Experts on biochemistry

Robert Dempski
Robert E. Dempski
  • Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry
Professor Dempski's lab focuses on biomedically relevant proteins at the cell's surface. Dysfunction of these proteins results in diseases such as pancreatic cancer and Alzheimer's. In addition, we are building augmented reality programs in the life
Arne Gericke
  • Dean of Undergraduate Studies Undergraduate Studies
Professor Gericke is a biophysical chemist studying lipid mediated protein functions using calorimetric, spectroscopic, and advanced microscopic techniques. An area of particular interest is phosphoinositide mediated signaling.
Karen Kashmanian Oates
  • Professor Biology & Biotechnology
Karen Kashmanian Oates is a professor of biology and biotechnology and directs WPI’s master of science in global health program. She previously was Peterson Family Dean of Arts and Sciences and deputy director for undergraduate education at the National ...
Suzanne Frances Scarlata
  • Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry
Professor Scarlata's work seeks to understand how hormones and neurotransmitters lead to changes in the growth, division, and shape of cells such as cardiac myocytes (heart muscle cells). She is particularly interested in how connections between neurons
Eric Mosher Young
  • Associate Professor-Engineering Chemical Engineering
Prof. Young is an expert in yeast, genetic engineering and synthetic biology. His research uses machine learning, directed evolution, gene editing, metabolic engineering, and genetic circuits to make yeast cell factories for producing medicines, biofuels, ...
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Haichong Zhang
  • Associate Professor Robotics Engineering
Professor Zhang is the founding director of the Medical Frontier Ultrasound Imaging and Robotic Instrumentation (Medical FUSION) Laboratory. The research in his lab focuses on the interface of medical imaging, sensing, and robotics; and on developing