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Gulf Coast Cluster for Mathematical Biosciences Directory
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Azencott, Robert
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Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
832 330 4706
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Probability theory, Data Mining, Automatic learning, Image Analysis
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Azevedo, Ricardo
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Assistant Professor
Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
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Email
713-743-2636
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My aim is to understand how phenotypic variation is generated and how it influences the course of evolution. To answer these questions I am employing a variety of approaches from developmental biology, genetics, comparative analysis, computational biology and mathematical modelling. As an experimental system I use the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans and other closely related species. I am particularly interested in how cell lineage variability evolves in different groups of animals.
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Bodmann, Bernhard
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Assistant Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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(713) 743-3581
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Analysis of linear, redundant representations of analog signals.
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Canic, Suncica
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Cullen Distinguished Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-3466
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Research Interests include Mathematical Biology, Hemodynamics, and Compressible Flow
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Cole, Blaine
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Professor
Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-2679
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My research interests are at the interface of evolution, ecology and behavior. One of the major problems in evolutionary biology concerns the evolution of social groups. My research is in several areas involving the evolution of social behavior including the behavioral and genetic prerequisites for group living and the functional consequences of living in groups. The organisms that I use for studies of social behavior are the social insects, particularly the ants. Ants provide thousands of social species, many of which can be kept under controlled laboratory conditions, and manipulated to answer questions about social behavior.
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Cooper, Tim
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Assistant Professor
Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
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Email
713 743-2552
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My research interests center on understanding processes underlying adaptive evolution. Using tractable experimental systems I aim to identify and integrate these mechanisms at genotypic and phenotypic levels, and examine how they depend on genetic and environmental factors.
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Cox, Steven J
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Professor
Comp & Applied Mathematics
Rice University
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Email
713-348-5192
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inference of material properties from electrical and optical recordings from single nerve cells
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Ferrari, Mauro
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Professor and Director
Nanomedicine
UT Health Science Center at Houston
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Email
(713) 500-2444
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Biomedical nanotechnology; translational science; medical therapeutics in drug delivery application in oncology, cardiovascular disease and diabetes; biosensors and bioseparation technology; multiscale discrete/continuum mechanics and biomechanics
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Fitzgibbon , William E.
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Professor & Chair, Department of Mathematics
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
713-743-3455
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My interests lie in the application of reaction-diffusion equations and other coupled distributed parameter systems to problems in mathematical biology especially in population biology, epidemiology and the environment.
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Francheck, Matthew A.
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Chairman
Mechanical Engineering
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-4502
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engineering sciences: Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control. Linear and nonlinear system identification, information synthesis, multivariable control theory, nonlinear control theory, controller design, diagnostics/prognostics, and targeted adaptive control. Engineering applications: Internal combustion engines, exhaust after-treatment components, noise/vibration control of structures, and health prognostics of cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
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Frankino, Tony
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Assistant Professor
Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
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Email
(713)743-2173
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My current research interests revolve around elucidation of the intrinsic and external forces that shape the evolution of complex traits, focusing primarily on the evolution of morphology in holometabolous insects. During my graduate work, I studied the evolution of life histories and the evolution and maintenance of polyphenisms.
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Gao, Xiaolian
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Professor
Chemistry
University of Houston
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Email
713-743-2805
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Biophysical and organic chemistry; Research in the laboratory is at the interfaces of chemistry and biological sciences. Our work focuses on two areas: (1) Biological NMR of nucleic acids, proteins, and their complexes with ligand molecules. (2) Microarray BIOCHIP technologies in synthesis and applications.
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Glowinski, Roland
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Cullen Professor
Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering
University of Houston
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Email
713-743-3473
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The numerical solution of partial differential equations originating in mechanics, physics and the engineering sciences; The numerical simulation of phenomena modeled by partial differential equations; Optimal design and control of systems governed by systems of partial differential equations and/or ordinary differential equations.
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Graur, Dan
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John and Rebecca Moores Professor
Department of Biology & Biochemistry
University of Houston
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Email
713-743-7236
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Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetic Methodology, Patterns of Protein Evolution, Patterns of Pseudogene Evolution, Detection of Selection, Phylogeny and Evolution of Mammalian Orders and Suborders, Societal Aspects of Genetics, Genetic Engineering and Eugenics
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Guidoboni, Giovanna
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Assistant Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
713-743-3776
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The main focus of my research is on the mathematical modeling of fluid flow in deformable domains,
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Gunaratne, Gemunu
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Professor and Associate Chairman
Physics
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-3534
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Pattern Formation. Our group has introduced several classes of measures to characterize the
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Hartley, Craig J.
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Professor
Medicine and Cardiovascular Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
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Email
713-798-3384
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Design and application of implantable, intravascular, and noninvasive ultrasonic sensors; techniques for monitoring blood flow, vascular mechanics, and cardiac function in mammals from transgenic mice to humans.
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Higgins, Catherine
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Research Consortia
Gulf Coast Consortia
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Email
713-348-4772
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Hoppe, Ronald
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Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-3452
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Numerical Analysis, Multilevel Methods in PDE Constrained Optimization, Goal-oriented Mesh Adaptivity for Constrained Optimal Control and Optimization Problems, Modeling, Analysis and simulation of Surface Acoustic Driven Microfluidic Biochips, Numerical Methods for Fully Nonlinear Elliptic Equations of the Monge-Ampere Type.
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Hussain, Fazle
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Cullen Distinguished Professor
Mechanical Engineering
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-4545
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Josic, Kresimir
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Associate Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
713-743-3485
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Mathematical and computational analysis of coherent behavior in networks, modelling and analysis of the dynamics of single cells and information processing in dendrites.
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Kao, Edward
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Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-3456
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Research Interests include Computational Finance and Stochastic Processes.
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Kuznetsov, Yuri
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Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-3493
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Computational Mathematics
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Marpeau, Fabien
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
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Scientific computing, Conservation Laws, Transport in porous media, Aerodynamics, Biomathematics in ecosystems, finite volumes, finite elements, and residual distribution schemes
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Metcalfe, Ralph
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Professor
Mechanical Engineering
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-4521
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Engineering Sciences: Fluid Mechanics
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Morgan, Jeff
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Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
Website
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Research Interests include chemical reaction-diffusion systems and mathematical biology.
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Nicol, Matthew
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Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
713-743-6181
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Research Interests include ergodic theory, dynamical systems, probability theory and applications.
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Pan, Tsorng-Whay
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Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-3448
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Fictitious domain methods and its applications; Numerical simulations of particulate flows (suspensions, sedimentation, liquid-solid fluidized bed, slurry transportation, and etc.); Computational fluid dynamics; Scientific computing; and Numerical analysis.
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Papadakis, Manos
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Associate Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-3449
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Wavelet Analysis, Frame Theory, Biomedical Image Analysis (Atherosclerotic Plaque in Coronary and Carotid Arteries, Neurobiology), Seismic Imaging.
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Pennings, Steven
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Associate Professor
Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
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Email
713 743 2989
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Factors that structure plant communities in salt marshes; Factors that mediate herbivore feeding choices; How interactions between parasitic plants and host plants parallel or contrast with interactions between herbivores and plants; Aspects of plant primary production, plant community structure and plant-herbivore interactions; and the ecology and chemical ecology of sea hares.
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Pettitt, B. Monte
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Cullen Distinguished Professor
Chemistry
University of Houston
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Email
713-743-3263
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Chemical physics; Physical chemistry; Biochemistry; Computer Science; Development of methods for calculating internal conformational structure and interpreting conformational equilibria of biomolecular solutes in aqueous environments; Structural and thermodynamic description of neat polar molecular fluids, including water, ions, polar biomolecular solutes and other condensed phase systems via integral equation and density functional methods; Development of theoretical techniques for the description of the thermodynamics and structure of ionic and anisotropic fluids; Development of methods to compare and search genomes
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Rosenstrauch, Doreen
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Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine and Cardiology
UT Health Science Center at Houston
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Dr. Rosenstrauch is Prinicipal Investigator for studies on (1) Gene therapy and tissue engineering, (2) Development of coronary artery stents, (3) Dichloroacetate improves left ventricular function in isolated mammalian hearts, and (4) Auricular chondrocytes genetically engineered with E-NOS. She is Co-Investigator for studies on Hypothermic ischemic arrest.
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Rumbaut, Rolando E.
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Associate Professor
Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
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Email
713-798-0316
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Physiologic and pathologic regulation of micro vascular permeability
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Sorensen , Danny C
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Noah Harding Professor; Department Chair
Comp & Applied Mathematics
Rice University
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Email
713-348-5193
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Numerical Linear Algebra, Numerical Analysis, Model Order Reduction, Control of Dynamical Systems, Numerical Optimization, Parallel Numerical Algorithms.
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Timofeyev, Ilya
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Associate Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
713-743-3483
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Stochastic differential equations; statistical and stochastic modeling; applied mathematics and numerical simulations of partial differential equations; atmospheric fluid dynamics.
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Torok, Andrew
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Associate Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-3478
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Dynamical systems: ergodic theory, statistical properties of dynamical systems, systems with symmetry; stochastic processes; and operator algebras.
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Wagner, David
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Associate Professor
Mathematics
University of Houston
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Email
Website
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Theory of systems of nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws; Applications of the above to combustion theory, in particular, detonation waves.
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Wheeler, Lewis T.
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Professor
Mechanical Engineering
University of Houston
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Email
(713)743-4519
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Engineering Sciences: Continuum Mechanics; Mathematical Elasticity Theory, Lattice Dynamics and Structure. Engineering Applications: Scale Effects in Multiscale Engineering, Structure-property Relationships.
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Widger, William
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Associate Professor
Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-8368
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Identifying unique drug target in e.coli; how and why ROS production occurs and how this is linked to the enzymatic mechanism of NUO; the structure/function studies of proteins involved in photosynthetic energy transduction
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Ziburkus, Jokubas
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Assistant Professor
Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
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Email
(713) 743-0659
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The long-term goal of my laboratory is to understand the role of excitatory and inhibitory neuronal synaptic function and plasticity in normal and in pathological rodent and human brain tissue by employing a multi-disciplinary approach that synthesizes neurophysiology, imaging, molecular biology, immunohistochemistry, and modeling.
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Zufall, Rebecca
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Assistant Professor
Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston
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Email
713-743-8172
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Ciliate Genome Evolution; Developmentally regulated genome rearrangements in ciliates; Evolution of cis-acting factors in genome processing; Protein evolution in ciliates
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