website: http://www.pmlaboratory.com/

Julio C. Barredo, M.D.

Professor and Chair of Pediatrics for Basic Research
Director, Children’s Cancer Programs at UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Toppel Family Professor of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-2448
Email: jbarredo@med.miami.edu
A&B BCRI Room #549

Antonio Barrientos, Ph.D.

Professor of Neurology & Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Member of the Biochemistry, Neuroscience and Pharmacology Graduate Programs
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-8683
Email: abarrientos@med.miami.edu
RMSB Room #2067
Lab Website: BarrientosLab.org

Ernesto Bernal-Mizrahi, M.D.

Professor of Medicine.
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.
Deputy Director of Beta Cell Biology and Signal Transduction
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-2161
Email: Ebernalm@med.miami.edu
Diabetes Research Institute

Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya, Ph.D., MTech

Professor of Ophthalmology Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Secondary Appointment in Neuroscience Graduate Program

Telephone: (305) 482-4103
Email: sbhattacharya@med.miami.edu
McKnight Building Room #7

Courtney Dumont, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Email: cdumont@miami.edu
Research Area: Understand the biochemical and cellular interactions that occur after nerve injury, and develop strategies with refined spatiotemporal administration to modulate the local injury microenvironment to promote regeneration
Lab Website: http://www.neustemlab.com
Publications: Courtney Dumont’s Bibliography

Mohammad Faghihi, M.D., Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Member of the Center for Therapeutic Innovation at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-7953
Email: mfaghihi@med.miami.edu
BRB Room #429

Maria E. Figueroa, M.D.

Associate Professor
Co-Leader, Cancer Epigenetics Research Program
Primary Appointment of Human Genetics
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: 305-243-7333
Email: mef162@miami.edu
BRB 709A
Research Area: The Figueroa lab studies the role of epigenetic modifications in transcriptional regulation during normal and malignant hemopoiesis. Their focus is mainly on how changes in normal DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation patterns occur during malignant transformation and how these changes may contribute to the leukemogenic process. They use a combination of computational approaches based on genome-wide next-generation sequencing data as well as in vitro and in vivo modeling to determine the consequences of the epigenetic lesions that they have identified.
Lab website: http://figueroalab.com
Publications: PubMED

Alessia Fornoni, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine
Director and Chair, Peggy and Harold Katz Family Drug Discovery Center
Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Associate Director MD-PhD Program
Member of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-6251
Email: afornoni@med.miami.edu
SCCC Building

Ronald B. Goldberg, M.D.

Associate Director of Diabetes Research Institute
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director of Lipid Disorder Clinic
Professor of Medicine
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-6574
Email: RGoldber@med.miami.edu
DRI Building Room #2006

William J. Harbour, M.D.

Dr. Mark. J Daily Endowed Professor
Vice Chair for Translational Research
Professor of Ophthalmology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Director of Ocular Oncology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 326-6166
Email: harbour@med.miami.edu
Anne Bates Leach Eye Hosp/Bascom
Palmer Room #206

Joshua M. Hare, M.D., FACC, FAHA

Director, Donald Soffer Endowed Program in Regenerative Medicine
Chief Science Officer
Senior Associate Dean for Experimental & Cellular Therapeutics
Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI)
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-5579
Email: JHare@med.miami.edu
BRB Room #908

Guy A. Howard, Ph.D.

Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine
Research Director, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), V.A. Medical Center
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 575-3388
Email: ghoward1@med.miami.edu
VA Med Center

Jennifer J. Hu, Ph.D.

Professor of Epidemiology
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor of Department of Public Health Sciences
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-7796
Email: JHu@med.miami.edu
CRB Room #1511

Joaquin Jimenez, M.D.

Research Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-6191
Email: j.jimenez@med.miami.edu
RMSB Room #2023A

Sung Jin Kim, Ph.D.

Director, BioNIUM Nanofab Facility Associate Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of Pathology

Email: kim@miami.edu
Research Area: Nanophotonics for Biomedical Applications (sensing, imaging), Solution Processed Nanometral/Nanostructured Devices for Energy and Sensors
Lab Website: http://www.coe.miami.edu/kim/index.htm

Sakhrat Khizroev, Ph.D.

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Email: skhizroev@miami.edu
Gautier Bldg 411
Research area: Novel Computing Paradigms – Neuromorphic Computing, Quantum Computing, Nanomedicine, Magnetic Recording Energy-efficient Spintronics
Lab Website: https://khizroevlaboratory.com
Publications: https://khizroevlaboratory.com/?page_id=74

Byron L. Lam, M.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Member of the Graduate Program for the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 326-6021
Email: blam@med.miami.edu
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Xue Zhong Liu, M.D., Ph.D., FACS

Leonard M. Miller Professor of Otolaryngology
Departments of Human Genetics, Biochemistry & Pediatrics
Vice Chairman of Research of the Department of Otolaryngology
Director of Center for Communication Sciences & Disorders
Director of Miami Ontogenetic Program
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-1484
Email: x.liu1@med.miami.edu
CRB 5th Floor

Zhao-Jun Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Email: zliu@med.miami.edu
RMSB 1046
Research Area: (1) Vascular biology: therapeutic angiogenesis in regenerative medicine; mechanisms for atherosclerosis. (2) Tumor biology: targeting tumor microenvironment.
Publications: My Bibliography

Stephen Nimer, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-1775
Email: snimer@med.miami.edu
Fox Building Room #200

Sundaram Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Surgery
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 284-2156
Email: sramakrishnan@miami.edu
Clinical Research Building 4th Floor
Miami, FL 33136

David J. Robbins, Ph.D.

Professor of Surgery
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular

Telephone: (305) 243-5717
Email: drobbins@med.miami.edu
RMSB Room #1042

Sabita Roy, Ph.D.

Professor and Associate Vice Chair For Career Development.
Department of Surgery
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Email: sabita.roy@med.miami.edu
Clinical Research Building 4th Floor
Miami, FL 33136

Kurt Schesser, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-4760
Emil: kschesser@med.miami.edu
RMSB Room #3076

Omaida Velazquez, M.D.

Chair of the Department of Surgery
Professor of the Department of Surgery
DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery
David Kimmelman Endowed Chair in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 585-5284
Email: ovelazquez@med.miami.edu
JMH Room #3016B

Claes Wahlestedt, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Therapeutic Innovation
Director, Center for Therapeutic Innovation
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Secondary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Telephone: (305) 243-7694
Email: CWahlestedt@med.miami.edu
BRB Room #407

Murray Deutscher, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Miami Medical Council Representative
Primary Appointment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Email: mdeutsch@med.miami.edu
Gautier Building Room #110
Research Summary: Enzymology and Regulation of RNA Processing, Supramolecular Organization of the Protein-Synthesizing System
Publications: PubMed
Research Interests:
Ribonucleases and RNA metabolism
Organization of the protein-synthesizing machinery
Awards:
Editor
Fellow of the AAAS
Chairman
Chairman Gordon Research Conference
Editor in Chief
Education:
1966 PhD Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1962 B.S. City College of New york

Fazal Ahmad

Keith Brew

Coralie Carraway

Roger E. Fenna

Frans Huijing

Eric E. Smith

A.T. Soldo

Richard Voellmy

Rudolf Werner

William J. Whelan