Faculty

Katherine A. Sukalski , Interim Chair

Associate Professor (PhD, The University of North Dakota, 1981): Environmental factors in the progression of female basic science faculty to full professor and institutional leadership roles.

Archana Dhasarathy

Assistant Professor (PhD, Texas A&M University, 2004): Epigenetic events leading to cancer metastasis.

James D. Foster

Assistant Professor (PhD, the University of North Dakota, 1994): Regulation of the dopamine transporter (DAT) via phosphorylation and palmitoylation.

Barry I. Milavetz

Professor (PhD, University of Illinois, 1976): Role of epigenetics in the regulation of eukaryotic replication and transcription.

Joyce Ohm

Assistant Professor (PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2003): Abnormal epigenetic silencing events in the initiation of human cancers.

John B. Shabb

Associate Professor (PhD, West Virginia University, 1984): Proteomics, cellular signaling and cancer progression.  Regulation of cellular processes by post-translational modifications including protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation.

Brij Singh

Professor (PhD, University of Bonn and Bhopal University, 1997): Characterization of calcium channel proteins, including regulation, membrane targeting, structure-function relationship, and mechanism of activation and inactivation.

Roxanne A. Vaughan

Professor (PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985): Structure-function properties of the dopamine transporter—a regulator of dopaminergic neurotransmission and site of action of cocaine and amphetamines.

Min Wu

Associate Professor (PhD, University of Leeds, United Kingdom): Mechanism of DNA damage and repair in lung oxidation and inflammation.

Linglin Xie

Research Assistant Professor (PhD, Kansas State University, 2008): Molecular and genetic study of TbX5-Shh pathway in atrial septation; Molecular and cellular interaction between macrophages and adipocytes in dietary induced obesity; Impact of prenatal low protein diet and postnatal high energy diet on epigenetic regulation in adipose tissue macrophages.

Phyllis E. Johnson

Professor (PhD, UND Chemistry, 1976): Currently UND Vice President for Research & Economic Development

Adjunct Faculty

(from the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center)

Kate J. Claycombe, PhD
Huawei Zeng, PhD

Faculty with Joint Appointment

(from the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Pathology)

  Mary Ann Sens, MD, PhD
  Scott Garrett, PhD
  Donald Sens, PhD
  Seema Somji, PhD

Retired Faculty

David O. Lambeth, PhD

Professor Emeritus (appointed 1977–retired 2008). Department Chair 2000–2003

Robert C. Nordlie, PhD

Professor Emeritus (appointed 1962–retired 2000). Department Chair 1983–2000

Paul D. Ray, PhD

Professor Emeritus (appointed 1967–retired 1997)

Staff

Mary Bohlman , Administrative Secretary
Phone: (701) 777-3937

Jennifer Hershey , Administrative Secretary
Phone: (701) 777-2250

Danping Guo , Research Technician
Phone: (701) 777-6792