RNA Institute Faculty & Staff

Director
Institute Leadership
Thomas Begley
Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, Associate Director of The RNA Institute, Director of Training in RNA Science and Technology, Interim REPR Director
LS 2033
Marlene Belfort
Distinguished Professor, Senior Advisor of The RNA Institute
LS 2060
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Faculty
Cheryl P. Andam
Associate Professor
Life Sciences 2060
John Cleary
Collaborative Staff Scientist, Assistant Director of Research
Life Sciences 2102
Douglas S. Conklin
Associate Professor
Cancer Research Center, Room 342H
Bijan K. Dey
Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Life Sciences 2098 (Office) Life Sciences 2020 (Lab)
Dylan Farnsworth
Senior Research Scientist
LSRB 1059
Michael Fasullo
Associate Professor of Nanobioscience, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
NFE 4319
Ken Halvorsen
Senior Research Scientist
Life Sciences 2020A
Jason Herschkowitz
Associate Professor
East Campus CRC 342
Melinda Larsen
Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor
LS 1086
Igor Lednev
Distinguished Professor, Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor
Life Sciences 1107
ChangHwan Lee
Assistant Professor
LS 1076
Pan T. X. Li
Associate Professor
LS 1108
Janice D. Pata
Associate Professor
150 New Scotland Avenue Center for Medical Science Room 2009 Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health Albany, NY 12208
Kaalak Reddy
Research Faculty; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Life Sciences 02099
Alexander Shekhtman
Professor and Chair
Life Sciences 1149
John M. Sullivan
Professor of Ophthalmology, University at Buffalo
Sweta Vangaveti
Research Scientist, Advanced Computational Facility Manager
Life Sciences 2033D
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Associate Faculty
Nilesh Banavali
Assistant Professor
Wadsworth Center, Biggs Lab, Room C419B
Ben Boivin
Associate Professor
NanoFab East 1906
Nathaniel Cady
Associate Dean for Research, Professor
NanoFab East 4405
Alexander T. Ciota
Associate Professor
Wadsworth Center, Griffin Laboratories, Room 125.
Ye Ding
Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Research Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Empire State Plaza C236
Keith Earle
Associate Professor and Chair of Physics
Physics 112
Paolo Forni
Associate Professor
Life Sciences 1038
Pallavi Ghosh
Associate Professor
Center for Medical Science 5421
Rabi Ann Musah
Associate Vice Provost for Learning Commons, Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor
Chemistry 222
Robert Osuna
Associate Professor
LS 2062
Jon Paczkowski
Assistant Professor
5221 Center for Medical Sciences, 120 New Scotland Ave, Albany NY 12208
Hua Shi
Associate Professor
LS 2050
Alex Valm
Assistant Professor
BIO 324
Joseph T. Wade
Chair & Associate Professor
Ing-Nang Wang
Associate Professor
LS 2077
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Affiliate Faculty
Eriks Rozners
Professor of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Binghamton University
Dana R. Crawford
Associate Professor, Albany Medical College
Lauren Endres
Associate Professor of Biology, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Steven D. Hanes
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Sally Temple
Research Professor; Scientific Director, Principal Investigator and Co-Founder, Neural Stem Cell Institute
Paul Whitford
Professor of Physics, Northeastern University
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Distinguished Faculty
Paul Agris
Founding Director of The RNA Institute; Consulting Professor, Duke University Department of Medicine
Joachim Frank
Chemist Nobel 2017, Professor of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
Angel Garcia
Director of CNLS Los Alamos National Laboratory
Angel Garcia
Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences, University at Albany
Michael Zuker
Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Institute Staff
Paul Gumpper
Administrative Manager
Life Sciences 2033G
Tammy Reid
Research and Development Manager, Berglund Lab Manager
Life Sciences 2033H
Sangeetha Selvam, PhD
Science Communications Specialist
Life Sciences 2033J
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