Affiliated Faculty
 | Behnam Abasht Email | (302) 831-8876 | Assistant Professor Department of Animal and Food Sciences (ANFS) | |
http://sites.udel.edu/abashtlab/ | |||
| I am very interested in fine-mapping and functional characterization of quantitative trait loci (QTL) in chickens, using systems-based multi-disciplinary approaches (systems genetics). Adiposity in chickens, as a suitable polygenic model for obesity in human, is one of the traits of particular interest. Other traits of interest are meat quality and yield and feed efficiency in meat-type chickens. | |||
 | Paul Amer Email | (302) 831-1944 | Alumni Distinguished Professor Department of Computer & Information Sciences (CIS) | |
| Computer Networks, Data Compression http://www.cis.udel.edu/~amer/ | |||
 | Maciek Antoniewicz Email | (302) 831-8960 | DuPont Young Professor/Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) | |
| Metabolic Engineering, Systems Biology http://www.che.udel.edu/mranton | |||
| The Antoniewicz lab is developing next generation tools and techniques for analyzing, engineering and manipulating microbial and mammalian systems, applied to specific problems in biotechnology (e.g. biofuels) and medicine (e.g. obesity, diabetes). In our research we make use of modern techniques in metabolic engineering, metabolic flux analysis, stable-isotope labeling, tandem mass spectrometry, molecular biology, bioinformatics and computational biology. | |||
 | Brian Bahnson Email | (302) 831-6335 | Associate Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (CHEM) | |
| Structural Biology, Molecular Modeling http://www.udel.edu/chem/bahnson/ | |||
 | Kenneth Barner Email | (302) 831-6937 | Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) | |
| Signal and Image Processing, Medical Imaging, Virtual Environments, Haptic Systems, Medical Visualization and Surgery Simulation http://www.ece.udel.edu/~barner | |||
 | Jennifer F Biddle Email | (302) 645-4267 | Assistant Professor Marine Biosciences | |
| Microbial Populations and Processes in Subseafloor Marine Environments http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/people/profile.aspx?jfbiddle | |||
 | Fidelma Boyd Email | (302) 831-1088 | Professor Biological Sciences | |
http://www.bio.udel.edu/users/fboyd | |||
 | Richard Braun Email | (302) 831-1869 | Professor Department of Mathematical Sciences | |
http://www.math.udel.edu/~braun/ | |||
| Richard Braun is an applied mathematician whose recent research focuses on dynamics of the tear film. He uses mathematical modeling, perturbation methods and computation methods to get results of interest to the ocular surface community. | |||
 | Ben Carterette Email | (302) 831-3185 | Assistant Professor Department of Computer & Information Sciences (CIS) | |
| Artificial Intelligence http://ir.cis.udel.edu/~carteret/ | |||
 | John Case Email | (302) 831-2714 | Professor Department of Computer & Information Sciences (CIS) | |
| Machine Learning http://www.cis.udel.edu/~case | |||
| John Case is best known for his work in computability-theoretic learning and inductive inference. Among other applications, are those for insight into practical, empirical machine learning. He also had a past project with a biologist colleague which employed machine learning, and, in that project he supervised a bioinformatics Ph.D. as well as a number of bioinformatics postdocs. | |||
 | Larry Cogburn Email | (302) 831-1335 | Professor Department of Animal and Food Sciences (ANFS) | |
| Molecular Endocrinology, Functional Genomics, System Biology http://cogburn.dbi.udel.edu | |||
 | David Colby Email | (302) 831-3649 | Assistant Professor Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | |
http://www.che.udel.edu/research_groups/colby/people/ | |||
| Our interests are broadly centered around neurological disease research, with specific interests 1) in the application of systems biology to understand the network of dysfunction underlying Huntington's disease and 2) in the development of novel tools for proteomics. | |||
 | Keith Decker Email | (302) 831-1959 | Associate Professor Department of Computer & Information Sciences (CIS) | |
| Information Gathering and Integration, Agent-based Modeling http://www.cis.udel.edu/~decker/index.html | |||
| Dr. Decker works on problems in bioinformatics that require data to be gathered autonomously from distributed sources and integrated with local data to produce new information for life scientists. He has been involved with projects to automate repetitive analyses and apply artificial intelligence reasoning techniques to represent biological processes and propose new hypotheses for testing. He is also involved in agent-based modeling of cellular and sub-cellular behavior. | |||
 | Prasad Dhurjati Email | (302) 831-2879 | Professor Chemical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences | |
| Systems Biology and Systems Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Knowledge-based Diagnostics, Applied Mathematics http://www.che.udel.edu/dhurjati | |||
| Our current research combines three decades of expertise in biotechnology and artificial intelligence. Common to both these application areas are the use of dynamic models, qualitative domain knowledge and artificial intelligence approaches for data interpretation and knowledge integration. The research has resulted in a hundred publications, training of forty graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, and over fifty undergraduate research theses. We are currently combining our past expertise in biotechnology and knowledge-based systems to develop system level tools and models for analysis and integration of data and domain knowledge. | |||
 | Melinda Duncan Email | (302) 831-0533 | Professor Department of Biological Sciences (BIO) | |
| Structural Biology, Molecular Modeling http://www.bio.udel.edu/people/melinda-duncan.php | |||
| The Duncan lab uses anatomical, genetic, molecular and cell biology methods to investigate the molecular basis of blinding eye conditions, most notably cataracts. Diverse bioinformatic methods are used in this research as well. A current focus of the lab and possible topic for a research MS thesis in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology is the bioinformatic analysis of RNA-seq data generated from tissues with highly non-normal distributions of gene expression. | |||
 | Hui Fang Email | (302) 831-7238 | Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) | |
| Information Retrieval, Data Mining http://www.ece.udel.edu/~hfang/ | |||
 | Pak-Wing Fok Email | (302) 831-0637 | Assistant Professor Mathematical Sciences | |
http://udel.edu/~pakwing/ | |||
| Pak-Wing Fok is an Applied Mathematician whose research centers on atherogenesis and plaque development. He is interested in the physical and biological processes that drive plaques to grow and later rupture, using a combination of mathematical modeling and computation to understand these complex phenomena. | |||
 | Guang Gao Email | (302) 831-8218 | Distinguished Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) | |
| High Performance Computing, Data Mining http://www.capsl.udel.edu/~ggao/ | |||
 | Serguei Golovan Email | (302) 831-7239 | Assistant Professor Department of Animal and Food Sciences (ANFS) | |
| System Biology, RNA Interference, Transgenics, Vaccine http://ag.udel.edu/anfs/faculty/Golovan.htm | |||
 | Pamela Green Email | | Crawford H. Greenewalt Professor Plant and Soil Sciences, Marine BioSciences | |
http://ag.udel.edu/plsc/faculty/pamgreen/index.html | |||
| The Green Lab studies RNA biology with emphasis on post-transcriptional control of gene expression at the genomic, epigenomic, molecular genetic, and biochemical levels. Our projects include genome-wide analyses of the human RNA degradome, the Arabidopsis RNA degradome in ribonuclease mutants, and noncoding RNAs, namely miRNAs and siRNAs associated with environmental and oxidative stress, aging, and tissue type. The work is carried out in model plants, food and bioenergy crop plants, marine invertebrates, and human cells. | |||
 | Thomas Hanson Email | (302) 831-3404 | Associate Professor College of Earth, Ocean, & Environment (CEOE) | |
| Microbial Genomics http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/people/profile.aspx?tehanson | |||
 | Keith Hopper Email | (302) 731-7330 | Adjunct Professor Department of Entomology | |
| The Hopper lab studies the genetics of host shifts in herbivores (genus Heliothis) and aphid parasitoids (genus Aphelinus) using laboratory experiments on host use behavior and quantitative genetics analyses of inter and intraspecific crosses to map QTL and determine genetic architecture. We also use modern methods of molecular phylogenetics to develop a robust phylogeny for species (~100) in the genus Aphelinus. To develop and genotype SNPs for QTL mapping and molecular phylogenetics, reduced-representation genomic libraries are generated. With these libraries, we are using next-generation sequencing to discover and genotype large numbers of SNP markers distributed across the genome | |||
 | John Jungck Email | (302) 831-2281 | Director of Interdisciplinary Science Instruction College of Arts & Sciences | |
| Dr. Jungck is primarily interested in four different areas of bioinformatics that are reflected in recent publications: 1)"Genetic Codes as Codes: Towards a Theoretical Basis for Bioinformatics;" 2)"Ka-me: A Voronoi Image Analyzer" that allows users to analyze biological images of polygonal tessellations such as dividing epithelia with computational geometry, graph theory, and spatial statistics; 3)"Evolutionary Bioinformatics: Making Meaning of Molecular Messages" with a focus on molecular phylogenetics; and "Bioinformatics education dissemination with an evolutionary problem solving perspective." Please visit http://bioquest.org/bedrock/ for bioinformatics education modules. | |||
 | Chandra Kambhamettu Email | (302) 831-8235 | Associate Professor Department of Computer & Information Sciences (CIS) | |
| Biomedical Image analysis, Computer Vision/Graphics http://www.cis.udel.edu/~chandra/ | |||
 | Calvin Keeler Email | (302) 831-6473 | Professor Department of Animal and Food Sciences (ANFS) | |
| Pathogenomics, Innate Immunity, Molecular Virology http://ag.udel.edu/anfs/faculty/Keeler.html | |||
 | David Kirchman Email | (302) 654-4375 | Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Professor Marine Biosciences | |
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/people/kirchman | |||
| The Kirchman lab examines the role of heterotrophic and photoheterotrophic bacteria in elemental cycles of the oceans. Most of our work is focused on the carbon cycle and the processing of natural dissolved organic material in estuarine and coastal waters. Because the vast majority of these microbes cannot be cultivated, we use cultivation-independent approaches to identify bacteria and to explore the role of various types of bacteria in elemental cycles. We are also interested in what controls the growth, abundance, and biomass levels of bacteria over time and space. Current projects include work in the Delaware estuary, the Arctic Ocean, and in Antarctic Seas. | |||
 | April Kloxin Email | 302-831-3009 | Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering | |
http://www.AprilKloxinGroup.org | |||
| The April Kloxin Group seeks to understand important biological signals in tissue regeneration and disease using both a materials- and engineering-based approach. They design materials to mimic soft tissues, such as brain, muscle, and connective tissue, and whose properties can be modified at any location and time. These novel biomaterials are used as a flexible platform for cell culture to ask fundamental questions about how the environment surrounding a cell influences cell function and fate for tissue regeneration or disease progression. These findings are utilized to develop better strategies for tissue repair or disease treatment towards improving human health. | |||
 | Arun Kumar Email | (302) 831-4180 | Assistant Professor Medical Laboratory Sciences | |
http://www.udel.edu/chs/facultystaff/kumar.html | |||
| My research interests are nanomedicine, nanotoxicity, tissue engineering, drug discover, protein drug interaction and biomedical devices. Nanomedicine will have extraordinary and far-reaching implications for the medical profession, for the definition of disease, for the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions including aging, and ultimately for the improvement and extension of natural human biological structure and function. Further, I am expanding nanomedicine approach to treat and diagnose diseases at early stage such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, brain trauma, cardiomyopathies, cancer, gene therapy and chronic lung disease. | |||
 | Salil Lachke Email | (302) 831-3040 | Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences | |
http://www.bio.udel.edu/users/slachke | |||
| The Lachke lab uses systems-based approaches in combination with mouse and human genetics to identify genes critical to ocular development and function. We have developed a bioinformatics-based approach, iSyTE (integrated Systems Tool for Eye gene discovery) that has identified several novel candidate genes involved in lens development and disease. Opportunities are available for students with interest in developing tools for analyzing RNA-seq data generated from RNA-IP (Immuno Precipitation) experiments in the lens and lens-derived cells. | |||
 | Kelvin Lee Email | (302) 831-1818 | Gore Professor, Director of Delaware Biotechnology Institute Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) | |
| Systems Biology, Proteomics http://www.leelab.org/ | |||
 | Jung-Youn Lee Email | (302) 831-3230 | Associate Professor Department of Plant & Soil Sciences (PLSC) | |
http://udel.edu/~jylee/plasmodesmata.html | |||
| Lee laboratory research is focused on understanding the role of cell-to-cell communication through plasmodesmata in plants by taking a multidisciplinary approach employing cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, and bioinformatics. Plasmodesmata are intercellular communication channels unique to plant systems that are considered one of the fundamental changes that occurred during the evolution of land plants. Yet, our understanding of this fundamental structure is quite limited. The Lee lab is tackling this problem by working towards unmystifying their molecular composition and architecture, control mechanisms, and roles in physiological and developmental processes. | |||
 | Xiaoming Li Email | (302) 831-0334 | Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) | |
| High Performance Computing and Applications http://www.ece.udel.edu/~xli | |||
| Li's research is focused on the high-performance computing and its applications. Specifically, we develop code optimization techniques that accelerate programs on various computer platforms including multi-core processors and Graphic Processing Units (GPU's). Furthermore, we deliver near-peak performance for many widely used numerical routines such as FFT and BLAS. Our research propels the efficiency of computation, which ultimately caps the size and complexity of problems that can be solved by the computational approach in bioinformatics and related areas. | |||
 | Li Liao Email | (302) 831-3500 | Associate Professor Department of Computer & Information Sciences (CIS) | |
| Identification/Prediction of Sequence and Structural Signatures of Protein, DNA and RNA; Systems Biology, with a focus on Protein-Protein Interaction Prediction and Regulatory Networks Inference; Comparative Genomics; Sequence Assembly http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lliao | |||
 | Lucas Lu Email | 302-831-2401 | Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering | |
http://www.me.udel.edu/Faculty/l_lu.html | |||
| Our research focuses on the mechanobiology in musculoskeletal system, in particular how cartilage and bone cells sense the mechanical forces generated from our physical activities and transfer the signals into orchestrated cellular activities. Using advanced mechanical methods, microscopy techniques, nanotechnology, proteomics and computational modeling, the mechano-chemical conversation between cartilage and bone at both molecular and cellular levels are investigated to understand the etiology of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, and to find new therapeutic interventions aimed at the mitigation or treatment of these diseases. | |||
 | Edward Lyman Email | (302) 831-3519 | Assistant Professor Physics & Astronomy | |
http://web.physics.udel.edu/about/directory/faculty/edward-r-lyman | |||
 | Julia Maresca Email | (302) 831-4391 | Assistant Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
http://www.ce.udel.edu/directories/profiles.html?jmaresca | |||
 | Adam Marsh Email | (302) 645-4367 | Associate Professor College of Earth, Ocean, & Environment (CEOE) | |
| Environmental Bioinformatics http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/people/profile.aspx?amarsh | |||
 | Blake Meyers Email | (302) 831-3418 | Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor Department of Plant & Soil Sciences (PLSC) | |
| Plant Genomics, Bioinformatics http://www.dbi.udel.edu/People/meyers.html | |||
| The Meyers lab uses bioinformatics and laboratory-based approaches to examine gene expression (mRNA), small RNA, and chromatin modifications in plants. We use short-read sequencing technologies for these studies and have developed a unique set of analytical tools and databases. These data are being used to determine patterns of gene expression under different developmental conditions or in different genetic backgrounds, to identify novel genes, and to understand the relationship between the genomic context of a gene and its activity. We work with members of the CBCB on genomic analysis and next-gen DNA sequencing data. | |||
| Anja Nohe Email | (302) 831-2959 | Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences (BIO) | ||
| Systems Biology, Pathway Modeling, pbpk Modeling http://www.bio.udel.edu/people/anja-nohe.php | |||
 | Babatunde Ogunnaike Email | (302) 831-4504 | Interim Dean, William L. Friend Professor Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) | |
| Complex Systems Analysis and Control; Applied Statistics; Systems Biology http://www.che.udel.edu/directory/facultyprofile.html?id=325 | |||
| Our research efforts are organized around the general theme of first understanding the dynamic behavior of complex systems through mathematical modeling and analysis, and then exploiting this understanding for novel designs and improved operation. The particular complex systems of interest range from polymer reactors, particulate processes and extruders, to biological systems on the cellular, tissue, and organ levels. When sufficient fundamental knowledge is available, we develop and employ dynamic mechanistic models; when more data is available than fundamental knowledge, we apply probability theory and statistics for efficient data acquisition and empirical model development. | |||
 | Mia Papas Email | 302-831-4990 | Assistant Professor Behavioral Health and Nutrition | |
http://www.udel.edu/chs/facultystaff/papas.html | |||
| Dr. Papas received her doctoral degree in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Papas has authored over 30 peer reviewed articles investigating the built environment and adolescent overweight, growth rates among children with early growth deficiency, dietary habits of inner-city adolescent mothers, the influence of pain on adherence to mammography screening guidelines, and food insecurity in Hispanic families. Dr. Papas' expertise includes study designs, the assessment of screening tools, the analysis of longitudinal data, and the use of GIS in understanding the effect of place on health and health behaviors. | |||
 | Terry Papoutsakis Email | (302) 831-8376 | Eugene DuPont Professor Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) | |
| Systems Biology, Metabolic Engineering http://www.papoutsakis.org | |||
 | Sandeep Patel Email | (302) 831-6024 | Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (CHEM) | |
| Computational Chemistry http://patelgroup.chem.udel.edu/joomla/ | |||
 | P. Michael Peterson Email | (302) 831-3672 | Professor and Chair Department of Behavorial Health and Nutrition | |
http://www.udel.edu/chs/facultystaff/peterson.html | |||
| Dr. Peterson has extensive experience in behavioral assessment and change. He is also an expert in health and media, social marketing and has developed and implemented numerous research studies related to behavior change via social marketing interventions. He has consulted with a wide variety of private, non-profit, and government agencies in the area of behavioral change and assessment. He also has been primary investigator on many grant projects that promote health in communities throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, and has created highly acclaimed cutting-edge tools for assessing health-related behavioral, psychosocial, and ecological measures. | |||
 | Shawn Polson Email | (302)831-3235 | Research Assistant Professor Coordinator, Bioinformatics Core Facility Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) | |
http://bioinformatics.udel.edu/People/Polson | |||
| My research interests lie at the intersection of genomics and microbial ecology, examining the ways in which microorganisms and viruses affect and are affected by their environments. | |||
 | Lidia Rejto Email | (302) 831-8034 | Professor Department of Food & Resource Economics (FREc) | |
| Biostatistics http://ag.udel.edu/frec/faculty/rejto.html | |||
 | Gilberto Schleiniger Email | (302) 831-1872 | Associate Professor Department of Mathematical Sciences (MATH) | |
| Mathematical Biology, Computational Biology, Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computation http://www.math.udel.edu/php/deptapps/profile.php?pid=schgilb | |||
 | Carl Schmidt Email | (302) 831-1334 | Associate Professor Department of Animal and Food Sciences (ANFS) | |
| Avian Genomics http://ag.udel.edu/anfs/faculty/Schmidt.html | |||
 | Erica Selva Email | (302) 831-6096 | Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences | |
| Signal Transduction http://www.bio.udel.edu/people/erica-selva.php | |||
 | Vijay Shanker Email | (302) 831-1952 | Professor Department of Computer & Information Sciences (CIS) | |
| Natural Language Processing, Text Mining of Biomedical Literature, Machine Learning http://www.cis.udel.edu/~vijay | |||
 | Hagit Shatkay Email | (302) 831-8622 | Associate Professor Computer and Information Sciences | |
| Computational Biology, Medical Informatics, Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, Data and Text Mining, and their combination. http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~shatkay/ | |||
 | Abhyuda Singh Email | (302) 831-8677 | Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) | |
| Research in our lab is focused on developing mathematical and computational tools for studying the stochastic dynamics of gene-protein networks at a single cell resolution. By combining these computational techniques with high-throughput experimental data we map novel regulatory mechanisms within gene-protein networks. Of particular interests are sub-cellular biochemical networks underlying various disease systems. Current research uses coupled experimental-computational approaches to characterize gene regulatory networks encoded by pathogenic viruses such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Herpes viruses, and design strategies to manipulate these networks for therapeutic benefit. | |||
 | Jia Song Email | 302-831-2794 | Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences | |
http://www.bio.udel.edu/people/jia-song.php | |||
| The Song lab uses computational, molecular biological, systems biology approaches such as next generation sequencing and proteomic approaches to understand the regulatory roles of microRNAs in early development. | |||
 | Michela Taufer Email | (302) 831-0071 | Associate Professor Department of Computer & Information Sciences (CIS) | |
| Grid Computing, Cloud Computing, Parallel Algorithms on Hybrid Computing Platforms (multi-cores, GPUs) http://gcl.cis.udel.edu/personal/taufer/index.php | |||
 | Kenneth VanGolen Email | (302) 831-2669 | Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences | |
| Breast, Prostate and Pancreatic Cancer http://www.bio.udel.edu/people/kenneth-van-golen.php | |||
 | Randall Wisser Email | (302) 831-1356 | Assistant Professor Department of Plant & Soil Sciences (PLSC) | |
| Plant and Fungal Genetics http://ag.udel.edu/plsc/faculty/wisser.html | |||
| The Wisser plant breeding and genetics lab studies complex or quantitative trait variation as it applies to crop improvement. Investigations are centered on the genetics and biology of response to selection, environmental adaptation and disease resistance. Our laboratory provides a setting for students and professionals to explore biological questions relevant to plant improvement while developing fundamental skills in the fields of genetics, breeding, statistics, bioinformatics and molecular biology through a combination of field, laboratory and computational experimentation. | |||
 | Eric Wommack Email | (302) 831-4362 | Professor Department of Plant & Soil Sciences (PLSC) | |
| Viral Genomics http://www.virusecology.org/MOVE/Home.html | |||
 | Cathy Wu Email | (302) 831-8869 | Jefferson Professor Department of Computer & Information Sciences (CIS) | |
| Computational Systems Biology, Protein Structure and Function, Biological Text Mining and Ontology, Bioinformatics Cyberinfrastructure http://bioinformatics.udel.edu/People/Cathy_Wu | |||
 | Jingyi Yu Email | (302) 831-0345 | Assistant Professor Department of Computer & Information Sciences (CIS) | |
| Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Image and Video Processing, Novel Camera Designs http://www.cis.udel.edu/~yu/ | |||
 | Ryan Zurakowski Email | (302) 831-0331 | Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) | |
| Biomedical Engineering, Mathematical Biology, Evolutionary Modeling http://www.ece.udel.edu/~ryanz/ | |||
