The Ph.D. Program encompasses several areas of research, including:
- Systems and Synthetic Biology
- Biophysics and Molecular Dynamics
- Enzymology
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- CheMicrobiologyal Biology & Drug Discovery
Hal S Alper
- Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #1
Eric Anslyn
- Professor
Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry (Holder)
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Ethel Bayer-Santos
- Assistant Professor
Xiaolu (Lulu) Lim Ang Cambronne
- Associate Professor
Lydia M. Contreras
- Professor
- Paul D. & Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professorship in Chemical Engineering
Richard Crooks
- Professor Emeritus
Kevin N Dalby
- Professor
Bryan W. Davies
- Professor
- Department of Molecular Biosciences
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology
Daniel J. Dickinson
- Associate Professor
Stephen Carl Ekker
- Professor
Andrew Ellington
- Professor
- Department of Molecular Biosciences
Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry (Holder)
Ilya J. Finkelstein
- Professor
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
George Georgiou
- Professor
- Dula D. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering #2
Marvin L. Hackert
- Professor Emeritus
- William Shive Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry
- Interim Program Manager - Dobie Paisano Ranch
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.
Rasika M. Harshey
- Professor
- Mary M. Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair in Microbiology
David W. Hoffman
- Associate Professor
Jon M. Huibregtse
- Professor
- Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Arnold Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
Brent Iverson
- Professor
- Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Professor
Distinguished Teaching Professor
The University of Texas System Academy of Distinguished Teachers Fellow
Andres Jara-Oseguera
- Assistant Professor
Potentially Recruiting Students 26-27 Academic Year
Arlen W. Johnson
- Professor
Kenneth Johnson
- Professor
- Roger J. Williams Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry
Adrian T. Keatinge-Clay
- Professor
Zunlong Ke
- Assistant Professor
The Ke Lab is actively recruiting:
- graduate students
Ken Keiler
- Professor
Alan Lambowitz
- Professor
- Professor of Oncology
- Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank Smith, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
Daniel J. Leahy
- Professor
- Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
Amy Lee
- Professor
- Chair of the Department of Neuroscience
Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Seongmin Lee
- Professor
Hung-Wen (Ben) Liu
- Professor
- George H. Hitchings Regents Chair in Drug Design
Yi Lu
- Professor
- Department of Chemistry
Edward M. Marcotte
- Professor
- Department of Molecular Biosciences
Andreas Matouschek
- Professor
- Senior Associate Dean for Research and Resource Management
- Interim Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
William Matsui
- Professor
Mikhail Matz
- Professor
Despoina Mavridou
- Associate Professor
- Department of Molecular Biosciences
Jennifer Maynard
- Professor
- Z. D. Bonner Professorship of Chemical Engineering
Jason McLellan
- Professor
- Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry
Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay
- Professor
- Division of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Robert Newberry
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Chemistry
Tanya T. Paull
- Professor
- Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health
- Professor of Oncology
Shelley M. Payne
- Professor
- Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
- Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair
- Distinguished Teaching Professor
Pengyu Ren
- Professor
Susanne Ressl
- Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Rick Russell
- Professor
- Associate Chair for Graduate Education
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
Eric Senning
- Assistant Professor
Jason Shear
- Emeritus
- Department of Chemistry
David Soloveichik
- Associate Professor
Scott W. Stevens
- Associate Professor
- Director, Biology Instructional Office
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education
Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship
Christopher S. Sullivan
- Professor
David W. Taylor
- Associate Professor
- Marvin L. Hackert Professor in Structural Biology Fellow
Lauren Webb
- Professor
- Associate Dean for Graduate Education
Joseph & Jeanne Lagowski Professor in Chemistry
Christian P Whitman
- Professor
Claus Wilke
- Professor
Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professorship in Molecular Evolution
Dwight W. and Blanche Faye Reeder Centennial Fellowship in Systematic and Evolutionary Biology
Kun Yang
- Assistant Professor
- Division of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry
Y. Jessie Zhang
- Professor
- L. Leon Campbell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professorship in Biochemistry