In this section, you will find all of the NAIPI members listed. You can search for members by name or find them associated with the funded program (INBRE/COBRE/CTR)
Matthew Rizzo
Matthew Rizzo, MD, FAAN Frances & Edgar Reynolds Chair & Professor- Department of Neurological Sciences Co-Director, Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance Director of Neuroscience Services (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Mental Health, Pain Management) Interests: Memory Disorders He is also [...]
James Takacs
James Takacs, Emeritus Professor. Charles Mach University Professor, NebraskaResearch 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 : [...]
Rick Bevins
Rick Bevins, CHANCELLOR'S PROFESSOR & INTERIM ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH: Psychology Research Interests: My research program bridges areas of neuroscience, pharmacology, animal learning and behavior, and biopsychology. He is also working Principal Investigator of [...]
Robert Lewis
Robert Lewis, PhD., Professor, Eppley Cancer Institute, Courtesy Appointments: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Program Leader, Cancer Genes and Molecular Regulation Program, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Nebraska [...]
Peter Stephen Steyger
Peter Stephen Steyger, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Principal Investigator COBRE, Translational Hearing Center, Nebraska My unique expertise in mechanisms of iatrogenic hearing loss originates from acquiring hearing loss via treatment with the life-saving aminoglycosides when [...]
Paul Sorgen
Paul Sorgen, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Principal Investigator INBRE, Nebraska Research Network in Functional Genomics. Nebraska Research Opportunities in my Lab: Graduate students Medical students Undergraduate summer research Paul Sorgen | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology [...]
Marc Basson
Marc Basson. MD, PhD, MBA, Sr Assoc Dean Medicine / Research, Dean's Office Med- Gen surgery, wound healing, cancer, signal transduction, intestinal epithelial biology Professor, Surgery: Gen surgery, wound healing, cancer, signal transduction, intestinal epithelial biology [...]
Sanku Mallik
Sanku Mallik, Ph.D., Professor, Principal Investigator of COBRE, Center for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies in Pancreatic CancerResearch: (1) Design of Isozyme-Selective Inhibitors for Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (2) Fabrication of hybrid liposomes with triple-helical collagen peptides for targeting [...]
Roxanne Vaughan
Roxanne Vaughan, Professor, Biomedical Sciences Principal Investigator: COBRE, Epigenomics of Development and Disease, North Dakota Roxanne Vaughan | University of North Dakota (und.edu) https://naipi.org/2021/10/19/cobre-epigenomics-of-development-and-disease/
Stephen Wonderlich
Stephen Wonderlich, Ph.D., is the Chester Fritz Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Director of Clinical Research at the [...]
Donald Sens
Donald Sens, Ph.D., Professor, Pathology. Principal Investigator of ND INBRE Health and the Environment, North Dakota Education and Training: Ashland College, BS The University of South Carolina, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Harvard Medical School (Post-doctoral in Molecular Biology) [...]
Keith Miskimins
Keith Miskimins, Professor, Obstetrics/Gynecology Research Interests: The Miskimins lab research focus is the protein inhibitor of cell cycle progression that is commonly down-regulated in cancer cells. He is also Principal Investigator of Center of Cancer [...]
Jill Weimer
Jill Weimer, Professor, Pediatrics Research Interests: Research in the Weimer Lab is focused on understanding the processes that control the development of the cerebral cortex and how disruption in these processes leads to various neuropediatric [...]
David Pearce
David Pearce, Professor, Pediatrics. Principal Investigator Center of Pediatric Research COBRE, South Dakota Research Interests: Research in the Pearce Lab is focused on understanding the molecular basis of several inherited pediatric neurodegenerative diseases including the [...]
Scott Hefty
P. Scott Hefty, Professor, MB Undergraduate Studies Director He is also working as Principal Investigator of Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease, Kansas Hefty Lab: Chlamydia (klah-MID-e-a) are obligate intracellular bacteria that are propagated and maintained through [...]
Susan Lunte
Susan Lunte, Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Director, Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry. Principal Investigator & Director, NIH COBRE Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways, Kansas Research — Research interests [...]
Kimberly Kirkpatrick
Kimberly Kirkpatrick, Director, Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Approaches to Plasticity (CNAP) Research Interests I received my Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Iowa in 1995 under the supervision of Professor Edward A. Wasserman. [...]
Juergen Richt
Juergen Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor & KBA Eminent Scholar, Director, Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD), Director NIH COBRE Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, KANSAS Research During my 25+ [...]
Andrew Godwin
Andrew Godwin, Ph.D., Endowed Professor, Division Director, Genomic Diagnostics and founding Director of Molecular Oncology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Deputy Director of the KU Cancer Center, Founding Director of the Kansas Institute for [...]
Douglas Wright
Douglas Wright, Ph.D., Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Principal Investigator Kansas: IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE), Kansas Douglas Wright, Ph.D. is a Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Kansas [...]