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Behnam Abasht
Behnam Abasht
Email | (302) 831-8876
Associate Professor
Animal & Food Sciences (ANFS)
Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics
http://sites.udel.edu/abashtlab/
Paul Amer
Paul Amer
Alumni Distinguished Professor
Computer & Information Sciences (CIS)
Computer Networks, Data Compression
http://www.cis.udel.edu/~amer/
Ryan Arsenault
Ryan Arsenault
Email | 302-831-7579
Associate Professor
Animal & Food Sciences (ANFS)
Kinomics, Microbiome, Peptide Array Design, Data Tools/Mining.
http://canr.udel.edu/faculty/arsenault-ryan-j/
The Arsenault lab studies cellular signal transduction through the use of high-throughput peptide array technology. We study animal health and infectious diseases, gut health and immunometabolism. Bioinformatics plays a role at all levels including peptide array design, data integration, data mining and data visualization. Applying peptide array technology to new species and new post-translational modifications and the development of new data tools are an important part of our ongoing research.
Brian Bahnson
Brian Bahnson
Email | (302) 831-0786
Professor and Chair
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Structural Biology, Molecular Modeling
http://www.udel.edu/chem/bahnson/
The Bahnson lab is exploring the fascinating catalytic power of enzymes with a focus on two related areas of interest: (i) x-ray crystallography is used to solve structures of substrate complexes and intermediates of enzyme catalyzed reactions and (ii) understanding the role of evolved ordered enzyme motions in catalysis.
Roghayeh (Leila) Barmaki
Roghayeh (Leila) Barmaki
Email | 302-831-0071
Assistant Professor
Computer & Information Sciences (CIS),
Data Science Institute
Augmented Reality and Immersive Analytics, Embodied Cognition, Multimodal Machine Learning
https://sites.udel.edu/rlb/
Roghayeh (Leila) Barmaki is an Assistant Professor at the Computer & Information Sciences Department and affiliated with the Data Science Institute at the University of Delaware. Dr. Barmaki leads the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University (HCI@UD). Her research interests span Multimodal Data Analytics, Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual and Augmented Realities with applications in Education and Healthcare.
Jennifer F Biddle
Jennifer F Biddle
Email | (302) 645-4267
Professor
School of Marine Science & Policy (SMSP)
Microbial Populations and Processes in Subseafloor Marine Environments
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/our-people/profiles/jfbiddle
Mary Elizabeth (Libbey) Bowen
Mary Elizabeth (Libbey) Bowen
Email | 302-831-8380
Associate Professor
School of Nursing

https://sites.udel.edu/nursing/directory/mary-elizabeth-bowen/
Dr. Bowen is a social gerontologist with interests in efficacy trials of health care technologies to inform translational research and system-wide implementation and health disparities research.
Fidelma Boyd
Fidelma Boyd
Email | (302) 831-1088
Professor
Biological Sciences (BISC)

http://www.bio.udel.edu/users/fboyd
Richard Braun
Richard Braun
Email | (302) 831-1869
Professor
Mathematical Sciences
Mathematical models for tear film, ocular surface and blink dynamics; mathematical biology and medicine
http://www.math.udel.edu/~braun/
Richard Braun is an applied mathematician whose recent research focuses on dynamics of the tear film, ocular surface and blinking. He uses mathematical modeling, perturbation methods and computation methods to get results of interest to the ocular surface community.
Austin Brockmeier
Austin Brockmeier
Email | 302-831-4274
Assistant Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer & Information Sciences

https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ajbrock/
Austin Brockmeier's research interests include data science, machine learning, signal processing, and the underlying mathematics and design of statistical models, optimizations, and algorithms. He has experience with complex data from the domains of biomedical engineering, neuroscience, and natural language processing.
Sunita Chandrasekaran
Sunita Chandrasekaran
Email | 302-831-2714
David L. and Beverly J.C. Mills Career Development Chair and Associate Professor
Computer & Information Sciences (CIS)

https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~schandra/
Dr. Chandrasekaran's research interests include exploring high-level directive-based parallel programming models for heterogeneous HPC and embedded systems, exploring strategies to migrate scientific applications to current and future platforms, creating benchmark suites representing real-world applications to measure performance of computing systems, building validation and verification suites for validating parallel programming models and its conformance to the standard.
Sheng-Chih Chen
Sheng-Chih Chen
Adjunct Assistant Professor (CISC)
Computer & Information Sciences (CIS)

Sheng-Chih Chen leads the technology company Intelligent Computing Systems to develop software tools and provide data services. He is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware and Georgetown University Medical Center.
David Colby
David Colby
Assistant Professor
Chemical & 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.
Shanshan Ding
Shanshan Ding
Email | 302-831-1884
Assistant Professor
Applied Economics & Statistics
Dimension reduction, high dimensional data, machine learning, multivariate analysis, survival analysis, statistical applications to neuroimaging and genomic data
http://canr.udel.edu/faculty/ding-shanshan/
Vu Dinh
Vu Dinh
Email | (765) 237-8876
Assistant Professor
Mathematical Sciences (MATH)
Mathematical and computational biology; Machine learning
http://vucdinh.github.io/
My research focuses on phylogenetics and applied probability/statistics, with an emphasis on the development of next-generation Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods for phylogenetic inference. I am also interested in computational methods for experimental design and control of biological systems, as well as machine learning algorithms and their applications in applied sciences.
Melinda Duncan
Melinda Duncan
Email | (302) 831-0533
Professor
Biological Sciences (BISC)
Next generation RNA sequencing to gain biological insights into developmental biology and wound healing, image analysis, data mining of health records data
https://www.bio.udel.edu/users/mduncan
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
Hui Fang
Email | (302) 831-7238
D&B Mills Chaired Professor, CIS
Associate Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)
Information Retrieval, Data Mining
http://www.ece.udel.edu/~hfang/
Pak-Wing Fok
Pak-Wing Fok
Email | (302) 831-0637
Associate Professor
Mathematical Sciences
Tissue Modeling, Stochastic Processes
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
Guang Gao
Distinguished Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)
High Performance Computing, Data Mining
http://www.capsl.udel.edu/~ggao/
Pamela Green
Pamela Green
Email |
Crawford H. Greenewalt Professor
Plant & Soil Sciences
School of Marine Science & Policy (SMSP)

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.
Dominique Guillot
Dominique Guillot
Email | 302-831-4444
Associate Professor
Mathematical Sciences

https://dominiqueguillot.github.io/
Dr. Guillot is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. His research interests include matrix analysis, graphical models, the reconstruction of missing values in datasets, and the analysis of signals on networks. He is interested in the applications of data science in climate science and in engineering problems. Prior to joining UD, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Statistics Department at Stanford University and a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Southern California. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Laval University.
Thomas Hanson
Thomas Hanson
Email | (302) 831-3404
Professor
School of Marine Science & Policy (SMSP)
Microbial Genomics
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/people/profile.aspx?tehanson
Keith Hopper
Keith Hopper
Adjunct Professor
Entomology
Genetics and evolution of insect host specificity
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Keith_Hopper
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
John Jungck
Email | (302) 831-2281
Professor, Biological Sciences
Professor, Mathematical Sciences
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
Chandra Kambhamettu
Email | (302) 831-8235
Professor
Computer & Information Sciences (CIS)
Biomedical Image analysis, Computer Vision/Graphics
http://www.cis.udel.edu/~chandra/
Calvin Keeler
Calvin Keeler
Email | (302) 831-6473
Professor
Animal & Food Sciences (ANFS)
Pathogenomics, Innate Immunity, Molecular Virology
http://ag.udel.edu/anfs/faculty/Keeler.html
David Kirchman
David Kirchman
Email | (302) 654-4375
Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Professor
School of Marine Science & Policy (SMSP)

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
April Kloxin
Email | 302-831-3009
Thomas and Kipp Gutshall Development Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Associate Professor
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Materials Science & 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
Arun Kumar
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
Salil Lachke
Email | (302) 831-3040
Professor
Biological Sciences (BISC)
Identify and functionally characterize regulatory pathways associated with mammalian eye development and disease.
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.
Chi Keung Lam
Chi Keung Lam
Email | 302-831-3165
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences
heart disease, calcium regulation, stress signaling, chaperone, proteasome
cklamlab.bio.udel.edu
The long-term goal of my lab is to identify disease mechanisms in various hereditary and acquired cardiac diseases, and develop targeted therapeutic to improve clinical outcome. My lab is interested in understanding how calcium is regulated in each compartment in the cardiac cells. By understanding the regulatory machinery in local milieu, we can further explore how calcium dysregulation trigger various stress response. Using both mouse models and human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) platform, we examine the effect of modulating our target protein or gene in cardiac physiology and pathophysiology. The combination of human iPSC and animal studies can complementarily validate mechanisms with human and rodent genetics. The scalable iPSC platform and engineered heart tissue technology also allow us to test compounds or biologics effectively to facilitate drug discovery.
Kelvin Lee
Kelvin Lee
Email | (302) 831-0344
Gore Professor, Director of National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Systems Biology, Proteomics, Genomics
http://www.leelab.org/
Kelvin Lee's research team works on problems relevant to the biopharmaceutical manufacturing community and to the Alzheimer's disease community. The group uses -omics tools and approaches to support ways to improve manufacturing of therapeutic proteins and antibodies and also uses stem cell based models of the blood-brain barrier to improve understanding and delivery of such molecules to address neurodegenerative diseases.
Jung-Youn  Lee
Jung-Youn Lee
Email | (302) 831-3230
Professor
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
Xiaoming Li
Email | (302) 831-0334
Associate Professor
Electrical & 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
Li Liao
Email | (302) 831-3500
Associate Professor
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
X. Lucas Lu
Email | 302-831-2401
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering

http://www.me.udel.edu/people/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
Edward Lyman
Email | (302) 831-3519
Associate Professor
Physics & Astronomy

http://web.physics.udel.edu/about/directory/faculty/edward-r-lyman
Julia Maresca
Julia Maresca
Email | (302) 831-4391
Associate Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering

http://www.ce.udel.edu/directories/profiles.html?jmaresca
Adam Marsh
Adam Marsh
Email | (302) 645-4367
Associate Professor
School of Marine Science & Policy (SMSP)
Environmental Bioinformatics
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/our-people/profiles/amarsh
Blake Meyers
Blake Meyers
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Professor
Division of Plant Sciences
University of Missouri
Plant Genomics, Bioinformatics
https://www.danforthcenter.org/scientists-research/principal-investigators/blake-meyers
The primary emphasis of the Meyers lab is the analysis of small RNAs in plants. With our many collaborators, we have pioneered genomic analysis of small RNAs and their targets, working with "next-gen" sequencing technologies nearly since their invention. The Meyers lab continues to develop and apply novel informatics approaches for the analysis of RNA function in plants.
Anja Nohe
Anja Nohe
Email | (302) 831-2959
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences (BISC)
Systems Biology, Pathway Modeling, pbpk Modeling
http://www.bio.udel.edu/users/anohe
Terry Papoutsakis
Terry Papoutsakis
Email | (302) 831-8376
Eugene DuPont Professor
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Systems Biology, Metabolic Engineering
http://www.papoutsakis.org
Vijay Parashar
Vijay Parashar
Email | (973) 715-4411
Assistant Professor
Medical Laboratory Science
Structural Biology, Bacterial Signal transduction, discovery of novel anti-infectives
http://xtalsmgddp.wixsite.com/parasharlaboratory/people
Using a combination of structural (X-ray crystallography) and functional analyses, our laboratory determines the mechanistic basis of critical communication events during bacterial pathogenesis. This facilitates development of a novel class of anti-infectives that do not kill bacteria but target these communication events to curb bacterial behaviors leading to disease.
Mark Parcells
Mark Parcells
Email | (302) 831-0114
Professor
Animal & Food Sciences (ANFS)
Biological Sciences (BISC)
Molecular Virology, Tumor immunology, Vaccine Development and Testing
http://canr.udel.edu/faculty/parcells-mark
Sandeep Patel
Sandeep Patel
Email | (302) 831-6024
Associate Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry (CHEM)
Computational Chemistry; Machine Learning; Stochastic Processes
http://patelgroup.chem.udel.edu/joomla/
Dr. Patel uses a variety of computing paradigms (HPC, GPU, supercomputer, etc) for modeling at the quantum and classical levels, materials of relevance to biochemical processes. He is also interested in application of machine learning and artificial intelligence methods for developing computaitonal models, as well as analyzing large data sets wherever they may originate. Finally, he is interested in coupling machine learning / AI methods with current understanding of stochastic processes involved in biology, biochemistry, and mathematics.
P. Michael Peterson
Email | (302) 831-3672
Professor and Chair
Behavioral Health & 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
Shawn Polson
Email | (302)831-3235
Director, CBCB Bioinformatics Core Facility
Associate Professor
Computer & 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. The lab is also involved in designing and implementing bioinformatics solutions for utilizing systems biology data (e.g. genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics) to answer microbial and viral ecology questions. We apply these approaches in numerous environments including marine, freshwater, and soil ecosystems and various organism-associated microbiomes including oyster, coral, cattle, and soybean.
Jing Qiu
Jing Qiu
Email | 302-831-4550
Associate Professor
Applied Economics & Statistics
Analysis of high dimensional data, statistical modeling of genomics data, gene expression data analysis, DNA methylation analysis, high dimensional equivalence test, confidence intervals for selected means, multiple testing, Bayesian modeling.
http://canr.udel.edu/faculty/jing-qiu
Lidia Rejto
Lidia Rejto
Professor
Food & Resource Economics (FREc)
Biostatistics
http://ag.udel.edu/frec/faculty/rejto.html
Tania Roth
Tania Roth
Email | (302) 831-2787
Professor & Chairperson
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Behavioral epigenetics, early life stress
http://rothlab.psych.udel.edu/
We are interested in understanding how environmental factors, such as parenting behavior and social stress, can influence the development of behavior and psychiatric disorders. Our primary interests are centered on identifying epigenetic changes (i.e. DNA methylation) associated with early-life caregiving experiences, particularly maltreatment, and understanding their causal role in behavioral outcome
Gilberto Schleiniger
Gilberto Schleiniger
Email | (302) 831-1872
Associate Professor
Mathematical Sciences (MATH)
Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computation, Applications of Mathematics in Medicine
https://www.mathsci.udel.edu/people/faculty/schleini
Carl Schmidt
Carl Schmidt
Email | (302) 831-1334
Professor
Animal & Food Sciences
Avian Genomics
http://ag.udel.edu/anfs/faculty/Schmidt.html
Erica Selva
Erica Selva
Email | (302) 831-6096
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences (BISC)
Signal Transduction
http://www.bio.udel.edu/people/erica-selva.php
Vijay Shanker
Vijay Shanker
Email | (302) 831-1952
Professor
Computer & Information Sciences (CIS)
Natural Language Processing, Text Mining of Biomedical Literature, Machine Learning
http://www.cis.udel.edu/~vijay
Abhyudai Singh
Abhyudai Singh
Email | (302) 831-8677
Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering

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
Jia Song
Email | 302-831-2794
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences (BISC)

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.
Erin Sparks
Erin Sparks
Email | (302) 831-3428
Assistant Professor
Plant & Soil Sciences (PLSC)
Plant Development, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Biomechanics
http://sites.udel.edu/canr-sparkslab/
The yield potential of agricultural crops is limited by the ability of plants to support their own weight and withstand external forces. The failure of plants to stay upright, termed lodging, can have a dramatic impact on crop yields. Lodging can occur when the stem breaks (stalk lodging) or when the root system loses contact with the soil and is up-rooted (root lodging). Although stalk lodging has been the focus of much research attention, it is suggested that root lodging is more prevalent. In some crops (e.g. corn and sorghum) specialized aerial roots, called brace roots, are thought to play an important role in stability to prevent root lodging. Yet, the benefit of brace roots to the plant and what makes a good brace root is unknown. Our lab focuses on understanding the development and function of brace roots in crops. We leverage techniques from engineering, computational biology, genetics, genomics, and molecular biology to address these research questions.
Michela Taufer
Michela Taufer
Email |
Jack Dongarra Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Grid Computing, Cloud Computing, Parallel Algorithms on Hybrid Computing Platforms (multi-cores, GPUs)
https://globalcomputing.group/about.html
Kenneth  VanGolen
Kenneth VanGolen
Email | (302) 831-2669
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences (BISC)
Breast, Prostate and Pancreatic Cancer
http://www.bio.udel.edu/people/kenneth-van-golen.php
Shuo Wei
Shuo Wei
Email | (302) 831-1146
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences (BISC)
Regulation of cell signaling and proteolysis in development and disease
https://www.bio.udel.edu/users/swei
Research description: The Wei lab is interested in the regulation of cell signaling, in particular Wnt and PI3K/Akt signaling, by cell-surface metalloproteinases. Perturbations of these cellular processes can lead to severe birth defects as well as other diseases, such as tumors, arthritis and neurodegenerative diseases.
Eric Wommack
Eric Wommack
Email | (302) 831-4362
Professor and Deputy Dean and Assoc. Dean for Research & Graduate Education, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Plant & Soil Sciences (PLSC)
School of Marine Science & Policy (SMSP)
Biological Sciences (BISC)
Microbial Ecology, viral ecology, metagenomics, genomics, molecular biology, bioinformatics
http://www.virusecology.org/MOVE/Home.html
Cathy Wu
Cathy Wu
Email | (302) 831-8869
Unidel Edward Jefferson Chair, Computer & Information Sciences (CIS)
Professor, Biological Sciences (BISC)
Director, Data Science Institute
Computational Systems Biology, Protein Structure and Function, Biological Text Mining and Ontology, Bioinformatics Cyberinfrastructure
http://bioinformatics.udel.edu/People/Cathy_Wu
Changqing Wu
Changqing Wu
Email | 302-831-3029
Professor
Animal and Food Sciences

https://canr.udel.edu/faculty/changqing-wu/
I am a food chemist and food toxicologist. My research has focused on the characterization and application of bioactive compounds. Specifically, my efforts have focused on three areas: 1) Evaluation of toxicities and endocrine disruption potential for natural bioactive compounds and newly synthesized chemicals 2) improvement of human and animal health by dietary bioactive compounds 3) enhancing food safety and quality through the novel application of antimicrobials or pulsed light technology. These focus areas represent an excellent balance between basic and applied research.
Jingyi Yu
Jingyi Yu
Email | (302) 831-0345
Assistant Professor
Computer & Information Sciences (CIS)
Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Image and Video Processing, Novel Camera Designs
http://www.cis.udel.edu/~yu/
Ryan Zurakowski
Ryan Zurakowski
Email | (302) 831-0331
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering, Mathematical Biology, Evolutionary Modeling
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