A major strength of UNT's NIH-funded G-Rise Program is its many dedicated faculty, hailing from 13 departments in 6 Colleges, who serve as mentors for our UNT G-Rise PhD students.
| Name |
Position |
Primary Department or Program |
Research Interest and Website |
|
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Albert, Mark | Assist. Professor |
Computer Science and Engineering |
Biomedical AI/Machine Learning https://biomed-ai.com |
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Alonso, Ana Paula |
Assoc. Professor |
Biological Sciences |
Metabolism & Biochemical pathways https://bdi.unt.edu/ana-alonso |
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Andreussi, Oliviero |
Assist. Professor |
Physics |
Computational Materials Science https://facultyinfo.unt.edu/faculty-profile?query=Oliviero+Andreussi&type=name&profile=oa0146 |
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Ayre, Brian |
Professor |
Biological Sciences |
Plant Physiology and Development http://biology.unt.edu/ayre |
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Azad, Rajeev |
Assoc. Professor |
Biological Sciences |
Computational Genomics http://bioinformatics.unt.edu/people/faculty |
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Becker, April |
Asst. Professor |
Behavior Analysis |
Learning and Recovery from Brain Injury https://barrettinitiative.org/?page_id=2428 |
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Blumenthal, Heidi |
Assoc. Professor |
Psychology |
Developmental Psychopathology https://psychology.unt.edu/teen-star-laboratory |
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Bozdag, Serdar |
Associate Professor |
Computer Science and Engineering |
Multi-omics Dataset Analysis https://biocomp.engineering.unt.edu/ |
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Burggren, Warren (Oversight Committee Member) |
Professor |
Biological Sciences |
Epigenetic Inheritance and Developmental Physiology http://biol.unt.edu/~burggren/Lab%20website/home.html |
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Champlin, Sara |
Assistant Professor |
Mayborn School of Journalism |
Health Communication https://journalism.unt.edu/people/sara-champlin-phd |
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Chan, Clement |
Assistant Professor |
Biomedical Engineering |
Protein and Cellular Engineering https://www.clementchanlab.org/ |
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Choi, Tae-Youl |
Professor |
Mechanical and Energy Eng. |
Cancer diagnosis https://biothermalcancerdetection.unt.edu/ |
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Cui, Jingbao | Professor | Physics | |
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Cundari, Thomas |
Professor |
Chemistry |
Computational Chemistry and Enzymes https://chemistry.unt.edu/people-node/tom-cundari |
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Dzialowski, Ed |
Professor |
Biological Sciences |
Developmental Physiology http://www.biol.unt.edu/~edzial/ |
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Ecker, Melanie |
Assistant Professor |
Biomedical Engineering |
Smart Polymers for Biomedical Applications www.eckerlab.com |
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Golden, Teresa |
Professor |
Chemistry |
Biomaterials and Drug Analysis for Forensic Applications http://chemistry.unt.edu/~tgolden/ |
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Hughes, Lee (Oversight Committee Member) |
Assoc. Professor |
Biological Sciences |
Science Education and Microbiology http://biology.unt.edu/~lhughes/ |
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Jafari, Amir | Assoc. Professor | Biomedical Engineering | Physical Human-Robot Interactions, Rehabilitation Robties, Exoskeletons |
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Jagadeeswaran, Pudur |
Professor |
Biological Sciences |
Genetics of Human Diseases https://biology.unt.edu/people/pudur-jagadeeswaran |
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Lund, Amie |
Assist. Professor |
Biological Sciences |
Pollutants and Cardiovascular and Neurological Disease https://biology.unt.edu/people/amie-lun |
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Mahbub, Ifana |
Assist. Professor |
Electrical Engineering |
Wearable and implantable sensors https://electrical.engineering.unt.edu/people/ifana-mahbub |
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McFarlin, Brian |
Professor |
Kinesiology |
Immunity, Nutrition, Inflammation management Appliedphysiologylab.unt.edu |
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Nardelli, Marco |
Professor |
Physics/Chemistry |
Computational materials and big data systems https://physics.unt.edu/people/marco-buongiorno-nardelli-phd |
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Padilla, Pamela (Oversight Committee Member) |
Professor |
Biological Sciences |
Molecular Mechanisms of Diet-Genotype Interactions, Stress https://biology.unt.edu/dr-pamela-padilla |
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Ponnette-González, Alexandra |
Assoc. Professor |
Geography |
Human-pollutant Ineractions https://ponettelab.cargo.site |
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Ryals, Anthony | Assistant Professor | Psychology | Human Memory and Awareness http://psychology.unt.edu/unt-neurocognitive-laboratory |
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Skellam, Elizabeth |
Asst. Professor |
Chemistry |
Bioactive molecule biosynthesis in fungi https://chemistry.unt.edu/skellam-research-group |
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Slavish, Danica |
Assistant Professor | Psychology | Sleep Medicine, Health Psychology https://psychology.unt.edu/sleep/ |
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Vaidya, Manish | Assoc. Professor | Behavior Science | Biosensor Technology https://facultyinfo.unt.edu/faculty-profile?query=Manish%20Vaidya&type=name&profile=mv0014 |
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Vaidyanathan, Vijay (Oversight Committee Member) |
Professor | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Instrumentation, exoskeleton design, biomed engineering for the elderly |
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Verbeck, Guido |
Professor |
Chemistry |
Mass Spectrometry Imaging in Biomedicine http://chemistry.unt.edu/~verbeck/ |
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Vingren, Jakob |
Professor |
Kinesiology |
Exercise Physiology and Health https://appliedphysiologylab.unt.edu/ |
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Wang, Hong |
Assoc Professor |
Chemistry |
Small Molecule Inhibitors http://chemistry.unt.edu/~hwang/index.html |
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Wang, Xuexia (Helen) |
Assoc. Professor |
Mathematics |
Statistical Genetics http://chemistry.unt.edu/~hwang/index.html |
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Yan, Hao |
Assistant Professor |
Chemistry |
Physical Chemistry Materials Science https://haoyangroup.com/ |
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Yang, Huaxiao |
Assistant Professor |
Biomedical Engineering |
Disease Modeling and regenerative Medicine https://sites.google.com/view/adamyanglab/ |
