Faculty and Research Areas
The research conducted by University of Montana Molecular and Biomedical Sciences (MBS) faculty is diverse in scope. The following is a partial list of areas that you could pursue as a graduate student here at the University of Montana. We encourage you to access the web pages of the faculty associated with the research areas listed below, and contact them directly to learn more about their programs of discovery. All of these faculty members are currently involved in graduate training, and many have openings for new students in their laboratories.
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Biomaterials Design
Andrij Holian
Professor, Director of Center for Environmental Health Science
Monica Serban
Associate Professor
Computational Methods in Genetics/DNA Sequence Analysis
Travis Wheeler
Associate Professor
Erica Woodahl
Professor
Drug Design
Celine Beamer
Research Associate Professor
Richard Bridges
Regents Professor; Director of Neuroscience
Philippe Diaz
Associate Professor
Kasper Hansen
Associate Professor
Travis Hughes
Associate Professor
Nicholas R. Natale
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Andrea Stierle
Research Professor
Chuck Thompson
Professor
Environmental Toxicology: Biochemistry, Physiology, Genetics and Epidemiology
Celine Beamer
Research Associate Professor
Yoon Hee Cho
Associate Professor
Andrij Holian
Professor, Director of Center for Environmental Health Science
Erica Woodahl
Professor
Host-Pathogen Interactions and Microbial Symbiosis
Brandon S. Cooper
Associate Professor
J. Stephen Lodmell
Professor
Patrick Secor
Assistant Professor
Immunology, Immunotoxicology and Immunotherapy
Celine Beamer
Research Associate Professor
Jay Evans
Research Professor, Director of CTM
David Shepherd
Professor
Scott Wetzel
Associate Professor
Mechanisms, Structures and Neuropharmacology of Ion Channels and Transporters
Richard Bridges
Regents Professor; Director of Neuroscience
Kasper Hansen
Associate Professor
Michael Kavanaugh
Professor, Director McLaughlin Research Institute
Chuck Thompson
Professor
Mechanisms of Viral Infection
J. Stephen Lodmell
Professor
Jack Nunberg
Professor and Director, Montana Biotechnology Center
Brent Ryckman
Associate Professor
Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine
Elizabeth Putnam
Chair, Professor; Acting Dean, CoH
Erica Woodahl
Professor
Structure and Dynamics of Proteins and Protein Complexes
Bruce Bowler
Professor & Director of CBSD
Klara Briknarova
Associate Professor
Travis Hughes
Associate Professor
J.B. Alexander (Sandy) Ross
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Stephen Sprang
Professor, DBS & Associate Director, CBSD