Directory of Department Members – Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

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Note: Rooms with MS are located in the McDonnell Sciences Building, rooms with SB are located in the South Building, rooms with CR are located in the Cancer Research Building and rooms with NB are located in the North building.

A

Hema Adhikari – Assistant Professor

Office: 2812 NB
Phone: 314-273-6748
E-mail: hema.adhikari@wustl.edu

Molecular architecture of cancer cell signaling networks in tumorigenesis & drug resistance.

Carolina Alisio

Room: 2614 CR – Dr. Jim Janetka’s lab
E-mail: calisio@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-362-9299

Jhullian Alston – Graduate Student

Room: 2913 SB – Dr. Andrea Soranno’s lab
E-mail: alstonj@wustl.edu

Aaron Ammerman – Grad Student

Room: Dr. Li’s lab

Melissa Arenz – Assistant to the Chair

Room: 2901 SB – Admin Staff
Phone: 314-362-0287
E-mail: torresm@wustl.edu

Samjhana Awasthi – Research Specialist

Room: Dr. Weikai Li’s lab
Phone: 314-362-4821
E-mail: awasthi@wustl.edu

B

Berevan Baban – Senior Research Tech

Room: 215 MS – Dr. Carl Frieden’s lab
Phone: 314-362-3342
E-mail: bbaban@wustl.edu

Jacques Baenziger – Prof Emeritus

E-mail: baenziger@wustl.edu

Synthesis and function of unique carbohydrate structures as information-bearing macromolecules

Victoria Banas – Postdoc

Room 2614 CR – Dr. Jim Janetka’s lab
E-mail: victoria.banas@wustl.edu

Wayne M. Barnes – Associate Professor

Room: 212A MS
Phone: 314-362-3351
E-mail: barneswm@wustl.edu

PCR methods; Aptamer selection to counter neurological diseases

Samantha Barrick – Postdoc Research Associate

Room: 253 MS – Michael Greenberg’s lab
Phone: 314-362-7434
E-mail: sbarrick@wustl.edu

Rachel Bezalel-Buch – Staff Scientist

Room: 1911 SB – Peter Burgers’ lab
Phone: 314-362-3182
E-mail: buchrb@wustl.edu

Shripad Bhagwat – Professor

E-mail: shripad@wustl.edu

Melissa Brereton – Research Instructor

Room: 215 MS – Dr. Carl Frieden’s Lab
Phone: 314-362-3342
E-mail: breretonm@wustl.edu

Peter M. Burgers – Professor

Room: 1911 SB
Phone: 314-362-3872
E-mail: burgers@wustl.edu

Biochemistry and genetics of yeast DNA replication and repair

Ken Buss – Financial Analyst III

Room: 2901 SB – Admin Staff
E-mail: kenbuss@wustl.edu

Darrell Baldwin – Facility Maintenance Service Coordinator

Room: 2901 SB – Support Staff
Phone: 314-747-0425
E-mail: dbaldwin@wustl.edu

C

Nicholas Caito – Systems Manager

E-mail: caiton@wustl.edu
For computer support: support@biochem.wustl.edu

Qing Cao – Postdoc

Room: Dr. Weikai Li’s lab

CGSC – Chemical Genetics Screening Core (High-Throughput Screening Center)

Room: 2601 CR
Phone: 314-362-4445

Ankita Chadda – Graduate Student

Room: 251 MS – Dr. Eric Galburt’s lab
Phone: 314-362-4821
E-mail: ankitac@wustl.edu

Sumit Chaturvedi – Staff Scientist

Room: Dr. Lohman’ lab

E-mail: sumit@wustl.edu

Byoung-Kyu Cho – Assistant Professor

E-mail: byoung-kyu@wustl.edu

Sayan Chowdhury – Postdoc

Room: Dr. Peter Burgers’ lab

John Cooper – Professor

Phone: 314-362-0287
E-mail: jacooper@wustl.edu

Molecular mechanisms of cell motility and cytoskeleton assembly

Sudha Cowsik – Visiting Scientist

Room: 215 MS – Dr. Carl Frieden’s lab
Phone: 314-362-3342
E-mail: scowsik@wustl.edu

Casey Critchlow – Business Manager

Room: 2901 SB – Admin Staff
E-mail: ccritchlow@wustl.edu

Jasmine Cubuk – Graduate Student

Room: 2913 SB – Dr. Andrea Soranno’s lab
E-mail: cubukj@wustl.edu

D

Vishnu Damalanka – Instructor

Room: 2614 CR – Dr. Jim Janetka’s lab
Phone: 314-362-9299
E-mail: vishnudamalanka@wustl.edu

James DeBrecht – Research Specialist

Room: Dr. Cooper’s lab

Gregory DeKoster – Research Instructor

Rooms:
CR – NMR Facility
SB – Dr. Kathleen Hall’s lab
215 MS – Dr. Carl Frieden’s lab
Phone: 314-362-4196, 314-362-3344, 314-362-3342
E-mail: dekoster@wustl.edu

Roland E. Dolle – Professor and Director, Center for Drug Discovery

Phone: 314-273-1214
E-mail: rdolle@wustl.edu

E

Gabor Egervari – Assistant Professor

Office: 6313 Couch
Phone: 314-362-6741
E-mail: gabor@wustl.edu

Metabolic and epigenetic interactions in the brain and their relevance to substance use disorders and neurodegeneration

Elliot Elson – Professor Emeritus

Phone: 314-362-3346
E-mail: elson@wustl.edu

Dynamics and equilibrium of interactions of molecules in cells and model systems. Mechanics and dynamics of cells and tissues.

Ryan Emenecker – Postdoc

Room: 223B MS – Alex Holehouse’s lab
E-mail: remenecker@wustl.edu

Melanie Ernst – Graduate Student

Room: 223 MS – Dr. Janice Robertson’s lab
Phone: 314-273-1682
E-mail: ernst.melanie@wustl.edu

F

Lingling Fan – Visiting Researcher

Room: 251 MS – Weikai Li’s lab
Phone: 314-362-4821
E-mail: linglingfan@wustl.edu

Michelle Fath – Student Worker

Room 2614 CR – Dr. Jim Janetka’s lab
E-mail: michelle.fath@wustl.edu

Klaudio Fatmiri – Graduate Student

Room: 2913 SB – Andrea Soranno’s lab
E-mail: klaudio.f@wustl.edu

Fermenter Room

Room: 270 MS
Phone: 314-362-4228

Merima Forny – Staff Scientist

Room: 2813 NB – Natalie Niemi’s lab
E-mail: fornym@wustl.edu

Carl Frieden – Professor

Room: 215 MS
Phone: 314-362-3344
E-mail: friedenc@wustl.edu

Protein folding, aggregation, intrinsically disordered proteins, fluorescence methods, ApoE lipoproteins and Alzheimer’s disease

GH

Rofaida Gaballa – Postdoc Research Associate

Room: Dr. Weikai Li’s lab

Eric Galburt – Professor

Room: 251 MS
Phone: 314-362-5201
E-mail: egalburt@wustl.edu

Single molecule biophysics, optical trapping, magnetic trapping, DNA transcription

Roberto Galletto – Professor

Room: 2808 NB
Phone: 314-362-4368
E-mail: galletto@wustl.edu

Mechanistic studies of DNA motor proteins

Benjamin Garcia – Head of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Phone: 314-362-3075
E-mail: bagarcia@wustl.edu

Alireza Ghanbarpour– Assistant Professor

E-mail: alirezag@wustl.edu

Structural and Biochemical Studies of ATP-dependent Proteolytic Machineries in Bacteria and human Mitochondria

Garrett Ginell

Room: SB – Dr. Alex Holehouse’s lab
E-mail: g.ginell@wustl.edu

Babita Gollan – Postdoc

Room: 212 MS – Dr. Wayne Barnes’ lab

Young Ah Goo – Director, Mass Spectrometry Technology Access Center (MTAC)

Office: Mass Spectrometry Technology Access Center
Phone: 314-273-3487
E-mail: ygoo@wustl.edu
Mass spectrometry-based multi-omics; Proteomics, Metabolomics, Lipidomics, Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Lina Greenberg – Research Instructor

Room: 253 MS – Michael Greenberg’s lab
Phone: 314-362-7434
E-mail: linagreenberg@wustl.edu

Michael Greenberg – Associate Professor

Room: 253 MS
Phone: 314-362-8670
E-mail: greenberg@wustl.edu

Molecular motors in health and disease.

Dan Griffith

Room: 223B MS – Alex Holehouse’s lab

Kathleen Hall – Professor

Phone: 314-362-4196
E-mail: hallkathleen@wustl.edu

NMR and biochemical studies of RNA and RNA-protein complexes.

Zhenfu Han – Senior Scientist

Room: 2614 CR – Dr. Jim Janetka’s lab
Phone: 314-362-9299
E-mail: zfhan@wustl.edu

Linxuan Hao – Graduate Student

Room: 2803 NB – Tim Lohman’s lab
Phone: 314-362-4394
E-mail: haol@wustl.edu

Peng He – Postdoc Research Associate

Room: 251 MS – Weikai Li’s lab
Phone: 314-362-4821
E-mail: peng.he@wustl.edu

Heather Heitman – Sr. Grants Specialist

Room: 2901 SB – Admin Staff
E-mail: h.heitman@wustl.edu

Thang Ho – Senior Research Tech

Room: 2806 NB – Tim Lohman’s lab
Phone: 314-362-5212
E-mail: hot@wustl.edu

Alex Holehouse – Assistant Professor

Phone: 314-273-8371
E-mail: alex.holehouse@wustl.edu

Understanding how intrinsically disordered proteins drive biological function using simulations and experiment

HTSC – High-Throughput Screening Center (Chemical Genetics Screening Core)

Room: 2601 CR
Phone: 314-362-4445

Kimberly Hughes – Financial Planning Manager

Room: 2901 SB – Admin Staff
E-mail: khughesb@wustl.edu

Patti Hunt – Supv Lab. Support Services

Room: 2901 SB – Support Staff
Phone: 314-362-3339
E-mail: phunt@wustl.edu

IJ

Maxene Ilagan – Director, HTS Core and Biology Director, Center for Drug Discovery

Room: 2603 CR
Phone: 314-362-4445
E-mail: ilaganmg@wustl.edu

Mechanism of Notch signaling, Molecular imaging, Assay development, High Throughput Screening

Juan Jeremias Incicco – Postdoc Research Associate

Room: 2913 SB – Dr. Andrea Soranno’s lab
Phone: 314-362-3364
E-mail: inciccojj@wustl.edu

James W. Janetka – Professor

Phone: 314-362-0509
E-mail: janetkaj@wustl.edu
Design and chemical synthesis of novel compounds; X-ray structure-based design; medicinal chemistry

Drake Jensen – Graduate Student

Room: 251 MS – Dr. Eric Galburt’s lab
Phone: 314-362-4821
E-mail: drakejensen@wustl.edu

K

Rashmi Karki – Research Tech II

Room: 2913 SB – Andrea Soranno’s lab
E-mail: karkir@wustl.edu

Yuriy Kirichok – Professor

E-mail: yuriy@wustl.edu

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics of Mitochondrial Membranes

Sam Kondalaji – Postdoc

Room: SB – Dr. Ben Garcia’s lab
E-mail: samaneh@wustl.edu

Anoop Kooner – Postdoc

Room 2614 CR – Dr. Jim Janetka’s lab
E-mail: kooner@wustl.edu

Alexander Kozlov – Instructor

Room: 2803 NB – Dr. Tim Lohman’s lab
Phone: 314-362-4394
E-mail: kozlov@wustl.edu

Mechanisms of DNA-protein interactions; DNA motor proteins (helicases) and SSB proteins

Andrzej Krezel – Associate Professor

Room: 262 MS
Phone: 314-362-8482
E-mail: krezela@wustl.edu

Structural biology of transcriptional regulation in gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori.

Shivesh Kumar – Assistant Professor

L

Taeho Lee – Graduate Student

Room: 223 MS – Dr. Janice Robertson’s lab
Phone: 314-273-1682
E-mail: taeho@wustl.edu

Joanna Lempiainen – Postdoc

Room: SB – Dr. Ben Garcia’s lab

Weikai Li – Roy and Diana Vagelos Distinguished Professor

Room: 251 MS
Phone: 314-362-8687
E-mail: weikai@wustl.edu

Structural and biochemical studies of membrane proteins supporting blood coagulation

Zongtao Lin – Staff Scientist

Room: SB – Dr. Ben Garcia’s lab

Xingyu Liu – Postdoc Research Associate

Room: SB – Dr. Ben Garcia’s lab
E-mail: xingyu@wustl.edu

Timothy Lohman – Professor

Room: 2801 NB
Phone: 314-362-4393
E-mail: lohman@wustl.edu

Mechanisms of DNA-protein interactions; DNA motor proteins (helicases) and SSB proteins

MN

Meisheng Ma – Postdoc Research Associate

Room: 253 MS – Rui Zhang’s lab
Phone: 314-362-7434
E-mail: mameisheng@wustl.edu

Robyn Mahoney-Kruszka – Research Lab Supervisor

Room: 223 MS – Dr. Janice Robertson’s lab
Phone: 314-273-1682
E-mail: r.mahoney@wustl.edu

Garland Marshall – Professor Emeritus

E-mail: garland@wustl.edu

Major focus is molecular recognition – the basis of intermolecular interactions and specificity seen in drug and hormone receptors, antigen-antibody and substrate-enzyme systems.