Featured Researchers
The University of Michigan Center for RNA Biomedicine regroups over 160 faculty members and their labs across seven Schools and Colleges on the Ann Arbor campus. We’re pleased to feature these outstanding scientists.
* Graduate students
** Postdoc and research fellows
*** Research Specialists
Read what they say:
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Carlos Andres Aguilar, Biomedical Engineering
COLLEGE OF LSA
Sara Aton, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Charles L. Brooks III, Biophysics and Chemistry
Monica Dus, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Monika Franco, Program in Chemical Biology
Aaron Frank, Biophysics and Chemistry
Ameya Jalihal*, alumnus, 2021, Chemistry
Ashley Kalinski**, Cell & Developmental Biology
Sarah Keane, Biophysics and Chemistry
Markos Koutmos, Biophysics and Chemistry
Yaping Liu**, Program in Biophysics
Jayakrishnan Nandakumar, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Meredith Purchal*, Chemical Biology
Kaushik Ragunathan, Biological Chemistry
Mengyi Sun*, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Renke Tan*, Biological Chemistry
Elizabeth Tidwell*, Biophysics
Daniel Wilinski**, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Patricia Wittkopp, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Petra Vande Zande*, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Jianzhi (George) Zhang, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Joshi J. Alumkal, Genitourinary Medical Oncology Section, Internal Medicine
Anthony Antonellis, Human Genetics and Neurology
Alan Boyle, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, and Human Genetics
Maria G. Castro, Neurosurgery, and Cell & Developmental Biology
Dawen Cai, Cell & Developmental Biology, and Biophysics
Vivian G. Cheung, Pediatrics and Human Genetics
Marissa Cloutier*, Human Genetics
Analisa DiFeo, Pathology and Ob/Gyn
Alyssa English**, Human Genetics
Lydia Freddolino, Biological Chemistry
Nico Gomez*, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Zhonggang Hou, Biological Chemistry
Sundeep Kalantry, Human Genetics
Jun Hee Lee, Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Ahmed Malik**, Neuroscience Graduate Program and Neurology
Michael McMillan*, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Ryan Mills, Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics and Human Genetics
John Moldovan**, Human Genetics
Stephanie Moon, Human Genetics, RNA Faculty Scholar
Stephen Parker, Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics and Human Genetics
Michelle Paulsen***, Radiation Oncology
Dan Peltier, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Sethu Pitchiaya, Urology and Michigan Center for Translational Pathology
Megan Trotter*, Human Genetics
Arushi Varshney**, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Chase Weidmann, Biological Chemistry, RNA Faculty Scholar
PHARMACY
Amanda Garner, Medicinal Chemistry
Maha Hanafi*, alumna, April 2021, Medicinal Chemistry
Sydney Rosenblum*, Chemical Biology
Rachel Torrez*, Medicinal Chemistry
SCHOOL OF KINESIOLOGY
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Bambarendage Pinithi (Pini) Perera, Environmental Health Sciences
Tasha Thong*, Environmental Health Sciences
