Faculty

Jennifer Heemstra, PhD
Charles Allen Thomas Professor and Chair
- Email: heemstra@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Utilization of nucleic acid molecular recognition and self-assembly to generate functional architectures for biosensing and bioimaging
Key words
Chemical Biology, Molecular Recognition, Biomolecular Assembly, Nucleic Acids, Biosensors, Cellular Imaging, RNA Editing, Biomaterials

Jason Held, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jheld@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Redox biochemistry in cell signaling and disease, Proteomics
Key words
proteomics, post-translational modification, cysteine, redox, mass spectrometry, oxidation

Jeffrey Henderson, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: hendersonj@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Biochemical interactions between humans and bacteria in health and disease
Key words
bacterial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, iron, mass spectrometry, medicinal chemistry, metabolomics

Keith Hengen, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: khengen@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
We take a "big data" approach to understanding the self-organization of neurons and networks in behaving animals.
Key words
Homeostatic plasticity, behavior, neurodegeneration, self-organization, emergence, learning, computational, computation, modeling


Tamara Hershey, PhD
Professor
- Email: tammy@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Clinical neuroscience of diabetes and related diseases
Key words
neuroimaging, diabetes, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, Wolfram Syndrome, Parkinson disease, cognition, mood

Brett Herzog, MD,PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: bherzog@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Immunology
Research summary
Key words

Erik Herzog, PhD
Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor
- Email: herzog@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Molecular, cellular and circuit analysis of circadian rhythms in mammals
Key words
neurobiology, behavior, imaging, circadian rhythm, glia, brain cancer, potassium channels, neuropeptides, astrocytes, glioblastoma, cancer, developmental biology, computational modeling

John Heuser, MD
Professor
- Email: jheuser@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Electron microscopy of cells and molecules
Key words
cell membrane, cytoskeleton, endocytosis, electron microscopy, extracellular matrix

Naoki Hiratani, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: hiratani@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Understanding the learning mechanisms of the brain from theoretical and computational perspectives
Key words
Computational neuroscience, Synaptic plasticity, Olfaction, Deep learning