Faculty Mentors

The Biotechnology Training Program draws on a highly skilled group of research faculty from across campus to serve as mentors for BTP trainees. These faculty members come together from many different schools and colleges at UW–Madison, including the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the College of Engineering, the School of Medicine and Public Health, and the College of Letters and Sciences. Learn more about our active mentors in the directory below.

BTP Mentors
Mentor Video

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https://bact.wisc.edu/people_profile.php?t=rf&p=amadornoguez	Amador-Noguez, Daniel	Amador-Noguez, Daniel	amadornoguez@wisc.edu	608-265-2710	https://bact.wisc.edu/	Bacteriology	Bacteriology	Research focus is to advance understanding of metabolic regulation in bacterial systems using LC-MS-based metabolomic approaches.
https://scbrm.bme.wisc.edu/	Ashton, Randolph	Ashton, Randolph	rashton2@wisc.edu	608 316-4312	http://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/bme/	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	Understand, model, and recapitulate in vitro the instructive signals utilized by human embryos to pattern tissue-specific differentiation of pluripotent stem cells, and apply this knowledge towards the rational design of tissue engineered scaffolds and other regenerative therapeutic strategies.
https://bmolchem.wisc.edu/staff/audhya-jon/	Audhya, Anjon	Audhya, Anjon	audhya@wisc.edu	608 -262-3761	https://bmolchem.wisc.edu/	Biomolecular Chemistry	Biomolecular Chemistry	Understanding fundamental mechanisms by which membrane proteins, lipids, and othe rmacromolecules are transported throughout eukaryotic cells.
https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/display.php/faculty/beebe_david?page=bme&search=faculty&item=beebe_david	Beebe, David J.	Beebe, David J.	djbeebe@wisc.edu	608-262-2260	http://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/bme/	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	Aimed at the intelligent development and use of micro (cellular) scale technologies and phenomena to solve problems in medicine and biology; current areas of focus include the effect of microenvironment on living systems and the use of responsive materials to create autonomous systems.
https://www.waisman.wisc.edu/staff/bhattacharyya-anita/	Bhattacharyya, Anita	Bhattacharyya, Anita	bhattacharyy@waisman.wisc.edu	608-265-6142	https://crb.wisc.edu/	Cell and Regenerative Biology	Cell and Regenerative Biology	How the development of the cerebral cortex is altered in developmental disorders characterized by mental impairment
https://www.chem.wisc.edu/users/blackwel	Blackwell, Helen E.	Blackwell, Helen E.	blackwell@chem.wisc.edu	608-261-1503	https://www.chem.wisc.edu/	Chemistry	Chemistry	Developing an integrated chemical biology research program that uses complex molecules derived from organic synthesis to probe important problems in biology, particularly in the areas of cancer and photobiology.
https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/bme/Faculty/Block_Walter/	Block, Walter	Block, Walter	wfblcok@wisc.edu	608-265-9686	https://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/biomedical-engineering/	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	MR Image-guided Drug Delivery in the Brain
https://www.chem.wisc.edu/users/abuller	Buller, Andrew	Buller, Andrew	arbuller@wisc.edu	608-265-8431	https://www.chem.wisc.edu/	Chemistry	Chemistry	Engineering novel biocatalysts to perform challenging synthetic transformations, principles of enzume promiscuity and co-factor reactivity
https://burtonlab.bact.wisc.edu/	Burton, Briana M.	Burton, Briana M.	burton6@wisc.edu	608-890-0510	https://bact.wisc.edu/	Bacteriology	Bacteriology	Combining in vitro and in vivo biochemistry, microscopy, microbiology and molecular biology to study the molecular mechanism of DNA translocation across membranes.
https://biochem.wisc.edu/labs/butcher	Butcher, Samuel E.	Butcher, Samuel E.	sebutcher@wisc.edu	608-263-3890	https://biochem.wisc.edu	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Focused on understanding how RNA molecules regulate gene expression.
https://www.radiology.wisc.edu/profile/weibo-cai-448/	Cai, Weibo	Cai, Weibo	wcai@uwhealth.org	608-262-1479	https://www.radiology.wisc.edu/	Radiology	Radiology	Development of multimodality molecular imaging agents — positron emission tomography, optical, and magnetic resonance imaging — for early diagnosis and monitoring the efficacy of therapeutic intervention.
https://cmb.wisc.edu/staff/cantor-jason/	Cantor, Jason	Cantor, Jason	jcantor@morgridge.org	608-316-4565	https://cmb.wisc.edu/	Cell and Molecular Biology	Cell and Molecular Biology	Influence of environmental factors on human cell metabolism
https://apps.pharmacy.wisc.edu/sopdir/lara_collier/	Collier, Lara S.	Collier, Lara S.	lara.collier@wisc.edu	608-890-2149	https://apps.pharmacy.wisc.edu/sopdir/lara_collier/	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Genetic approaches to studying cancer initiation, progression, and therapy resistance
http://coonlabs.com/	Coon, Joshua J.	Coon, Joshua J.	jcoon@chem.wisc.edu	608-263-1718	https://www.chem.wisc.edu/	Chemistry	Chemistry	Bioanalytical chemistry — mass spectrometry. Also Department of Biomolecular Chemistry.
https://phizz.entomology.wisc.edu/	Coon, Kerri	Coon, Kerri	kerri.coon@wisc.edu	608-262-6919	https://entomology.wisc.edu/	Entomology	Entomology	Mosquito-microbiota interactions and their manipulation for disease control
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/cox	Cox, Michael	Cox, Michael	cox@biochem.wisc.edu	608-262-1181	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Reserach focus on three areas of active investigation: (1) RecA protein filaments on DNA as barriers to DNA replication; (2) the function and mechanism of several enzymes involved in DNA double strand break repair, including RarA/MgsA, Uup, RadA, RadD, RecG, RecF, RecO, and RecR; and (3) the molecular basis of extreme resistance to ionizing radiation.
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/Coyle	Coyle, Scott	Coyle, Scott	smcoyle@wisc.edu	608-890-1342	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Cell biology as cellular robotics: reverse engineering living systems
https://bact.wisc.edu/p_research_profile.php?id=tdonohue&view=intro	Donohue, Timothy J.	Donohue, Timothy J.	tdonohue@bact.wisc.edu	608-262-4663	https://bact.wisc.edu/	Bacteriology	Bacteriology	Analysis pathways and networks that microbes use to grow, generate biomass, or produce alternative fuels from sunlight or other renewable sources of energy; we are studying metabolic and regulatory pathways of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. By taking advantage of the R. sphaeroides genome sequence, microarrays, proteomics, and molecular techniques we are defining how the energy in sunlight or renewable nutrients is partitioned into processes like cell growth or formation of biofuels.
https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/display.php/Faculty/Felton_Elizabeth/?page=bme&search=Faculty&item=Felton_Elizabeth	Felton, Elizabeth	Felton, Elizabeth	felton@neurology.wisc.edu	608-263-0755	http://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/bme/	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	Relationship between the menstrual cycle, seizures, and ketosis in women on dietary treatmentfor epilepsy and developing methods to use quantitative EEG, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological testing to better understand how dietary treatment works, which patients would benefit most from it, and if there are benefits to dietary treatment that go beyond seizure control.
http://www.biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/fox/	Fox, Brian G.	Fox, Brian G.	bgfox@biochem.wisc.edu	608-262-9708	https://biochem.wisc.edu	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Enzymatic mechanisms of production of unsaturated fatty acids and the degradation of xenobiotic compounds.
https://www.chem.wisc.edu/users/gellman	Gellman, Samuel H.	Gellman, Samuel H.	gellman@chem.wisc.edu	608-262-3303	https://www.chem.wisc.edu/	Chemistry	Chemistry	Organic and biological chemistry, including; the design of new oligomers with well-defined folding properties ("foldamers"), and their use in antimicrobial therapy and other biomedical applications; protein origins of stability and specificity in inter- and intramolecular noncovalent interactions; new polymerization methods, including template-directed polymerization.
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/henzler-wildman	Henzler-Wildman, Katherine A.	Henzler-Wildman, Katherine A.	henzlerwildm@wisc.edu	608-890-1094	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Dynamics and function of integral membrane proteins, secondary active transport, ion channels
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/hoskins	Hoskins, Aaron A.	Hoskins, Aaron A.	ahoskins@wisc.edu	608-890-3101	https://biochem.wisc.edu	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Elucidating biochemical mechanisms in eukaryotic RNA metabolism with chemistry, biology, and single molecule analysis.
https://bmolchem.wisc.edu/staff/hull-christina/	Hull, Christina M.	Hull, Christina M.	cmhull@wisc.edu	608-265-5441	https://bmolchem.wisc.edu/	Biomolecular Chemistry	Biomolecular Chemistry	Research in my laboratory focuses on three broad areas: 1) understanding the molecular mechanisms that control fungal development and sporulation, 2) elucidating the basic properties of spores that allow them to be infectious particles, and 3) developing interventions to prevent and/or treat severe fungal diseases.
https://bmolchem.wisc.edu/staff/keck-james/	Keck, James	Keck, James	jlkeck@wisc.edu	608-236-1815	https://bmolchem.wisc.edu/	Biomolecular Chemistry	Biomolecular Chemistry	Research in the Keck lab examines the structural mechanisms that drive DNA replication, replication restart, recombination, and repair reactions.
https://medmicro.wisc.edu/people_faculty_profile.php?id=npkeller	Keller, Nancy P.	Keller, Nancy P.	npkeller@wisc.edu	608-262-9795	https://medmicro.wisc.edu/index.php	Medical Microbiology & Immunology	Medical Microbiology & Immunology	Identifying the molecular genetic processes controlling expression of sterigmatocystin (ST) / aflatoxin (AF) biosynthesis and host metabolites which effect fungal growth and ST/AF biosynthesis. Also Department of Bacteriology.
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/Kirchdoerfer	Kirchdoerfer, Robert	Kirchdoerfer, Robert	rnkirchdoerf@wisc.edu	(608) 262-6191	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Virus replication using structural biology and biochemistry
https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/display.php/faculty/kreeger_pamela?page=bme&search=faculty&item=kreeger_pamela	Kreeger, Pamela K.	Kreeger, Pamela K.	kreeger@wisc.edu	608-890-2915	http://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/bme/	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	Cellular engineering, systems biology, endocrinology, cancer, and women's health.
https://apps.pharmacy.wisc.edu/sopdir/jason_kwan/	Kwan, Jason	Kwan, Jason	jason.kwan@wisc.edu	608-262-3829	https://pharmacy.wisc.edu/psd/	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Pharmaceutical Sciences	To discover new natural products and their biosynthetic pathways, and to understand the role of natural products in symbiotic relationships.
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/landick	Landick, Robert C.	Landick, Robert C.	landick@bact.wisc.edu	608-265-8475	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Regulatory mechanisms that control gene expression through changes in RNA chain elongation in organisms ranging from bacteria and humans.
https://bmolchem.wisc.edu/staff/lewis-peter/	Lewis, Peter	Lewis, Peter	plewis@discovery.wisc.edu	608-316-4388	https://bmolchem.wisc.edu/	Biomolecular Chemistry	Biomolecular Chemistry	My research program is rooted in the idea that chromatin, the physiologically relevant form of eukaryotic genomes, contains an indexing system, sometimesreferred to as a “histone or epigenetic code”, that represents a fundamental regulatory mechanism that operates outside of the DNA sequence itself.
https://pharmacy.wisc.edu/li-lab/	Li, Lingjun	Li, Lingjun	lli@pharmacy.wisc.edu	608-265-8491	https://pharmacy.wisc.edu/psd/	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Developing improved MS-based methods of neuropeptide and protein analysis both at large-scale and micro-scale, and providing essential information on understanding the mechanisms of neuromodulation of behaviorally relevant neural circuits and peptide evolution and peptide regulation.
http://chem.wisc.edu/users/jdmartell	Martell, Jeff	Martell, Jeff	jdmartell@wisc.edu	608-263-6249	http://www.chem.wisc.edu/	Chemistry	Chemistry	Merging biomacromolecular and synthetic chemistry to make biomedical tools
http://mccleanlab.bme.wisc.edu/	McClean, Megan	McClean, Megan	mmcclean@wisc.edu	608-890-0416	http://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/bme/	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	Systems biology, synthetic biology, cellular engineering, signal processing.
https://www.medphysics.wisc.edu/wp/blog/staff/meyerand-m-elizabeth/	Meyerand, M. Elizabeth	Meyerand, M. Elizabeth	memeyerand@wisc.edu	608-263-1685	https://www.medphysics.wisc.edu/	Medical Physics	Medical Physics	Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/display.php/faculty/murphy_william?page=bme&search=faculty&item=murphy_william	Murphy, William L.	Murphy, William L.	wlmurphy@wisc.edu	608-262-2224	http://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/bme/	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	Creation of novel materials using bioinspired approaches; development of biomaterials for tissue regeneration (tissue engineering); novel approaches to drug delivery and gene therapy; delivery of developmental signals to influence stem cell activity.
https://integrativebiology.wisc.edu/staff/newmark-phil/	Newmark, Philip A.	Newmark, Philip A.	pnewmark@wisc.edu	608-316-4105	https://integrativebiology.wisc.edu/	Integrative Biology	Integrative Biology	Research is directed at understanding the mechanisms by which the planarian somatic stem cells produce the germ cells and various differentiated cell lineages in the animal.
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/ntambi	Ntambi, James	Ntambi, James	ntambi@biochem.wisc.edu	608-265-3700	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Metabolic research focus with current approaches of genetics and mouse gene knockout technology to unravel mechanisms of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in health and disease, working on adipocyte differentiation, hormonal and dietary regulation of gene expression, and in more recent years
https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/che/faculty/palecek_sean	Palecek, Sean P.	Palecek, Sean P.	sppalecek@wisc.edu	608-262-8931	https://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/cbe/	Chemical and Biological Engineering	Chemical and Biological Engineering	Studying how cell-cell adhesive interactions affect disease pathogenesis and how adhesive and mechanical signals combine with chemical signals to regulate stem cell fate choices
https://apps.pharmacy.wisc.edu/sopdir/jason_peters/index.php	Peters, Jason	Peters, Jason	jason.peters@wisc.edu	608-265-6744	https://pharmacy.wisc.edu/programs/pharmsci/	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Research focuses on the biology of microbial organisms, their roles in human diseases, and the development and study of antibiotics that target them.
https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/display.php/faculty/pfleger_brian?page=che&search=faculty&item=pfleger_brian	Pfleger, Brian F.	Pfleger, Brian F.	pfleger@engr.wisc.edu	608-890-1940	http://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/cbe/	Chemical and Biological Engineering	Chemical and Biological Engineering	Developing microorganisms capable of producing small molecules of significant social, economic, and scientific value from renewable resources.
http://www.ramanlab.org/	Raman, Srivatsan	Raman, Srivatsan	sraman4@wisc.edu	608-890-1036	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Systems and synthetic biology; computational protein design combined with high-throughput phenotyping; allosteric transcription factor design; directed evolution of microbial biosynthetic pathways.
https://bact.wisc.edu/people_profile.php?t=rf&p=ferey	Rey, Federico	Rey, Federico	ferey@wisc.edu	608-890-2046	https://bact.wisc.edu/	Bacteriology	Bacteriology	A major focus of my group is to understand how variations in the gut microbiome modulate the effects of diet and host’s susceptibility to cardiometabolic disease. To address these questions we use a combination of hypothesis-generating, sequencing-centered analyses of microbiomes from humans and mice, followed by proof-of-principle/proof-of-mechanism studies in gnotobiotic mouse models of disease and classic bacteriology experiments.
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/romero	Romero, Philip A.	Romero, Philip A.	promero2@wisc.edu	608-262-5943	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Studying the design principles of proteins and how they can be applied to engineer new molecular functions.
http://sahalab.bme.wisc.edu/	Saha, Krishanu	Saha, Krishanu	ksaha@wisc.edu	608-316-4313	http://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/bme/	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	Bringing together stem cell biology, genome engineering and biomaterials expertise to generate new tools for use with human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) to ask unique questions about human biology and disease.
http://seneslab.org/	Senes, Alessandro	Senes, Alessandro	senes@wisc.edu	608-890-2584	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Biochemical, biophysical, biological, and computational techniques to understand how membrane proteins assemble.
https://bmolchem.wisc.edu/staff/sheets-michael-d/	Sheets, Michael D.	Sheets, Michael D.	mdsheets@wisc.edu	608-262-9452	https://bmolchem.wisc.edu/	Biomolecular Chemistry	Biomolecular Chemistry	Post-transcriptional control of vertebrate development; regulated mRNA translation as an important mechanism for the regulation of early cell-fate decisions in vertebrate embryos.
https://mcardle.wisc.edu/nathan-sherer/	Sherer, Nathan	Sherer, Nathan	nsherer@wisc.edu	608-890-2551	https://mcardle.wisc.edu/	Oncology	Oncology	Virus-host interactions focused on HIV/AIDS.
https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/display.php/faculty/shusta_eric?page=che&search=faculty&item=shusta_eric	Shusta, Eric V.	Shusta, Eric V.	shusta@engr.wisc.edu	608-265-5103	http://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/cbe/	Chemical and Biological Engineering	Chemical and Biological Engineering	Noninvasive delivery of small molecule pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals to the brain is hindered by the presence of the blood-brain barrier; we are focused on overcoming this barrier by developing noninvasive, antibody-based delivery methods that target drugs to the brain.
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/simcox	Simcox, Judith	Simcox, Judith	jsimcox@wisc.edu	608-262-8588	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	The research objectives of my laboratory are to investigate the mechanisms that promote energy expenditure during adaptive thermogenesis.
https://morgridge.org/research/medical-engineering/multiscale-imaging/	Skala, Melissa	Skala, Melissa	mcskala@wisc.edu	608-316-4108	http://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/bme/	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	Developing optical imaging tools that are applied to pre-clinical models for the design and development of effective therapeutic strategies, and in clinical studies to provide early detection and individualized treatment to cancer patients.
http://www.chem.wisc.edu/users/smith	Smith, Lloyd M.	Smith, Lloyd M.	smith@chem.wisc.edu	608-263-2594	http://www.chem.wisc.edu/	Chemistry	Chemistry	Developing novel methods and approaches for the analysis and manipulation of biomolecules; major interest areas include biological mass spectrometry, BNA computing, surface chemistry, surface detection methods (fluorescence, surface plasomon resonance), and the analysis of genetic variations.
https://www.medphysics.wisc.edu/wp/blog/staff/speidel-micheal-a/	Speidel, Michael A.	Speidel, Michael A.	speidel@wisc.edu	608-263-6795	https://www.medphysics.wisc.edu/wp/	Medical Physics	Medical Physics	X-ray fluoroscopy and angiography, device guidance during cardiac interventions, dose reduction, and scanning-beam digital x-ray (SBDX) technology
https://crb.wisc.edu/staff/sridharan-rupa/	Sridharan, Rupa	Sridharan, Rupa	rsridharan2@wisc.edu	608-316-4422	https://crb.wisc.edu/	Cell and Regenerative Biology	Cell and Regenerative Biology	Overarching goal is to decipher the role of the epigenome in maintaining cell fate.
https://bact.wisc.edu/p_research_profile.php?id=gsuen&view=intro	Suen, Garret	Suen, Garret	gsuen@wisc.edu	608-890-3971	https://bact.wisc.edu/	Bacteriology	Bacteriology	Understanding the evolution and ecology of herbivore-associated microbial communities.
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/sussman	Sussman, Michael R.	Sussman, Michael R.	msussman@wisc.edu	608-262-8608	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Studying key transport and signal transducing proteins in the plasma membrane of higher plants and fungi, including the structure and function of these enzymes; also, involved in developing new genomic technologies for investigating the plasma membrane; examples include a genome wide method for creating 'knockout' plants, development of a benchtop machine for creating DNA chips 'on the fly' and the use of mass spectrometers for analyzing the plant proteome and metabilome; we focus on Arabidopsis thaliana because its genome is completely sequenced and it is easy to create mutants in any gene of interest.
https://bact.wisc.edu/p_research_profile.php?id=mgthoma1&view=intro	Thomas, Michael G.	Thomas, Michael G.	thomas@bact.wisc.edu	608-265-7767	https://bact.wisc.edu/	Bacteriology	Bacteriology	Biosynthesis of bacterial secondary metabolites, specifically those made by Streptomycetes and Cyanobacteria; through the use of genomics, genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, and chemistry we are trying to understand the logic of how these chemically complex molecules are biosynthesized and exported by the producing bacterium, as well as how their production is regulated by the cell; once these questions have been addressed, we can begin to rationally reprogram the genetic machinery to generate new structural diversity or to increase.
https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/che/Faculty/Van-lehn_Reid/	Van Lehn, Reid	Van Lehn, Reid	vanlehn@wisc.edu	608-263-9487	https://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/cbe/	Chemical and Biological Engineering	Chemical and Biological Engineering	Research focuses on developing and applying molecular simulaton techniques to characterize, predict, and engineer the physicochemical properties of synthetic and biological soft materials.
http://www.venturellilab.org/	Venturelli, Ophelia	Venturelli, Ophelia	venturelli@wisc.edu	608-263-7017	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Elucidating the network design principles that underlie dynamic responses of microbial populations and ecosystems in response to complex environmental inputs, and developing methods to construct predictable feedback control systems for targeted manipulation of microbial function, dynamics and fitness.
https://wanglab.bact.wisc.edu/	Wang, Jue D. (Jade)	Wang, Jue D. (Jade)	jade.wang@wisc.edu	608-263-0307	https://bact.wisc.edu/	Bacteriology	Bacteriology	Identifying a molecular interface between the DNA replication machinery and its cellular milieu, understanding the conflicts between replication and transcription, and discovering how evolutionarily divergent bacteria utilize a ubiquitous molecule for stress resistance.
http://chem.wisc.edu/users/twang495	Wang, Tina	Wang, Tina	twang495@wisc.edu	608-263-5807	http://www.chem.wisc.edu/	Chemistry	Chemistry	Engineering chaperones to counteract protein misfolding.
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/Weeks	Weeks, Amy	Weeks, Amy	amweeks@wisc.edu	608-890-2583	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Spatially-resolved mapping of post-translational modifications
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/wright	Wright, Elizabeth	Wright, Elizabeth	erwright2@wisc.edu	608-265-0666	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Research focus uses cryo-EM to investigate the structures of many types of cells with the goal of using this information to aid in the development of novel antimicrobials, therapeutics, and vaccines.
https://zanni.chem.wisc.edu/	Zanni, Martin	Zanni, Martin	zanni@chem.wisc.edu	608-262-4783	http://www.chem.wisc.edu/	Chemistry	Chemistry	Developing and utilizing ultrafast multidimensional spectroscopies to study topics in biophysics and materials science
https://pathology.wisc.edu/staff/evans-david/	Evans, David T.	Evans, David T.	dtevans2@wisc.edu	608-265-1485	https://pathology.wisc.edu/	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Host-pathogen interactions for human and simian immunodeficiency viruses
https://erp.wisc.edu/staff/hernandez-laura/	Hernandez, Laura	Hernandez, Laura	llhernandez@wisc.edu		https://erp.wisc.edu/	Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program	Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program	The overall goal of our laboratory is to understand how autocrine/paracrine factors in the mammary gland regulate mammary gland development, as well as milk synthesis and secretion.
https://apps.pharmacy.wisc.edu/sopdir/michael_taylor/	Taylor, Michael	Taylor, Michael	michael.taylor@wisc.edu	608-262-1939	https://pharmacy.wisc.edu/	Pharmacy	Pharmacy	The overall goal our research is to discover innovative strategies for drug delivery into the central nervous system.
https://www.medphysics.wisc.edu/blog/staff/hernandez-reinier/	Hernandez, Reinier	Hernandez, Reinier	hernandez6@wisc.edu		https://www.medphysics.wisc.edu/	Medical Physics	Medical Physics	We aim to harness the power of radionuclides to solve problems in diverse areas of biomedical research. We seek to develop and implement novel radiotracers and radioanalytical techniques to answer biological questions about cancer and other diseases.
https://www2.chem.wisc.edu/users/cavagner	Cavagnero, Silvia	Cavagnero, Silvia	cavagner@chem.wisc.edu	608-262-5430	http://www.chem.wisc.edu/	Chemistry	Chemistry	In vivo nascent protein folding & aggregation by NMR, fluorescence & cryoEM
https://biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/Lim	Lim, Ci Ji	Lim, Ci Ji	ciji.lim@wisc.edu	608-265-4690	https://biochem.wisc.edu/	Biochemistry	Biochemistry	Mechanism of human telomere maintenance: Structural biology and biophysics
https://go.wisc.edu/TimBugni	Bugni, Tim	Bugni, Tim	tim.bugni@wisc.edu	608-263-2519	https://pharmacy.wisc.edu/about-us/divisions/pharmaceutical-sciences/	Pharmacy	Pharmacy	Interests are marine natural products chemistry, symbiotic microorganisms, drug discovery, metabolomics, and NMR and MS for structure elucidation of novel natural products.
https://wid.wisc.edu/people/jo-handelsman/	Handelsman, Jo	Handelsman, Jo	jo.handelsman@wisc.edu		https://plantpath.wisc.edu/	Plant Pathology	Plant Pathology	Genetic and biochemical processes underlying interactions within plant and human microbiomes.
https://bact.wisc.edu/people_profile.php?t=rf&p=emajumder	Majumder, Erica	Majumder, Erica	emajumder@wisc.edu	608-262-8106	https://bact.wisc.edu/index.php	Bacteriology	Bacteriology	Omics-guided biochemistry to study the mechanisms and consequences of microbial inorganic metabolisms on environmental and human health
http://hailab.bme.wisc.edu	Hai, Aviad	Hai, Aviad	ahai@wisc.edu	608-890-3411	http://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/bme/	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	We develop novel nanofabricated electromagnetic sensors for minimally invasive recording of brain activity.
https://bact.wisc.edu/people_profile.php?t=rf&p=kanantharama	Anantharaman, Karthik	Anantharaman, Karthik	karthik@bact.wisc.edu	608-265-4537	https://bact.wisc.edu/index.php	Bacteriology	Bacteriology	Evolutionary ecology of microbial sulfur metabolism, and Microbial community interactions.
http://markmeyerlab.nutrisci.wisc.edu/	Meyer, Mark	Meyer, Mark	markmeyer@wisc.edu	(608) 890-0857	https://nutrisci.wisc.edu/	Nutritional Science	Nutritional Science	Vitamin D metabolism, inflammatory disease, gene expression regulation, bioinformatics, genome-editing
https://www.obgyn.wisc.edu/categories/ong-research-team	Ong, Irene	Ong, Irene	irene.ong@wisc.edu	(608) 263-9723	https://www.obgyn.wisc.edu/	OBGyn and Biostatistics and Medical Informatics	OBGyn and Biostatistics and Medical Informatics	My research interests lie in the development and use of bioinformatics, data science, and machine learning techniques to gain insights into biological systems to improve clinical decision and outcome.
https://www.medicine.wisc.edu/endocrinology/brasier-research	Brasier, Allan R.	Brasier, Allan R.	abrasier@wisc.edu	(608) 263-7371	https://ictr.wisc.edu/	Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)	Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)	Reserch is focused on how cellular signaling pathways induce innate inflammation, a process associated with many chronic diseases.
https://mcardle.wisc.edu/faculty/kinjal-majumder/	Majumder, Kinjal	Majumder, Kinjal	kmajumder@wisc.edu	(608) 262-6386	https://mcardle.wisc.edu/	Oncology	Oncology	In the Majumder Lab, we study how viruses localize to host nuclear sites to establish viral replication centers.