Resident Faculty

Life Sciences Resident Faculty

Cheryl P. Andam

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

Thomas Begley

Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, Associate Director of The RNA Institute, Director of Training in RNA Science and Technology, Interim REPR Director
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

Marlene Belfort

Distinguished Professor, Senior Advisor of The RNA Institute
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

J. Andrew Berglund

Director of The RNA Institute; Co-Director, Center of Excellence in RNA Research and Therapeutics (CERRT); Keith Hynes Endowed Professor in STEM; Distinguished Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute, Berglund Lab

Arun Richard Chandrasekaran

Senior Research Scientist
The RNA Institute

Alan Chen

Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute

John Douglas Cleary

Assistant Director of Research for the RNA Institute
The RNA Institute

Richard P. Cunningham

Professor
Department of Biological Sciences

Soma Dash

Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

Bijan K. Dey

Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
The RNA Institute

Dylan Farnsworth

Senior Research Scientist
The RNA Institute

Paolo Forni

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

Gabriele Fuchs

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

Ken Halvorsen

Senior Research Scientist
The RNA Institute

Alexander Khmaladze

Associate Professor of Physics
Department of Physics

Melinda Larsen

Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

Igor Lednev

Distinguished Professor, Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute

ChangHwan Lee

Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

Pan T. X. Li

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

Ewan C. McNay

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology

Li Niu

Professor
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute

Cara Pager

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

Jayanti Pande

Vincent O'Leary Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute

Andrew Poulos

Associate Professor, Area Head
Department of Psychology

Kaalak Reddy

Research Faculty
The RNA Institute

Maksim Royzen

Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute

Morgan Sammons

Associate Dean for Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

Alexander Shekhtman

Professor and Chair
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute

Jia Sheng

Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute

Hua Shi

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

Alex Valm

Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute

Christine K. Wagner

Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
Graduate School, Provost's Office

Mehmet Yigit

Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute