Education
Ph.D. Program
Training Faculty
Training Program Members
The training faculty consists of primary and affiliate departmental faculty with active, funded research programs from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation. If faculty lapse in funding, they are placed on probation regarding accepting new students for dissertation work until funding is re-established. Names of the primary training faculty are listed below; membership of affiliate faculty is reviewed each year for their participation and interest in the Department. For a description of each faculty’s research program, please visit the departmental faculty page.
- Clive M. Baumgarten, Ph.D.
- Richard M. Costanzo, Ph.D.
- Meng Cui, Ph.D.
- Louis J. De Felice, Ph.D.
- Carlos R. Escalante, Ph.D.
- John Grider, Ph.D.
- Murthy Karnam, Ph.D.
- Qinglian Liu, Ph.D.
- Diomedes E. Logothetis, Ph.D.
- Vijay Lyall, Ph.D.
- Roland Pittman, Ph.D.
- Liya Qiao, Ph.D.
- I. Scott Ramsey, Ph.D.
- Gea-Ny Tseng, Ph.D.
- Lei Zhou, Ph.D.
Research Areas
Physiology and Biophysics faculty members currently concentrate in four areas of research:
- Molecular Biophysics (Structural/Computational Biology and Ion Channel, Receptor, and Transporter Biophysics)
- Cardiovascular (Cardiac Ion Channels and Microcirculation)
- Gastrointestinal (Molecular/Cellular Biology of smooth muscle cells/enteric neurons and Whole Organ Reflexes, such as peristalsis and acid secretion)
- Chemical Senses (Taste and Smell)
For more information, visit the Physiology and Biophysics research page.
Faculty Research Seminars
A collaborative research spirit is nurtured in the Department by bimonthly research meetings where faculty members (tenure, research track and affiliates) present to each other ongoing and planned future research for critical feedback. These meetings have proven invaluable in making each faculty aware of what research questions others are pursuing and the research tools they utilize, and this awareness has promoted discussions and collaborations. The Department is eager to include in this venue affiliate faculty from other departments to complement both the research and educational mission of the Training Program in Physiology and Biophysics.
