Molecular Biosciences Faculty

David Alvarez-Ponce, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

dap@unr.edu

(775) 682-5735

David AuCoin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

daucoin@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4128

Josh Baker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

jebaker@unr.edu

(775) 784-4103

Thomas W. Bell

Professor

twb@unr.edu

(775) 784-1842

Gary Blomquist, Ph.D.

Professor

garyb@cabnr.unr.edu

(775) 682-7335

Dean Burkin, Ph.D.

Professor of Pharmacology, Director, CMPP graduate program

dburkin@med.unr.edu

(775) 784-6288

Heather Burkin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

hburkin@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-6289

Iain L. O. Buxton, Ph.D., Pharm.D., FAHA

Regents Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology

ibuxton@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4800

Qi Chen, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

cqi@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 682-8835

William Courchesne , Ph.D.

Associate Professor

wcourchesne@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4113

Grant Cramer, Ph.D.

Professor

cramer@unr.edu

(775) 784-4204

Gale L. Craviso, Ph.D.

Professor

gcraviso@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4118

Christine Cremo, Ph.D.

Professor

cremo@unr.edu

(775) 784-7033

John Cushman, Ph.D.

Foundation Professor, Biochemistry Graduate Program Director

jcushman@unr.edu

(775) 784-1918

Ruben K. Dagda, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

rdagda@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4121

Hanna Damke, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

damke@unr.edu

(775) 784-1830

Dayue Darrel Duan, Ph.D.

Professor

dduan@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4738

Scott Earley, Ph.D., FAHA

Professor of Pharmacology

searley@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4301

Patricia Ellison, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

ellison@unr.edu

(775) 784-4561

Kevin Facemyer, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

facemyer@unr.edu

(775) 327-2007

Yumei Feng Earley, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

yumeifeng@med.unr.edu

775-784-4116

Brad Ferguson

Assistant Professor

bferguson@unr.edu

775-784-6278

William T. Gerthoffer, Ph.D.

Research Professor of Pharmacology

wgerthoffer@med.unr.edu

(775) 784-4060

Joe Grzymski , Ph.D.

Associate Research Professor

joeg@dri.edu

(775) 673-7478

Monika Gulia-Nuss, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

mgulianuss@unr.edu

775-682-7333

Jeffrey F. Harper, Ph.D.

Professor

jfharper@unr.edu

(775) 784-1349

Robert Harvey, Ph.D.

Professor

rdharvey@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4119

Christie Howard, Ph.D.

BS-MS Biotechnology Program Director

cjhoward@unr.edu

(775) 784-6243

Jennifer Hoy

Assistant Professor

jhoy@unr.edu

(775)-784-6049

Dorothy Hudig, Ph.D.

Professor

dhudig@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4430

Kenneth W. Hunter, Sc. D.

Professor

khunter@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 327-5255

Cristiana Iosef, DVM, PhD

Assistant Professor

ciosef@unr.edu

(775) 842-2990

Peter Jones, Ph.D.

Associate Professor; Mick Hitchcock Endowed Chair of Medical Biochemistry

peterjones@med.unr.edu

Kathleen Keef, Ph.D.

Professor

kkeef@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4302

Jim Kenyon, Ph.D.

Professor, Director of the Institute for Neuroscience

jlkenyon@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 682-8832

Thomas Kidd, Ph.D.

Professor

tkidd@unr.edu

(775) 784-6669

Jung Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

jungkim@unr.edu

(775) 784-4483

Sang Don Koh, Ph.D.

Professor

skoh@physio.unr.edu

(775) 784-1924

Dylan Kosma, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

dkosma@unr.edu

(775) 682-7319

Thomas Kozel, Ph.D.

Professor of Microbiology

tkozel@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4124

Kristina Kruse

Operational Manager

kkruse@cabnr.unr.edu

(775) 784-1657

Normand LeBlanc, Ph.D.

Professor

nleblanc@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-1420

Susan Liebman, Ph.D.

Research Professor

sliebman@unr.edu

(775) 682-7338

Dana Loomis, Ph.D.

Professor

dploomis@unr.edu

(775) 682-9402

Cynthia Mastick, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

cmastick@unr.edu

(775) 784-1155

Grant Mastick, Ph.D.

Professor and Co-Director of Neuroscience BS Program

gmastick@unr.edu

(775) 784-6168

Dennis Mathew, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

dennismathew@unr.edu

(775) 784-6052

Glenn Miller

Professor of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources

gcmiller@unr.edu

(775) 784-4108

Hiroto Miura, M.D.

Associate Professor

hmiura@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 682-8835

Pedro Miura, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

pmiura@unr.edu

(775) 682-7004

Alison Murray, Ph.D.

Research Professor

Alison.Murray@dri.edu

(775) 673-7361

Violeta Mutafova-Yambolieva, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

vmutafova@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-6274

Andrew Nuss

Assistant Professor

anuss@cabnr.unr.edu

775-327-5096

Ron Pardini, Ph.D.

Emeritus

ronp@cabnr.unr.edu

(775) 784-4107

John Peacock, M.D.

Professor of Internal Medicine

jpeacock@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 328-1297

Brian A. Perrino, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

bperrino@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-6396

Simon Pieraut, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

spieraut@unr.edu

(775) 784-6083

Chris Pritsos

ANVS Professor and Associate Director of Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station

pritsos@cabnr.unr.edu

(775) 784-1601

David Quilici, Ph.D.

Director, Nevada Protemics Center

quilici@unr.edu

(775) 784-1590

Robert Renden, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

rendenr@unr.edu

(775) 784-4352

Seungil Ro, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

sro@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-1462

Claudia Rückert, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

crueckert@unr.edu

775-784-6092

Robert Ryan, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair

robertryan@unr.edu

775-682-7332

Kenton Sanders, Ph.D.

Professor and Chairman

ksanders@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-6980

Patricia Santos, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Professor

pferreiradossantos@unr.edu

(775) 682-7319

Kathy Schegg, Ph.D.

Research Biochemist

schegg@unr.edu

(775) 784-6337

Karen Schlauch, Ph.D.

Research Professor

schlauch@unr.edu

(775) 673-7917

David Schooley, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor

schooley@unr.edu

(775) 784-4136

David Shintani, Ph.D.

Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education

shintani@unr.edu

(775) 784-1740

Cherie A. Singer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

csinger@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-8253

Terence Smith, Ph.D.

Professor

tksmith@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4885

Steve St. Jeor, Ph.D.

Professor

stjeor@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-4123

Paul Sumby, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

psumby@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-6105

Yftah Tal-Gan

Assistant Professor

ytalgan@unr.edu

(775) 784-1539

Claus Tittiger, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

crt@unr.edu

(775) 784-1095

Maria Valencik, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

mvalen@unr.edu

(775) 784-1389

Alexander van der Linden, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

avanderlinden@unr.edu

(775) 784-6080

Subhash C. Verma, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

scverma@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 682-6743

Christopher von Bartheld, Ph.D.

Professor

chrisvb@physio.unr.edu

(775) 784-6022

Ian Wallace, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

iwallace@unr.edu

(775) 682-7311

Qi Wan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Sean M. Ward, Ph.D.

Professor

sean@unr.edu

(775) 784-6061

William Welch, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor

welch@unr.edu

(775) 784-4196

Wei Yan, Ph.D.

Professor

wyan@medicine.nevada.edu

(775) 784-7765

Won Yim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

wyim@unr.edu

682-9447

Esmail Zanjani

Emeritus Professor

ezanjani@cabnr.unr.edu

(775) 784-7737

Veronica Zepeda, Ph.D.

Lecturer

vzepeda@unr.edu

(775) 682-7336