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Faculty and Staff

Primary Faculty

  • Edwin Antony, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    314-977-9257
  • Yuna Ayala, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    314-977-9247
  • Ángel Baldán, Ph.D.
    Professor
    314-977-9227
  • Yie-Hwa Chang, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    314-977-9263
  • Gucan (Gabriel) Dai, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
    314-977-9211
  • Reza Dastvan, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
    314-977-9243
  • Enrico Di Cera, M.D.
    Alice A. Doisy Professor & Chairman
    314-977-9201
  • Joel Eissenberg, Ph.D.
    Professor
    314-977-9235
  • David Ford, Ph.D.
    Professor
    314-977-9247
  • Susana Gonzalo, Ph.D.
    Professor
    314-977-9244
  • Tomasz Heyduk, Ph.D.
    Professor
    314-977-9238
  • Sergey Korolev, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    314-977-9261
  • Kyle McCommis, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
    314-977-9233
  • Nicola Pozzi, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    314-977-9241
  • Dorota Skowyra, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    314-977-9280
  • Fran Sverdrup, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    314-977-5189

Secondary Faculty

  • Robert Fleming, M.D.
    Professor
    314-977-9315
  • Jaya Gnana-Prakasam, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
    314-977-1205
  • Henry Kaplan, Ph.D.
    Professor
  • Oleg Kisselev, Ph.D.
    Professor
    314-977-6301
  • Adriana Montaño, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    314-977-9103

Research Faculty

  • Maureen Donlin, Ph.D.
    Research Professor
    314-977-8858

Emeritus Faculty

  • Carmine Coscia, Ph.D.
    Emeritus Professor
    314-977-9356
  • Dale Dorsett, Ph.D.
    Emeritus Professor
    314-977-9218
  • Jung Huang, Ph.D.
    Emeritus Professor
    314-977-9356
  • Claudette Klein, Ph.D.
    Emeritus Professor
    314-977-9356
  • William Sly, M.D.
    Emeritus Professor
    314-977-9229
  • Abdul Waheed, Ph.D.
    Emeritus Research Professor
    314-977-9274

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Samantha Gies, Ph.D.
    Dastvan Lab
    314-977-9216
  • Rajnandani Kashyap, Ph.D.
    Antony Lab
    314-977-9282
  • Vikas Kaushik, Ph.D.
    Antony Lab
    314-977-9282
  • Suresh Kumar, Ph.D.
    Pozzi Lab
    314-977-9259
  • Yevhenii Kyriukha, Ph.D.
    Korolev Lab
    314-977-9268
  • Thiago Menezes, Ph.D.
    McCommis Lab
    314-977-9271
  • Patricia Passos, Ph.D.
    Ayala Lab
    314-977-9257
  • Harshani Pathirana, Ph.D.
    Ayala Lab
    314-977-9257
  • Nathan Ponzar, Ph.D.
    Pozzi Lab
    314-977-9259
  • Lilian Silva, Ph.D.
    Gonzalo Lab
    314-977-9247
  • Rajanikanth Vanipurapu, Ph.D.
    Sverdrup Lab
    314-977-5189

Research Staff

  • Baharak Abd Emami
    Research Assistant
    314-977-9216
  • Olga Carlin
    Research Assistant
    314-977-9281
  • Darlene Carr
    Research Assistant
    314-977-9281
  • Rahul Chadda, Ph.D.
    Research Scientist
    314-977-9282
  • Samantha Deavila
    Research Assistant
    DRC 545
  • David DeBruin, M.S.
    Research Scientist
    314-977-9252
  • Jaigeeth Deveryshetty, Ph.D.
    Research Scientist
    314-977-9282
  • Noah Englander
    Research Assistant
    314-977-9282
  • Kevin Jagessar, Ph.D.
    Research Scientist
    314-977-9216
  • Lohany Mamede, M.S.
    Research Lab Supervisor
    314-977-9257
  • Ian Miller
    Research Assistant
    314-977-9216
  • Bassem Mohammed, Ph.D.
    Research Scientist
    314-977-9249
  • Brenda Moreira-Walsh
    Research Lab Supervisor
    314-977-9267
  • Leslie Pelc. M.S.
    Research Scientist
    314-977-9251
  • Michelle Pherson, Ph.D.
    Research Fellow, Genomics Core Facility
    314-977-9252
  • Kelly Pyles
    Senior Research Assistant
    314-977-9271
  • Suhaila Rahman, Ph.D.
    Research Scientist
    314-977-9249
  • Elena Shashkova, Ph.D.
    Research Scientist
    314-977-9246
  • Bosko Stojanovski, Ph.D.
    Di Cera Lab
    314-977-9249

Graduate Students

  • Hayley Carlson
    Ford Lab
    314-977-9266
  • Mary Chen
    Baldán Lab
    314-977-9226
  • Rafael Faria
    Gonzalo Lab
    314-977-9246
  • Amelia Fox
    Sverdrup Lab 
    314-977-5149
  • Christy Hadfield
    Ford Lab 
    314-977-9266
  • Matt Jellinek
    Ford Lab
    314-977-9266
  • Cassie Kukla
    Di Cera Lab
    314-977-9251
  • Sahiti Kuppa
    Antony Lab
    314-977-9287
  • Hannah Lupton
    Sverdrup Lab 
    314-977-5149
  • Reagan McGuffee
    Ford Lab (M.D./Ph.D. student)
    314-977-9265
  • Barbara Teodoro Castro
    Gonzalo Lab
    314-977-9246
  • Rachel Weiss
    McCommis Lab 
    314-977-9271
  • Jaclyn Whalen
    Baldán Lab 
    314-977-9226

Administrative Staff

  • Tracey Baird
    Assistant to the Chair and Research Publication Specialist
    314-977-9201
  • Jacqueline Elliott
    Administrative Assistant I
    314-977-9208
  • Sharri Marsh
    Office Manager
    314-977-9204
  • LaChina McCoy
    Senior Department Administrator
    314-977-9202
  • Suzanne O'Sullivan
    Financial Coordinator
    314-977-9213