John Adams*

Functional Genomics of Malaria Parasites

Amy Alman*

Epidemiology of the oral-systemic connection in cardiovascular disease and diabetes

Christian Brechot

Coordination of the USF Initiative on Microbiomes

Mya Breitbart*

Viral Discovery using Metagenomics; DNA Barcoding of Marine Organisms from Bacteria to Vertebrates

Feng Cheng

Computer Aided Drug Discovery and Development

Liwang Cui

Functional genomics to understand drug resistance and sexual development of malaria parasites

Larry Dishaw*

Immunological mechanisms of the gut microbiome

Thao “Tina” Ho*

Anemia and intestinal health in very low birth weight infants

Rays Jiang*

Computational and Integrative biology approach to genomics

Nataša Jonoska

Mathematical models for DNA-DNA and RNA-DNA interactions

Kami Kim

Pathogenesis of toxoplasmosis and malaria

Stephen Liggett*

Genomics approach to drug discovery and personalized medicine

Xiaoming Liu

Computational Human Genomics

Jesper Madsen

Computational structural biology and the molecular basis of disease

Mark Margres, PhD

Evolutionary Genomics

Lynn ‘Marty’ Martin*

Ecoimmunology and Disease Ecology

Thomas McDonald

Functional Genomics in Cardiovascular Disease

Tara Randis

Pathogenesis of Group B Streptococcus in the Neonate

Christina Richards

Ecological Genomics and Epigenetics

Kathleen Scott*

Comparative genomics of autotrophic organisms

Lindsey ‘Les’ Shaw*

Genomics approach to bacterial pathogenesis and antibacterial drug discovery

Kamran Shazand

Genetics of cell differentiation, Transcriptional regulation of gene expression, molecular endocrinology of steroid hormones, biomedical genomics

Xingmin Sun

Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Disease

Gopal Thinakaran

Genomics of Neurodegenerative Disease

Yi-Cheng Tu

Parallel algorithms and systems for computational biology

Monica Uddin

Genomics of social adversity and stress-related mental disorders

Arjan van der Vaart

Computational Biophysical Chemistry

Derek Wildman

Evolutionary Genomics of Human Health and Disease

Lee Woodcock

Computational Chemistry/Biophysical Chemistry

Bi Zhao

Molecular biology, multi-omics data analysis, machine learning, and database development