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 • Gut Microbiome and Cancer Interactions

danielle.brasino@med.uvm.edu

Michael Brasino

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering

mbrasino@uvm.edu

Jean Celli

Professor • Cell biology of bacteria-phagocyte interactions

jean.celli@med.uvm.edu

Nimrat Chatterjee

Assistant Professor • Co-Chair, Mutagenesis Mechanisms and Assessments

nimrat.chatterjee@med.uvm.edu

Sylvie Doublié

Professor • Structural Biology of DNA Replication and Repair

sylvie.doublie@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

Associate Professor • Accelerated Master's Program Advisor

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

mprevis@uvm.edu

Steven Roberts

Professor • Program Co-Leader, Cancer Cell Program

srober23@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 • Impact of Viral Infections on Individual Cells and Cell Populations

menelaos.symeonides@med.uvm.edu
Expertise
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) – cell-to-cell transmission, latency, and pathogenesis
  • Placental biology – syncytins...

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.