Principal Investigator
Admin & Support Team
Assistant Dean for Diversity & Student Success Initiatives
College of the Environment and Life Sciences
MARC U*STAR/URI ESTEEMED Program Coordinator
Undergraduate Research and Experiential Learning Coordinator
College of the Environment and Life Sciences
401.874.7829
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Faculty Research Mentors
Professor
Physics
Nanotechnology, Cancer biophysics, Tumor imaging
Assistant Professor
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Marine natural products chemistry, Biosynthesis, Metabolomics
Professor and Department Chair
Chemical Engineering
Bionanotechnology, Colloids and interfaces, Nanomaterial synthesis
Associate Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
Protein homeostasis, Cell cycle regulation in prokaryotes
Associate Professor
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Transdermal drug/vaccine delivery, Vaccine adjuvants, Immunotherapy
Professor
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cancer, Chemical Toxicology, DNA repair, Chemical carcinogenesis
Professor
Chemistry
Organic synthesis, Molecular imaging
Associate Professor
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Bile acids-related liver disorders including cholestatic liver injury, liver cancer and metabolic diseases
Assistant Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
Gene regulation, Chromatin Biology, Cancer
Assistant Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
Neurodegenerative diseases and therapeutic interventions
Associate Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
Ribosome structure and function
Associate Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
DNA repair, Chromosome Instability, Cancer Genetics
Professor and Department Chair
Biological Sciences
Genomics, Evolution, Parasitism
Associate Professor
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Environmental carcinogenesis, DNA repair
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
Pulmonary drug delivery, 3D tumor spheroids
Assistant Professor
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering
Nanomedicine, Drug delivery, Biomaterials, Tissue engineering
Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
Molecular basis for bacterial pathogenesis and probiotic activity
Assistant Professor
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Neurologicaldisorders, Electrophysiology, Motor impairment
Assistant Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
Gene expression, Bacterial pathogenicity
Assistant Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
Bacteriology, Polymicrobial infections, Oral microbiome, Bacterial colonization and virulence
Professor
Physics
Drug delivery, Fluorescence spectroscopy and in vivo imaging, Membrane biophysics
Professor
Biological Sciences
Polysaccharide Biosynthesis
Research Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
Viral immunology, Emerging infections diseases
Professor
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Marine natural products chemistry, Antibiotics drug discovery, Marine microbial chemical ecology
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences
Evolution, Bioinformatics, Genomics
Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy
Novel and advanced drug delivery systems
Professor and Director of Graduate Programs
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Liver disease, Obesity, Toxicology
Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
Cancer, Biochemistry, Signaling
Professor
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Alzheimer’s disease, Protein structure, Pathogenic mechanisms
Assistant Professor
Cell and Molecular Biology
Computational Biology
Advisory Board
Interim Assistant Vice President
Office of Community, Equity and Diversity
University of Rhode Island
Assistant Dean, Accessibility & Inclusion
Director, Disability, Access, & Inclusion
University of Rhode Island
Associate Dean for Research College of the Environment and Life Sciences
Professor, Natural Resources Science
University of Rhode Island
MARC Trainees
Chemical Engineering & Chinese
Dr. Jie Shen's Lab
Chemical Engineering, Statistics Minor
Dr. Samantha Meenach's Lab
Chemical Engineering
Dr. Yana Reshetnyak's Lab
Biological Sciences
Dr. William Van Nostrand's Lab
Biotechnology & Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr. Xinyuan Chen's Lab
Biotechnology & Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr. Steven Gregory's Lab
Biotechnology & Microbiology
Dr. Kathryn Ramsey's Lab
Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr. Kathryn Ramsey's Lab
Alumni
Molecular Neuroscience and Biology '22
Dr. Nasser Zawia's Lab
Cell and Molecular Biology & Chinese '23
Dr. Jodi Camberg's Lab
Cell and Molecular Biology '21
Dr. Arnob Dutta's Lab
Cell and Molecular Biology '22
Dr. Ying Zhang's Lab
Biological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience '22
Dr. Xinyuan Chen's Lab
Biological Sciences, Anthropology, & Psychology '23
Dr. Niall Howlett's Lab
Pharmaceutical Sciences '23
Dr. Matthew Bertin's Lab
Cell and Molecular Biology '21
Dr. Angela Slitt's Lab
Biotechnology & Cell and Molecular Biology '23
Dr. Alan Rothman's Lab
Biomedical Engineering '22
Dr. Jyothi Menon's Lab
Cell and Molecular Biology '21
Dr. Arnob Dutta's Lab
Biomedical Engineering '21
Dr. Quinlan's Lab