Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Faculty List

Primary Faculty

Kristen W. Lynch, PhD Benjamin Rush Professor, Chair klync@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Lynch Lab
Ronen Marmorstein, PhD George W. Raiziss Professor, Vice Chair marmor@upenn.edu
Mitch Lewis, D Phil John Morgan Professor, Education Chair lewis@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Kara Bernstein, PhD Professor kara.bernstein@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Bernstein Lab
Ben Black, PhD Eldridge Reeves Johnson Foundation Professor blackbe@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Black Lab
Squire Booker, PhD Professor booker1@upenn.edu
Gregory R. Bowman, PhD Louis Heyman University Professor grbowman@seas.upenn.edu Bowman Lab
George Burslem, PhD Assistant Professor george.burslem@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Burslem Lab
Yi-Wei Chang, PhD Assistant Professor ywc@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Chang Lab
Nicolai Doliba, PhD, D SC Research Associate Professor nicolai@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Gideon Dreyfuss, PhD Isaac Norris Professor gdreyfuss@hhmi.upenn.edu Dreyfuss Lab
Mirna El Khatib, PhD Research Assistant Professor elmirna@pennmedicine.upenn.edu El Khatib Lab
Kushol Gupta, PhD Research Assistant Professor kgupta@upenn.edu Gupta Lab
Aimin Liu, PhD Johnson Foundation Professor of Chemical Enzymology ferad@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Liu Lab
Kathy Fange Liu, PhD Associate Professor liufg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Liu Lab
Kenji Murakami, PhD Associate Professor kenjim@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Murakami Lab
Hillary C.M. Nelson, PhD, MPH Associate Professor hnelson@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Nik Sgourakis, PhD Professor nikolaos.sgourakis@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Sgourakis Lab
Kim A. Sharp, PhD Associate Professor sharpk@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
James Shorter, PhD Professor jshorter@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Shorter Lab
Cornelius Taabazuing, PhD Assistant Professor cornelius.taabazuing@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Taabazuing Lab
Blanton Tolbert, PhD Professor Blanton.Tolbert@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Andrey Tvardovskiy, PhD Assistant Professor andrey.tvardovskiy@pennmedicine.upenn.edu Tvardovskiy Lab
Gregory D. Van Duyne, PhD Jacob Gershon-Cohen Professor vanduyne@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Sergei A. Vinogradov, PhD Professor vinograd.upenn@gmail.com Vinogradov Lab
Lijun Zhou, PhD Assistant Professor lijun.zhou@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Emeritus Faculty

P. Leslie Dutton, PhD | Professor Emeritus | dutton@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

S. Walter Englander, PhD | Jacob-Gershon-Cohen Professor Emeritus | engl@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Roland G. Kallen, MD, PhD | Professor Emeritus | rgk@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Paul A. Liebman, MD | Professor Emeritus | liebmanp@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Jeanne Myers, PhD | Associate Professor Emeritus | myers@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Anna Pastusko, PhD | Professor Emeritus | pastuszk@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Jane Vanderkooi, PhD | Professor Emeritus | janevanderkooi@gmail.com

Josh Wand, PhD | Benjamin Rush Professor Emeritus | wand@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

David Wilson, PhD | Professor Emeritus | wilsondf@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Secondary Faculty

Sara Cherry, PhD Professor, Department of Microbiology cherrys@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Rahul M. Kohli, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease rkohli@upenn.edu
Sriram Krishnaswamy, PhD Professor, Department of Pediatrics krishnaswamy@email.chop.edu
Vera Moiseenkova-Bell, PhD Professor, Department of Pharmacology vmb@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Trevor Penning, PhD Molinoff Professor, Department of Pharmacology penning@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
E. James Petersson, PhD Professor, Department of Chemistry ejpetersson@sas.upenn.edu
Elizabeth Rhoades, PhD Professor, Department of Chemistry rhoadese@sas.upenn.edu
Mark Sellmyer, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology mark.sellmyer@uphs.upenn.edu
Aaron Timperman, PhD atimperm@seas.upenn.edu Timperman Lab

Adjunct Faculty

Dawn Carone, PhD | Associate Professor, Swarthmore College | dcarone1@swarthmore.edu

Robert Fairman, PhD | Professor, Haverford College | rfairman@haverford.edu

Daniella Fera, PhD | Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College | dfera1@swarthmore.edu

Alessandro Gardini, PhD | Assistant Professor, The Wistar Institute | agardini@wistar.org

Catherine L. Grimes, PhD | Professor, University of Delaware | cgrimes@udel.edu

Viridiana Herrera, PhD | Assistant Professor, Lincoln University | vherrera@lincoln.edu

Kathleen Howard, PhD | Professor, Swarthmore College | khoward1@swarthmore.edu

David C. Schultz, PhD | Director, High-Throughput Screening Core | dschultz@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Kristy Shuda McGuire MS, PhD | Dean, Biomedical Studies and Professor, Wistar Institute | kshudamcguire@wistar.org

Bin Tian, PhD | Professor, Wistar Institute | btian@wistar.org

Amy Whitaker, PhD | Assistant Professor, Fox Chase Cancer Center | Amy.Whitaker@fccc.edu