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CMPR Faculty Members:

Listed in Alphabetical Order by Last Name
Name Affiliation Research Contact Information
Pablo Artigas, Ph.D., Professor Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Structure-based functional studies of P-type ATPases and their regulation
(806) 743-1142
Michael P. Blanton, Ph.D., Professor    Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Structural analysis of ligand-gated channels
(806) 743-2425
Yangzom Bhutia, Ph.D., Associate Professor Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Transporters and its relevance to cancers
(806) 743-1282
Luis Cuello, Ph.D., Professor Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Structure and dynamics of ion channels
(806) 743-2525
Elka Georgieva, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU Structure and function of viroporins and membrane exporters of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(806) 8348166
Lan Guan, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Co-Director  Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Structures and mechanisms of secondary active transport
(806) 743-3102
Juyang Huang, Ph.D., Professor Physics, TTU Roles of cholesterol in determining the physicochemical properties of cell membranes
(806) 743-4780
Michaela Jansen, PharmD, Ph.D.,  Professor Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Structures and mechanisms receptors & solute transporters and their pharmacological relevance
(806) 743-4059
Andrey Karamyshev, Ph.D.,  Associate Professor Associate Director Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Membrane protein targeting, translocation/insertion and folding in health and disease
(806) 743-4102
Michael Latham, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota

The role of conformational changes in the function of a critical DNA double strand break repair complex  
Hongjun Liang, Ph.D., Professor Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Membrane biophysics and bionanoengineering
(806) 743-1463
Ruibin Liang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU Quantum dynamics simulation on molecular photoswitches and water splitting rliang@ttu.edu‭
(806) 834-7183
, Malaiyalam Mariappan, Ph.D., Associate Professor Cell Physiology & Biochemistry, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) stress, Unfolded Protein Response (UPR), Ubiquitin-mediated protein quality control, Autophagy, Neurodegenerative diseases, type 2 Diabetes malaiyalam.mariappan@ttuhsc.edu
(806) 743-4104
Raheleh Ravanfar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU Molecular Mechanism of Metalloproteins, Bio-inspired Heterogeneous Catalysis Using Heme-containing Proteins, Targeted Delivery and Controlled Release raheleh.ravanfar@ttu.edu
(806) 834-6129
, Adam Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU Receptor tyrosine kinases, cell signaling, and effects of oncogenic variants of uncertain significance aw.smith@ttu.edu
(806) 834-3551
R. Bryan Sutton, Ph.D., Professor Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ
X-ray crystallography of C2 domains of synaptotagmin and human dysferlin
(806) 743-4058
Ina Urbatsch, Ph.D., Professor Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ
Structure-function of multidrug-resistance transport proteins
(806) 743-2700T
Tetyana Vasylyeva, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Pediatrics, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ Nephrin in the slit diaphragm of podocytes, permeability, nephrotic syndrome, and treatment.
Joachim Weber, Ph.D., Associate Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU

Enzymatic mechanism of ATP synthesis by the ATP synthase

(806) 742-1297
Michael Wiener, Ph.D., Professor, Co-Director & Department Chair Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ  
Ben Wylie, Ph.D., Associate Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry, TTU
Structural (solid-state NMR spectroscopy) and functional studies of K+ channels and GPCR receptors
(806) 834-2328
Zemfira Karamysheva, Ph.D., Asscoiate Professor Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ

Translational control in protozoa and mammalian organisms, specialized ribosomes, molecular mechanisms of persistence and drug resistance in Leishmania parasites