Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences

MCLS Faculty - Alphabetical

Franco Basile, Professor – Department of Chemistry
Areas of Study: Proteomics, Mass Spectrometry, Biodetection;
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Nicole Bedford, Assistant Professor — Department of Zoology and Physiology
Office: Biological Sciences Room 411 
Areas of Study: Genetic and neural circuit basis of behavioral diversity; Systems Neuroscience, Behavioral Genetics, Evolutionary Biology; Lab mice, Deer mice
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Bledar Bisha, Associate Professor – Department of Animal Science
Office: Animal Science/ Molecular Biology Complex 101, Phone: (307) 766-3140 
Areas of Study: Food Safety Microbiology; Antimicrobial Resistance; Rapid Microbial Diagnostics; Single Cell Methods.
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Thomas Boothby, Assistant Professor – Department: Molecular Biology
Office: Animal Science/Molecular Biology Complex 224
Areas of study: molecular mechanisms of stress tolerance
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Grant Bowman, Associate Professor – Department of Molecular Biology
Areas of Research: Sub-cellular organization in bacteria, macromolecular structures, prokaryotic cell cycle.
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Danielle Bruns, Assistant Professor – Department: Division of Kinesiology and Health
Office: Science Initiative Building 3210 Phone: 307-766-5290. Areas of Research: molecular mechanisms of heart failure, aging, and exercise as medicine for the aging heart
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Jared Bushman, Assistant Professor – Dr. Bushman's research is seeking to (1) determine the influence of astrocyte function on inflammation in the nervous system, and (2) develop neuroengineering strategies to regenerate the damaged nervous system.
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Elizabeth D. Case, Assistant Professor – Department of Veterinary Sciences
Office: Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory Rm. 124, Phone: (307) 766-9954
Areas of Study: Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Cell Biology; Microbiology
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Brian Cherrington, Associate Professor – Department of Zoology and Physiology
Areas of Study: Hormonal and Epigenetic Control of Lactation;
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Sheba David, Assistant Professor – School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences 
Office: Room 480, School of Pharmacy, Phone: (307) 766-6482
Areas of study: Skin pathology Permeation of drug through skin, Drug delivery through skin, Drug interaction with skin, Personalized dosage for treatment regimen through skin, 
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David Fay, Professor – Department of Molecular Biology
Office: Animal Science/Molecular Biology Complex 235, Phone: (307) 766-4961
Area of Study: Development, genetics, cell biology, signal transduction, trafficking, and extracellular matrix;
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Alexander French, Assistant Professor – School of Pharmacy
Office: Health Sciences Building, Room 498, Phone: 307-766-6532
Areas of Study: Alcohol use disorder, GPCR signal transduction, neuropharmacology, drug discovery, protein engineering
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Jay Gatlin, Professor – Department of Molecular Biology
Office: Science Initiative Building, Room 2238, Phone:(307) 766-3498 
Areas of Study: Dynamics and Function of the Cytoskeleton, Cell Division, Mitotic Spindle Assembly, Quantitative Light Microscopy
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Jason Gigley, Associate Professor – Department of Molecular Biology
Office: Agriculture Building 6033 Phone: (307) 766-6151
Areas of Study: Regulation of immune responses, cellular differentiation and host-pathogen interaction, Toxoplasma gondii
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Mark Gomelsky, Professor – Department of Molecular Biology
Office: Agriculture Building Phone: (307) 766-3522
Areas of Study: Optogenetics, Synthetic biology, Bacterial anticancer therapy, c-di-GMP signaling, Listeria monocytogenes biofilms
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Guanglong He, Assistant Professor – School of Pharmacy
Office: Health Sciences Center 562, Phone: (307) 766-6637
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Teresa Erika Lehmann, Associate Professor – Department of Chemistry
Office: Physical Sciences Building 305, Phone (307)766-2772
Areas of Study: Structural Biology, Biomedically Relevant Compounds, NMR, EPR;
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Daniel Levy, Professor – Department of Molecular Biology
Office: Science Initiative Building, Room 2232, Phone: (307) 417-0354
Areas of Study: Size control of the nucleus and other organelles, Xenopus frogs, cell biology
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Yun Li, Assistant Professor – Department: Zoology and Physiology
Office: Biological Sciences 414, Phone: (307) 766-4207
Key words: neural coding mechanism; neural circuit; mental disorders; neurodegenerative disorders
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Katie D. Li-Oakey, Ph.D., Professor - Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Office: Engineering Education and Research Building (EERB) 361B, Phone: (307) 766.3592
Area of Study: Biomaterials, Separation and Purification Materials and Processes, Energy Materials
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Utkarsh Kapoor, Assistant Professor — Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Areas of Study: Molecular mechanism of chromatin organization; Links between biomolecular phase separation and diseases; Biomolecular Engineering; Modeling, Simulation & Theory
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Sreejayan Nair, Ph.D., Professor – School of Pharmacy
Office: Health Sciences, Phone: (307) 766-6138
Area of Study: Vascular complications of Diabetes, Cell Signaling, Antioxidants;
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Amy Navratil, Ph.D., Associate Professor – Department of Zoology and Physiology
Office: Biological Sciences Building 406, Phone: (307) 766-4236
Areas of Study: Endocrine Control of Reproduction and Role of the Cytoskeleton;
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Adam Nelson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor – Department of Zoology and Physiology
Office: Biological Sciences Building 200A, Phone: (307) 766-4207
Areas of Study: Neurobiology; neurogenetics; social behavior; group behavior;
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John S. Oakey, Professor – Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Office: Engineering Education and Research Building 435A, Phone: (307) 766-2518
Areas of study: Biomaterials, Tissue Scaffolds, Bioengineering, Microfluidic Processes
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Eunsook Park, Assistant Professor – Department: Molecular Biology
Office: Animal Science/Molecular Biology 256, Phone: (307) 766-4998
Areas of study: plant-microbe interaction, organelle dynamics, inter-organellar communication, plant immunity, invasion strategy of microbial pathogen

David W. Pascual, Professor – Department of Veterinary Sciences
Office: AgC, Room 6012, Phone: (307) 766-4577
Areas of Study: Mucosal Immunology, vaccines, infectious diseases, brucellosis, autoimmunity
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Jennifer F. Pinello, Assistant Professor – Department of Molecular Biology
Office: Science Initiative Building, Room 3226, Phone: (802) 793-9733
Areas of Study: conserved molecular mechanisms of fertilization, gamete membrane adhesion and fusion, vaccine design for blocking the sexual transmission of parasitic disease

Jim Pru, Professor and Rochelle Chair - Department of Animal Science
Office: Science Initiative Building, Room 3238 
Areas of Study: Reproductive physiology, tissue regeneration, non-classical steroid hormone signaling, cancer, women’s reproductive diseases
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Roberta Maia Sabino, Assistant Professor - Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Office: Engineering Education and Research Building 435D, Phone: (307) 766-2502
Areas of Study: Biomaterials, Surface Science, Tissue Engineering, Biosensors
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Emily Schmitt, Assistant Professor – Department: Division of Kinesiology and Health
Areas of study: exercise physiology, toxicology, genetics, circadian rhythms
Office: Science Initiative Building 3228 Phone: (307) 766-5286.

Todd Schoborg, Assistant Professor - Department: Molecular Biology
Office: Animal Science/Molecular Biology Complex 220
Areas of Study: human disease modeling; genetics; cell biology; development; x-ray and light Microscopy

Rammohan Shukla, Assistant Professor - Department of Zoology and Physiology
Office: Biological Sciences Building, Room 314F, Phone: (567)-318-9080
Area of study: Translational Neuroscience (Neurobiology of Depression and Stress)
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Qian-Quan Sun, Ph.D., Professor – Department of Zoology and Physiology
Office: Biological Sciences Building 200B, Phone (307) 766-5602
Area of Study: Neurobiology, Olfaction, Learning, Microcircuits;
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Daniel Wall, Professor – Department of Molecular Biology
Office: Agriculture Building 6006, Phone: (307) 766-3542"
Areas of Study: Microbiology, Cell-Cell Signaling, Development & Pili Dependent Motility; Biotechnology, Antibiotics & Resistance;
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Karen Wawrousek, Associate Professor – Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Office: Engineering Building 4029, Phone: (307-766-5409)
Areas of Study:  Biofuels, Bacterial Engineering, Biomedical Diagnostics, Resource Recovery from Waste
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Cynthia Weinig, Professor – Department of Botany
Office: Aven Nelson Building 110A, Phone (307) 766-6378
Areas of study: Evolutionary Genetics;
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Zhaojie Zhang –
Areas of study: Apoptosis, Cohesin, Budding Yeast;
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David W. Pascual, Professor – Department of Veterinary Sciences

Office: AgC, Room 6012, Phone: (307) 766-4577

Areas of Study: Mucosal Immunology, vaccines, infectious diseases, brucellosis, autoimmunity

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