NCTR

Carl E. Cerniglia

• Microbial Degradation of Environmental Pollutants
• Biotransformation of Xenobiotics
• Gut microbiota and health
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Sidney Cohen

• Malaria parasite biology
• Protein Structure and Dynamics
• Materials Science Research
• Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
• Advanced Neural Network Applications

Daniel R. Doerge

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
• Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
• Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
• Plant and animal studies

Igor P. Pogribny

• Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Disease Models, Animal
• Diet and metabolism studies

Syed F. Ali

• Traumatic Brain Injury Research
• Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Disease Mechanisms Research
• Medical Case Reports

Thomas M. Badger

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Diet and metabolism studies
• Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
• Animal, Disease Models
• Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications

Frederick A. Beland

Research Chemist

• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
• Disease Models, Animal
• Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Techniques

S. Jill James

• Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
• Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
• Oxidative Stress and Disease
• Child and Adolescent Health
• Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

Alexandru S. Biris

ARA Fellow

• Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
• Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
• Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
• Drug Delivery Systems
• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

David L. Davies

• Medical Education
• Organometallic Chemistry
• Anatomy Education
• Oil and Gas Well Decommissioning
• Photochemistry

Stepan Melnyk

Professor

• Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
• Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
• Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Techniques
• Oxidative Stress
• Child and Adolescent Health

Nicole Kleinstreuer

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Machine Learning Applications
• Animal Testing Alternatives
• Computer Simulation
• Risk Assessment

Merle G. Paule

• Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
• Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
• Birth, Development, and Health
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Lei Guo

Research Biologist

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
• Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
• Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
• Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Robert H. Heflich

• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
• Disease Models, Animal
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Jack Hinson

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
• Disease Mechanisms Research
• Diet and metabolism studies
• Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection

Hong Fang

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Machine Learning Applications
• Natural Language Processing Techniques
• Health and Medical Research Impacts
• Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Techniques

Eric R. Siegel

Research Associate

• Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
• Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
• Immune Response and Inflammation
• Cancer Cells and Metastasis
• Diet and metabolism studies

Mona I. Churchwell

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
• Diet and metabolism studies
• Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

Paul C. Howard

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
• Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Techniques
• Animal, Disease Models
• Health and Medical Research Impacts

Richard D. Beger

Branch Chief

• Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Techniques
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Biomarkers
• Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
• Health and Medical Research Impacts

James C. Fuscoe

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
• Disease Mechanisms Research
• Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
• Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology

Baitang Ning

• Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
• SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
• Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications

Igor Koturbash

Professor

Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health

• Environmental Health Research
• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
• Diet and metabolism studies
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

David W. Gaylor

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
• Disease Models, Animal
• Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

Volodymyr Tryndyak

• Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
• Diet and metabolism studies
• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
• Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies

Minjun Chen

• Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
• Machine Learning Applications
• Computational Drug Discovery Methods
• Disease Models, Animal
• Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

Steven L. Foley

Research Microbiologist

• Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
• Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria
• Food Microbiology
• Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
• Host-Pathogen Interactions

Nan Mei

Research Scientist

• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
• Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
• Environmental Health Impacts

Donna L. Mendrick

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
• Disease Models, Animal
• Health and Medical Research Impacts
• Research and Education

Si Chen

• Disease Mechanisms Research
• Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
• Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Anil K. Patri

Research Scholar

• Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
• Drug Delivery Systems
• Materials Science Research
• Food composition and properties

Philip R. Mayeux

• Behavioral and Psychological Studies
• Health Sciences Research and Education
• Health disparities and outcomes
• Child and Adolescent Health
• Behavioral Health and Interventions

Fumiya Watanabe

Director of Instrumentation

• Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
• Semiconductor materials and devices
• Materials Science Research
• Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
• Metal and Thin Film Mechanics

Qiang Gu

• Disease Mechanisms Research
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
• Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
• Machine Learning Applications

Shuliang Liu

• Food Microbiology
• Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
• Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria
• Diet and metabolism studies
• Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

Alexei G. Basnakian

Professor

• Disease Mechanisms Research
• DNA Repair Mechanisms
• Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
• Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies

Matthew Bryant

Supervisory Toxicologist

• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
• Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
• Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications

Qiang Shi

Senior Staff Fellow

• Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
• Protein Structure and Dynamics
• Disease Mechanisms Research
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection

Ashraf A. Khan

SBRBPAS Expert Microbiologist

• Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria
• Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
• Food Microbiology
• Host-Pathogen Interactions

Tucker A. Patterson

• Machine Learning Applications
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
• Computational Drug Discovery Methods
• Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications

Qingsu Xia

• Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
• Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
• Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
• DNA Adducts
• Plant-Animal Studies

John B. Sutherland

• Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Techniques
• Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
• Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Sumit Sarkar

• Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
• Neurological disorders and treatments
• Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
• Disease Models, Animal
• Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications

Dean W. Roberts

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
• Medical Research
• Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
• Protein Structure and Dynamics

Laura K. Schnackenberg

ARA Fellow

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Techniques
• Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
• Disease Models, Animal
• Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography

John F. Bowyer

Senior Research Pharmacologist

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Toxicology Research
• Drug Safety and Toxicology

Nathan C. Twaddle

Senior Scientist / Toxicologist

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Disease Mechanisms Research
• Diet and metabolism studies
• Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
• Plant and animal studies

K. Barry Delclos

Research Pharmacologist

• Bone health and treatments
• Diet and metabolism studies
• Plant and animal studies
• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Estrogen and related hormone effects

William B. Mattes

Senior Scientific Advisor

• Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
• Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Techniques
• Disease Models, Animal
• Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
• Biomarkers