Faculty

Elizabeth Kellogg, PhD
Member
- Email: ekellogg@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Identifying deep similarities among plants as apparently disparate as rice, wheat, maize, and the other cereals
Key words
plant evolution; evo-devo; genomics; phylogeny

Peggy Kendall, MD
Virginia Minnich Distinguished Professor
- Email: peggy.kendall@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Research summary
The role of B lymphocytes in autoimmune disease
Key words

Adam Kepecs, PhD
Robert J. Terry Professor and BJC Investigator
- Email: akepecs@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Neurobiology of cognition, decision-making and applications to biological psychiatry. Brain-body interactions
Key words

Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD
Professor
- Email: kerschensteinerd@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Visual system neuroscience and vision restoration
Key words
physiology, imaging, behavior, genetic and viral engineering, human neuroscience, vision, repair, mathematical modeling

Dineo Khabele, MD
Mitchell & Elaine Yanow Professor & Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Email: khabeled@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
clinical and translational research in gynecologic oncology, with a focus on ovarian cancer
Key words

Albert Kim, MD, PhD
August A. Busch, Jr. Professor
- Email: alberthkim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Genetic and epigenetic changes that drive malignant behavior in brain tumors
Key words
brain tumors, glioblastoma, meningioma, neural stem cells

Alfred Kim, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: akim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Research summary
Identifying the role of cytokines in glomerular injury
Key words
B cell, podocytes, renal imaging, cytokines, systemic lupus erythematosus, biomarkers

Jae-Sung Kim, PhD
Professor
- Email: kjaesung@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Mitochondria and autophagy in ischemic liver injury and liver aging
Key words
mitochondria, liver, fatty liver disease

Jinkyung Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jinkyung@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
We study auditory coding and processing using in vivo methods such as two-photon imaging, optogenetics, inner ear drug/gene delivery, and hearing physiology recording.
Key words
Sensory research, Auditory research, Auditory circuit, In vivo two-photon imaging, Optogenetics, Electrophysiology, Drug delivery, Hearing loss, Ototoxicity, Ear

Miriam Kim, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: miriamykim@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
My goal is to understand how CAR T cells interact with their immune environment, and to manipulate these interactions to improve outcomes of treatment.
Key words
CAR T cells, HSCs, cell therapy, gene therapy, cancer