Mitochondrial Biology Faculty

The Department of Pharmacology faculty research covers four main disciplines, which overlap in various ways.
Daniel Bogenhagen, MD
Mitochondrial Biology
Professor Emeritus
Mitochondrial Molecular Biology
Christopher Brownlee, PhD
Aging, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Chemical Biology, Lipid Biology, Mitochondrial Biology, Neuropharmacology, Signaling, Stem Cells
Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of spindle orientation, ciologenesis, polarity, cytokinesis and axonogenesis.
Bruce Demple, PhD
Aging, Cancer, Chemical Biology, DNA Damage Repair, Environmental Toxicology, Mitochondrial Biology
Professor
Cellular Systems to Counteract Oxidative Damage
Michael Frohman, MD,PhD
Cancer, Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Fertility, Infectious Diseases, Lipid Biology, Metabolic Disorders, Mitochondrial Biology, Neuropharmacology, Signaling
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Lipid Signaling: Roles in mitochondrial biology, spermatogenesis, diabetes, immune function, the CNS, platelet activation, and cancer; - Imaging Pancreatic β-cells using metabolomics and MRI.
Miguel Garcia-Diaz, PhD
DNA Damage Repair, Mitochondrial Biology
Professor
Mechanisms of mitochondrial gene expression/Mechanisms of DNA synthesis and repair