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Hal S Alper

  • Professor of Chemical Engineering
  • Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #1
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
halper@che.utexas.edu
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Eric Anslyn

  • Professor
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry (Holder)
Distinguished Teaching Professor

anslyn@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-0068
NHB
5.114A
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Ethel Bayer-Santos

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
ebayersantos@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-0966
NMS
2.116
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Xiaolu (Lulu) Lim Ang Cambronne

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Join us at the 2026 NAD Metabolism and Signaling FASEB Scientific Research Conference, June 7-11 2026 Melbourne, FL. https://events.faseb.org/event/NAD-Metabolism-Signaling/summary 

lulu@austin.utexas.edu
512-232-1928
MBB
2.148BA
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Lydia M. Contreras

  • Professor
  • Paul D. & Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professorship in Chemical Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
lcontrer@che.utexas.edu
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Richard Crooks

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Chemistry
  • Allen J. Bard Center for Electrochemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
crooks@cm.utexas.edu
NHB
5.112A
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Kevin N Dalby

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
dalby@austin.utexas.edu
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Bryan W. Davies

  • Professor
  • Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
bwdavies@utexas.edu
NMS
3.118
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Daniel J. Dickinson

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
daniel.dickinson@austin.utexas.edu
PAT
206
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Stephen Carl Ekker

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
stephen.ekker@austin.utexas.edu
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Andrew Ellington

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry (Holder)

andy.ellington@austin.utexas.edu
MBB
3.424
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Ilya J. Finkelstein

  • Professor
  • Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
ifinkelstein@cm.utexas.edu
MBB
3.422
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George Georgiou

  • Professor
  • Dula D. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering #2
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
gg@che.utexas.edu
CPE
4.410
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Marvin L. Hackert

  • Professor
  • William Shive Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry
  • Senior Associate Dean, Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies (Retired)
  • Interim Program Manager - Dobie Paisano Ranch
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

After 51+ years at The University of Texas at Austin and nearly 30 years in administration, Dr. Hackert has begun limited Phased Retirement and no longer has a research lab or is he taking students.  Since 2012 he has been active in 3D printing and promoting the benefits of crystallography and biochemistry to society by giving lectures around the world and creating a number of public displays on the UT Austin campus.  

m.hackert@austin.utexas.edu
BIO
311A
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Rasika M. Harshey

  • Professor
  • Mary M. Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair in Microbiology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
rasika@austin.utexas.edu
NMS
2.118
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David W. Hoffman

  • Associate Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
dhoffman@mail.utexas.edu
NHB
4.128
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Jon M. Huibregtse

  • Professor
  • Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Arnold Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
huibregtse@austin.utexas.edu
MBB
2.312
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Brent Iverson

  • Professor
  • Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Professor
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Distinguished Teaching Professor
The University of Texas System Academy of Distinguished Teachers Fellow

iversonb@austin.utexas.edu
512-750-0519
NHB
5.136A
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Andres Jara-Oseguera

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Potentially Recruiting Students 26-27 Academic Year

andres.jaraoseguera@austin.utexas.edu
NHB
4.31
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Arlen W. Johnson

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
arlen@austin.utexas.edu
NMS
1.126
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Kenneth Johnson

  • Professor
  • Roger J. Williams Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
kajohnson@utexas.edu
MBB
3.122
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Adrian T. Keatinge-Clay

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
adriankc@utexas.edu
NHB
4.123
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Ken Keiler

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
kkeiler@utexas.edu
NMS
3.306
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Alan Lambowitz

  • Professor
  • Professor of Oncology
  • Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank Smith, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
lambowitz@austin.utexas.edu
MBB
2.234BA
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Daniel J. Leahy

  • Professor
  • Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
dleahy@austin.utexas.edu
NHB
4.106
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Seongmin Lee

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
seongminlee@austin.utexas.edu
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Hung-Wen (Ben) Liu

  • Professor
  • George H. Hitchings Regents Chair in Drug Design
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
h.w.liu@mail.utexas.edu
512-232-7811
PHR
3.206B
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Yi Lu

  • Professor
  • Richard J. V. Johnson - Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
  • Allen J. Bard Center for Electrochemistry

Recruiting Students 26-27 Academic Year

yi.lu@utexas.edu
WEL
4.244
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Edward M. Marcotte

  • Professor
  • Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1
  • Affiliated Faculty, Oden Institute
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
marcotte@utexas.edu
MBB
3.148BA
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Andreas Matouschek

  • Professor
  • Senior Associate Dean for Research and Resource Management
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • College of Natural Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
matouschek@austin.utexas.edu
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Mikhail Matz

  • Professor
  • Integrative Biology
  • Biodiversity Center
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
matz@mail.utexas.edu
PAT
432
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Despoina Mavridou

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
despoina.mavridou@austin.utexas.edu
NMS
3.116
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Jennifer Maynard

  • Professor
  • Z. D. Bonner Professorship of Chemical Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
maynard@che.utexas.edu
CPE
5.466
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Jason McLellan

  • Professor
  • Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
jmclellan@austin.utexas.edu
NHB
4.342
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Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay

  • Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicolog
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
som@austin.utexas.edu
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Tanya T. Paull

  • Professor
  • Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health
  • Professor of Oncology
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
tpaull@utexas.edu
MBB
2.448
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Shelley M. Payne

  • Professor
  • Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
  • Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair
  • Distinguished Teaching Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
  • LaMontagne Center
payne@utexas.edu
NMS
2.110
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Pengyu Ren

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
pren@mail.utexas.edu
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Susanne Ressl

  • Assistant Professor
  • Neuroscience
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
suressl@utexas.edu
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Rick Russell

  • Professor
  • Associate Chair for Graduate Education
  • Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
rick_russell@cm.utexas.edu
MBB
2.212
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Eric Senning

  • Assistant Professor
  • Neuroscience
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
esen@austin.utexas.edu
NHB
4.354
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Jason Shear

  • Emeritus
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
jshear@mail.utexas.edu
FNT
3.102
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David Soloveichik

  • Associate Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
david.soloveichik@utexas.edu
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Scott W. Stevens

  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
scott.stevens@austin.utexas.edu
NMS
1.122
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Christopher S. Sullivan

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
chris_sullivan@austin.utexas.edu
NMS
3.218
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David W. Taylor

  • Associate Professor
  • Marvin L. Hackert Professor in Structural Biology Fellow
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
dtaylor@utexas.edu
NHB
4.121
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Lauren Webb

  • Professor
  • Associate Dean for Graduate Education
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Joseph & Jeanne Lagowski Professor in Chemistry

lwebb@cm.utexas.edu
FNT
2.104A
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Christian P Whitman

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
whitman@austin.utexas.edu
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Claus Wilke

  • Professor
  • Integrative Biology
  • Statistics and Data Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professorship in Molecular Evolution
Dwight W. and Blanche Faye Reeder Centennial Fellowship in Systematic and Evolutionary Biology

wilke@austin.utexas.edu
MBB
3.232
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Kun Yang

  • Assistant Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
kun.yang@austin.utexas.edu
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Y. Jessie Zhang

  • Professor
  • L. Leon Campbell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professorship in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
jzhang@cm.utexas.edu
NHB
4.126
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