BMEB Track Faculty

Research Faculty in Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics

Core BMEB faculty are from the Department of Biomolecular Engineering at Baskin Engineering, while affiliated faculty are from many other departments. Their research groups are internationally recognized for their discoveries in genome technology, computational biology tool development, stem cell genomics, and computational methods for vaccine development.

Angela BrooksTranscriptome Analysis of RNA Splicing and Cancer
Russell Corbett-DetigPopulation and Evolutionary Genomics, Bioinformatics
Rebecca DuboisStructure, Function, and Engineering of Virus Proteins
Camilla ForsbergMechanisms of Stem Cell Fate Decisions
Ed GreenGenome Sequence Assembly and Comparative Genome Analysis
David HausslerBioinformatics, Computational Genomic Data Analysis, Molecular Evolution and Comparative Genomics
Alexander IoannidisComputational genomics, precision health and machine learning in medicine
Vanessa JönssonComputational systems immunology; Virus and antibody evolution; Treatment Optimization
Daniel H. KimEpigenomic Reprogramming by Long Noncoding RNA
Todd LoweComputational and Experimental Discovery of Non-coding RNAs, Microbial Genomics, Extremophile Biology
Karen MigaCentromere sequence characterization, satellite DNA evolution, epigenetic annotation of repeat-rich regions
Benedict PatenGenome Analysis and Precision Medicine
Nader PourmandSingle Cell Analysis and Manipulation, Biosensor, Nanotechnology, DNA Sequencing
Shelbi RussellSymbiosis, evolutionary genetics, molecular evolution, developmental biology, cell biology
Tal SharfMapping human neuronal circuitry
Ali ShariatiMolecular Feedback between Cell Cycle and Pluripotency, Single Cell Dynamics of Lineage Differentiation
Josh StuartComputational Functional Genomics, with Application to Integrative Analysis of Cancer
Christopher VollmersDNA Sequencing Tools for the Analysis of B cells
Andy YehProtein design/engineering for molecular probes and biosensors
BMEB Core Faculty
Sara AbrahamssonBioelectronics, optical systems, multifocus microscopy, diffractive Fourier optics design and nanofabrication for live 3D bioimaging
Manny AresMechanisms of Splicing Regulation
David DeamerMembrane Biophysics, Model Membrane Systems, Membrane Transport Mechanisms, Molecular Self-Assembly Processes
Ólöf EinarsdóttirStructure, Mechanisms, and Dynamics of Respiratory Heme-Copper Oxidases
Lars Fehren-SchmitzHuman Palaeogenomics & Molecular Anthropology
Doug KelloggMolecular Mechanisms that Coordinate Cell Growth and Cell Division
Harry NollerStructure and Function of the Ribosome
Karen OttemannThe Molecular Virulence Factors of Helicobacter pylori
Jeremy SanfordPost Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression
Beth ShapiroInferring the Evolutionary Dynamics of Species and Populations Using Genome-scale Data Sampled Over Time
Donald SmithMolecular and Functional impacts of Neurotoxic Agents
Mircea TeodorescuBioengineering, bioelectrionics and robotics
Fitnat YildizMolecular Mechanisms of Biofilm Formation in Vibrio cholerae
Al ZahlerAlternative Pre-mRNA Splicing Regulation and the Biological Role of Small RNAs
Collaborating Faculty; List of collaborating faculty is not exhaustive.
Last modified: Aug 19, 2025