CMB FACULTY
CMB Training Program faculty come from seven units across the UMD College Park campus, offering expertise in a range of disciplines including cell and molecular biology, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, plant biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, and virology.
Dr. Norma Andrews
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Cell biology and parasitology 
Dr. Charles Delwiche
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Molecular Systematics 
Dr. Zhongchi Liu
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Regulation of plant reproductive development |
Dr. Volker Bricken
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with host cells. 
Dr. Jonathan Dinman
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Chemistry & biochemistry; translational control of gene expression 
Dr. Roy Mariuzza
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Structural immunology |
Dr. Kan Cao
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Mechanisms underlying human aging 
Dr. Daniel Dwyer
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Application of synthetic and systems biology approaches to the study of bacterial cell death physiology and antibiotic discovery 
Dr. Kevin McIver
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Bacterial pathogenesis; host-pathogen interaction |
Dr. Caren Chang
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Molecular genetics of signal transduction in Arabidopsis 
Dr. Antony Jose
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Movement of RNA between cells and across generations 
Dr. Vincent Lee
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Microbial signal transduction and host-pathogen interaction |
Dr. David Mosser
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Macrophages and host defense mechanisms |
Dr. Anne Simon
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: RNA structure/function; cap-independent translation of plus-strand viruses |
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Dr. Daniel Stein
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Host/pathogen interactions; molecular and cell biology of gonococcal diseases |
Dr. Wade Winkler
Cellular Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) Research Interest: Bacterial gene regulation; RNA structure and function |
Dr. Osnat Herzberg
Institute for Biosciences & Biotechnology Research (IBBR) Research Interest: Structural biology; X-ray crystallography; drug discovery |
Dr. John Moult
Institute for Biosciences & Biotechnology Research (IBBR) Research Interest: Computational biology |
Dr. David O'Brochta
Institute for Biosciences & Biotechnology Research (IBBR) Research Interest: Physiological genetics of insect vectors of disease; insect molecular genetics |
Dr. John Orban
Institute for Biosciences & Biotechnology Research (IBBR) Research Interest: Structural biology |
Dr. Scott Walsh
Institute for Biosciences & Biotechnology Research (IBBR) Research Interest: Structural, functional, and engineering studies of cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction |
Dr. Shunyuan Xiao
Institute for Biosciences & Biotechnology Research (IBBR) Research Interest: Plant immunity at the host-pathogen interface |
Dr. William Bently
Bioengineering Research Interest: Biomolecular and metabolic engineering, cell-to-cell communication; heterologous protein expression; device/bio interface |
Dr. Steven Jay
Bioengineering Research Interest: Vascular bioengineering; drug delivery; protein engineering |
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Dr. Silvia Muro
Bioengineering Research Interest: Drug targeting and drug delivery; Intracellular drug transport |
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Dr. William Jeffrey
Biology Research Interest: Genetics and developmental biology; behavior; evo-devo; regeneration |
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Dr. Sergei Sukharev
Biology Research Interest: Channel physiology; membrane biophysics; bacterial osmoregulatio |
Dr. Cerruti Hooks
Entomology Research Interest: Using molecular tools to determine how plant biodiversity impact arthropod interactions in agroecosystems |
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Dr. Daniel Nelson
Veterinary Medicine Research Interest: Protein structure/function and biophysical studies |
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Dr. Xiaoping Zhu
Veterinary Medicine Research Interest: Regulations of immunity and inflammation at mucosal surfaces |
Dr. Iqbal Hamza
Animal & Avian Sciences (ANSC) Research Interest: Trace element metabolism and hematology |
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Dr. Lisa Taneyhill
Animal & Avian Sciences (ANSC) Research Interest: Role of neural crest and placode cells in development and disease. |
Dr. Mihai Pop
Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (CBCB) Research Interest: Bioinformatics; metagenomic |
Dr. Sridhar Hannenhalli
Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (CBCB) Research Interest: Computational biology; transcriptional regulation; molecular evolution |