Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Center for Environmental Health
Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI)- Center for Environmental
Health
Hongtao
Yu, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Chemistry
Research Focus
Chemical Toxicology of Environmental Carcinogens, Organic Chemistry, Photochemistry
and DNA-Protein Interaction
Jerzy Leszczynski,
Ph.D. - President’s Distinguished
Fellow and Professor of Chemistry
Research Focus: Physical Chemistry and Computational Chemistry
Huey-Min
Hwang, Ph.D. -
Professor of Biology
Research
Focus
Aquatic microbial ecology; Bioremediation of natural waters contaminated
by organic contaminants; Aquatic photochemistry of organic contaminants;
Environmental toxicology of mixture of organic and inorganic wastes; and
Mathematical modeling on the microbiological fate and effects of toxic
organic contaminants.
Jacqueline J. Stevens, Ph.D. -
Assistant Professor of Biology
Research Focus
Molecular Biology, Gene expression studies in the identification of differential
expressed genes in cornea epithelial cells
Carolyn B. Howard, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Biology
Research Focus
Breast cancer research; Molecular Biology/Biochemistry
Stephen
I. N. Ekunwe, Ph.D.
-
Assistant Professor of Biology
Research Focus
Molecular genetics; Metalloproteases in biology and medicine; UVA-induced
toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in human keratinocytes
(HaCats)
Ernest
B. Izevbigie, Ph.D. - Assistant
Professor of Biology/Biochemistry
Research Focus
Breast cancer research; Molecular Biology/Biochemistry; Molecular mechanisms
mediating eukaryotic cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis;
Search for novel modulators of apoptotic and proliferative signals; Signal
transduction; and Molecular Genetics
Paul B. Tchounwou, Sc.D.
- Professor & Director, Environmental Science Ph.D. Program
Barbara A. Wilson, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Research Focus
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Chemical-Induced Toxicity; Environmental
Mutagenicity, and Carcinogenicity; Cell Cycle Progression and Modulation
Studies; Apoptosis and Necrosis Studies; Biomarkers of Chemical Exposure,
Sensitivity, and Effect; Gene Expression Studies; Cell Sorting, and Cell
Metabolisms Studies