SBB Faculty

Our SBB track involves 18 faculty members who have expertise in Structural Biology and/or Biophysics. Their research areas are broad in biomedical sciences. Here, we summarize the expertise and the research area of each faculty member.

Aiden, Erez L., PhD
Professor & Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Genomics, 3D genome sequencing, genome architecture

Braun, Werner, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Computational biology, viruses, antigen recognition

Chen, Yunfeng , PhD
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Single-molecule biophysics, mechanobiology, vascular biology

Gagnon, Matthieu G., PhD
Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
X-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy, ribosomes

Iwahara, Junji, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
NMR, protein-DNA interactions, biomolecular electrostatics

Laezza, Fernanda, MD, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Electrophysiology,voltage-gated Na⁺ channels, neuropsychiatric disorders

Leiman, Petr, PhD
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography, bacterial secretion systems and phages

Nir, Guy, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Super-resolution imaging, chromatin structure, single-cell technologies

Oberhauser, Andres F., PhD
Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology
Atomic force microscopy (AFM), single-molecule biophysics, force-induced unfolding of proteins

Pettitt, B. Montgomery, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Computational biology, simulations, biophysical chemistry

Rajarathnam, Krishna, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
NMR, chemokine, receptors

Rudenko, Gabrielle, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
X-ray crystallography, synapse biology, synaptic adhesion

Sadygov, Rovshan G., PhD
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bioinformatics, mass spectrometry, proteomics

Segev-Zarko, Li-av, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cryo-ET, host-pathogen interactions, parasite invasion machinery

Smith, Thomas, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cryo-EM, crystallography, viruses

Watowich, Stanley J., PhD
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Drug design, in silico screening, obesity

Sun, Xun, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
NMR, single-molecule biophysics, protein dynamics

Yin, Y. Whitney, MD, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
X-ray crystallography, DNA polymerase, mitochondria DNA repair

Zhao, Haiqing, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Computational biology, protein-protein interactions, AI