The Graduate College

Recruiting Research Advisors

The CMB faculty below are actively looking to train doctoral students.

Available for Doctoral Training

Jonathan E. Boyson

Roger H. Allbee Professor, Surgery • Division Chief, Surgical Research

jboyson@med.uvm.edu

Dani Brasino

Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

danielle.brasino@med.uvm.edu

Michael Brasino

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering

mbrasino@uvm.edu

Emily Bruce

Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

emily.bruce@med.uvm.edu

Matthew Caporizzo

Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Matthew.Caporizzo@uvm.edu

Jean Celli

Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

jean.celli@med.uvm.edu

Nimrat Chatterjee

Assistant Professor • Co-Chair, Mutagenesis Mechanisms and Assessments

nimrat.chatterjee@med.uvm.edu

Sylvie Doublié

Green and Gold Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

sylvie.doublie@med.uvm.edu

Kalev Freeman

Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pharmacology • Emergency Physician

Kalev.Freeman@med.uvm.edu

Karen C. Glass

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology • Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry

karen.glass@uvm.edu

Osama F. Harraz

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology • Bloomfield Endowed Professor in Cardiovascular Research

osama.harraz@uvm.edu

Alan K. Howe

Professor, Department of Pharmacology • Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

alan.howe@uvm.edu

Yvonne Janssen-Heininger

University Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine • Vice Chair for Research

yvonne-janssen@uvm.edu

Nicholas R Klug

Assistant Professor • Tenure Pathway

Nicholas.Klug@uvm.edu

Leigh Knodler

Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics • Advisor, Accelerated Master's Program

leigh.knodler@med.uvm.edu

Dimitry Krementsov

Associate Professor, Medical Laboratory Science

Dimitry.Krementsov@uvm.edu

Benjamin Lee

Associate Professor, Pediatrics

blee7@uvm.edu

Wen Ma

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

wen.ma@uvm.edu

Michael Previs

Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

mprevis@uvm.edu

Steven Roberts

Professor • Program Co-Leader, Cancer Cell Program

srober23@med.uvm.edu

John Salogiannis

Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

John.Salogiannis@med.uvm.edu

Gary Stein

Professor and Chairperson, Department of Biochemistry • Professor, Department of Surgery

Gary.Stein@uvm.edu

Menelaos "Mel" Symeonides

Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

menelaos.symeonides@med.uvm.edu

David Warshaw

University Distinguished Professor and Chair

David.Warshaw@med.uvm.edu

Available for Rotation Only

Vikas Anathy

Professor • Division Chief, Redox Biology and Pathology

vikas.anathy@med.uvm.edu
Expertise
  • Protein Disulfide Isomerase in asthma/influenza infection/pulmonary fibrosis
  • Unfolded Protein Response (ER stress) in lung...

Elizabeth Bonney

Professor

Expertise

Gynecologic Infectious Disease
Gynecology
Obstetrics
Sexually Transmittable Infections in Women
Vulvar Pain Syndromes

Frances Carr

Professor, Pharmacology • UVM Cancer Center Full Member - Cancer Cell (CC) • Associate Director, Shared Resources

frances.carr@med.uvm.edu
Expertise

Paula Deming

Professor of Biomedical and Health Sciences • Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research • Endowed Professor of Health Sciences

Paula.Deming@med.uvm.edu
Expertise

Cell functioning and signaling, molecular pathology, cancer biology, cell control pathways.

Andrea Etter

Assistant Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment

Andrea.Etter@uvm.edu
Expertise

Food safety (bacteria), microbiology, foodborne outbreaks, listeria monocytogenes, salmonella enterica, backyard poultry, bacterial stress tolerance, risk communication, homesteading biosecurity. 

Matthew Hannaford

Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Matthew.Hannaford@med.uvm.edu
Expertise

Centrosomes and Cell Polarity

The Hananford lab uses live cell microscopy, biochemistry and Drosophila genetics to investigate the role and regulation of centrosomes in diverse cell types.

The centrosome is a crucial, membraneless...

Benjamin Lee

Associate Professor, Pediatrics

blee7@uvm.edu
Expertise

pediatric infectious diseases, diarrheal diseases, rotavirus, adenovirus, oral vaccines, microbiome, immunology.

Jason Stumpff

Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics • University of Vermont Cancer Center Program Leader

Jason.Stumpff@uvm.edu
Expertise

Cell division and cancer biology.

The Stumpff lab utilizes a combination of cutting edge quantitative cell biology and single molecule approaches to investigate the molecular mechanisms controlling cell division and how they relate to human...

Michael Toth

Professor of Medicine • Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine • Co-Director, Office of Research and Engagement

michael.toth@med.uvm.edu
Expertise

Skeletal muscle biology, exercise, aging, rehabilitation, physical disability, muscle, heart failure, cancer, physiology, knee osteoarthritis, sarcopenia, cachexia, atrophy, myofilaments.

Matthew "Matt" J. Wargo

Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics • Director, Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences PhD Program

mwargo@uvm.edu
Expertise

bacterial genetics, transcriptional regulation, microbial physiology and metabolism.