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Faculty

Greg Beitel Ph.D.

Greg Beitel Ph.D.
Genetics and Developmental Biology

Office: Pancoe 1407
Phone: 847-467-7776
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests:
Molecular genetics of
organ morphogenesis

Jason Brickner, Ph.D.
Cell and Molecular Biology

Office: Pancoe 3105
Phone: 847-467-0210
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Cell biology of transcription

Richard Carthew, Ph.D.
Genetics and Developmental Biology

Office: Pancoe 3111
Phone: 847-467-4891
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Cell differentiation and morphogenesis of
Drosophila development

Andrew Dudley, Ph.D.
Genetics and Developmental
Biology

Office: Pancoe 1411
Phone: 847-467-4894
Email
Research Interests: Uncovering the mechanisms
that govern morphogenesis

Heike Fölsch, Ph.D.
Cell and Molecular Biology

Office: Pancoe 3409
Phone: 847-491-5089
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Establishment and
maintenance of cell polarity

Richard Gaber, Ph.D.
Genetics and Developmental Biology

Office: Cook 3135
Phone: 847-491-5452
Email
Research Interests: Nutrient sensing and molecular chaperones

Erwin Goldberg, Ph.D.
Hormone Action and Signal Transduction

Office: Hogan 4100
Phone: 847-491-5416
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Biochemistry and molecular biology of mammalian spermatogenesis

Linda Hicke, Ph.D.
Cell and Molecular Biology

Office: Pancoe 3401
Phone: 847-467-4490
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Role of ubiquitin in regulating protein traffic

Robert Holmgren, Ph.D. (Associate Chair of Educational Programs)
Genetics and Developmental Biology

Office: Cook 3125
Phone: 847-491-5460
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Cell-fate specification during development

Curt Horvath, Ph.D. (ENH Investigator) Cell and Molecular Biology

Office: Pancoe 4401
Phone: 847-491-5530
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Research Interests: Signal transduction and gene expression in cancer and immune responses

Carole LaBonne, Ph.D.
Genetics and Developmental Biology

Office: Pancoe 3411
Phone: 847-491-4165
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Development of the vertebrate neural crest

Robert Lamb, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Cell and Molecular Biology

Office: Cook 3141
Phone: 847-491-5433
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Viral glycoproteins, ion channels, and RNA-binding proteins

Daniel Linzer, Ph.D. (University Provost)
Hormone Action and Signal Transduction


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Paul A. Loach, Ph.D.
Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics

Office: Hogan 5166
Phone: 847-491-5654
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Structure and function relationships in bioenergetic systems

John F. Marko, Ph.D.
Structural Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Office: Pancoe 4211
Phone: 847-467-1187
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Protein-DNA interactions; chromosome structure and dynamics

Andreas Matouschek, Ph.D.
Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics

Office: Pancoe 4105
Phone: 847-467-3570
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Mechanisms of macromolecular machines

Kelly E. Mayo, Ph.D. (Department Chair)
Hormone Action and Signal Transduction

Office: Hogan 4112
Phone: 847-491-8854
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Research Interests: Gene regulation in the mammalian neuroendocrine system

Thomas J. Meade, Ph.D.
Biotechnology

Office: Tech L110
Phone: 847-491-2481
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Research Interests: Inorganic coordination chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry and molecular imaging

Alfonso Mondragon, Ph.D.
Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics

Office: Cook 4131
Phone: 847-491-7726
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Crystallographic studies of DNA topoisomerases and protein nucleic acid interactions

Richard Morimoto, Ph.D.
Cell and Molecular Biology

Office: Cook 3129
Phone: 847-491-3340
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Regulation and function of molecular chaperones

Ishwar Radhakrishnan, Ph.D.
Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics

Office: Cook 4135
Phone: 847-467-1173
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Structure, function and dynamics of proteins involved in eukaryotic gene regulatio

Amy C. Rosenzweig, Ph.D.
Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics

Office: Cook 4137
Phone: 847-467-5301
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Metal trafficking; dioxygen activation; antibiotic biosynthesis

Erik J. Sontheimer, Ph.D.
Cell and Molecular Biology

Office: Cook 3125
Phone: 847-467-6880
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Research Interests: Ribonucleoproteins and eukaryotic gene expression

Olke C. Uhlenbeck, Ph.D.
Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics

Office: Cook 4143
Phone: 847-491-5139
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Research Interests: RNA biochemistry

Xiaozhong Wang, Ph.D.
Genetics and Developmental Biology

Office: Pancoe 1405
Phone: 847-467-4897
Email
Research Interests: Genetic analysis of protocadherin diversity in the central nervous system

Eric Weiss, Ph.D.
Cell and Molecular Biology

Office: Pancoe 3413
Phone: 847-491-7034
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Spatially and temporally coordinated cell growth and cell division

Jonathan Widom, Ph.D.
Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics

Office: Cook 4129
Phone: 847-467-1887
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Structure and function of chromosomes, biophysical chemistry of proteins and nucleic acids

T. T. Wu, Ph.D.
Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics

Office: Tech E265
Phone: 847-491-7849
Email, Lab Website
Research Interests: Structural and functional relations of proteins and DNA

Joint Appointees

Brian M. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics

Office: Tech NG91
Phone: 847-491-3104
Email
Research Interests: Long-range interprotein electron transfer

Lou Laimins, Ph.D. (Feinberg School of Medicine)
Cell and Molecular Biology

Thomas V. O'Halloran, Ph.D.
Cell and Molecular Biology

Office: Pancoe 1121
Phone: 847-491-5060
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Richard B. Silverman, Ph.D.
Biotechnology

Office: Tech M292
Phone: 847-491-5653
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Research Interests: Bioorganic, medicinal, and enzyme chemistry

Teresa Woodruff, Ph.D.
Cell and Molecular Biology

Office: Hogan 4-166
Phone: 847-491-2666
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Research Interests: Regulation of Ovarian Follicle Growth during the Mammalian Reproductive Cycles

Emeritus Faculty

Robert King, Ph.D.
Emeritus Faculty

 

Robert Letsinger,Ph.D.
Emeritus Faculty

 

James A. Lippincott, Ph.D.
Emeritus Faculty

 

Robert MacDonald, Ph.D.
Emeritus Faculty, Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics

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Research Interests: Membrane biology

Francis Neuhaus, Ph.D.
Emeritus Faculty, Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics

Hogan 3176
Phone: 847-491-5656
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Research Interests: Microbiology, assembly of bacterial cell walls, and mechanism of antibiotic action

Hans Noll, Ph.D.
Emeritus Faculty

 

Research Faculty

Arabela Grigorescu, Ph.D.
Research Faculty, Keck Facility Manager

Office: Pancoe 4411
Phone: 847-491-7610
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Chi-Hao Luan, Ph.D.
Research Faculty, HTA Facility Manager

Office: Pancoe 3405
Phone: 847-491-5643
Email, HTA Facility

Pamela Parkes-Loach, Ph.D.
Research Faculty

Office: Hogan 5164
Phone: 847-491-3883
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Reay Paterson, Ph.D.
Research Faculty

Phone: 847-467-2116
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Saks, Margaret (Peggy), Ph.D.
Research Faculty

Office: Pancoe 4413
Phone: 847-491-5624
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Administrative Faculty

Michele McDonough, Ph.D
Assistant Chair, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology

Office: Hogan 2104
Phone: 847-491-5762
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Alexandra (Sacha) Patera, Ph.D
Assistant Director, Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Program, IBiS

Office: Hogan 2102
Phone: 847-467-0451
Email, IBiS