Rick Bevins

Rick Bevins, CHANCELLOR’S PROFESSOR & INTERIM ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH: Psychology; Principal Investigator of COBRE, Rural Drug Addiction Research Center, Nebraska. Rick Bevins, PhD is the Willa Cather Professor of Psychology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and a nationally recognized researcher in the field of behavioral neuroscience. His work focuses on the psychological and […]

Anna Dunaevsky

Anna Dunaevsky, PhD, Professor – Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Neurological Sciences Research Interests and Projects: Synaptic development, experience-dependent plasticity, Neuron-Glia interaction, neurodevelopmental disorders, autism spectrum disorders, Fragile X Syndrome, dynamics of Cerebellar Purkinje Dendrites : Dunaevsky Lab She is also working as Principal Investigator of COBRE, Cognitive Neuroscience of Development and Aging (CONDA) Center, Nebraska

Lori Leibold

Lori Leibold, Ph.D., Director, Center for Hearing Research, Director, Human Auditory Development Laboratory, Member, Great Plains IDeA-CTR, Principal Investigator Center for Perception and Communication in Children, Nebraska. Research Topics: Arts & Humanities, Medicine and Life Sciences, Physics and Astronomy

David Oupicky

David Oupicky, Ph.D., Professor and Parke-Davis Chair in Pharmaceutics Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska. Research Activities/Interests: Dr. Oupicky’s research is in the broad area of nanomedicine with emphasis on the development of novel approaches to the design of polymeric drugs and methods of drug combination delivery to […]

Janos Zempleni

Janos Zempleni, WILLA CATHER PROFESSOR OF MOLECULAR NUTRITION AND DIRECTOR OF THE NEBRASKA CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF OBESITY DISEASES The Zempleni lab has a long track record of research in nutrition and epigenetics. More recently, He discovered a novel class of bioactive food compounds, i.e., dietary microRNAs. He has demonstrated that: 1) humans absorb […]

Nich Stergiou

Nich Stergiou, PhD , Nebraska Assistant Dean and Director, Division of Biomechanics and Research Development, College of Education Distinguished Community Research Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Biomechanics Director, Center for Research in Human Movement Variability (MOVCENTR) Professor, Department of Environmental Agricultural and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center Principal […]

James Takacs

James Takacs, Emeritus Professor. Charles Mach University Professor, Nebraska Research Interests: Asymmetric Catalysis, Self-Assembly, Combinatorial Catalysis, Metal-Catalyzed Cyclizations, Synthetic Methods Development, Natural Product Total Synthesis He is also working as Principal Investigator of COBRE, Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication (CIBC).

William Sonntag

William Sonntag, Ph.D., Geroscience, College of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Professor and Chair, Director of Center for Geroscience and Healthy Brain Aging Clinical/Research Interests: Brain aging, IGF-1, Cerebrovasculature aging, Learning and memory He is also working as Principal Investigator of Cellular and Molecular Geoscience COBRE, Oklahoma.

Lijun Xia

Lijun Xia, M.D., Ph.D. Member and Program Chair, Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Merrick Foundation Chair in Biomedical Research, Adjunct Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation He is also working Principal Investigator of COBRE- Center for Cellular Metabolism Research in Oklahoma.  

Jimmy Ballard

Jimmy Ballard, Ph.D., PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMAN, PI/DIRECTOR, OKLAHOMA CENTER FOR MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS AND IMMUNITY, COBRE RESEARCH INTERESTS: The Ballard lab studies fundamental aspects for Clostridioides difficile physiology and mechanisms of pathogenesis.  C. difficile is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections and routinely infects patients undergoing antibiotic treatments. Though C. difficile is a strict anaerobe, the disease is initiated through […]