Faculty
* Indicates labs that are training graduate students and/or Post-docs.
Eran Andrechek, Ph.D.
Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 2194
Office: 517-884-5042
andrech1@msu.edu
Andrechek Lab
Interests: Mouse models of cancer; Bioinformatics; Personalized medicine.
Jason Bazil, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 3195
517-884-5124 (office)
517-884-5093 (lab)
jnbazil@msu.edu
Bazil Lab
Interests: Cardiac energetics; mitochondrial physiology; ischemia/reperfusion injury; ischemic heart disease; mathematical modeling; mitochondria calcium sequestration; free radical homeostasis; biological network inference; non-linear dynamical systems modeling; biophysics; enzyme kinetics and mechanisms; metabolic networks.
Joseph Beatty, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building
766 Service Rd, Rm 5007
517-884-5046
beattyj7@msu.edu
Julia Busik, Ph.D.
Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 3178
517-884-5118 (office)
517-884-5106 (lab)
busik@msu.edu
Interests: Diabetes-induced shift in the balance between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory bioactive lipid mediators; the role of sphingolipid signaling and pro-inflammatory and pro-apoptotic ceramide production in the development of diabetic complications with the focus on diabetic retinopathy; the role of exosomes in diabetes-induced retinal damage.
Migdalisel Colon-Berlingeri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
CHM West Michigan
618 Secchia Bld.
Grand Rapids
616-234-2660
colonber@msu.edu
Charles "Lee" Cox, Ph.D.
MSU Research Integrity Officer
Wills House
287 Delta Court, Room 106
517-432-6698
rio@msu.edu
Research Integrity Office
Professor *
Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building
766 Service Rd, Rm 5022
517-884-5013
coxclee@msu.edu
Cox Lab
Shane Crandall, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd
Rm 2197 (Office) Rm 2100 (Lab)
Office: 517-884-5055
Lab: 517-884-5031
cranda86@msu.edu
Crandall Lab
Interests: Structure and function of neural circuits in the mammalian brain; Basic physiology of neurons and synapses; Physiology of sensory systems; Optogenetics.
Rupali Das, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor *
BioMedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 2195
517-884-5049
dasrupal@msu.edu
Interests: Cancer immunology, innate T cells, natural Killer T cells, Leukemia and lymphoma, tumor microenvironment, asthma and corticosteroid resistance.
Stephen DiCarlo, Ph.D.
Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd
Rm 4171 (Office) Rm 4155 (Lab)
Office: 517-884-5153
Lab: 517-884-5143
dicarlos@msu.edu
Interests: Spinal Cord Injury Induced Autonomic and Cardiovascular Dysfunction; High Salt and High Fat Induced Autonomic and Cardiovascular Dysfunction.
Jennifer Doherty, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biomedical & Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd
Office: Room 3183
Lab: Room 1328
dohert59@msu.edu
Research Interest: Principle-based reasoning in physiology, Flux and Mass Balance reasoning, Physiology teaching, and learning
Andrea Doseff, Ph.D.
Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 4173 (Office) Rm 4153 (Lab)
Office: (517) 884-5155
Lab: (517) 884-5142
doseffan@msu.edu
Doseff Lab
Interests: Immune-regulation, immune-oncology and foods for health. Gene and protein networks that regulate monocyte/macrophage cell fate, apoptosis and metabolism. Anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic mechanisms of dietary flavonoids in obesity and cancer.
Kathleen Gallo, Ph.D.
Professor *
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 4164
517-884-5156
gallok@msu.edu
Interests: Cancer progression and metastasis; targeting signaling pathways in cancer; cancer-immune cell crosstalk.
Byron H. Gipson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biomedical & Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Road Rm 2201K
Office: 517-884-5125
gipsonby@msu.edu
Brian Gulbransen, Ph.D.
MSU Foundation Professor *
Associate Professor
Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd Rm 3181
517-884-5121
gulbrans@msu.edu
Gulbransen Lab
Interests: Intercellular communication in gastrointestinal health and disease. Neuroinflammation and the roles of glia in the nervous system.
Valerie Hedges, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Giltner Hall
293 Farm Lane
Room 208
517-355-4053
hedgesva@msu.edu
Casey Henley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director of Online Neuroscience Programs
Giltner Hall
293 Farm Lane Rm 207
517-884-9526
mcgove14@msu.edu
Becky La, M.A.
Specialist - Advisor
2240 Biomedical Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Rd, E. Lansing MI 48824
517-355-4114
labecky@msu.edu
Geoffroy Laumet, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor *
Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building
766 Service Rd, Rm 5018
517-884-5057
laumetge@msu.edu
Interests: Dr. Laumet’s lab interest is focused on understanding the neurobiology of chronic pain.
Gina Leinninger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor *
Director, Graduate Program
Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building
766 Service Dr Rm 5013
517-884-5123
leinning@msu.edu
Interests: Central regulation of feeding and other motivated behaviors.
Main Office
Department of Physiology
Biomedical & Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Road, Room 2201
Main Office: 517-884-5000
psldept@msu.edu
Department Chairperson
Dr. Lawrence "Karl" Olson
Biomedical & Physical Sciences Building
567 Wilson Road, Room 2201E
Phone: 517-884-5050
olsonla@msu.edu