Biophysics Faculty
![Huiwang Ai](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/ha8m-100x113.jpeg)
Ai, Huiwang
Molecular Biosensors; Spatiotemporal Regulation of Biological Signaling; Protein Engineering for Imaging, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics
![John Bushweller](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/jhb4v-100x75.jpeg)
Bushweller, John H.
Drug Development Targeting Transcription Drivers in Cancer; Structure/Function Studies of Transcription Factor Drivers in Cancer
![Seham Ebrahim](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/vmx3hb-100x106.png)
Ebrahim, Seham
Cytoskeletal architecture, dynamics and roles in cellular physiology and disease; High-resolution live cell and tissue imaging
![Brant Isakson](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/bei6n-100x125.jpeg)
Isakson, Brant
Translating our discoveries in the microcirculation to tangible benefits in patients.
![Volker Kiessling](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/09/vgk3c-100x100.jpeg)
Kiessling, Volker
Fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane. Fusion of viral particles with target membranes during viral infection.
![Kandice Levental](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/krl6c-100x140.jpeg)
Levental, Kandice
Fundamental mechanisms by which membranes and dietary lipids regulate cell physiology
![Wladek Minor](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/wm4n-100x75.jpeg)
Minor, Wladek
Structure-Function Relationships in Macromolecules; Infectious Diseases and Drug Discovery; Bioinformatics and Big Data; Scientific Reproducibility
![Shayn Peirce-Cottler](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/smp6p-100x102.png)
Peirce-Cottler, Shayn M.
Tissue Engineering and Regeneration, Computational Systems Biology, Vascular Growth and Remodeling, Stem Cell Therapies
![Gloria Sheynkman](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/04/gs9yr-100x133.jpeg)
Sheynkman, Gloria M.
Proteoform Systems Biology: proteogenomic approaches to uncover the role of proteomic variation in human disease
![Swapnil Sonkusare](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/sks2n-100x144.jpeg)
Sonkusare, Swapnil
Identify the calcium signaling abnormalities that lead to vascular dysfunction and blood pressure elevation in cardiovascular disorders
![P. Todd Stukenberg](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/pts7h-100x145.jpeg)
Stukenberg, P. Todd
Mechanisms of chromosome segregation in Mitosis and generation of Chromosomal Instability in tumors
![Jeffrey Saucerman](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/07/jjs3g.jpeg)
Saucerman, Jeffrey J.
Roles of complex signaling networks involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function and disease
![Lukas Tamm](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/03/lkt2e.jpeg)
Tamm, Lukas K.
Biomembrane Structure and Function; Cell Entry of Enveloped Viruses; Neurosecretion by Exocytosis; Structure of Bacterial Pathogen Membrane Proteins; Lipid-Protein Interactions
![Jochen Zimmer](https://med.virginia.edu/biophysics-program/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/jz3x-100x119.jpeg)
Zimmer, Jochen
Transport of biopolymers across biological membranes with a particular interest in polysaccharide and protein translocation.