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Research in this area focuses on the development of fundamental molecular health sciences required to understand life processes, from the level of the single molecule to the human being. The research and training efforts of faculty in this concentration are coordinated through the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute. Research opportunities in this concentration integrate many disciplines and involve collaborative efforts between preceptors from various fields.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.clptrainingprogram.northwestern.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chemistry of Life Processes Training Program</a></p> <h3><a id="faculty" ></a>Faculty List</h3> <p class="clear list-fix"><a href="../people/faculty/backman.html"><img alt="Vadim Backman headshot" class="table-borders" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/backman-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a class="clear list-fix" href="../people/faculty/backman.html">Vadim Backman, PhD</a><a href="mailto:%20r-allada@northwestern.edu"><br /> </a> <strong class="clear list-fix">Email:</strong><a class="clear list-fix" href="mailto:v-backman@northwestern.edu"> v-backman@northwestern.edu</a><a href="mailto:%20r-allada@northwestern.edu"><br /> </a> <span class="pQuestion clear list-fix">Research Interests:</span> <span class="clear list-fix">Imaging for non-invasive screening, diagnosis and detection of disease, biological and bioengineered tissue</span></p> <p><span class="clear list-fix"><img alt="brian-hoffman-130x175.jpg" class="" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/hoffman-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></span></p> <p><a class="clear list-fix" href="../people/faculty/brian-m-hoffman.html">Brian Hoffman, PhD</a><a href="mailto:%20r-allada@northwestern.edu"><br /> </a> <strong class="clear list-fix">Email:</strong><a class="clear list-fix" href="mailto:bmh@northwestern.edu"> bmh@northwestern.edu</a><a href="mailto:%20r-allada@northwestern.edu"><br /> </a> <span class="pQuestion clear list-fix">Research Interests:</span> Long-range interprotein electron transfer, ENDOR of metalloenzymes</p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/kamat.html"><img alt="Neha Kamat" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/kamat-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/kamat.html">Neha Kamat, PhD</a><br /> <strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:%20nkamat@northwestern.edu">nkamat@northwestern.edu</a><br /> <span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: Artificial cell/protocell models, membrane biophysics, emergent behaviors from synthetic membranes, membrane stress-sensing</span></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/kelleher.html"><img alt="Neil Kelleher headshot" class="clear list-fix" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/kelleher-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/kelleher.html">Neil Kelleher, PhD</a><br /> <strong>Email:</strong><a href="mailto:%20n-kelleher@northwestern.edu"> n-kelleher@northwestern.edu</a><br /> <span class="pQuestion">Research Interests:</span> Top-down proteomics, natural products discovery, chromatic oncobiology, and computational proteomics</p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/keten.html"><img alt="Sinan Keten" class="" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/keten-130x175.jpg" width="131" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/keten.html">Sinan Keten, PhD</a><br /> <strong>Email:</strong><a href="mailto:s-keten@northwestern.edu"> s-keten@northwestern.edu</a><br /> <span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: <span>Molecular modeling, adhesive and structural proteins, bioinspired materials</span></span></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/kozorovitskiy.html"><img alt="Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/kozorovitskiy-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/kozorovitskiy.html">Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy, PhD</a><br /> <strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:yevgenia.kozorovitskiy@northwestern.edu">yevgenia.kozorovitskiy@northwestern.edu<br /> </a> <a href="mailto:yevgenia.kozorovitskiy@northwestern.edu" ></a><span class="pQuestion">Research Interests:</span> Synaptic and circuit development in the basal ganglia</p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/leonard.html"><img alt="Joshua Leonard" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/leonard-130x175.png" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/leonard.html">Joshua Leonard, PhD</a><br /> <strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:j-leonard@northwestern.edu">j-leonard@northwestern.edu</a><br /> <span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: </span>Engineering cellular systems and biomolecules for immunotherapy, synthetic biology, and biotechnology</p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/lucks.html"><img alt="Julius Lucks" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/lucks-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/lucks.html">Julius Lucks, PhD</a><br /> <strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:jblucks@northwestern.edu">jblucks@northwestern.edu</a><br /> <span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: </span>Unraveling the RNA sequence/structure/function code for biology, medicine, and biotechnology</p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/meade.html"><img alt="Thomas Meade headshot" class="clear list-fix" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/meade-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/meade.html">Thomas J. Meade, PhD<br /> </a> <strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:tmeade@northwestern.edu">tmeade@northwestern.edu </a><br /> <span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: </span>Bioinorganic coordination chemistry, biological molecular imaging, transcription factor inhibitors, and electronic biosensors</p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/morimoto.html"><img alt="Richard Morimoto" class="clear list-fix" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/morimoto-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/morimoto.html">Richard I. Morimoto, PhD</a><br /> <strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:%20r-morimoto@northwestern.edu">r-morimoto@northwestern.edu </a><br /> <span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: </span>Cell stress responses, molecular chaperones, and protein conformational disease</p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/pinkett.html"><img alt="Heather Pinkett" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/pinkett-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/pinkett.html">Heather Pinkett, PhD</a><br /> <strong>Email:</strong><a href="mailto:h-pinkett@northwestern.edu"> h-pinkett@northwestern.edu</a><br /> <span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: </span>Membrane proteins; emphasizing the structure & function of membrane-embedded transporters & their regulation mechanisms</p> <p class="clear list-fix"><a href="../people/faculty/rosenzweig.html"><img alt="Amy Rosenzweig" class="table-borders" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/rosenzweig-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a><a class="table-borders" href="http://www.ibis.northwestern.edu/faculty/rosenzweig.html" ></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/rosenzweig.html">Amy Rosenzweig, PhD</a><a href="mailto:%20r-allada@northwestern.edu"><br /> </a> <strong>Email:</strong><a href="mailto:%20r-allada@northwestern.edu"> </a><a href="mailto:amyr@northwestern.edu">amyr@northwestern.edu</a><br /> <span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: Structure, function, and mechanism of metalloproteins and metalloenzymes</span></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/tullman-ercek.html"><img alt="Danielle Tullman-Ercek" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/tullman-ercek-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/tullman-ercek.html">Danielle Tullman-Ercek, PhD</a><br /> <strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:ercek@northwestern.edu">ercek@northwestern.edu</a><br /> <span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: </span>Engineering of membrane proteins and protein membranes</p> <p class="clear list-fix"><a href="../people/faculty/tyo.html"><img alt="Keith Tyo headshot" class="table-borders" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/tyo-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a><a class="table-borders" href="http://www.ibis.northwestern.edu/faculty/tyo.html" ></a></p> <a class="table-borders" href="../people/faculty/tyo.html">Keith E.J. Tyo, PhD</a><a href="mailto:%20r-allada@northwestern.edu"><br /> </a> <strong class="table-borders">Email:</strong><a href="mailto:%20r-allada@northwestern.edu"><span class="table-borders"> </span></a><a class="table-borders" href="mailto:k-tyo@northwestern.edu">k-tyo@northwestern.edu</a><br /> <span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: </span>Microbial engineering <p><a href="../people/faculty/wang.html"><img alt="Alec Wang" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/wang-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/wang.html">Xiaozhong (Alec) Wang, PhD</a><br /> <strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:awang@northwestern.edu">awang@northwestern.edu</a><br /> <span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: </span>Genetic analysis of protocadherin diversity in the central nervous system</p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/weiss.html"><img alt="Eric Weiss headshot" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/weiss-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/weiss.html">Eric Weiss, PhD</a><a href="mailto:%20r-allada@northwestern.edu"><br /> </a> <strong>Email:</strong><a href="mailto:%20r-allada@northwestern.edu"> </a><a href="mailto:elweiss@northwestern.edu">elweiss@northwestern.edu</a><br /> <span class="pQuestion"><span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: </span></span>Signaling pathways in the control of cell architecture</p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/zhang-xy.html" target="_parent"><img alt="xiaoyu zhang" height="175" src="../images/people/faculty/zhang-xy-130x175.jpg" width="130" /></a></p> <p><a href="../people/faculty/zhang-xy.html" target="_parent">Xiaoyu Zhang, PhD</a><br /><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:zhang@northwestern.edu">zhang@northwestern.edu</a><br /><span class="pQuestion">Research Interests: </span>Chemical biology and therapeutics</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="contain-970"> <div class="footer-content"><a href="https://www.northwestern.edu/"><img alt="Northwestern University logo" src="https://common.northwestern.edu/v8/css/images/northwestern-university.svg" /></a> <ul> <li>© <script>// <![CDATA[ document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) // ]]></script> Northwestern University</li> <li><a href="https://www.northwestern.edu/facilities/building-campus-access/building-access/">Building Access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.northwestern.edu/emergency/index.html">Campus Emergency Information</a></li> <li><a href="https://hr.northwestern.edu/careers/">Careers</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.northwestern.edu/contact.html">Contact Northwestern University</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.northwestern.edu/disclaimer.html">Disclaimer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.northwestern.edu/privacy/index.html">Privacy Statement</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.northwestern.edu/accessibility/about/report-accessibility-issue.html">Report an Accessibility Issue</a></li> <li><a href="https://policies.northwestern.edu/">University Policies</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer-content contact"> <ul xmlns:NUWC="NUWC"><li class="footer-pin-icon"><span class="hide-label">Address</span></li><li><strong>Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program</strong></li><li>Hogan 2-100</li><li>2205 Tech Drive</li><li>Evanston, IL  60208</li></ul><ul xmlns:NUWC="NUWC"><li class="footer-phone-icon"><span class="hide-label">Phone number</span></li><li>Phone: 847-491-4301</li><li>Fax: 847-467-1380</li></ul><ul xmlns:NUWC="NUWC"><li class="footer-email-icon"><span class="hide-label">Email address</span></li><li><a href="mailto:ibis@northwestern.edu">ibis@northwestern.edu</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="footer-content"> <p xmlns:NUWC="NUWC"><strong>Social Media</strong></p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/IBiSatNorthwestern" target="_blank" xmlns:NUWC="NUWC"><span class="facebook social-slide"><span class="hide-label">Facebook</span></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/IBiSatNU" target="_blank" xmlns:NUWC="NUWC"><span class="twitter social-slide"><span class="hide-label">Twitter</span></span></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpiLz9hmL3EHMCmPRzs7veA/playlists" target="_blank" xmlns:NUWC="NUWC"><span class="youtube social-slide"><span class="hide-label">YouTube</span></span></a> </div> <div class="footer-content"><div id="footer-addl-content" xmlns:NUWC="NUWC"><content><a href="http://wewill.northwestern.edu/weinbergcollege" target="_blank"><img alt="Please support WE WILL. 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