The Graduate College

Recruiting Research Advisors

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

Available for Doctoral Training

Jonathan E. Boyson

Professor • Division Chief, Surgical Research

jonathan.boyson@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

Karen C. Glass

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

karen.glass@uvm.edu

Matthew Hannaford

Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Matthew.Hannaford@med.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

Associate 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

Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician • Associate Professor

Benjamin.Lee.1@med.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

Jason Stumpff

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

Jason.Stumpff@uvm.edu

David Warshaw

University Distinguished Professor and Chair

David.Warshaw@med.uvm.edu

Available for Rotation Only

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. 

Menelaos "Mel" Symeonides

Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

menelaos.symeonides@med.uvm.edu
Expertise

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) – cell-to-cell transmission, latency, and pathogenesis Placental biology – syncytins and trophoblast cell fusion Adaptive immune response to Rotavirus in infants – single-cell RNAseq, flow cytometry...

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.