SMU Department of Biological Sciences

Biology Student

Faculty & Research

	Christine E. Buchanan, Ph.D. Professor Research Interests Bacterial Sporulation and Antibiotic Resistance
	Carolyn Harrod, M.S. Laboratory Instructor/Coordinator Introductory Biology Lab courses
	Robert Harrod, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Research Interests Human Retroviruses/ Mechanisms of Viral Carcinogenesis/ Tumor Biology/ Transcriptional Gene Regulation
	Richard S. Jones, Ph.D. Professor Research Interests Chromatin Modifying Enzymes/ Transcriptional Gene Regulation
	Eva Oberdorster, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer Research Interests Environmental Toxicology/ Nanoparticle and Hormonal Toxicology
	William C. Orr, Ph.D. Professor & Chair Research Interests Oxidative Stress and Aging/ Model Systems of Aging
	Svetlana N. Radyuk, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Research Interests Innate Immunity in Drosophila/ Oxidative Stress and Immunity
	Larry Ruben, Ph.D. Professor Research Interests Pathogenesis of African Trypanosomes/ Cellular-Signaling and Molecular Parasitology
	Teresa R. Strecker, Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor Research Interests Developmental Biology/ Gene Regulation During Embryonic Development
	John Ubelaker, Ph.D. Professor Research Interests Systematic and Life History Studies of Helminthic Parasites
	Steven B. Vik, Ph.D. Professor Research Interests Protein Structure and Function/ Biochemistry of Membrane-Bound Enzymes
	Pia Vogel, Ph.D. Associate Professor Research Interests Structure, Molecular Dynamics and Protein-Protein Interactions of Nucleotide Binding Proteins
	Jim Waddle, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Research Interests Genetic Analysis of Intestinal Microvillus Formation/ Xenobiotic Drug Detoxification/ Transcriptional Response to Reduced Insulin Signaling in C. elegans
	John Wise, Ph.D. Lecturer Research Interests Protein Structure and Function/ Modeling and Simulation of Protein and Small Molecule Functions/ Multiple Drug-Resistance/ Evolution of DNA Binding Proteins