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Research Faculty

The listed faculty apply biochemistry and chemical biology methods in their research programs. Students wishing to conduct independent research in a laboratory not listed on this page must obtain approval during the application for BCB 3201: Independent Lab Research.

College of Arts & Science

Department of Biological Sciences       

Gianni Castiglione
Brandt Eichman *
Katherine Friedman
Todd Graham
Lauren Parker Jackson
Carl Johnson *
Jared Nordman 
Maulik Patel
James Patton
Lars Plate
Carlos Taboada
Laurence Zwiebel *

Department of Chemistry    

Brian Bachmann *
David Cliffel *
Jeffrey Johnston *
John McLean *
Jens Meiler *
Ned Porter *
Carmelo Rizzo *
Sandra Rosenthal *
Michael Stone *
Gary Sulikowski *
Steve Townsend *
David Wright *

School of Engineering

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Matthew Lang
John T. Wilson

School of Medicine

Department of Biochemistry

Manuel Ascano  *
Breann Brown
Bruce Carter 
Walter Chazin *
David Cortez *
Martin Egli 
Steve Fesik *
Fred Guengerich *
Douglas Kojetin *
Lawrence Marnett *
Neil Osheroff *
Jennifer Pietenpol
Yi Ren
Charles Sanders *
Kevin Schey
Will Wan
John York *

Program In Cancer Biology   

Robert Carnahan *
Jonathan Irish*
Charles Manning *

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Dylan Burnette
Kathy Gould
Ken Lau
Ethan Lee *
Irina Kaverina
Jason MacGurn *
Ian Macara
Matthew Tyska
Marija Zanic 

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Roger Colbran
Hassane Mchaourab *
Teru Nakagawa 
Gregor Neuert *

Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

Maria Hadjifrangiskou *
Borden Lacy *
Andrew Link *
Sam Santoro
Eric Skaar *

Department of Pharmacology   

Alan Brash *
Ron Emeson
Heidi Hamm *
Tina Iverson *
Craig Lindsley *
Claus Schneider *
Benjamin Spiller 
Dave Weaver *

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Charles Hong *

* Faculty are also members of the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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