Current Faculty of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Functional Genomics



Name
Institution
Research Interests
Core Faculty


Barbara B. Knowles, Director
The Jackson Laboratory
Embryonic Development, Oocyte to Embryo Transition, Tolerance to Tumor Antigens
Keith Hutchison, Admin. Director
BMMB, University of Maine
Molecular genetics and regulation of development in plants and animals. Genome structure and genome flux in response to the environment.
Susan Ackerman
The Jackson Laboratory
Neurodegeneration, Neurodevelopment
Peggy Agouris
SIE, University of Maine
Digital Image Processing and Analysis for Extraction, Intelligent Retrieval, and Management of Geospatial Information, Integrated Information Systems, Digital Photogrammetry, and Remote Sensing
M. Kate Beard-Tisdale
SIE, University of Maine
Digital libraries, metadata and spatial data quality, uncertainty of spatial data and visualization of spatial data quality
Carol Bult
The Jackson Laboratory
Comparative Genomics, Genome Informatics, Large-scale Mutagenesis Informatics, Biological Databases
Gary Churchill
The Jackson Laboratory
Statistical Genetics, QTL Analysis
Scott Collins  (arriving Fall 2003)
LASST / Chemistry, University of Maine
MEMS, electronic materials, photonic. fluidic, and electronic components into compact analytical instrumentation; electrochemistry and mechanism of silicon anisotropic etching, fractal phase transitions, mechanism, and applications of porous silicon
Sharon Crook
Math, University of Maine
Mathematical Biology
Dynamical Systems
Max Egenhofer
SIE, University of Maine
Spatio-temporal reasoning, user interfaces for geographic information systems, the design of spatial database systems, and mobile spatial information appliances
Wayne N. Frankel
The Jackson Laboratory
Epilepsy, Neurogenetics, Complex Traits, Mutagenesis
Robert Friesel
Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Growth factors (FGFs)
Thomas Gridley
The Jackson Laboratory
Notch Signaling Pathway in Development and Disease, Developmental Mutants
Simon John
The Jackson Laboratory
Glaucoma
Carol Kim
BMMB, University of Maine
Zebrafish, innate immunity, infectious disease, vaccine development
Robert Lad
LASST/Physics, University of Maine

Materials science, ceramics, thin film synthesis, surface characterization.

Thomas Maciag
Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Growth factor and receptor biology, vascular biology and angiogenesis
Mohamed Musavi
ECE, University of Maine
Neural networks, computer vision and robotics
Jürgen K. Naggart
The Jackson Laboratory
Neural Control of Metabolic Diseases
Timothy O’Brien
The Jackson Laboratory
Developmental Genomics, Embryology
Luanne L. Peters
The Jackson Laboratory
Erythrocyte and Platelet Disorders
Martin Ringwald
The Jackson Laboratory
Gene Expression Database
Derry Roopenian
The Jackson Laboratory
Autoimmunity, Molecular Phenotyping, Transplantation Genetics
John Schimenti
The Jackson Laboratory
Functional Genomics via Mutagenesis, Meiosis, Recombination
Rosemary Smith  (arriving Fall 2003)
LASST/ECE, University of Maine
Fabrication, packaging and testing of both chemical and physical biomedical microsensors and technology development for analytical microinstruments.
Rebecca Van Beneden
BMMB, University of Maine
Environmental Toxicology, Molecular Carcinogenesis in Aquatic Organisms



Affiliated Faculty


Paul Millard
LASST/Chem. & Bio. Eng., University of Maine
 
Silvia Nittel
SIE, University of Maine
Database systems, distributed systems, heterogeneous systems, and mobile, sensor-based computing
David J. Neivandt Chem. & Bio. Eng., Unviersity of Maine Determination of the Orientation and Conformation of Interfacial Species and Surface Spectroscopies/Microscopies
Mauricio Pereira da Cunha ECE/University of Maine  Microwave Acoustic Devices, High Frequency RF Devices, Wireless Communication, Signal Processing, High Temperature Acoustic Wave Sensors, Acoustic Wave Biosensor, Acoustic Wave Materials
Habtom Ressom
ECE, University of Maine
Computational intelligence for data classification, clustering, virtual sensing, and process control
Touradj Solouki
Chemistry, University of Maine
Analytical Chemistry: ion cyclotron resonance spectrometry
Carl Tripp
LASST/Chemistry, University of Maine
Surface chemistry, infrared/raman spectroscopy, organic thin films, colloids.
Tom Wheeler
Computer Sci., University of Maine
Programming languages, software engineering, application of software engineering principles to biological modeling