Cellular & Molecular Physiology Faculty
Michael Caplan
Chair
C. N. H. Long Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Professor of Cell Biology
Chair, Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Ion pumps in polarized epithelia; Sorting and function
Nii Addy
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Neurobiology of addiction; In vivo electrochemistry; Behavioral pharmacology; Systems neuroscience; Neurotransmission; Signal transduction
Hans Aerni
Postdoctoral Associate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Nadia Ameen
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Apical endocytosis and exocytosis; Protein traffic; Secretory diarrhea; Cystic fibrosis
Peter Aronson
C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Urinary electrolyte excretion; cell membrane ion exchangers; proximal tubule
Clinical Interests:Electrolyte and acid-base disorders; kidney stones
Slav Bagriantsev
Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Sensory physiology; Biophysics; Biochemistry; Neuroscience; Electrophysiology; Polymodal ion channels; Temperature-sensitive ion channels; Mechanosensitive ion channels; Two-pore potassium channels; Ion channel pharmacology
Chun Bleau
Associate Research Scientist in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Angelique Bordey
Professor of Neurosurgery and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Neurogenesis; stem cells; mTOR; Neural stem cell; Cognitive functions; autism
Clinical Interests:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Autism, Neurodevelopmental disorder
Emile Boulpaep
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Director Medical Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Electrical properties of membrane proteins in plasma membranes and junctions of renal tubule cells
Thomas Brown
Professor of Psychology and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Neurobiological mechanism of learning and memory.
Cecilia Canessa
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Medicine (Nephrology)
Research Interests:Renal Function; Epithelial Sodium Channels
Lloyd Cantley
C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Associate Chair, Research
Research Interests:Nephrology; physiology and integrative medical biology; epithelial cell migration and morphogenesis; epithelial cell adhesion; migration; branching tubulogenesis
Clinical Interests:Glomerulonephritis; vasculitis; electrolyte disorders
Nancy Carrasco
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
W. Chandler
Professor Emeritus of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Cell Physiology, Electrophysiology, Human Physiology, Muscle Structure or Function, Calcium, Charge Movement, Excitation-contraction Coupling, Muscle, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Lawrence Cohen
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Brain; Central Nervous System; Neurons; Vertebrate Physiology; Olfaction; Olfactory Bulb; Protein Sensors of Voltage and Calcium
Bruce Davis
Associate Research Scientist in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Jonathan Demb
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Neuroscience; Functional circuitry of the retina; Cellular basis of visual adaptation; Neural plasticity; Mechanisms of retinal disease
Joseph DePonte
Business Administrator
Zhao-Peng Du
Associate Research Scientist in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Marie Egan
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Respiratory) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center
Research Interests:Cystic fibrosis clinical studies; Cystic fibrosis basic science research (ion transport, Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) function); Cystic fibrosis translational research studies (strategies to bypass the basic defect)
Clinical Interests:Acute and chronic respiratory diseases; Asthma; Cystic fibrosis; Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; Pneumonia; Congenital anomalies; Flexible bronchoscopy; Chronic ventilation; Sleep/sleep studies
Barbara Ehrlich
Professor of Pharmacology and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Intracellular calcium regulation
Biff Forbush
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Membrane Proteins; Epithelial Transport; Ion Transport; Na-K-Cl Cotransporter; Nerve Cells; Muscle Cells
John Geibel
Professor of Surgery (Gastrointestinal) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Vice Chair, Surgery
Director, Surgical Research
Research Interests:Gastric Acid Secretion; Colonic Fluid Transport; Renal Physiology; Intracellular Ion Activity Measurements; Calcium Sensing Receptor; Diarrheal disease, electrophysiology; CFTR; AMPKinase volume regulation
Gerhard Giebisch
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Nanami Gotoh
Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Nephrology)
Elena Gracheva
Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Sensory physiology, molecular adaptations, hibernation, thermoregulation, ion channels, neuroscience
Nikolay Gresko
Postdoctoral Associate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Junhong Gui
Postdoctoral Associate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Zhou Han
Associate Research Scientist in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Tsz Wan Ho
Postdoctoral Associate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Joseph Hoffman
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Michael Hughes
Associate Research Scientist in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Lei Jin
Associate Research Scientist in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Leonard Kaczmarek
Professor of Pharmacology and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Neuroscience; Learning and memory; Ion channels
Erdem Karatekin
Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Membrane fusion, exocytosis, secretory vesicle dynamics, fluorescence microscopy, image analysis, microfluidics, supported bilayers, proteoliposomes
Richard Kibbey
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Mechanisms of insulin secretion by beta-cells; pathogenesis of beta-cell exhaustion in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; mitochondria
Clinical Interests:Diabetes
Michael Kunst
Postdoctoral Associate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
John Leng
Instructor in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Caixia Lv
Postdoctoral Associate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Bhupesh Mehta
Postdoctoral Associate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Natasha Moningka
Postdoctoral Fellow in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Michael Nitabach
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Genetics
Research Interests:Neurophysiology; Molecular genetics; Systems Physiology; Animal Behavior
Valeria Padovano
Postdoctoral Associate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Aritra Pal
Postdoctoral Associate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Christina Paquin
Research Assistant I
Joongkyu Park
Postdoctoral Fellow in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Vincent Pieribone
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Neurobiology
Associate Fellow, John B. Pierce Laboratory
Research Interests:Neurophysiology; Neurotransmission; Voltage dye imaging; Sensory physiology; Drug development; Coral biology; Fluorescent proteins
Marko Popovic
Postdoctoral Associate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Patricia Preisig
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Elucidation of the acid-activated pathway that mediates the physiological response of the renal proximal tubule to the need for the kidney to excrete acid
Davide Raccuglia
Postdoctoral Associate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Silvia Ravera
Postdoctoral Associate in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Marcela Reyna
Associate Research Scientist in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Jesse Rinehart
Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Ion Transport; Kinase/Kinome Interactions in Physiological Systems; System-Wide & Targeted Phosphoproteomics; Protein Engineering
Alberto Rivetta
Associate Research Scientist in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
W. Mark Saltzman
Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Chemical Engineering
Department Chair, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Bio-compatible polymers, drug delivery systems
Joseph Santos-Sacchi
Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology), of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Neurobiology
Research Interests:Mammalian inner ear
Gerald Shulman
George R. Cowgill Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Research Interests:Molecular mechanisms responsible for insulin resistance
Clinical Interests:Diabetes
Frederick Sigworth
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Cell Physiology; Electron Microscopy; Electrophysiology; Ion Channel; Mathematical Model; Patch Clamp; Potassium Channel; Protein Structure; Sodium Channel; Voltage Gated Channel; Xenopus Oocyte
Satinder Singh
Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Chemical neurotransmission; Neuropsychiatric disease; Epilepsy; Neuropharmacology; Biogenic amine; Gamma-aminobutyric acid; Neurotransmitter transporter; Antidepressant; Structural neurobiology; X-ray crystallography; Transporter kinetics
Carolyn Slayman
Sterling Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Deputy Dean for Academic & Scientific Affairs
Research Interests:Genetics of Ion Transport
Clifford Slayman
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Charge-dependent Transport; Proton Pumps; Potassium channels; Ribosomally Synthesized AntiMicrobial Peptides (RAMPs)
Susumu Tomita
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Synaptic transmission; Brain; Biochemistry; molecular biology; immunocytochemistry; gene-targeted animals; electrophysiology
Tong Wang
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Kidney tubule transport; Electrolyte and acid-base balance; Transgenic animal models and human disease
Fred Wright
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Renal Physiology
Xiaoyong Yang
Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Nutrient Sensing; Circadian Rhythms; Metabolism; O-GlcNAc Modification; Nuclear Receptors; Diabetes; Cancer; Aging; Systems Biology
Lawrence Young
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Vice-Chairman, Department of Medicine
Research Interests:Myocardial ischemia; metabolic adaptation to hypoxic stress; cardio-protection; cardiomyopathy; LKB1-AMPK pathway; diabetes
Clinical Interests:Clinical cardiology; angina; diabetes; heart disease; valvular heart disease: HHT and heart disease
Dejan Zecevic
Senior Research Scientist in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Physiology of axons, dendrites and dendritic spines; Input-output function of individual nerve cells; Voltage sensitive dyes; Optical recording methods
David Zenisek
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Research Interests:Physiology and cell biology of the presynaptic terminal; Retinal Bipolar Neuron; Synaptic Terminal; Synaptic Ribbons; Vesicle Transport; Exocytosis; Endocytosis
Z. Jimmy Zhou
Marvin L. Sears Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Neurobiology
Vice Chairman and Director of Research, Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Research Interests:Physiology and development of the mammalian retina under normal and pathological conditions; Organization and function of retinal synapses and circuits
