Carnegie Mellon University

Tenure Track Faculty

Catherine Armbruster

Catherine Armbuster

Assistant Professor

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Biofilms, polymicrobial interactions, microbial ecology and evolution, genomics, microbiome, bacterial pathogenesis, cystic fibrosis, built environment microbiology, bioinformatics

Alison Barth

Alison Barth

Professor

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Activity-dependent gene expression in the CNS, the cellular and synaptic mechanisms that underlie learning and memory, and the effect of behavioral training on neural excitability and anatomy

Drew Bridges

Drew Bridges

Assistant Professor

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Bacterial group behaviors; biofilm communities; bacterial signal transduction; live-cell imaging

En Cai

En Cai

Assistant Professor

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T-cell signaling and activation; cancer immunotherapy; lattice light-sheet microscopy; single molecule fluorescence microscopy; super-resolution imaging

Dannie Durand

Dannie Durand

Associate Professor

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Computational molecular biology and computational genomics; especially the evolution of genomic organization and function

Charles Ettensohn

Chuck Ettensohn

Professor

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Developmental biology, including gene regulatory networks; early patterning and cell fate specification; morphogenetic cell movements; cell signaling; biomineralization

Aryn Gittis

Aryn Gittis

Professor

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Synaptic physiology; optogenetics; behavior; mechanisms of circuit dysfunction in movement disorders

Jonathan Henninger

Jonathan Henninger

Assistant Professor

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RNA-directed control of transcription and cell fate in health and disease; biomolecular condensates; RNA biology and therapeutics; mammalian gene expression; transcription; super-resolution and live cell imaging; molecular biology and cellular engineering; developmental biology

Luisa Hiller

Luisa Hiller

Associate Professor

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Bacterial pathogenesis; comparative genomics; intercellular communication; strain evolution; biofilms

Veronica Hinman

Veronica Hinman

Professor and Department Head

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Developmental biology, including gene regulatory networks; evolution of developmental mechanisms

Kate Hong

Kate Hong

Assistant Professor

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Sensory-guided behavior, systems neuroscience, in vivo electrophysiology, optogenetics, cortical-subcortical interactions, recovery after brain injury

Irene Kaplow

Irene Kaplow

Assistant Professor

To start in August 2024

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Comparative genomics, transcriptional regulation, computational biology

Zheng Kuang

Zheng Kuang

Assistant Professor

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Host-microbial interactions; genomics; gnotobiotics; laser capture microscopy

Frederick Lanni

Fred Lanni

Associate Professor

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Biophysics, cell motility, cytoskeleton, signal transduction, microscopy

Tina Lee

Tina Lee

Associate Professor

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Mammalian cell biology, organelle structure and dynamics

Adam Linstedt

Adam Linstedt

Professor

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Mechanisms of membrane compartmentalization; trafficking and inheritance

Brooke McCartney

Brooke McCartney

Associate Professor

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Mechanisms of signal transduction and cytoskeletal organization during Drosophila development

C. Joel McManus

Joel McManus

Associate Professor

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Genomics; Evolution of Gene expression; and RNA structural biology

Jonathan Minden

Jon Minden

Professor

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Proteomics; developmental biology; cell biology; cell death; fluorescent reagent development 

Elizabeth Ransey

Elizabeth Ransey

Assistant Professor

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Protein engineering; structural and molecular biology; intercellular communication and signaling; flow cytometry; microscopy

Gordon Rule

Gordon Rule

Professor

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Protein structure; molecular recognition; NMR spectroscopy; x-ray diffraction

Russell Schwartz

Russell Schwartz

Professor and Head, Computational Biology Department

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Computational biology; biological modeling

John Woolford

John Woolford

Professor and Co-director, CNAST

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Yeast ribosome biogenesis; pre-ribosomal particles; RNA-protein interactions, dynamics of RNA processing and ribonucleoprotein complex assembly

Eric Yttri

Eric Yttri

Eberly Family Associate Professor

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Systems neuroscience, optogenetics, Parkinson's disease, behavior, motor system, computational neuroscience, network interactions, dopamine

Huaiying Zhang

Huaiying Zhang

Assistant Professor

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Protein/ RNA phase transition; cancer cell biology; optogenetics; synthetic organelles.

Yongxin (Leon) Zhao

Yongxin Zhao

Associate Professor

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Biological imaging; expansion microscopy; optogenetic reporters; biomolecular engineering; synapse typing; complex diseases

Teaching Track Faculty

Nesrine Affara

Nesrine Affara

Assistant Teaching Professor, CMU-Q

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Office: 3184 (CMU-Q)
Phone: +974 4454-8205

Mohamed Bouaouina

Mohamed Bouaouina

Associate Teaching Professor, CMU-Q

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Office: 2021 (CMU-Q)
Phone: +974 4454-8408

DJ Brasier

DJ Brasier

Associate Teaching Professor and Assistant Department Head for Graduate Affairs

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Office: MI 415A
Phone: 412-268-1951

Maggie Braun

Maggie Braun

Teaching Professor and MCS Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs

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Office: DH 1324
Phone: 412-268-6679

Amy Burkert

Amy Burkert

Teaching Professor and Vice Provost for Education

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Office: Warner Hall 609A
Phone: 412-268-5865

Jason D’Antonio

Jason D'Anontio

Assistant Teaching Professor and Director, Health Professions Program

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Office: DH 1319
Phone: 412-268-8494

Carrie Doonan

Carrie Doonan

Teaching Professor and Director, Undergraduate Laboratories

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Office: MI 353
Phone: 412-268-3117

Lynley Doonan

Lynley Doonan

Assistant Teaching Professor

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Office: DH 2302

Emily Drill

Emily Drill

Assistant Teaching Professor

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Office: MI 315
Phone: 412-268-5989

Kenneth Hovis

Ken Hovis

Associate Teaching Professor and MCS Assistant Dean for Educational Initiatives

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Office: DH 1322
Phone: 412-268-5934

Amber LaPeruta

Amber LaPeruta

Special Lecturer

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Natalie McGuier

Natalie McGuier

Assistant Teaching Professor

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Office: MI 315A
Phone: 412-268-5989

Annette Vincent

Annette Vincent

Associate Dean for Diversity and Climate, CMU-Q
Associate
 Teaching Professor, CMU-Q

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Office: 2194 (CMU-Q)
Phone: +974 4454-8523

Amanda Willard

Amanda Willard

Director of Undergraduate Studies

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Office: DH 1321
Phone: 412-268-3626

Brett Wisniewski

Brett Wisniewski

Lecturer, Special Faculty

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Stephanie Wong-Noonan

Stephanie Wong-Noonan

Assistant Teaching Professor

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Office: MI 409A
Phone: 412-268-3865

Ihab Younis

Ihab Younis

Associate Teaching Professor, CMU-Q

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Office: 2195 (CMU-Q)
Phone: +974 4454-8590

Emeritus Faculty

David Hackney

David Hackney

Professor Emeritus

Chien Ho

Chien Ho

Professor Emeritus

Jonathan Jarvik

Jonathan Jarvik

Professor Emeritus

A. Javier López

Chien Ho

Professor Emeritus

Bob Murphy

Bob Murphy

Professor Emeritus

Alan Waggoner

Alan Waggoner

Professor Emeritus

Affiliated Faculty

Bruce Armitage


Professor, Chemistry and Co-directory, CNAST

Email: army@andrew.cmu.edu
Office: MI 722
Phone: 412-268-4196

Phil Campbell


Research Professor, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems

Email: pcampbel@cs.cmu.edu
Office: 1213 Hamburg Hall
Phone: 412-268-4126

Phillip Compeau


Associate Teaching Professor, Computational Biology

Email: pcompeau@cs.cmu.edu
Office: GHC 7403
Phone: 412-268-7876

William Eddy


John C. Warner Professor, Statistics

Email: bill@stat.cmu.edu
Office: 132F Baker Hall
Phone: 412-268-2725

T.D. Jacobsen


Assistant Director and Principal Research Scientist, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Email: tj50@andrew.cmu.edu
Office: HL HI
Phone: 412-268-2434

Robert Kiger


Distinguished Service Professor of Botany, Director and Principal Research Scientist, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Email: rkiger@andrew.cmu.edu
Office: HL HI
Phone: 412-268-2434

Carleton Kingsford


Herbert A. Simon Professor of Computer Science, Computational Biology

Email: carlk@cs.cmu.edu
Office: GHC 7719
Phone: 412-268-1769

Philip Leduc


Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Email: prl@andrew.cmu.edu
Office: 415 Scaife Hall
Phone: 412-268-2504

Carl Olson


Professor, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC)

Email: colson@andrew.cmu.edu
Office: MI 115E
Phone: 412-268-2968

Andreas Pfenning


Assistant Professor, Computational Biology

Email: apfenning@cmu.edu
Office: GHC 7711
Phone: 412-268-3256

Frederick Utech


Adjunct Research Scientist, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

Email: fu23@andrew.cmu.edu
Office: HL HI
Phone: 412-268-4819

Adjunct Faculty

Amesh Adalja


Adjunct Assistant ProfessorSenior Scholar - Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Email: aa36@andrew.cmu.edu
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Rita Bottino


Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute of Cellular Therapeutics - Allegheny Health Network

Email: RBottino@wpahs.org
Office: 11th Floor, South Tower
Phone: 412-359-6395
Cellular Therapeutics

Robert Cameron


Adjunct Professor, CalTech-Beckman Institute

Email: acameron@caltech.edu
Phone: 626-395-8421

Yong Fan


Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute of Cellular Therapeutics - Allegheny Health Network

Email: YFan@wpahs.org
Office: 11th Floor, South Tower
Phone: 412-359-6987
Cellular Therapeutics

Jon Johnson


Adjunct Professor, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry - University of Pittsburgh

Email: jjohnson@pitt.edu
Office: 458 Crawford Hall
Phone: 412-624-4295

Karl Kandler


Adjunct Professor, Professory of Otolaryngology and Neurobiology - University of Pittsburgh

Email: kkarl+@pitt.edu
Office: 152 Eye and Ear Institute
Phone: 412-605-0998

Cynthia Lance-Jones


Adjunct Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Neurobiology - University of Pittsburgh

Email: clancej@pitt.edu
Office: W1442 BST
Phone: 412-648-9078

Cynthia Morton


Adjunct Associate Professor, Associate Curator and Head of Botany - Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Email: mortonc@carnegiemuseums.org
Phone: 412-578-2639

James Post


Adjunct Professor, Allegheny Singer Research Institute

Email: cpost@wpahs.org
Phone: 412-359-8169

Peter Strick


Adjunct Professor, Co-Director - CNBC, Professory of Neurobiology and Psychiatry - University of Pittsburgh

Email: strickp@pitt.edu
Office: BST3 4074
Phone: 412-383-9961

D. Lansing Taylor


Adjunct Professor, Director - University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute, Professor of Computational and Systems Biology - University of Pittsburgh

Email: dltaylor@pitt.edu
Office: 10045 BST 3
Phone: 412-648-9200

Massimo Trucco


Adjunct Professor, Director - Institute of Cellular Therapeutics, Allegheny Health Network

Email: MTrucco1@wpahs.org
Office: 11th Floor, South Tower
Phone: 412-359-6988
Cellular Therapeutics

Karl Williams


Chief Medical Examiner, Allegheny County

Phone: 412-350-4800