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The training and teaching faculty in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology represent a wide array of research interests.

Our faculty are dedicated to providing top-notch advising and mentorship to our trainees so they are well-equipped to enter successful careers in research, medicine and public health.

Our Biochemistry and Molecular Biology PhD program includes over 30 faculty outside of our Department, in departments across the School of Public Health and the School of Medicine. Visit our PhD program webpage for a full list of the PhD program faculty.

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Ashani Weeraratna	Professor	Ashi Weeraratna, PhD, studies how cancer cells move to distant sites and how changes in the normal cells around a tumor contribute to their movement, especially as we age.
Erika Pearce	Professor
Anthony Leung	Professor	Anthony K. L. Leung, PhD, MBioch, is a molecular biologist who studies how cellular regulation of RNA impacts cancer, neurodegeneration, and virus infection.
Fengyi Wan	Professor	Fengyi Wan, PhD, dissects the interactions between host cells, the microbiota, and pathogens to understand health and diseases in the colon.
Chi Dang	Professor
Scott Bailey	Professor	Scott Bailey, PhD, explores the structure and function of the molecular mechanisms that cells use to interact with and modify DNA and RNA, focusing on CRISPR systems.
Jennifer Kavran	Associate Professor	Jennifer Kavran, PhD, MS, MPhil, is a biophysicist who investigates how cells communicate with each other and their environment.
Tao Zhang	Assistant Scientist
Rachy Abraham	Assistant Scientist
Dongqing Xu	Assistant Scientist
Yash Chhabra	Assistant Scientist
Vito Rebecca	Assistant Professor	Vito W. Rebecca, PhD, is a translational molecular biologist who investigates how tumor cells metastasize and escape targeted and immune-therapy, with a focus on acral lentiginous melanoma.
Utthara Nayar	Assistant Professor	Utthara Nayar, PhD, is a breast cancer biologist who uses functional genomics tools to understand and overcome tumor resistance to targeted therapies.
Danfeng Cai	Assistant Professor	Danfeng Cai, PhD, combines advanced microscopy, genomics, and proteomics to tease out the functions of protein condensates in cells, with a focus on cancer.
Brittany Jenkins-Lord	Assistant Professor	Brittany Jenkins-Lord, PhD, MPH ’20, MS, is a molecular cancer biologist who investigates the relationships between socio-environmental risk factors and tumor biology in diverse populations.