Faculty & Staff
Learn from faculty that are experts in their field.
Program Leadership & Administration
Cynthia M. Simbulan-Rosenthal, PhD
Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, MS in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology program
Nusrat Islam, MS
Research Specialist 2 & Lab Instructor
Juliana Katinas
Program Coordinator, MS in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology program
Deborah Delgado Herrera, MS
Research Specialist 1 & Lab Instructor
Faculty & Staff
Dean S. Rosenthal, PhD
Associate Professor
Sona Vasudevan, PhD
Associate Professor
Ken Wasserman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department Faculty
Department Chair
Elliott Crooke, PhD
Control of the initiation of chromosomal replication; role of polyphosphates in cellular responses to environmental stresses
Professors
Albert Fornace, Jr. PhD
Cellular responses to radiation and other environmental toxins
Daniel Djakiew, PhD
Characterizing the interaction of neurotrophins with the Trk receptor in the proliferation of prostate tumor cells, and conversely, with the p75NTR receptor in the induction of apoptosis.
Renal and cardiovascular complications of obesity, diabetes and aging; regulation of mineral metabolism
Usha S Kasid, PhD
Molecular tumor biology; Raf-1 kinase and signal transduction; regulation of tumor growth and radiation
Mary Beth Martin, PhD
Role of estrogen and the estrogen receptor in the etiology and progression of breast cancer
Hiroshi Nakai, PhD
Gene amplification and chromosomal rearrangement promoted by movable genetic elements
Vicente Notario, PhD
Mechanisms of oncogenesis; environmental carcinogens; molecular genetics, with emphasis on yeast genetic
Paul Roepe, PhD
Drug resistance mechanisms of membrane transport; gene expression in drug-resistant tumor cells
Carlos Suarez-Quian, PhD
Investigation of testicular function using cell biology methodology.
Jessica Jones, PhD
Protein biochemistry; DNA recombination and repair; ubiquitin conjugation; vertebrate immune systems
Sona Vasudevan, PhD
Structure-Function relationships of cancer related genes, Antigen-Antibody interactions, Ligand-Protein interactions, Drug-Design and Systems Medicine
Associate Professors
Partha P. Banerjee, PhD
Understanding how androgen-independent prostate cancer cells develop, survive and proliferate in an androgen-free environment
Mark Danielsen, PhD
Molecular biology of steroid receptors and their role in growth, differentiation, and the development of cancer
Nady Golestaneh, PhD
The study of connections that induce critical genes required for the viability of antibiotic-resistant prokaryotes
Ian G. Gallicano, PhD
Cellular adhesion during early embryogenesis in mammals
Timothy J. Jorgensen, PhD
Mechanisms of radiation-induced signal transduction and DNA repair, to identify molecular targets for sensitizing tumors to radiotherapy
Dean S. Rosenthal, PhD
Epithelial differentation; apoptosis; carcinogenesis
Cynthia M. Simbulan-Rosenthal, PhD
Skin carcinogenesis; apoptosis; DNA replication and repair; melanoma cancer stem cells
Assistant Professors
Nathan Edwards, PhD
Informatics of proteomics by mass spectrometry
C. R. Vinayaka, PhD
Bioinformatics focusing on protein classification
Adjunct Faculty
Peter Sykora, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Amelia Technologies Vice President, Chief of Staff, MedImmune, Inc
Richard Ascione, MS, PhD
Chief Scientific Office/Consultant, OnkoLogix LTD/ImmunoLogix LTD
Sinu John, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center
Lee Eiden, PhD
Chief, Section on Molecular Neuroscience, NIMH, NIH
Rasha Al-Ali, MS
Adjunct Instructor, Georgetown University; Genetic Analyst, GeneDx
Robert Blakesley, PhD
Director, Sequencing Group, NIH Intramural Sequencing Center
Edward Kisailus, PhD
Director, BioLect, Inc
Ivica Labuda, PhD
Professor & Program Director, MS Biotechnology Program, Georgetown University
Joseph Shiloach, PhD
Chief, Biotechnology Core Laboratory, NIDDK, NIH
Larry Millstein, PhD, JD, Esq
Millen, White, Zelano, & Branigan
Matthew Arnold, MS, MBA
Vice President, Chief of Staff, MedImmune, Inc