Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty
| Faculty Member | Research | Affiliations |
| Kelly Drew kdrew@alaska.edu 907-474-7190 | Biochemistry and Neurochemistry | Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Lawrence K. Duffy lkduffy@alaska.edu 907-474-7525 | Neurochemistry, protein chemistry, Alzheimer's disease-related biochemistry | Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Kriya L. Dunlap kldunlap@alaska.edu 907-474-5215 | Nutrition, Biochemistry, and diet and age-related diseases | Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Brian Edmonds bwedmonds@alaska.edu 907-474-6527 | Biochemistry and biophysics. Membrane structure and function. | ESTES and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Tom Green tkgreen@alaska.edu 907-474-1559 | Organic chemistry and Biochemistry | Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Fenton Heirtzler frheirtzler@alaska.edu 907-474-5507 | Organic chemistry: novel macrocyclic compounds as photodynamic agents | ESTES and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| William Howard wahoward@alaska.edu 907-474-6019 | Inorganic Chemistry and Bioinorganic Chemistry | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Tom Kuhn tbkuhn@alaska.edu 907-474-5752 | Signal transduction in nerve injury and repair; plasticity; neurotoxicity of environmental metal contaminants; redox regulation of proteins | ESTES and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Associated / Affiliated Faculty: | ||
| Faculty Member | Research | Affiliations |
bert.boyer@uaf.edu 907-474-7733 | Understanding the interaction between genetic and environmental risk and protective factors for obesity and diabetes in Yup'ik Eskimos. Identification of gene-environment interactions that influence energy balance should lead to a better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms contributing to body fat development and is also an important aspect of public health intervention. | Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife and CANHR director |
Andrea Ferrante | Biophysics and Biochemistry of class II MHC-restrcted antigen presentation, epitope prediction modeling, prediction of Factor VIII Inhibitor formation, T cell response cross reactivity. | Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife |
Michael Harris | Neurochemistry, breathing neuroregulation, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) | Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife |
| Tim Hinterberger aftjh@uaa.alaska.edu 907-786-4632 | Genetic mechanisms that control the development of skeletal muscle cells and some of the physiological changes that affect muscle. | University of Alaska Anchorage Department of Biology |
Kara Hoover | Biological anthropology and evolutionary genetics. Biocultural evolution of the human olfactory subgenome and the genetic epidemiology of circumpolar populations. Bioarchaeology and stable isotope analysis for reconstructing diet. | University of Alaska Fairbanks Anthropology Department |
| Karsten Hueffer khueffer@alaska.edu 907-474-6313 | Host-pathogen interaction in infectious disease. First I am interested in how pathogens exploit cellular function in their life cycles. Secondly, I wish to study how these mechanisms of host cell exploitation are regulated. | Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife |
| Jocelyn Krebs jekrebs@alaska.edu 907-786-1556 | Chromatin Structure and Function | University of Alaska Anchorage Department of Biology and INBRE director |
| Leigh, Mary Beth mbleigh@alaska.edu 907-474-6656 | Microbial degradation of aromatic compounds. Bacteria and fungi have evolved pathways for degrading plant-produced aromatics, including lignin and secondary defense compounds that are important to global carbon cycling. | Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife |
| Kristin O'Brien kmobrien@alaska.edu 907-474-7640 | Research in my laboratory is aimed at understanding how fishes maintain energy production at cold temperature. | Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife |
Todd O'Hara | Wildlife conservation and medicine with a focus on environmental and wildlife toxicology of marine and terrestrial mammals and fish, and marine mammals outside of Alaska. | Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife |