Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Curriculum in Biochemistry is administered by the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Biochemists seek to understand life at the molecular level, including the detailed structures of biological molecules and the chemical reactions in which they participate. They study the molecules of living systems of all kinds, from the simplest viruses and bacteria to higher plants and animals. In their work, biochemists use experimental tools ranging from x-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance to bioinformatics and genetic engineering. Biochemistry is a dynamic and diverse field that has become the basic discipline for the life sciences, and biochemists have made significant discoveries that relate to medicine, agriculture, and the environment.
Ayres, Nicola M, Senior Lecturer
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1987
Bryk, Mary E, Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Albany Medical College, 1994
Cho, Jae H, Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2006
Cruz-Reyes, Jorge A, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 1992
Datta, Sumana, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of California at San Diego, 1987
Devarenne, Timothy P, Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of Kentucky, 2000
Glasner, Margaret E, Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003
Gohil, Vishal M, Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Wayne State University, 2005
He, Ping, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Kansas State University, 2003
Henderson, Michelle, Senior Lecturer
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2010
Herman, Jennifer K, Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Indiana University, 2005
Igumenova, Tatyana I, Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Columbia University, 2003
Kunkel, Gary R, Senior Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of California at Los Angeles, 1977
Kurouski, Dzmitry L, Assistant Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, State University of New York at Albany, 2012
Li, Pingwei, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Peking University, 1996
Meek, Thomas D, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Pennsylvania State University, 1981
Miles, Bryant W, Senior Lecturer
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1998
Mullet, John E, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981
Panin, Vladislav M, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Moscow State University, 1990
Park, William D, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of Florida, 1977
Pellois, Jean-Philippe, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of Houston, 2002
Perez, Stephanie A, Lecturer
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2012
Pishko, Elizabeth J, Lecturer
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of Texas, 1993
Polymenis, Michael S, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Tufts University, 1994
Reynolds, Mollie M, Senior Lecturer
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2010
Rye, Chavela M, Senior Lecturer
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Massachusetss Institute of Technology, 2014
Rye, Hays S, Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of California at Berkeley, 1995
Sacchettini, James C, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Washington University in St. Louis, 1987
Shan, Libo, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Kansas State University, 2003
Shippen, Dorothy E, University Distinguished Professor and Regents Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1987
Stover, Patrick, University Distinguished Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1990
Straight, Paul D, Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of Colorado, 2000
Sze, Sing, Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of Southern California, 2000
Threadgill, David, University Distinguished Professor and Regents Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1989
Tommos, Ingrid, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Stockholm University, 1997
Wand, Andrew, University Distinguished Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of Pennsylvania, 1984
Zeng, Lanying, Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
Zhang, Junjie, Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Baylor College of Medicine, 2009
Zhang, Xiuren, Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics
PHD, Cornell University, 2003