ODU Faculty Mentors and Mentoring Resources
ODU Faculty Research Mentors 2022
Name |
Department |
Research Interest |
Bayse, Craig |
Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Molecular modeling of protein structure, mechanism, and function |
| Bender, Trandon | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Organic synthesis and organometallic chemistry |
Braitman, Abby L. |
Psychology |
Experimental psychology, quantitative Methods |
Gaff, Holly |
Biological Sciences |
Ecology and epidemiology of ticks and tick-borne diseases |
Gauthier, David |
Biological Sciences |
Aquatic animal disease |
Greene, Lesley |
Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Protein biochemistry, bioinformatics |
| Hatcher, Patrick | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Organic geochemistry |
He, Jing |
Computer Science |
Protein bioinformatics |
Henson, Matt |
Psychology |
Alcohol intervention |
Heron, Kristin |
Psychology |
Health behavior, behavior change interventions |
Holder, Alvin |
Chemistry and Biochemistry | Bioinorganic and transition metal chemistry: anti-cancer, Alzheimer's, anti-diabetes, and antibacterial studies, etc. |
| Hynes, Wayne | Biological Sciences | Infectious disease agents and mechanisms of disease, and tick-borne diseases |
| Jayarathna, Sampath | Computer Science | Neuro-information retrieval, data science, human-computer interaction, eye tracking, and digital library |
Kelley, Michelle |
Psychology |
Substance abuse etiology and treatment |
Kraj, Piotr |
Biological Sciences |
Cancer immunology and genomics and proteomics |
| Lambert, Kyle | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Synthetic organic Chemistry, natural product total synthesis |
Lau Barraco, Cathy |
Psychology |
Substance abuse in emerging adulthood |
Lee, James |
Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Chemistry, biochemistry, bioenergetics |
| Muratori, Claudia | Bioelectrics | Cancer treatment by electro-immuno-stimulation, and antimicrobial effects of ultra-short electric pulses |
| Purcell, Erin | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Signal transduction, bacterial antibiotic resistance, and nucleotide second messengers |
Ranjan, Desh |
Computer Science |
Bioinformatics & computational biology |
Shollenberger, Lisa |
Biological Sciences |
Immunology, vaccinology, parasitology, infectious diseases |
Sun, Jiangwen |
Computer Science |
Machine learning approaches for the study of human disease |
| Wang, Guijun | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Organic synthesis, bioorganic chemistry |
| Zhang, Pengwei | Biological Sciences | Virology, host-pathogen interactions, infectious diseases |
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