Faculty and Staff

Primary Faculty

• Edwin Antony, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor
  314-977-9257
• Yuna Ayala, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor
  314-977-9247
• Ángel Baldán, Ph.D.
  Professor
  314-977-9227
• Yie-Hwa Chang, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor
  314-977-9263
• Gucan (Gabriel) Dai, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  314-977-9211
• Reza Dastvan, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  314-977-9243
• Enrico Di Cera, M.D.
  Alice A. Doisy Professor & Chairman
  314-977-9201
• Joel Eissenberg, Ph.D.
  Professor
  314-977-9235
• David Ford, Ph.D.
  Professor
  314-977-9247
• Susana Gonzalo, Ph.D.
  Professor
  314-977-9244
• Tomasz Heyduk, Ph.D.
  Professor
  314-977-9238
• Sergey Korolev, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor
  314-977-9261
• Kyle McCommis, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  314-977-9233
• Nicola Pozzi, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor
  314-977-9241
• Dorota Skowyra, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor
  314-977-9280
• Fran Sverdrup, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor
  314-977-5189

Secondary Faculty

• Robert Fleming, M.D.
  Professor
  314-977-9315
• Jaya Gnana-Prakasam, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  314-977-1205
• Henry Kaplan, Ph.D.
  Professor
• Oleg Kisselev, Ph.D.
  Professor
  314-977-6301
• Adriana Montaño, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor
  314-977-9103

Research Faculty

• Maureen Donlin, Ph.D.
  Research Professor
  314-977-8858

Emeritus Faculty

• Carmine Coscia, Ph.D.
  Emeritus Professor
  314-977-9356
• Dale Dorsett, Ph.D.
  Emeritus Professor
  314-977-9218
• Jung Huang, Ph.D.
  Emeritus Professor
  314-977-9356
• Claudette Klein, Ph.D.
  Emeritus Professor
  314-977-9356
• William Sly, M.D.
  Emeritus Professor
  314-977-9229
• Abdul Waheed, Ph.D.
  Emeritus Research Professor
  314-977-9274

Postdoctoral Fellows

• Samantha Gies, Ph.D.
  Dastvan Lab
  314-977-9216
• Rajnandani Kashyap, Ph.D.
  Antony Lab
  314-977-9282
• Vikas Kaushik, Ph.D.
  Antony Lab
  314-977-9282
• Suresh Kumar, Ph.D.
  Pozzi Lab
  314-977-9259
• Yevhenii Kyriukha, Ph.D.
  Korolev Lab
  314-977-9268
• Thiago Menezes, Ph.D.
  McCommis Lab
  314-977-9271
• Patricia Passos, Ph.D.
  Ayala Lab
  314-977-9257
• Harshani Pathirana, Ph.D.
  Ayala Lab
  314-977-9257
• Nathan Ponzar, Ph.D.
  Pozzi Lab
  314-977-9259
• Lilian Silva, Ph.D.
  Gonzalo Lab
  314-977-9247
• Rajanikanth Vanipurapu, Ph.D.
  Sverdrup Lab
  314-977-5189

Research Staff

• Baharak Abd Emami
  Research Assistant
  314-977-9216
• Olga Carlin
  Research Assistant
  314-977-9281
• Darlene Carr
  Research Assistant
  314-977-9281
• Rahul Chadda, Ph.D.
  Research Scientist
  314-977-9282
• Samantha Deavila
  Research Assistant
  DRC 545
• David DeBruin, M.S.
  Research Scientist
  314-977-9252
• Jaigeeth Deveryshetty, Ph.D.
  Research Scientist
  314-977-9282
• Noah Englander
  Research Assistant
  314-977-9282
• Kevin Jagessar, Ph.D.
  Research Scientist
  314-977-9216
• Lohany Mamede, M.S.
  Research Lab Supervisor
  314-977-9257
• Ian Miller
  Research Assistant
  314-977-9216
• Bassem Mohammed, Ph.D.
  Research Scientist
  314-977-9249
• Brenda Moreira-Walsh
  Research Lab Supervisor
  314-977-9267
• Leslie Pelc. M.S.
  Research Scientist
  314-977-9251
• Michelle Pherson, Ph.D.
  Research Fellow, Genomics Core Facility
  314-977-9252
• Kelly Pyles
  Senior Research Assistant
  314-977-9271
• Suhaila Rahman, Ph.D.
  Research Scientist
  314-977-9249
• Elena Shashkova, Ph.D.
  Research Scientist
  314-977-9246
• Bosko Stojanovski, Ph.D.
  Di Cera Lab
  314-977-9249

Graduate Students

• Hayley Carlson
  Ford Lab
  314-977-9266
• Mary Chen
  Baldán Lab
  314-977-9226
• Rafael Faria
  Gonzalo Lab
  314-977-9246
• Amelia Fox
  Sverdrup Lab 
  314-977-5149
• Christy Hadfield
  Ford Lab 
  314-977-9266
• Matt Jellinek
  Ford Lab
  314-977-9266
• Cassie Kukla
  Di Cera Lab
  314-977-9251
• Sahiti Kuppa
  Antony Lab
  314-977-9287
• Hannah Lupton
  Sverdrup Lab 
  314-977-5149
• Reagan McGuffee
  Ford Lab (M.D./Ph.D. student)
  314-977-9265
• Barbara Teodoro Castro
  Gonzalo Lab
  314-977-9246
• Rachel Weiss
  McCommis Lab 
  314-977-9271
• Jaclyn Whalen
  Baldán Lab 
  314-977-9226

Administrative Staff

• Tracey Baird
  Assistant to the Chair and Research Publication Specialist
  314-977-9201
• Jacqueline Elliott
  Administrative Assistant I
  314-977-9208
• Sharri Marsh
  Office Manager
  314-977-9204
• LaChina McCoy
  Senior Department Administrator
  314-977-9202
• Suzanne O'Sullivan
  Financial Coordinator
  314-977-9213