Carnegie Mellon University

Tenure Track Faculty

Catherine Armbuster

Catherine Armbruster

Assistant Professor
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Research Areas: Biofilms, polymicrobial interactions, microbial ecology and evolution, genomics, microbiome, bacterial pathogenesis, cystic fibrosis, built environment microbiology, bioinformatics

Alison Barth

Alison Barth

Professor
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Research Areas: Activity-dependent gene expression in the CNS, the cellular and synaptic mechanisms that underlie learning and memory, and the effect of behavioral training on neural excitability and anatomy

Drew Bridges

Drew Bridges

Assistant Professor
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Research Areas: Bacterial group behaviors; biofilm communities; bacterial signal transduction; live-cell imaging

En Cai

En Cai

Assistant Professor
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Research Areas: T-cell signaling and activation; cancer immunotherapy; lattice light-sheet microscopy; single molecule fluorescence microscopy; super-resolution imaging

Dannie Durand

Dannie Durand

Associate Professor
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Research Areas: Computational molecular biology and computational genomics; especially the evolution of genomic organization and function

Chuck Ettensohn

Charles Ettensohn

Professor
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Research Areas: Developmental biology, including gene regulatory networks; early patterning and cell fate specification; morphogenetic cell movements; cell signaling; biomineralization

Aryn Gittis

Aryn Gittis

Professor
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Research Areas: Synaptic physiology; optogenetics; behavior; mechanisms of circuit dysfunction in movement disorders

Jonathan Henninger

Jonathan Henninger

Assistant Professor
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Research Areas: RNA-directed control of transcription and cell fate in health and disease; biomolecular condensates; RNA biology and therapeutics; mammalian gene expression; transcription; super-resolution and live cell imaging; molecular biology and cellular engineering; developmental biology

Luisa Hiller

Luisa Hiller

Associate Professor
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Research Areas: Bacterial pathogenesis; comparative genomics; intercellular communication; strain evolution; biofilms

Veronica Hinman

Veronica Hinman

Professor and Department Head
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Research Areas: Developmental biology, including gene regulatory networks; evolution of developmental mechanisms

Kate Hong

Kate Hong

Assistant Professor
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Research Areas: Sensory-guided behavior, systems neuroscience, in vivo electrophysiology, optogenetics, cortical-subcortical interactions, recovery after brain injury

Irene Kaplow

Irene Kaplow

Assistant Professor
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Research Areas: Comparative genomics, transcriptional regulation, computational biology

Zheng Kuang<

Zheng Kuang

Assistant Professor
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Research Areas: Host-microbial interactions; genomics; gnotobiotics; laser capture microscopy

Fred Lanni

Frederick Lanni

Associate Professor
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Research Areas: Biophysics, cell motility, cytoskeleton, signal transduction, microscopy

Tina Lee

Tina Lee

Associate Professor
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Research Areas: Mammalian cell biology, organelle structure and dynamics

Adam Linstedt

Adam Linstedt

Professor
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Research Areas: Mechanisms of membrane compartmentalization; trafficking and inheritance

Brooke McCartney

Brooke McCartney

Associate Professor
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Research Areas: Mechanisms of signal transduction and cytoskeletal organization during Drosophila development

Joel McManus

C. Joel McManus

Associate Professor
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Research Areas: Genomics; Evolution of Gene expression; and RNA structural biology

Jon Minden

Jonathan Minden

Professor
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Research Areas: Proteomics; developmental biology; cell biology; cell death; fluorescent reagent development 

Elizabeth Ransey

Elizabeth Ransey

Assistant Professor
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Research Areas: Protein engineering; structural and molecular biology; intercellular communication and signaling; flow cytometry; microscopy

Gordon Rule

Gordon Rule

Professor
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Research Areas: Protein structure; molecular recognition; NMR spectroscopy; x-ray diffraction

Russell Schwartz

Russell Schwartz

Professor and Head, Computational Biology Department
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Research Areas: Computational biology; biological modeling

John Woolford

John Woolford

Professor and Co-director, CNAST
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Research Areas: Yeast ribosome biogenesis; pre-ribosomal particles; RNA-protein interactions, dynamics of RNA processing and ribonucleoprotein complex assembly

Eric Yttri

Eric Yttri

Eberly Family Associate Professor
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Research Areas: Systems neuroscience, optogenetics, Parkinson's disease, behavior, motor system, computational neuroscience, network interactions, dopamine

Huaiying Zhang

Huaiying Zhang

Assistant Professor
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Research Areas: Protein/ RNA phase transition; cancer cell biology; optogenetics; synthetic organelles.

Yongxin Zhao

Yongxin (Leon) Zhao

Associate Professor
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Research Areas: Biological imaging; expansion microscopy; optogenetic reporters; biomolecular engineering; synapse typing; complex diseases

Teaching Track Faculty

Nesrine Affara

Nesrine Affara

Associate Teaching Professor, CMU-Q
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3184 (CMU-Q)
+974 4454-8205
Mohamed Bouaouina

Mohamed Bouaouina

Associate Teaching Professor, CMU-Q
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3180 (CMU-Q)
+974 4454-8408

DJ Brasier

DJ Brasier

Teaching Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Affairs
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MI 415A
412-268-1951

Maggie Braun

Maggie Braun

Teaching Professor and MCS Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
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DH 1324
412-268-6679

Amy Burkert

Amy Burkert

Teaching Professor and Senior Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives
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Warner Hall 609A
412-268-5865

Jason D'Anontio

Jason D’Antonio

Associate Teaching Professor and Director, Health Professions Program
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DH 1319
412-268-8494

Carrie Doonan

Carrie Doonan

Teaching Professor and Director, Undergraduate Laboratories
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MI 340
412-268-3117

Lynley Doonan

Lynley Doonan

Assistant Teaching Professor
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MI 347
412-268-3117

Emily Drill

Emily Drill

Associate Teaching Professor
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MI 315
412-268-5989

Ken Hovis

Kenneth Hovis

Teaching Professor and MCS Assistant Dean for Educational Initiatives
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DH 1322
412-268-5934

Amber LaPeruta

Amber LaPeruta

Special Lecturer
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Natalie McGuier

Natalie McGuier

Associate Teaching Professor
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MI 315A
412-268-5989

Adviti Naik

Adviti Naik

Assistant Teaching Professor, CMU-Q
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3182 (CMU-Q)
+974-4454-8142
Annette Vincent

Annette Vincent

Associate Dean for Diversity and Climate, CMU-Q
Teaching Professor, CMU-Q
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3179 (CMU-Q)
+974 4454-8523

Amanda Willard

Amanda Willard

Assistant Teaching Professor and Director, Undergraduate Studies
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DH 1321
412-268-3626

Brett Wisniewski

Brett Wisniewski

Lecturer, Special Faculty
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Stephanie Wong-Noonan

Stephanie Wong-Noonan

Associate Teaching Professor
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MI 409A
412-268-3865

Ihab Younis

Ihab Younis

Teaching Professor, CMU-Q
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3070 (CMU-Q)
+974-4454-8590

Emeritus Faculty

David Hackney

David Hackney

Professor Emeritus
Chien Ho

Chien Ho

Professor Emeritus
Jonathan Jarvik

Jonathan Jarvik

Professor Emeritus
A. Javier Lopez

A. Javier Lopez

Professor Emeritus
Bob Murphy

Bob Murphy

Professor Emeritus
Alan Waggoner

Alan Waggoner

Professor Emeritus

Affiliated Faculty

Bruce Armitage

Professor, Chemistry and Co-directory, CNAST

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MI 722
412-268-4196

Phil Campbell

Research Professor, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems

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1213 Hamburg Hall
412-268-4126<

Phillip Compeau

Associate Teaching Professor, Computational Biology

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GHC 7403
412-268-7876

William Eddy

John C. Warner Professor, Statistics

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132F Baker Hall
412-268-2725

T.D. Jacobsen

Assistant Director and Principal Research Scientist, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

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HL HI
412-268-2434

Robert Kiger

Distinguished Service Professor of Botany, Director and Principal Research Scientist, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

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HL HI
412-268-2434

Carleton Kingsford

Herbert A. Simon Professor of Computer Science, Computational Biology<

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GHC 7719
Phone: 412-268-1769

Philip Leduc

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

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415 Scaife Hall
412-268-2504

Carl Olson

Professor, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC)

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MI 115E
412-268-2968

Andreas Pfenning

Assistant Professor, Computational Biology

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GHC 7711
412-268-3256

Frederick Utech

Adjunct Research Scientist, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

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HL HI
412-268-4819

Adjunct Faculty

Amesh Adalja

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Senior Scholar - Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

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Rita Bottino

Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute of Cellular Therapeutics - Allegheny Health Network

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11th Floor, South Tower
412-359-6395

Cellular Therapeutics

Robert Cameron

Adjunct Professor, CalTech-Beckman Institute

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626-395-8421

Yong Fan

Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute of Cellular Therapeutics - Allegheny Health Network

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11th Floor, South Tower
412-359-6987

Cellular Therapeutics

Jon Johnson

Adjunct Professor, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry - University of Pittsburgh

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458 Crawford Hall
412-624-4295

Karl Kandler

Adjunct Professor, Professory of Otolaryngology and Neurobiology - University of Pittsburgh

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152 Eye and Ear Institute
412-605-0998

Cynthia Lance-Jones

Adjunct Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Neurobiology - University of Pittsburgh

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W1442 BST
412-648-9078

Cynthia Morton

Adjunct Associate Professor, Associate Curator and Head of Botany - Carnegie Museum of Natural History

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412-578-2639

James Post

Adjunct Professor, Allegheny Singer Research Institute

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412-359-8169

Peter Strick

Adjunct Professor, Co-Director - CNBC, Professory of Neurobiology and Psychiatry - University of Pittsburgh

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BST3 4074
412-383-9961

D. Lansing Taylor

Adjunct Professor, Director - University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute, Professor of Computational and Systems Biology - University of Pittsburgh

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10045 BST 3
412-648-9200

Massimo Trucco

Adjunct Professor, Director - Institute of Cellular Therapeutics, Allegheny Health Network

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11th Floor, South Tower
412-359-6988

Cellular Therapeutics

Karl Williams

Chief Medical Examiner, Allegheny County

412-350-4800