Physiology and Biophysics Faculty

Faculty Listing

Mailing Info: All room numbers are in the Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building, unless otherwise indicated. The street address is 1600 NW. 10th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136.


Faculty

Faculty Member   Contact Research Interest
Ellen Barrett
Professor

Office: 305-243-6825
Lab: 305-243-4917 
RMSB 5001
email
Calcium, mitochondria, and transmitter release in wild-type and mutant motor terminals. 
John Barrett
Professor

Office: 305-243-6357
Lab: 305-243-1268 
RMSB 5018A
email
Mechanisms by which trophic factors protect neurons during cellular stress.  
Laura Bianchi
Assistant Professor

Office: 305-243-1887
Lab: 305-243-1886 
RMSB 5133
email
Touch perception. Neurotoxicity. 
Nirupa Chaudhari
Professor

Office: 305-243-3187
Lab: 305-243-3427 
RMSB 4062
email
Molecular biology of receptors, ion channels, and sensory transduction. 
Gerhard Dahl
Professor

Office: 305-243-1222
Lab: 305-243-5776 
RMSB 5135
email
Structure-function relationships of gap junction proteins; control mechanisms of myometrial contractions. 
Gavriel David
Research Associate Professor

Office: 305-243-6825
Lab: 305-243-4917 
RMSB 5001
email
Calcium handling and transmitter release from motor nerve terminals. 
Raul DeGasperi
Professor

Office: 305-243-6349
Lab: 305-243-6349 
RMSB 5041A
email
Simplify the technique of recording electrocardiograms, especially during cardiac emergencies.  
Ana Díez-Sampedro
Assistant Professor

Office: 305-243-1280
Lab: 305-243-6670 
RMSB 5123
email
Membrane proteins. Sugar transporters. 
Robert Keane
Associate Professor

Office: 305-243-5726
Lab: 305-243-5726 
RMSB 5058
email
Mechanisms of neurodegeneration after spinal cord and traumatic brain injury 
W. Glenn Kerrick
Professor

Office: 305-243-1134
Lab: 305-243-6323 
RMSB 5065A
email
Regulation of muscle contraction by Ca2+ and protein phosphorylation. 
David Landowne
Professor

Office: 305-243-6754
Lab: 305-243-6754 
RMSB 4059
email
Biophysics: molecular motion in excitable cell membrane channels; gating currents. 
Karl Magleby
Professor and Chair

Office: 305-243-6236
Lab: 305-243-5953 
RMSB 5048
email
Biophysics; mechanisms of ionic channel activity. 
Vincent Moy
Associate Professor

Office: 305-243-2337
Lab: 305-243-3201 
RMSB 5073
email
Biophysics: mechanisms of molecular adhesion and cell-cell interaction. 
Kenneth Muller
Professor

Office: 305-243-5963
Lab: 305-243-5963 
RMSB 5089
email
Neuroscience; neuronal signaling; axon growth and synapse formation; nerve repair. 
Xiao-Wei Niu
Research Assistant Professor

Office: 305-243-5953
Lab: 305-243-5953 
RMSB 5048
email
. Biophysics: cell and membrane physiology. 
Wolfgang Nonner
Professor

Office: 305-243-5536
Lab: 305-243-5536 
RMSB 4058
email
Biophysical study of ionic channels in excitable cells: mechanisms of gating and ionic selectivity. 
Stephen Roper
Professor

Office: 305-243-2857
Lab: 305-243-6769 
RMSB 4065
email
Cellular/molecular mechanisms of chemosensory transduction in taste; sensory neurobiology. 
Ewa Wojcikiewicz
Research Assistant Professor

Office: 305-243-3201
Lab: 305-243-3201 
RMSB 5077
email
Biophysics: mechanisms of molecular adhesion and cell-cell interaction.