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Abbondanzieri, Elio
Research Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Ablaeva, Julia
Research Specialist, Gorbunova/Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Akhter, Nasima
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Justin Fay
- Office Location
- 313 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3843
Interests: TBD
Athar, Fathima
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
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Bai, Huiru
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Balakrishnan, Aiswarya
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Eric Wagner
- Office Location
- G-9852 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3425
Interests: TBD
Bellomio, Philip
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: Incorporation of oxidized methionine within the nascent polypeptide during protein translation
Bennett, Danielle (Dani)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Benyajati, Cheeptip
Associate Professor
Director of Student Relations for Biology
- Office Location
- 474 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8040
Interests: Regulation of gene expression during development of Drosophila; Transcription, chromatin structure, and mechanisms of developmental chromatin structure remodeling
Berger, Kyle
he/him/his
Research Associate, Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Bi, Xin
he/him/his
Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
Undergraduate researchers
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 307 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6922
- xin.bi@rochester.edu
Interests: Epigenetic regulation of eukaryotic gene expression; Structural and functional domains of the genome; Chromatin boundary elements; Gene silencing; DNA damage repair and tolerance
Biashad, Seyed Ali
Research Technician, Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Bickel, Ryan
Professor of Instruction
Assistant Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine
- Office Location
- 486 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7226
Bowers, Josiah
Research Technician, Larracuente
- Office Location
- 313 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3843
Brisson, Jennifer
she/her/hers
Professor
Research Active
- Office Location
- 310 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8392
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolution of morphology; Molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity; Evolution and development in the pea aphid; The role of epigenetics in polyphenism
Bryan, Shane
he/him/his
Research Technician, Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
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Cammarota, Christian
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Daniel Bergstralh
- Office Location
- 330 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-6680
Interests: Biological physics and the role of mechanics in tissue development and cell processes
Casler, Karli
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Patrick Murphy
- Office Location
- 2-9878 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2414
Interests: TBD
Castano, Maria Isabel
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- J. Albert C. Uy
- Office Location
- 340 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1309
Interests: Behavioral ecology and speciation of Neotropical birds
Cefaloni, Eric
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Paula Vertino
- Office Location
- 3-0852 Wilmot Cancer Center
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9983
Interests: Epigenetic mechanisms driving breast cancer and epithelial to mesenchymal transition
Chaudhary, Arjun
he/him/his
Research Technician, Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Chen, Minhao
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: TBD
Chen, Nancy
she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 477 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7149
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Population genetics with pedigrees; Contemporary evolution in natural populations; Evolutionary genetics; Conservation genomics; Avian genomics
Chhibber, Hannah
she/her/hers
Fly Food Technician, Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Clark, Michael
Associate Professor of Instruction
- Office Location
- 444 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3432
Collins, Emily
Undergraduate Course Administrator
- Office Location
- 488 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-3685
- On-site
- Monday - Friday : 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Culver, Gloria
she/her/hers
Professor
- Office Location
- 484 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 274-2567
Interests: Macromolecular assembly; RNA-protein recognition; Dynamics of RNA folding
Cutting, Joseph
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
D
Deem, Kevin
he/him/his
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Deng, Chenghong
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Dragony Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Interests: The role of tRNA modification in neuron development
De Silva, Naduni
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: TBD
Di Fraia, Domenico
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Driscoll, Rose
she/her/hers
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Jennifer Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Interests: Evolutionary genetics of phenotypic plasticity in aphids
E
Edvalson, Logan
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Amanda Larracuente
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
Interests: TBD
Eickbush, Danna
Research Associate, Larracuente/Eickbush
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
Eickbush, Thomas H
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
- Office Location
- 613 Hylan
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7247
F
Farhi, Brendan James
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Fartukh, Artur
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Fay, Justin
Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchers
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 319 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2998
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolutionary genetics; Domestication of yeast; Comparative genomics; Gene regulation
Femiano, Donna
she/her/hers
Stockroom Clerk
- Office Location
- 213 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3886
- On-site
- Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. or 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Ferro, Juan Martin
Research Associate, F. Uy
- Office Location
- 340 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6066
Firsanov, Denis
Research Associate, Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Fratianni, Caroline
she/her/hers
UPBM Administrator & Curriculum Advisor
- Office Location
- 487 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3850
- On-site
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Remote
- Tuesday, Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Fry, James D
Associate Professor
Director of the Undergraduate Program in Biology and Medicine
Research Active
- Office Location
- 318 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7835
Interests: Genetics of ecological adaptation in Drosophila; Evolutionary effects of deleterious mutations; Quantitative-genetic theory and methodology
Fu, Dragony
Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor
Professor of Biology
Director, Graduate Affairs and Admissions in Biology
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 333 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3346
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Biological functions of RNA modifications; Human disorders linked to RNA modifications; Regulation of protein synthesis
Fuda, Nicholas
Research Associate, Larracuente
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
G
Gangan, Manasi
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Gaydash, Elka (Yulia)
PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Ghaemmaghami, Sina
George Y. and Catherine H. Wu Professor in Chemistry
Professor of Biology
Director, Undergraduate Research
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 326A Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4829
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Protein folding and degradation; Neurodegenerative diseases and aging; Prion biology; Proteomics
Glastad, Karl
Assistant Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
Postdoctoral Applicants
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 460 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4891
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Gene regulation, hormonal signalling, molecular and cellular determinants of aging and lifespan; Mechanisms and evolution of plasticity; Arthropod genomics; Video games
Goldfarb, David
Professor Emeritus
- Office Location
- 436 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3890
Gona, Ram
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Anne S. Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Interests: TBD
Gorbunova, Vera
Doris Johns Cherry Professor
Professor of Biology
Co-director, Rochester Aging Research Center
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchers
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 434 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7740
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Mechanisms of aging; Comparative biology of aging; Comparative biology of aging; DNA repair and genomic instability; Anticancer therapy
H
Hahn, Elsa
she/her/hers
Research Technician, Uy
- Office Location
- 340 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6066
Hamazaki, Sakura
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- John Lueck
- Office Location
- 4-8517 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 276-5489
Interests: Investigating the role of calcium mishandling in Myotonic Dystrophy Type I ( DM1) myopathy
Hansen, Barbara
Research Technician, Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Heinze, Eric
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Jennifer Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Interests: TBD
Heo, Jiwon
First Year PhD Student
- jheo6@UR.Rochester.edu
Interests: TBD
Herrera-Perez, Marisol
Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- 215 Goergen Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2312
- Web Address
- Website
Hibbins, Mark
he/him/his
Assistant Professor
Coming July 2025
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Phylogenomics; Phylogenetic methods; Hybridization and introgression; Genome evolution; Evolution of gene regulation; Convergent evolution; Computational biology
Hicks, Tyler
IT - Customer Technology Support Tech
- Office Location
- 216 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2774
- On-site
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Remote
- Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Hillpot, Eric
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Hinkle, David C.
Professor Emeritus
- Office Location
- 315A Hutchison
Holz, Jonathan
he/him/his
Professor of Instruction
Not Research Active
Now accepting:
Undergraduate researchers
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 483 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8973
Interests: Pedagogy; Open educational resources; Equity in education; Physiology, Anatomy, Toxicology
Hua, Shan
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Patrick Murphy
- Office Location
- 2-9633 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0113
Interests: Investigating the role of H2A.Z and ANP32E on regulating gene expression
I
Ibragimov, Airat
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Irvin, Joseph
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Gail Johnson
- Office Location
- 4-6314 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3740
Interests: The role of mitophagy on caspase 3 contingent tau pathology in neurons
J
Jaenike, John
Professor Emeritus
- Office Location
- 438A Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4594
Jain, Anushka
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: TBD
Jencik, Brian
Research Specialist, Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Jensen, Lisa
Undergraduate Course Administrator
- Office Location
- 488 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-5181
- On-site
- Monday - Friday : 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Johnson, Alycia
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Floria Uy
- Office Location
- 340 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6066
Interests: TBD
K
Kassanoff, Jordan
Research Technician, Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Keister, Jennifer
Research Technician, Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Kim, Sei Joong
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Kingsley, Alec
Project Assistant, Werren
- Office Location
- 309 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3889
Kirz, Brian
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Nancy Chen
- Office Location
- 476 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7153
Interests: TBD
Klie, Samantha
Master's Student
Interests: TBD
Klump, Kelsey
she/her/hers
Research Specialist, Gorbunova/Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Korotkov, Anatoly
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Kuang, Xi
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
L
Lai, Timothy
he/him/his
Research Technician, Fay
- Office Location
- 313 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3843
Lambert, J. David
Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchers
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 344 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2482
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: The evolution of developmental mechanisms; Early patterning in molluscs and related groups; Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions; Evolution of novel phenotypes
Larkin, Linaria
she/her/hers
Research Technician, Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Larracuente, Amanda
she/her/hers
Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor of Biology
Professor of Biology
Associate Chair, Department of Biology
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchers
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 343 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1693
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Intragenomic conflict and the evolution of selfish DNA; Evolutionary and functional genomics of satellite DNA; Sex chromosome and dot chromosome evolution in Drosophila; Centromere organization and evolution
Lawrence, Deborah
Receptionist and Department Coordinator
- Office Location
- 402B Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1139
- On-site
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Remote
- Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lee, Minseon
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: The role of SIRT6 in rejuvenating the epigenome and maintaining heterochromatin stability in aged cells
Leigh, Jennifer
Master's Student
Interests: The potential role of mitochondrial dysfunction in Tubular Aggregate Myopathy
Leo, Cailyn
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Dragony Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Interests: Determining the spatial and temporal effects of TRMT1 on neurodevelopment of mice
Lewis, Aaron
he/him/his
Biology Space Planning Administrator
- Office Location
- 213 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8059
- On-site
- Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Remote
- *occasional remote work
Liang, Yuan
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Lin, Leila
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Lindley, Sean
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Douglas Anderson
- Office Location
- G.11201G MRBX
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7726
Interests: RNA trans-splicing in cells
Liu, Xiaomi
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Jennifer Brisson
- Office Location
- 303 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8388
Interests: Wing plasticity in aphids, with a focus on a computational approach
Low, Lacie
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Lyon, Hiram
he/him/his
Project Assistant, Culver
- Office Location
- 301 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2372
M
Ma, Lisha
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Macoretta, Nicholas
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Marti, Emiliano
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Amanda Larracuente
- Daven Presgraves
- Office Location
- 337 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2475
Interests: Evolutionary history and molecular mechanisms of meiotic drive (sensu lato). Consequences of intragenomic conflicts in genome evolution and the origin of the species
Marvin-Foley, Sarah
Graduate Course Administrator
- Office Location
- 475 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7991
- On-site
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Remote
- Thursday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Mayeen, Naiyareen Fareeza
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Meadow, Michael
he/him/his
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Sina Ghaemmaghami
- Office Location
- 336 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-1237
Interests: Cross-species proteomics to study aging!
Meyer, Anne S.
she/her/hers
Associate Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchers
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 472 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9290
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Synthetic biology; 3D printing of bacteria; Engineering of bacteria to produce biomaterials; Survival strategies of bacteria; Organization of bacterial DNA
Miller, Zachary
he/him/his
Facilities Operations Assistant
- Office Location
- 213 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8909
- On-site
- Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Remote
- *occasional remote work
Miller, James
Research Specialist, Fay
- Office Location
- 313 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3843
Minckley, Robert L.
Professor of Instruction
Research Active
- Office Location
- 446 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0272
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Ecology and evolution of host breadth in bees; Community structure of desert bees; Conservation biology of pollinators
Misra, Kaushani
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Dragony Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Interests: TBD
Morandini, Francesco
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (525) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Muirhead, Christina
Research Associate, Presgraves
- Office Location
- 480 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2183
Murias, Jake Robert Romley
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Murphy, Patrick J.
Assistant Professor
- Office Location
- 2-9619 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0113
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Regulation of vertebrate gene transcription in vivo; Epigenetics and chromatin; Zebrafish genetics and genomics; Developmental cell state transitions; Bioinformatics
O
Olmsted, Joanna B.
Dean Emerita of the School of Arts and Sciences
Orr, H. Allen
Shirley Cox Kearns Professor
Professor of Biology
- Office Location
- 342 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3838
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Genetics of speciation in Drosophila; Genetics and theory of adaptation; Population genetics
P
Paige, Victoria
she/her/hers
Research Technician, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Pan, Lei
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Peter, Benjamin
he/him/his
Assistant Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchers
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 478 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2634
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Population genetics; Evolutionary genetics; Human genetic history; Ancient DNA; Population structure
Phromsiri, Pakinee
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: Mechanisms and consequences of histone buffering in the early Drosophila embryo
Phung, Lan-Nhi
she/her/hers
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Uy
- Office Location
- 340 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6066
Portman, Douglas
Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 2-9647 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7414
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Genetics of development and behavior in C. elegans; Neural cell fate specification; Sex differences in neural circuit function; Sexual dimorphism in developmental patterning
Prabhu, Pranav
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Presgraves, Daven C.
Dean's Professor
Professor of Biology
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 481 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0925
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolutionary genetics ; Speciation genetics; Molecular population genetics; Selfish gene complexes
Q
Qin, Ruisi (Teresa)
she/her/hers
Research Technician, Wang
R
Rahmat, Jabale
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Rechsteiner, Cheyenne
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: TBD
Reger, Noah
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: TBD
Renzi, Anthony
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Rodriguez, Mario Luis
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Romero, Faye
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Nancy Chen
- Office Location
- 476 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7153
Interests: Evolutionary and population genomics; genetic causes and consequences of inbreeding depression in the Florida Scrub-Jay
Rossow, Lisa
Accounting Assistant
- Office Location
- 402F Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3586
- On-site
- Monday, Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
- Remote
- Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Roth, Haley
she/her/hers
Research Technician, Presgraves
- Office Location
- 480 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2183
Rybak, Brenna
Assistant Director, Business Administration
- Office Location
- 402D Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-8837
- On-site
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Remote
- Tuesday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Rydkina, Elena
Teaching Lab Specialist
- Office Location
- 215 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9051
- On-site
- Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
- Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Remote
- *occasional remote work
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Sage, Kathren Piper
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Sellix, Michelle
Grants Specialist
- Office Location
- 402F Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2823
- On-site
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Remote
- Tuesday, Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Seluanov, Michael
Research Technician, Teaching Lab
- Office Location
- 215 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9051
- On-site
- Monday, Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Seluanov, Andrei
Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchers
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 432 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6636
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Molecular and cell biology; Tumor suppressor mechanisms in log-lived rodents the Naked Mole-Rat and Eastern Grey Squirrel; Mammalian Sirt proteins in regulation of stress response during aging; Anti-cancer mechanisms in whales
Shannon, Regina
Ordering Liaison
- Office Location
- 402F Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4147
- On-site
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Remote
- Thursday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Shipley, Alicia
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: The mechanism of H2Av exchange between lipid droplets in Drosophila embryogenesis and its temporal regulation at the midblastula transition
Shogren, Elsie
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Uy
- Office Location
- 340 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6066
Sia, Elaine
she/her/hers
Professor
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Not Research Active
- Office Location
- 334A Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9275
Interests: Molecular biology and genetics; Mutagenesis and repair of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sidor, Lynn
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Anne Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Interests: Using synthetic biology to engineer bacteria to be able to polymerize a layer of polysilicate surrounding themselves, allowing for the creation of bacterial microlenses
Stein, Alexis
Associate Professor of Instruction
- Office Location
- 216B Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3848
Sterne, Gabriella R.
Assistant Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 2-9639 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1447
- Web Address
- Website
Strelkova, Ekaterina (Kate)
she/her/hers
Research Technician, Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Summers, Jeremy
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Nancy Chen
- Office Location
- 476 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7153
Interests: The demographic and genetic effects of habitat fragmentation and degradation on the Florida Scrub-Jay
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Tahir, Imran
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Arshad Rahman
- Office Location
- 3-11301 MRBX
- Telephone
- (585) 276-4650
Interests: Studying endothelial barrier dysfunction in the context of acute lung injury
Tang, Han
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Tian, Jiawen
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Tolibzoda, Fara
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Investigation of biochemical contributors of health in long-living animals and their role in aging associated neurodegeneration
Tombline, Gregory
Research Associate, Seluanov/Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Tubiolo, Natashia
she/her/hers
Data Entry Clerk
- Office Location
- 402F Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3859
- On-site
- Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Turner, Milla
Master's Student
Interests: TBD
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Uy, J. Albert C.
Professor and Chair
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 450 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 273-1309
- al.uy@rochester.edu
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolutionary Ecology; Behavioral Ecology; Evolutionary Genetics; Speciation; Conservation
Uy, Floria Mora-Kepfer
she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 332 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3305
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Evolution of sociality; Neuroethology; Host-parasite interactions; Behavioral Ecology; Conservation
V
VanDeMar, Erin
Senior Financial Analyst
- Office Location
- 402E Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-5416
- On-site
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Remote
- Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Vanderhoff, Zack
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Volobaev, Valentin
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
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Walker, Azra
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Anne S. Meyer
- Office Location
- 331 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-2809
Interests: The protection of DNA in response to stress in bacteria
Walunjkar, Nilima
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Justin Fay
- Office Location
- 313 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3843
Interests: Causes and consequences of thermal divergence in Saccharomyces species
Wang, Ning
Assistant Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchers
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 436 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3890
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular genetics; Organelle biogenesis; Organelle degradation through selective autophagy; Organelle aging and neurodegeneration
Welte, Michael
he/him/his
Professor
Research Active
Now accepting:
PhD students
Please email with inquiries.
Undergraduate researchers
Please email with inquiries.
- Office Location
- 317 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-3897
- Web Address
- Website
Interests: Cell and developmental biology; Intracellular trafficking of proteins, RNAs, and organelles; Regulation of motor-driven transport; Cell biology of lipid droplets; Lipid droplets in protein sequestration and innate immunity
Werren, John H.
Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor Emeritus of Biology
Research Professor
- Office Location
- 306 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3694
Interests: Evolutionary genetics, genomics, and proteomics. The unifying theme is how interacting elements shape systems at different levels of biological organization. A current research project focuses on combining computational and molecular evolutionary approaches to investigate protein function and protein-protein interactions relevant to biology and disease. Other research topics include the genetics of speciation, nuclear-mitochondrial coevolution, microbe-host interactions, and parasitism across biological levels.
Werren, John H.
Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor Emeritus of Biology
Research Professor
- Office Location
- 306 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3694
Interests: Evolutionary genetics, genomics, and proteomics. The unifying theme is how interacting elements shape systems at different levels of biological organization. A current research project focuses on combining computational and molecular evolutionary approaches to investigate protein function and protein-protein interactions relevant to biology and disease. Other research topics include the genetics of speciation, nuclear-mitochondrial coevolution, microbe-host interactions, and parasitism across biological levels.
White, Roger
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Michael Welte
- Office Location
- 311 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2440
Interests: The role fatty acid trafficking and usage during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis
Willis, Hope
she/her/hers
Stockroom Clerk
- Office Location
- 213 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-3886
- On-site
- Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. or 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wnuk, Hayley
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Kuan Hong Wang
- Office Location
- G-9617 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 276-5162
Interests: The influence of emotional well-being on Alzheimer's Disease progression
Wright , Lori
Research Specialist, Presgraves
- Office Location
- 480 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 276-2183
Wu, Amy
she/her/hers
Research Technician, Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
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Yang, Sifan
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Andrew Samuelson
- Office Location
- 2-9915 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 273-2544
Interests: Role of SUMOylation and NEDDylation in aging and proteostasis
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Zacher, Maxwell
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Genetic mechanisms underlying longevity and cancer resistance in the bowhead whale
Zarr, Mikayla
she/her/hers
Research Technician, Lambert
- Office Location
- 338 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7521
Zeb, Qandeel
First Year PhD Student
Interests: TBD
Zhang, Jiarui
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Doug Portman
- Office Location
- 2-9905 KMRB
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7915
Interests: Molecular mechanism of juvenile-to-adult maturation in the C. elegans nervous system
Zhang, Kejia
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Dragony Fu
- Office Location
- 328 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-0348
Interests: Molecular functions of tRNA methyltransferase in neuronal development
Zhang, Rui
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Yi-Tao Yu
- Office Location
- 3.7531 Medical Center
- Telephone
- (585) 275-1226
Interests: Pseudouridylation of snRNA and the mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing
Zhang, Zhihui
PhD Student
- Advisor(s)
- Vera Gorbunova
- Andrei Seluanov
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637
Interests: Anti-aging and anti-cancer effects of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid
Zheng, Zhizhong
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Gorbunova
- Office Location
- 425 Hutchison
- Telephone
- (585) 275-6637