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Department Committees

The Department of Physiology and Biophysics maintains multiple standing committees to cover specific functions in support of education, research and infrastructure within the department. These committees are listed here with roster and contact information provided.

PhD - Graduate Education Committee

The PhD training program is administered through the PhD Graduate Education Committee. This committee is constituted of current departmental course directors as well as the director of the departmental PhD training program. Additional membership is provided by on at-large faculty representative and a non-voting student representative. This committee serves to provide a continual evaluation of policies and procedures that govern the PhD training program. The committee also serves to Chair each student’s Graduate Advisory Committee and conducts an annual evaluation of student progress. Current committee membership and contact information is provided below.

Xin Qi, PhD
Director

Xin Qi, PhD

Jeanette M. and Joseph S. Silber Professor of Brain Sciences
Qi Lab
Mitochondrial quality control and neurodegenerative diseases
Robbins E516
216-368-4459 (office) 216-368-5586 (fax)

Corey Smith, PhD
Vice Chair

Corey Smith, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair
Smith Lab
Neurotransmitter release evoked by sympathetic activation.
Robbins E508
216-368-3487 (office) 216-368-5586 (fax)

Bart Jarmusch

Bart Jarmusch

Administrative Director
SOM E527
216-368-5586 (fax)

George R. Dubyak, PhD

George R. Dubyak, PhD

Professor
Dubyak Lab
Signal transduction by extracellular nucleotides and inflammasomes in innate immunity and inflammation
Robbins E520
216-368-5523 (office) 216-368-5586 (fax)

Andrea Romani, MD, PhD

Andrea Romani, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Romani Lab
Regulation of magnesium homeostasis and transport in mammalian cells
Robbins E528
216-368-1625 (office) 216-368-5586 (fax)

Jeffrey L. Garvin, PhD

Jeffrey L. Garvin, PhD

Professor
Garvin Lab
Regulation of nephron transport, salt-sensitive hypertension and cross-talk between tubules and vessels
Robbins E517
216-368-3353 (office) 216-368-5586 (fax)

Matthias Buck

Matthias Buck

Professor
Buck Lab
PEPCMBC
Website: http://dynamic-protein-complexes.org/
Protein-Protein and Protein-Membrane Interactions in Cell Signaling of small GTPases, Plexin and Eph receptors
Robbins E607
216-368-8651 (office) 216-368-3952 (fax)

Witold K. Surewicz, PhD

Witold K. Surewicz, PhD

Robert F Bennett MD Professor
Surewicz Lab
Molecular basis of prion diseases and other neurodegenerative disorders associated with protein misfolding
Robbins E605
216-368-0139 (office) 216-368-3952 (fax)

Tingwei Mu, PhD
Associate Director

Tingwei Mu, PhD

Associate Professor
Mu Lab
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/mu-lab/home
Proteostasis maintenance of membrane proteins in health and disease
Robbins E513
216-368-0750 (office) 216-368-5586 (fax)

Xinghong Dai, PhD

Xinghong Dai, PhD

Assistant Professor
Dai Lab
Structure-aided antiviral drug discovery and vaccine design.
Robbins E610
216-368-5131 (office) 216-368-3952 (fax)

Patrick Osei-Owusu, PhD, FAHA

Patrick Osei-Owusu, PhD, FAHA

Associate Professor
Osei-Owusu Lab
MPPC
G protein Signaling Regulation in Health and Disease
Robbins E526
216-368-4062 (office) 216-368-5586 (fax)