Department Chair

Faculty

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  Meir Aridor, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor
  Molecular basis of ER sorting and exit
  Email: aridor@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-624-1970

  

  Michael B. Butterworth, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor
  Regulation of ENaC trafficking
  Email: michael7@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-383-8591

  

  Daniel C. Devor, Ph.D.

  Professor
  Regulation of K+ channel trafficking
  Email: dd2@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-383-8755

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  Peter F. Drain, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor
  Insulin secretion and regulation
  Email: drain@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-648-9412

  

  Gerry Hammond, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor
  Inositol lipid regulation of membrane homeostasis in health and disease.
  Email: ghammond@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-383-2215

  

  Yang Hong, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor
  Development of cell polarity
  Email: yhong@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-648-2845

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  Neil Hukriede, Ph.D.

  Professor
  Director, Center for Integrative Organ Systems (cenIOS)
  Kidney Regeneration and Therapeutics
  Email: hukriede@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-383-2211

  

  Adam Kwiatkowski, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor
  Cytoskeletal organization and cell-cell adhesion
  Email: adamkwi@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-383-8139

  

  Sanford H. Leuba, Ph.D.

  Associate Professor
  Nucleosome-chromatin interactions
  Email: leuba@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-623-7788

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  Guang Li, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor
  Heart Development and Congenital Heart Diseases
  Email: guangli@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-692-9832

  

  Sandra A. Murray, Ph.D.

  Professor
  Gap junction signaling and cellular communication
  Email: smurray@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-648-9566

  

  Shiori Sekine, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Mitochondrial stress response
  Email: sekine@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-383-0867

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  Donghun Shin, Ph.D.

  Professor
  Liver development and regeneration
  Email: donghuns@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-624-2144

  

  Juhoon So, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor
  Liver development, regeneration and cancer
  Email: juhoon@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-624-2145

  

  Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D.

  Richard Beatty Mellon Professor and Chair, Dept of Cell Biology
  Regulation of receptors and transporters by endocytosis
  Email: sorkin@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-624-3116

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  Claudette M. St. Croix, Ph.D.

  Professor
  Optical imaging in the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems
  Email: cls13@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-624-0180

  

  Donna Beer Stolz, Ph.D.

  Professor
  Regulation of vascularization in the liver
  Email: dstolz@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-383-7283

  

  Jay Tan, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor
  Email: jay.tan@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-624-2291

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  Steven Truschel, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor
  Email: stt39@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-648-9409

  

  Michael Tsang, Ph.D.

  Professor
  Director, Integrative Systems Biology (ISB) Graduate Program
  Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) signaling in zebrafish development
  Email: tsang@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-648-3248

  

  Karina J Vargas, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor
  Email: kvargas@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-648-9360

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  Deepika Vasudevan, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor
  Cellular stress response pathways
  Email: deepika.vasudevan@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-624-2080

  

  Simon C. Watkins, Ph.D.

  Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair
  Optical imaging in the immune system
  Email: swatkins@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-648-3051

  

  Alan Watson, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor
  Email: alan.watson@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-648-9796

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  Matthew Wohlever, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor
  Email: WOHLEVER@pitt.edu
  Tel: 412-648-9360