Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics PhD Faculty
Bethel, Neville
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & BiochemistryResearch Topics
De novo design of protein motion
Office: Urey Hall
Phone: 858-534-3577
Email: nbethel@ucsd.edu
Web: bethel-lab.org
Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Phone: 858-534-3577
Email: nbethel@ucsd.edu
Web: bethel-lab.org
Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Budin, Itay
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Biochemistry and synthetic biology of cell membranes
Office: Natural Sciences Bldg 3119
Phone: 858-246-5328
Email: ibudin@ucsd.edu
Web: www.budinlab.com
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Phone: 858-246-5328
Email: ibudin@ucsd.edu
Web: www.budinlab.com
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Burkart, Michael
Professor, Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryAssociate Director, California Center for Algae Biotechnology
Teddy Traylor Faculty Scholar
Research Topics
Natural product synthesis/biosynthesis, Biological chemistry and enzymology, Metabolic engineering.
Office: Pacific Hall 6100A
Phone: 858-534-5673
Email: mburkart@ucsd.edu
Web: burkartlab.ucsd.edu
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Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Phone: 858-534-5673
Email: mburkart@ucsd.edu
Web: burkartlab.ucsd.edu
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Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Debelouchina, Galia
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
NMR Spectroscopy, Structural Biology, Chemical Biology, Aging, Gene Regulation
Office: Natural Sciences Bldg 4322
Phone: 858-534-3038
Email: gdebelouchina@ucsd.edu
Web: https://galialab.weebly.com/
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Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Phone: 858-534-3038
Email: gdebelouchina@ucsd.edu
Web: https://galialab.weebly.com/
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Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Deshmukh, Lalit
Associate Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Solution NMR spectroscopy, Amyloids, Neurodegenerative diseases, Posttranslational modifications, Viruses
Office: Natural Sciences Bldg 3113
Phone: 858-246-3343
Email: ldeshmukh@ucsd.edu
Web: https://deshmukhgroup.ucsd.edu/
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Phone: 858-246-3343
Email: ldeshmukh@ucsd.edu
Web: https://deshmukhgroup.ucsd.edu/
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Devaraj, Neal
Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryMurray Goodman Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Section Chair, Biochemistry and Biophysics
Research Topics
Biomimetic Chemistry, Artificial Cells, Chemical Biology
Office: Natural Sciences Bldg 3328
Phone: 858-534-9539
Email: ndevaraj@ucsd.edu
Web: www.devarajgroup.com
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Phone: 858-534-9539
Email: ndevaraj@ucsd.edu
Web: www.devarajgroup.com
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Donoghue, Daniel
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryCo-Director, NIH Training Grant
Research Topics
Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Human Cancer
Ferguson, Fleur
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryAssistant Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Office: Tata Hall 1204
Phone: 858-246-4462
Email: fmferguson@ucsd.edu
Web: fergusonlab.ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-246-4462
Email: fmferguson@ucsd.edu
Web: fergusonlab.ucsd.edu
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Ghosh, Gourisankar
Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Biochemistry and biophysics: transcription, signaling, pre-mRNA splicing, mRNA transport, protein-protein, protein-DNA and protein-RNA interactions
Office: Natural Sciences Bldg 3103
Phone: 858-822-0469
Email: gghosh@ucsd.edu
Web: gghosh.ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-822-0469
Email: gghosh@ucsd.edu
Web: gghosh.ucsd.edu
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Ghosh, Partho
Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Mechanisms of bacterial and protozoan pathogenesis, and host response against infectious microbes.
Office: Natural Sciences Bldg 3105
Phone: 858-822-1139
Email: pghosh@ucsd.edu
Web: pghosh.ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-822-1139
Email: pghosh@ucsd.edu
Web: pghosh.ucsd.edu
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Gilson, Michael
Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical ScienceResearch Topics
The physical basis of drug design and development of computational methods
Office: Skaggs/Pharmaceutical Sci Bldg3224
Phone: 858-822-0622
Email: mgilson@ucsd.edu
Web: gilson.ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-822-0622
Email: mgilson@ucsd.edu
Web: gilson.ucsd.edu
Godula, Kamil
Associate Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Nanotechnologies for analysis of glycan function during development. Glycomaterials for stem cell-based tissue regeneration.
Office: Pacific Hall 6224A
Phone: 858-822-2395
Email: kgodula@ucsd.edu
Web: godulalab.ucsd.edu/
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Phone: 858-822-2395
Email: kgodula@ucsd.edu
Web: godulalab.ucsd.edu/
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Office: Urey Hall
Phone: 858-534-3577
Email: aguseman@ucsd.edu
Web: aguseman.weebly.com
Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Phone: 858-534-3577
Email: aguseman@ucsd.edu
Web: aguseman.weebly.com
Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Herzik, Mark
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Elucidating the mechanisms of macromolecular transport into and within mitochondria
Office: Natural Sciences Bldg 4105
Phone: 858-246-5875
Email: mherzik@ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-246-5875
Email: mherzik@ucsd.edu
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Jennings, Patricia
Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Biophysical chemistry: protein structure, dynamics and folding; 2, 3 and 4D NMR spectroscopy; PCR; equilibrium and kinetic-fluorescence, absorbance and circular dichroism spectroscopies
Office: Natural Sciences Bldg 3111
Phone: 858-534-6417
Email: pajennings@ucsd.edu
Web: jenningslab.ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-534-6417
Email: pajennings@ucsd.edu
Web: jenningslab.ucsd.edu
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Office: Skaggs/Pharmaceutical Sci Bldg 4246
Phone: 858-534-5362
Email: ajinich@ucsd.edu
Web: https://jinichlab.ucsd.edu/
Phone: 858-534-5362
Email: ajinich@ucsd.edu
Web: https://jinichlab.ucsd.edu/
Lisa Jones
Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
The Jones lab uses oxidative labeling for the structural characterization of proteins in their native cellular environment
Office: Natural Sciences Bldg 4103
Phone: 858-534-6455
Email: lijones@ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-534-6455
Email: lijones@ucsd.edu
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Joseph, Simpson
Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Molecular Mechanism of Protein Synthesis
Office: Urey Hall 4102
Phone: 858-822-2957
Email: sjoseph@ucsd.edu
Web: josephgroup.ucsd.edu/
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Phone: 858-822-2957
Email: sjoseph@ucsd.edu
Web: josephgroup.ucsd.edu/
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Kim, Judy
Associate Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Biophysical chemistry: Spectroscopic studies of membrane protein folding and dynamics
Office: Urey Hall Addn 3040B
Phone: 858-534-8080
Email: judyk@ucsd.edu
Web: galileo.ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-534-8080
Email: judyk@ucsd.edu
Web: galileo.ucsd.edu
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Komives, Elizabeth
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Structure, function, dynamics and thermodynamics of protein-protein interactions: NMR, mass spectrometry and kinetics
Office: Tata Hall 1200B
Phone: 858-534-3058
Email: ekomives@ucsd.edu
Web: komiveslab.ucsd.edu
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Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Phone: 858-534-3058
Email: ekomives@ucsd.edu
Web: komiveslab.ucsd.edu
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Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Komor, Alexis
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryDeputy Director, Sanford Stem Cell Innovation Center
Research Topics
Genome Editing, DNA damage and repair; Functional genomics
Office: Urey Hall 4120D
Phone: 858-246-2608
Email: akomor@ucsd.edu
Web: komorlab.ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-246-2608
Email: akomor@ucsd.edu
Web: komorlab.ucsd.edu
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McHugh, Colleen
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
RNA-protein interactions; Assembly of RNPs; Structural biology of multimeric complexes
Office: Urey Hall 6206
Phone: 858-822-1995
Email: c1mchugh@ucsd.edu
Web: mchughlab.com
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Phone: 858-822-1995
Email: c1mchugh@ucsd.edu
Web: mchughlab.com
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Mishanina, Tatiana
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Transcription and its regulation; RNA polymerase structure and function in bacteria and human mitochondria
Office: Natural Sciences Bldg 4320
Phone: 858-246-5883
Email: tmishanina@ucsd.edu
Web: mishaninalab.ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-246-5883
Email: tmishanina@ucsd.edu
Web: mishaninalab.ucsd.edu
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Muller, Ulrich
Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Evolution of catalytic RNAs, and the Origin of Life
Office: Urey Hall 5218
Phone: 858-534-6823
Email: ufmuller@ucsd.edu
Web: https://ribozymes.ucsd.edu/
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Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Phone: 858-534-6823
Email: ufmuller@ucsd.edu
Web: https://ribozymes.ucsd.edu/
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Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Schoeneberg, Johannes
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry and PharmacologyRoger Tsien Chancelor’s Faculty Fellow
Research Topics
4D adaptive optics lattice light-sheet imaging, petabyte scale image processing, machine learning, mitochondrial dynamics, organoids
Office: CNCB 106
Phone:
Email: jschoeneberg@ucsd.edu
Web: https://www.schoeneberglab.org/
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Phone:
Email: jschoeneberg@ucsd.edu
Web: https://www.schoeneberglab.org/
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Stallings, Dontarie
Associate Teaching Professor, Chemistry and BiochemistryFaculty Director, Physical Science Cohort Program
Research Topics
Science Policy (w.r.t. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) | Programmatic Evaluation
Stauber, Julia
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Inorganic synthesis, organometallic synthesis, bioinorganic chemistry
Office: Tata Hall 1202
Phone: 858-246-4461
Email: jstauber@ucsd.edu
Web: stauberlab.ucsd.edu/
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Phone: 858-246-4461
Email: jstauber@ucsd.edu
Web: stauberlab.ucsd.edu/
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Taylor, Susan
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryDistinguished Professor of Pharmacology
Chancellor's Distinguished Professorship
Research Topics
Structure, Function, Dynamics, and Localization of PKA as a Prototype for the Protein Kinase Superfamily.
Office: Leichtag Bldg 415
Phone: 858-534-3677
Email: staylor@ucsd.edu
Web: susantaylorlab.ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-534-3677
Email: staylor@ucsd.edu
Web: susantaylorlab.ucsd.edu
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Tezcan, Akif
Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Bioinorganic and biophysical chemistry; Materials and Biomaterials Chemistry, Protein Structure, Function and Evolution
Office: Urey Hall 6202
Phone: 858-534-4862
Email: tezcan@ucsd.edu
Web: tezcan.ucsd.edu
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Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Phone: 858-534-4862
Email: tezcan@ucsd.edu
Web: tezcan.ucsd.edu
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Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Toor, Navtej
Associate Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Structure and Function of Introns and Retroelements
Office: Urey Hall 5234
Phone: 858-534-3211
Email: ntoor@ucsd.edu
Web: rna.ucsd.edu/
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Phone: 858-534-3211
Email: ntoor@ucsd.edu
Web: rna.ucsd.edu/
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Wang, Dong
Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical ScienceResearch Topics
Transcription, Epigenetics, Chromatin Biology, DNA repair
Office: Skaggs/Pharmaceutical Sci Bldg2266
Phone: 858-822-5561
Email: dow003@ucsd.edu
Web: https://dongwang.ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-822-5561
Email: dow003@ucsd.edu
Web: https://dongwang.ucsd.edu
Wang, Wei
Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryProfessor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Research Topics
epigenomics, cellular reprogramming, protein recognition, computational biology, systems biology
Office: Urey Hall 4254
Phone: 858-822-4240
Email: wei-wang@ucsd.edu
Web: wanglab.ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-822-4240
Email: wei-wang@ucsd.edu
Web: wanglab.ucsd.edu
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Yang, Jerry
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Materials Science and EngineeringResearch Topics
Bioorganic Chemistry, Molecular Self-Assembly, Molecular Synthesis, Materials Chemistry, Bionanotechnology
Office: Pacific Hall 6100C
Phone: 858-534-6006
Email: jerryyang@ucsd.edu
Web: yanglab.ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-534-6006
Email: jerryyang@ucsd.edu
Web: yanglab.ucsd.edu
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Zhao, Hongbo
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryAssistant Professor, Department of Physics
Research Topics
Computational soft and living matter; Biomolecular condensates; Data-driven discovery;
Office: Urey Hall 6230
Phone: 858-822-4504
Email: hongbo@ucsd.edu
Web: zhaoresearchgroup.com
Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Phone: 858-822-4504
Email: hongbo@ucsd.edu
Web: zhaoresearchgroup.com
Accepting Rotation Students: Yes
Zid, Brian
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and BiochemistryResearch Topics
Gene Expression Control During Stress; mRNA Localization to Membrane-Less Compartments
Office: Urey Hall 5206
Phone: 858-822-6045
Email: zid@ucsd.edu
Web: zidlab.ucsd.edu
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Phone: 858-822-6045
Email: zid@ucsd.edu
Web: zidlab.ucsd.edu
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