GRADUATE FACULTY
Graduate Faculty can serve as dissertation mentors to Graduate Students.

Dr. Mary Bartlett Bunge
Professor
Research: Novel strategies (including cell transplantation) to promote axonal regeneration in the adult central nervous system
mbunge@miami.edu

Coralie A. Carothers Carraway
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Membrane-cytoskeleton interactions and transmembrane signaling in malignancy and normal epithelial cell function
ccarrawa@med.miami.edu

Dr. Kermit L. Carraway
Professor
Research: Regulation of cell surface organization
kcarrawa@med.miami.edu

Dr. Gregory Conner
Associate Professor
Research: Intercellular sortingof Proteins to lysosome, structure and function of cathepsin D
gconner@miami.edu

Dr. W. Dalton Dietrich
Kinetic Concepts Distinguished Chair in Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neurology,
and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Research: Neuroprotection and Improved Recovery of Function following CNS Trauma
ddietrich@miami.edu

Dr. Nevis Fregien
Associate Professor
Research: Growth factors, development, cancer
nevis@miami.edu

Dr. Jeffrey L. Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
jgoldberg@med.miami.edu

Dr. David Helfman
Professor
Research: Cancer, signal transduction, cytoskeleton.
dhelfman@med.miami.edu

Dr. Roland Jurecic
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Molecular mechanisms of stem cell self-renewal, lineage commitment, and differentiation; mouse models of stem cell maintenance; the role of cytokine receptor maintenance in stem cell and progenitor cell differentiation and transformation; hematological malignancies.
rjurecic@med.miami.edu

Dr. Mary Lou King
Professor
Research: Germ cell specification in frogs; genetic mechanisms preserving germ line totipotency; mRNA localization in the egg.
mking@med.miami.edu

Leonidas G. Koniaris
Associate Professor
Research: Mechanism of growth control and dysregulation of tissue growth in vivo.
lkoniaris@med.miami.edu

Dr. Theodore Lampidis
Professor
Research: Cellular Pharmocology, Cardiotoxicity, Anticancer drugs
tlampidi@med.miami.edu

Dr. Richard K. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
rlee@med.miami.edu

Dr. Joy Lincoln
Assistant Professor
Research: Embryonic Heart Development Molecular and Cellular Regulation of Heart Valve Formation
JLincoln@med.miami.edu

Dr. Vinata B. Lokeshwar
Associate Professor Urology and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Research: translational research, extracellular matrix-degrading enzymes in tumor metastasis and angiogenesis, hyaluronic acid (HA), non-invasive bladder cancer detection test (HA-HAase test), prostate cancer, interstitial cystitis
v.lokeshwar@miami.edu

Dr. Carlos T. Moraes
Professor of Neurology and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Human Genetics; Molecular pathogenesis of disease-related mitochondrial DNA mutations
cmoraes@med.miami.edu

Dr. Richard Rotundo
Professor
Research: Membrane protein biogensis and localization; signal transduction; gene expression and regulation; nerves and muscle
rrotundo@miami.edu

Dr. Pedro Salas
Associate Professor
Research: Polarization in epithelial cells; Role of the cytoskeleton and exocytis transport of membrane proteins
psalas@med.miami.edu

Dr. Valery I. Shestopalov
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Research: Cataracts; lens development; bioinformatics of glaucoma
vshestopalov@med.miami.edu

Dr. Pantelis Tsoulfas
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Specificity of Neurotrophins Action, Neural Embryonic Stem Cells
PTsoulfa@med.miami.edu

Dr. Fulvia Verde
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology and Cell Biology & Anatomy
Research: Control of cell morphogenesis in fission yeast
fverde@miami.edu

Teresa A. Zimmers, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests: growth control, growth factors and cytokines, liver regeneration, liver transplantation, small bowel growth and repair, role of growth factors in organ repair and transplantation, regulation of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue mass, cachexia.
t.zimmerskoniaris@miami.edu