MARC Faculty Mentors

Faculty Mentor Department Research Topic
Biological Sciences Comparative and functional genomics
Biological Engineering Processing of biological materials; exploring lignin beads for sustainability of food, energy and water systems
Biological Sciences Evolution and renovation of species at the 海角社区 Museum of Natural Science
Psychology Study of mental illness
Biological Sciences Respiratory immunology & toxicology of the infant
Comparative Biomedical Sciences Neuroinflammation and Cardiometabolic Syndrome
Biological Sciences Environmental toxicology & comparative physiology
Chemistry Synthesis of molecular switches and machines to modulate plasma membrane's structure and dynamics
Chemistry Analytical, bioanalytical & surface chemistry; Scanning probe studies
Biological Sciences Regulation of synaptic transmission between retinal amacrine cells
Biological Sciences Bacterial responses to stress
Dr. Antonieta Guerrero-Plata Pathobiological Sciences Mechanisms of activation and subversion of the host immune response by human respiratory viruses
Biological Sciences Chromatin and gene regulation
Psychology Cognitive science and human memory
Pathobiological Sciences Immune homeostasis and therapy
Mechanical Engineering Medical devices, including sophisticated surgical robots, medical imaging and sensing
Kinesiology Exercise physiology, aging, and mitochondria bioenergetics
Pathobiological Sciences Lung inflammation and host defense
Chemistry Synthetic methods development and biological-active molecule synthesis
Biological Sciences Abiotic stress adaptation in marine invertebrates
Virology and Biotechnology Molecular biology of human herpes viruses
Food Science Rapid methods for detecting foodborne viruses and bacteria
Mechanical Engineering Smart polymer composites
Food Science Food proteins and enzymes
Mathematics Control systems for COVID19-related models
Physics Medical physics, radiological imaging
Chemistry Development and application of fluorescent probes
Biochemical Engineering Peptide-based biosensors and therapeutics; Microfluidic devices for cellular analysis
Biological Engineering Microfluidic devices for cellular analysis
Chemistry Mass Spectrometry
Biological Sciences Structural biology of enzymes
Physics Medical Physics, Oncology
Comp. Biomed. Sci. Biological effects of second-hand smoke 
Dr. John Pojman Chemistry Chemistry, cure-on demand materials, thiol-acrylate chemistry 
Chemistry Synthetic method development, carbohydrate chemistry, chemical immunology 
CCT, Electrical & Computer Engineering High-performance computing and data science
Chemistry Chemical biology, synthesis of biologically active organic molecules
Chemistry Bioanalytical and microbiological chemistry; drug discovery
Biological Engineering Nanodelivery systems
Kinesiology Stress and immune function
Biological Sciences, Pennington Biomedical Center Adipocyte biology
Kinesiology Fine motor control and learning; Movement disorders
Chemistry Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and biological evaluation of BODIPYs and related fluorophores
Chemistry Screening the cell wall structure and the effect of drug treatment on fungal pathogens