The track includes diverse fields of biology ranging from cellular processes including DNA recombination, repair, transcription, splicing, translation, genomics, gene silencing, chromatin modifications, epigenetic mechanisms, RNA interference, microRNA regulation, and control of the cell-division cycle, to molecular evolution as well as human cancers and other diseases. Faculty affiliated with this track represent a broad range of research interests and experimental systems from phage, virus and bacteria to yeast, plants, flies to mice and humans
![Profile image of Hal S Alper](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2024-11/Alper-Hal.jpg)
Hal S Alper
- Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #1
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Jeffrey E. Barrick](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2023-09/2018%20Barrick%20APX%20Full%20Res_1.jpg)
Jeffrey E. Barrick
- Professor
- Benjamin Clayton Centennial Professor in Biochemistry
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Ethel Bayer-Santos](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2024-08/Ethel%20Bayer%20Santos%20Directory.jpg)
Ethel Bayer-Santos
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Xiaolu (Lulu) Cambronne](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2023-01/headshotcrop_0.jpg)
Xiaolu (Lulu) Cambronne
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Can Cenik](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/Cenik-1-1.jpg)
Can Cenik
- Associate Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Looking for highly motivated and ambitious Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows to join the team.
![Profile image of Zengjian Jeffrey Chen](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2023-08/Headshot1_ZJC1.png)
Zengjian Jeffrey Chen
- Professor
- D.J. Sibley Centennial Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics
- Molecular Biosciences
- Integrative Biology
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Maria Croyle](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2024-06/Croyle%20250x250%403x_0.jpg)
Maria Croyle
- Professor
- Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
- Glaxo Wellcome Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Bryan W. Davies](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/davies.png)
Bryan W. Davies
- Professor
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Jaquelin P. Dudley](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/JacquelinDudley_2%20copy.png)
Jaquelin P. Dudley
- Professor
- Associate Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
- Professor of Oncology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Lauren I. Ehrlich](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-12/Lauren%20Ehrlich.jpg)
Lauren I. Ehrlich
- Professor
- Associate Professor of Oncology
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
- L. Leon Campbell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professorship in Microbiology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Stephen Carl Ekker
- Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Andrew Ellington](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/ellington.jpg)
Andrew Ellington
- Professor
- Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
- Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of George Georgiou](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/georgiou-1-1.jpg)
George Georgiou
- Professor
- Dula D. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering #2
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Jeffrey M. Gross](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/Gross-1-1.jpg)
Jeffrey M. Gross
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellow
![Profile image of Arbel Harpak](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-12/Arbel%20Harpak.jpg)
Arbel Harpak
- Assistant Professor
- Integrative Biology
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Rasika M. Harshey](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/styles/200w/public/2025-01/Rasika%20Harshey%20Headshot.JPEG.webp 200w,
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Rasika M. Harshey
- Professor
- Mary M. Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair in Microbiology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Jon M. Huibregtse](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-08/Untitled.png)
Jon M. Huibregtse
- Professor
- Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Arnold Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Vishwanath Iyer](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2023-01/Vishy%20Iyer.jpg)
Vishwanath Iyer
- Professor
- Professor of Oncology, Dell Medical School
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Makkuni Jayaram](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/jayaram.jpg)
Makkuni Jayaram
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Arlen W. Johnson](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/Johnson-a-1-1.jpg)
Arlen W. Johnson
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Ken Keiler](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2024-08/Ken%20Keiler%20Directory.jpg)
Ken Keiler
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Benjamin Keith Keitz](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2023-09/Keitz-Keith.png)
Benjamin Keith Keitz
- Associate Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Nayun Kim
- Associate Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Alan Lambowitz](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2023-10/Alan%20Lambowitz%20Directory.jpg)
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
![Profile image of Jaime Lopez](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2023-08/Lopez-Jaime.jpg)
Jaime Lopez
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Yi Lu](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2025-01/Yi%20Lu%20head%20shot.jpg)
Yi Lu
- Professor
- Richard J. V. Johnson - Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry
- Chemistry
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
- Allen J. Bard Center for Electrochemistry
Accepting graduate students 25-26 academic year
![Profile image of Edward M. Marcotte](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/Marcotte-1-1.jpg)
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
![Profile image of Andreas Matouschek](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/Matouschek.jpg)
Andreas Matouschek
- Professor
- Associate Dean for Research and Facilities
- Molecular Biosciences
- College of Natural Sciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Mikhail Matz](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2023-01/integrative%20biology%2C%20Mikhail%20Matz%20Directory.jpg)
Mikhail Matz
- Professor
- Integrative Biology
- Biodiversity Center
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Despoina Mavridou](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2023-08/DespoinaMavridou_3.jpg)
Despoina Mavridou
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Ian J. Molineux
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Nancy Moran](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-12/Nancy%20Moran.jpg)
Nancy Moran
- Professor
- Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Chair
- Integrative Biology
- Biodiversity Center
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Vagheesh Narasimhan](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2023-01/integrative%20biology%2C%20Vagheesh%20Narasimhan%20Directory.jpg)
Vagheesh Narasimhan
- Assistant Professor
- Integrative Biology
- Statistics and Data Sciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Howard Ochman](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/Ochman-1-1.jpg)
Howard Ochman
- Professor
- Joseph J. & Jeanne M. Lagowski Regents Professorship in Molecular Bioscience
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Tanya T. Paull](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/Paull-1-1..jpg)
Tanya T. Paull
- Professor
- Burl G. and Lorene L. Rogers Chair in Human Health
- Professor of Oncology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Shelley M. Payne](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/Web-Shelley_Payne-0821.jpg)
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
![Profile image of Elif Sarinay Cenik](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/Elif.png)
Elif Sarinay Cenik
- Assistant Professor
- Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Scott W. Stevens](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-06/Stevens-1-1.jpg)
Scott W. Stevens
- Associate Professor
- Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Christopher S. Sullivan](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2022-12/Chris%20Sullivan.jpg)
Christopher S. Sullivan
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Keiko Torii](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2024-03/Keiko_MBS4.jpg)
Keiko Torii
- Professor
- Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Karen Marie Vasquez
- Professor
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
![Profile image of Arielle Woznica](https://directory.cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2023-01/HHMI%20headshot_0.png)
Arielle Woznica
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs