Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Dennis Goldfarb, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: d.goldfarb@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Computational mass spectrometry and proteomics
Key words
Mass Spectrometry, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
Trevor GrandPre, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: trevorg@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
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Gregory Grant, PhD
Professor
- Email: ggrant@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Relationship of structure to function in allosteric control mechanisms
Key words
protein structure, protein function, allosteric regulation, enzymology, biochemistry
Michael Greenberg, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: greenberg@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
The Greenberg lab seeks to understand the molecular and cellular biophysics of heart disease, with the goal of engineering disease models and precision therapeutics
Key words
heart disease, single molecule, optical trapping, cardiac muscle, stem cells, tissue engineering, cytoskeletal molecular motors, mechanobiology, computational modeling, precision medicine
Whitney Grither, MD,PhD
Assistant Professor (8/1/2026)
- Email: gritherw@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
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Michael Gross, PhD
Professor
- Email: mgross@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Development and application of mass spectrometry in biophysics, biochemistry, and medicine
Key words
amyloid beta biophysics, biochemistry, biophysics, mass spectrometry, protein-protein interaction, protein structure,
Richard Gross, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: rgross@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
The molecular mechanisms through which biologic membranes participate in cellular activation processes
Key words
phospholipase A2, diabetes, obesity, receptor, myocardial ischemia, lipid metabolism
Kathleen Hall, PhD
Professor
- Email: hallkathleen@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
We study RNA folding and RNA binding to proteins
Key words
RNA, NMR, RNA:protein interactions, fluorescence, thermodynamics
Jeffrey Haspel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: jhaspel@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Understand the impact of time as a biological variable in the development of critical illness such as sepsis, respiratory failure and chronic inflammatory lung disease
Key words
Jennifer Heemstra, PhD
Charles Allen Thomas Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry
- 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